Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-16

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE ny AN ENTHu-
stAsrIC wILMlNGToNlAN-riiE POLITICIANS
SUMNER RESORT.
special correspondence Of the STATE JouKSAL
BEDFORD SPRINGS, PA, August 18th, 1873.
In response to your request, l VIII Try 10
give vol some account of my Impressions Of |
Of this old and well-knOwn plaee-olu 10 |
iook At too Old in fact "a well M old in real |
ity, As resort. To those who have never |
been here, l would say Imagine q narrow
valley, here, may be eighty yards wide run
ming north and south for this Width, say
three hundred yards, above ana heiow
widening out to several times thht Wlu'H'
the hills rising three hundred ioet on eaeH
hiiis runs A row Of old, sOme OF
them tumble-down buildings, consul.
tuting the hotel, and At the lOOt OF
the eastern hills small bi9ohl uai ~,
Showers creek, running north TO JON the
| Raystown branch of the Juniata, WIN =
| lawn stretching between, scattered Auout
/ on which are numerous bulluluBs OF thc
aamc old tumble-down order rs part ol tie
/ hotel hut are shaded by numerous maple
| trees under which loaf the OLD NlsitotH'
| many OF whom are hahitues oil thltty Years
| AT the foot OF the lawn, along the creek
| runs the Cumberland road, leading from
| ReJfori town, two miles away on the north,
to Cumberland, some forty miles south ul
here. 49,. . H., ,,raa.
| charms OF the place--a glorious place 70
| rest In. and reoupcrative Tor lew year
hard % woorl.-espeeially for one who has
come here from hot weather, Urea out' anu
painfully conscious OF the possesis.luih H. y,
mat most undesirable thing when II doh
work right-a liver. If you don't know you
have one, all right you are blessed a..
| On the cast bank OF the stream, directly
opposite the principal hotter bululhR Is Wy
, iustlv celebrated "AndersOn's" or Bedford
Mineral Spring, which gives name and I'm
nortance to the place, which, Tor the sake
OF its waters, has been resort OF 'i MI
possessed invallds for seventy years ui CIV,
| tization. and, 1t is said, previous 10 the set
| Element of this part of the country ny Whlte
; men, by the red abOrigines, who knew ana
used the "medieine waters"
These waters contain 81 grams TO the gal
Ion OF sulphate OF magnesia, 20 grains SUI
= nhate. carbonate and muriate OF lime, mii
l riate of soda and carbonate OF IRON WI,
isiI inches of carbOnic acid gas, whlei
, makes-as one of the old NibitOfs says Wh'
has tried almost all the known medicinal
surings-the best water on thls eohtlhvl
). | f1r general inyalids. | know II IS JUST th'
/ ! place and spring for me, ana az your llleh.
Il n saws, nj we could not live here any
| other WAY we would come ana camp Oui.
f The Whole estate extending some thre'
n miles along this valley, from rldge 70 iluse
a and comprising some 2OO9 acres, peiohsa y
q the Andersona, a family IN whose hanus
hns hinge ed for years, with no eneisy'lttl
Y tact and plenty OF money LOT inc piaue
N very profitable. 49, -. -.
Is IL INFO abier hands (but they hold on 10
tbeir nriee and it is worth ~, ana ever
year YOU may hear rum0rs that next yea
m Inc PenngvlvaniA road takes it. but rs ye
ID II continues the same old, lll-kert, charm
"A inc place, with great possibilities, ana
large future, which still recedes as 20
is In Juiy il is gay here, very gay; but ats
ST. August sets in the butterflies go on 10 "
. sea side and leave it TO the possession oil
o. al Of ouiet-geHerally very pleasant, som
Of them ing-valctudinarians' wh
is come wear after wear, often GU the same az
IN of the month, and stay about the same INN
y, Tnr instance we misc here, for the iitst tim
10 ttis season, lovely old lady, who, yOl
Id Gallant u. 5. District Attorney says,
es snerfectly queenly" in her manners, ~
who had been here every summer ior near
n. fifty years. - ...,,
&C. has felt cannot resist in the place, a
he which will always bring visitors. III
a. | Andcrsons say they don't advertise hecau
~ tbcv would be Oyerrun II they did, ahd
w ,Vonld he too much trouble. 1t used TO .
and ia vet to some extent, the place whe
IN. the Pennsylvania politicians come to col
- mare notes and write up states, but tins
ou An '.oif year" and they are not on hand
uE least not now.
er. 'rhe wagon horse of Penpsylvany,
of CLAY Men used to sing OF simon Gamer
in Al, has been here, but is gone, ana I
last OF them went with him.
oil You will think / am one OF the iniatuat
ng ones well, so / am, and glory III IL.
an you had come here, as have done, pun
a. Gown some Is pounds below yorr re5u
weight for years, and in six weeks j
ON gained 20 pounds and felt like you
ing giant, you would shave it, as well as
Hulrah for Bedford.