The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-23
SARATOGA, July Is.

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THEIR rRorRIETORs.
SARATOGA, July 10.
whene'er take my walks abroad,
How many springs see!
In fact 1t requires good deal OF topO-
graphical knowledge to avoid tumbiing INTO
them. You cannot buy bit OF grounu
without purchasing one. This is probapiy
the reason so few village lots change hands,
The mind accustomed to get at conciu-
sion. as n grasshopper does at gate, by
jumping, might imagine that inc preva-
lcncc of these springs should cause quile
an active movement in real estate; put the
contrary seems to be the case. The Hon. |
Mr.. Hathorn, Congressman from '1,s us
trict. and proprietor of Congress Hall, pur-
chased piece of ground and attempted to
dig cellar In the course Of digging he
unearthed II great many curious deposits.
AZ n few inches below the surface of the
ground he struck large quantity of broken
crockery, tin cans, and fish bones; pcne-
tratng still deeper he came upon layer
of single nails, shoes, leather, slop-pails
stovcpipe hats, and jews-harps; six feet
lower he turned over the skeleton OF
iackass. Satisfied now that he was getting
near home, he pushed on the work with
redoublcd vigor, and after boring through
stratum of diary salt ID feet thick, a stream
of mineral water spoutcd 800 feet into the
air, drowning number OF miners ana
flooding the proprietor with joy. The
spring has never ceased spouting since, nor
has he, the lucky coincidence of an election
To Congress which followed soon after,
atiording him unlimited opportunities for
the ample development of the gilt.
Investigating the origin of these springs,
find that the granite rock in this gcologl-
cal section is comminglcd, i'll some cases aud
ing and abuting upon Il siliciierous deposit,
,he impcrmcablcncss of which can better be
imagined than described. (Thats the way
reporters always put it, ! believed Next
come upon synthermal OF blue clay lying
in near proximity to an anonymous 1oriha-
ton, which presents Il ferru-go-gu GO
there, I'm stuck again. us remarked to
Mrs. Paul when she insisted in putting the
baby's cradle in my trunk and leaving out
the big dictionary, never can get along
without dictionary. 1t is the only book
that can really get ideas ont of; it is
chocll full of them. | don't say much for
it for steady reading, though, for the matter
of that, there are many books of greater
popularity with the public that can't hold II
candle to it so far as good reading is con-
cerncd But for ideas, I'll back it against
the best book going. And, as ! explained
to Mrs. Pau, Il baby's cradle is no substi-
tute for it; one can't get ideas out OF that.
At least, l have been able to get no idea
from it save general one to the effect that
if you were to bray the baby in Il mortar
the series of brays resulting could not be
be more deafening and prolonged than
generally issue from that piece of basket
work. Any dearth OF ideas which may be
noticed in this correspondence just attri-
butte to my having no dictionary along. |
have tried to borrow in vain. | applied
yesterday at The iSdrdtogion office; they had
rather recent unabridged, they thought,
but on coming to brush around for it dis
covered that it had been used all the winter
through for a chopping-block; there was
nothing left of it but the very hardest words,
words that were hard enough TO turn the
edge of the AK, and these they couldn't
spare even for few minutes, as they were
engaged in carrying on spirited contro-
versy with the other village paper. Then
applied at the bookstore. 1t has been a
bad season, the man said, Il bad season for
everything, including dictionaries probably
as many were printed as ever, but some
how they didn't find their way up here
there was Hathorn, now, he was a Con
oressman and might possibly have one lying
l stepped over to Congress Hall. "Mr
Hathorn," | said, Greatly my position il
very uirploasont one: IL grounds m,
proud soul down into the dust IL ny a.. *
be obliged to go around confessing it, bu
needs must, etc. l came up in the hope tc
earn an honest though humble substance
by writing elaborate letters for TIE Tribune
mostly on scientific subjects-that being my
strong suit. But unfortunately l came
away without a dictionary; and / always
depend upon dictionary for ideas. Now
knowing that you are a man without ideas
have come to you in the hope that yol
will sympathize with me, and kindly,
Mr.. Hathorn took my arm in his. sit il
all right" he said. "Just step over to my
spring with me- I'll set you all right in I
moment"
We crossed the way, descended Il slior
flight of wooden steps, and soon stood il
what Mr.. Hathorn calls "The Laboratory
of Nature" l should have called it a small
and rather damp shed. In the center o
the floor wooden stove-pipe slightly pro-
truded, inside of which water boiled ant
dubbed continually.
He stopped down and filled a tumblcr
"Drink this" he said. drank it.
CLOVIS that?" he asked,
''Dcrnded salt" replied.
"That's because it's the first one; try an
other" and he filled the tumbler again.
swallowed that. ''How do you feel now ?
'Pretty full, thank YOU" answered 1
'Just the way it ought to work. Here
and he extended another tumblcrful.
After wrestling with it moment set tho
glass down.
''iIave you got an idca?" he shouted
seizing me by the coat collar
'Yes-an idea that don't want any more
of it," I said 81 came over to get"
San idea," he broke in, ''and that's jus
hat -.
twos Talk of ideas-theres more ideas in
a pint of that water than in all the Other
springs put together Just look at me
johnson over there calls his water Con.
gress,' and makes fuss about the trade
mark Why, hadn't sucked away at this
spring "A hours before it made me n Con-
gresham. And it keeps me so. See here,
and he filled glass enthusiastically. ''FoI
curing sick folks there is nothing like it,
See there" / turned my head in the direc-
ton indicated, and he availed himself OF
the opportunity to throw the water over his
shoulder. "That man sitting down just
outside this Laboratory of Nature came
here as full of humors as a grindstone is OF
grit; he had more humors into him than you
could shake a stick at now he's as smooth
as though he'd been rubbed down with sand
paper every ten minutes for a week. You
see the buttons all over his clothes; well,
them's the humors he had-they came out
in brass buttons. See here" and he filled
his glass again 'you see that man with the
long legs over there, one leg little longer
THAI the otherl" 1 turned my head an in
slant and heard the water splash over his
shoulder. 'Well he hadn't long legs at
all when he came here; one was shorter
than the other; that's what he came for; the
spring worked well enough on him, but the
trouble was it made both legs grow together
MS it ought to. being fair water; told him
he must sort o. cant himself ever on the
short side all day, and sleep on the short
side at night, and then the water'd only take
hold where it ran to well, he got along first
rate all day, but at night he would turn over
Won see we tried IN stran him down but il