Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15

inc a little spray In my back as ne emptieu
his glass in the usual direction LOOKING
hack from the shelter of door l saw the
perpendicular Congressman still gong on
about his spring, bailing ont water by the
tumhlerfal and throwing it over his shouloer
ike mad in blissful inconsistencies oil my
absence.
Nv man at the bookstore looked rather
dumfounded when told him that Mr. ha-
thorn had no dictionary, set out TO rep
resent this district, he said. with an ap-
proach TO anger. and not have dletlon-
arv: that won't do-they'l beat him on
the big words. sure But" he added, MS
face Frightening up like a full moon emery
ing from behind a haystack. There Johh-
son 5 dictionary, now
l explained that Johnson's dictionary
would not answer my purpose, tnat II wa
old and comparatively obsolete, besides nav
ing no pictures in 1t.
"Oh, don't mean that old buzwlg, ne
said - mean our johnson, Col. johnson,
Won know. who runs Congress Spring
he's got a regular buster. bran-new ne
won't like to lend it; may be not, Tor he
takes a dip at it pretty often himself ne :
mighty particular about his language Inc
Colonel Is. H0wsomeyer, You can go
and tackle him.
So lust trundled myself down TO Con
gress Spring. found Col. johnson pour
ing Congress water on the back OF yel9"
dog that seemed TO have been pretty Daaly
scalded. and mutterIng 10 himself
Chloride OF Sodium, 4uJ.i----.------45 grams
Chloride OF Potassium. -.-----.- e-Vts
Bicarhonate % MaEnesia-------- lzl-.2l
Hiearb0uate o. Lime--.--------- laa.1ss
3 carbonate OF LiLhia. SOL
J. carbonate Of S0da.---.-.-.--- lu-4oo
4" Brom- Brom-a trace, a trace,-lust-as-
strong-and-iust-as-good as-40-years-ago, -
Prof. Chandler-says-B icarbO-br-r-r-
=. Beg pardon for interruptlng you, Col.
Johnson" | said, removing my hat and sit
ting down in bucket Of Congress water
which happened TO be convenient, = but l
came away without any books OF reference
and lust came over TO ask IL
y hese springs have been losing strength
for few wears back - he broke IN; that :
what everybody : running IN Tor ever slnee
Hatborn discovered that salt mackerel NINE
of his no no , contound II. no froi-
| Chandler saws and he bent his head 10 his
task again. and went on mutterlng about
bicarbonates and br0mides and iOdldes and
sBlDbates and phosphates and bibarates and
! Huorides and suicides and the cubic inches
/ of eas that he or gwen quantity OF his
water contained-I couldn' distinctly make
out which
.. What ails that dog - I asked, by way
/ Of showing my friendly interest and APP
preaching my real business gently and dex-
/ terously.
=. Wei. some folks say he's -calded, and
/ some say he amt. some think some one
/ threw hot water on him and some don l.
! I think Hathorn flung some OF that con-
/ founded water of his on him; that what
| think about it. But here's what Il bring
| him round again all right, and he went on
rubbing the yellow dogs back with Con-
gress water, and the yellow dog howlIng
and yelling all the while as though he were
/ being skinned alive.
q. Then It Is good for barns2" ! asked
.. Good for burns2' he exclaimed, turn
ing round on me and dropping the dog. -
should say so why. one thimbleiul OF II
Will put out more fire than 4 hogshead Of
common water will. hat do you thlnk
! saved Saratoga from being clean burned
| down last summer They tried that la
| thorn water on the fire, and II JUS
set it going like kerosene would
/ there's nothing 50 cooling a. Congress
water a chap from your city, where the,
don't get much good milk. Oroye out 10
farm the other day and drank 50 much COW
Juice that he felt uncomfortable. 50 he Jus
walked down TO our spring and tooka glas
or TWO of water well. they held pos
! norton next day. and m Dlest If Their
| wasn't nigh upon gallon and hall OF ice
cream found III his potato cellar no maj
could stand that, you know You see IN
| milk wouldn't have hurt HIM by itself
though il j. uncommon Tioh, tie milk W
rais,. round here. and the water wOuldn
have hurt him either if he hadn't packed ]
square on top Of the milk; If be q Just slip
ped a rriddle-cake or something between
he'd be cayorting around now rs gay a
speckled steer
..But isn't there good deal Of Hathor
water drank - I asked
'Of course there j.; evsry one that stop
at bis hotel has 10 drink II; you see II
I mighty profitable 10 him. that spring
a man goes down and takes q glass Of II be
fore breakfast be don I want breaktas
much. and when dinner time comes roun
, be amt amazing hungry either, and lttl
t0as- and tea Is about his best gait al III
while. Why, that spring saves Hathorn
. million spring chickens year he won
let bis folks drink our water a man Is stOI
| ping there now from out West got Il
7 / gravel. doctors sent him here 10 drln
e | Congress water. Hath0rn won't let him
! | keeps him pumping away al that spring
his: what's the consequence? The poo
. fellow getting more crayelly every day
D | he'll be over here to get Is TO roll hi
! | down with the garden roller one Of thes
E fine mornings: Hathorn S guests don e
: / no flesh on theu look az HathOrn. hin
] ! self: Won can see clean through him Of
+ clear dav: why. when ! came here first
was lust a. thin a. Hath0rn Is, and now
! The Colonel cast satisfied eye over his II
2 tund proportions.
5 But i there no danger Of the water
making one too plethoric - lasksd.
"Oh. shut of on II twenty years age
o Jerry. over there at the Grand Mon. fxe
mp something for me once II while Il
Z stead ! don't like 1t So well "a ! do Cor
% rress water. but a man doesn' I want 10 z,
b TOO fat. YOU know.
is there really much difference II Ii
I substances contained in these varioJ
o snrincs?' I asked Setting prelude
y | wholly aside, are not the mineral salts an
D the proportions IN which they exist nearl
e identical -
r "Identical2 Well. ] never g." shoute
the Colonel, rushing into the back roo
and dragging IN a huge glass jar. ''Hel
i the sediment from gallon Of the Hathor
water. which ] evap0rated myself: no OF
1 else mad access to 1t, Just hear this an
I he ratified and shook the jar. I've had Il
: result Of the evaporation analysed ca refull,
i bv the best chemist In Ballston. and here
% what be says about II. -
/ took the scrap Of paper and read
BE- Parts Part
Common salt. 999-s Pair OF shoes. 100
Carpet lacks 22.222 Pair o. traces. "A trac
7 PAR of hoois.--. 10000 stirrup leatheTs-Some.
Old slippers.---A trace. Nitro -glycerine-- e99
Oh Tom t-l.---None.
!. Total old contents
(iere vas a fOot-n0te saying that they Ia
8 not been able 10 foot them up, a. the on
10 Webs Adding Machine" in the villae
was kept IN such constant use they couldn
: get chance al Il. Bat 1t was com forth
n to me to ind out where the boots, shoes ar
l. slippers lost at Congress Hall. all went.
r the cause Of science ] am willing u sacr
= fee any amount Of wearing apparel
l. And the substances contained In YOU
e spring, do they differ materially from tho
Il above enumerated, Col0nel?''
il well. l should say 50 - and he bera
e again:
j. Bromide OF sodiums-759 Flu0ride Of
lodide OF Sodiuu---o.l3s
: xvi hat Is huoride?" I asked.
! ''Oh. bother, don't interrupt he al 4
I morning devoti0ns take down the di
y tionary there and look il up, and be We
e on.
-Hydriodate o.
y The opportunity was too tempting TO
d resisted. | quietly slid ont with the di
e tionary and was safe at the Grand UniC
b before the Colonel got fairly to the fin
2 trace Of organic matter. JcH Paul.
G From the Army and Navy Journal.
= Vermont.
ENcAMPMENT OF FIRST INFANTRY.
This regiment Of the Vermont Nation
Guard. Colonel 7. 5. Peck. went into can