Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15
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Saratoga.
JOHN PAUL N SEARCH OF A DICTIONARY
Whene'er take my walks abroad,
How many springs ] see.

JOHN PAUL N SEARCH OF A DICTIONARY.
Whene'er take my walks abroad,
How many springs ! see.
In fact It requires good deal Of topo- I
graphical knowledge TO avoid tumbllng INTO /
them. You cannot buy 4 bit OF ground
without purchasing one. This Is possibly
the reason 20 few village lots change hands
The mind accustomed to get at a conclusion,
as grasshopper does at q gate, by jump
iur. might imagine that the prevalence OF
these springs should cause quite an active
movement in real estate. but the contrary
seems to be the case The Hon. NJ. Ha-
thorn. Congressman from this district, ana
proprietor of Congress Hall. purchased
niece of ground and attempted TO dig eel
lar. In the course of digging ne unearthed
q great MANY curious deposits At lew
inches below the surface of the ground he
etrackfa large quantity OF broken cr0ckery.
Tin cans. and FISH ZONES: penetrating sui
deeper De came upon a layer oi single mans
shoes. leather. slop-pails. stoyeplpe hats
and iew-harps; lx feet lower 1oWn ne
turned over the skeleton Of a iackass. salts
lied u0w that lie was getting near home, he
pushed uu the work with redJubled ylEor,
and after boring through q stratum OF
dairy salt - feet thick, a stream OF mineral
water spouted 1919 feet into the air. drown
ing g number OF the miners and flooding the
proprietor with joy. The spring has never
ceased spouting since. nor has he, the lucky
coincidence of an election 10 Congress which
followed soon after, afiording him unllmi-
ted opportunities for the ample develop
mont of the gift.
Investigating the origin Of these sprIngs.I
find that the granite rock in this geological
section j. commingied. IN some cases aiding
he~ q a1IH
impermeableness OF which can better be
imagined than described. Chat the way
reporters always put it, ] beIeye) Next
We come upon synthermal mass oil
advantageous blue clay lying IN near proZ-
unity 10 an amorphous formation, which
presents terru-go gu-g0--there. 1 n
stuck again As ! remarked TO Mrs. Paul
when she insisted on putting the baby.
cradle in my trunk and leaving ont the blg
dictionary. ! never can get along without a
dictionary Ii Is the only book / can really
get ideas out of it Is chock full Of them.
don say much for II tor steady reading,
though. for the matter of that, there are
many books Of greater popularity with the
public that can't hold a candle 70 II 50 lar
as good reading l. concerned. Butf0r Ideas
I'll back 1t against the best book gong.
And. as explained 10 Mrs. Paul, baby =
CFA4lt L no Suts4ltAAt 4oI AZ hut NuA -
ideas out of that. At least ! have been able
70 get no idea from II save a general one %
the effect that If YOU We're 10 bray the baby
IN q mortar the series of brays resulting
could not be more deaieninc and prolonged
than generally issue from that piece OF
basket-w0rk- ANY Gearth of ideas which
may be noticed n this correspondence Just
attribute 10 having no dictionary along !
have tried 70 borrow II VAN. ] applied
Yesterday at the SarafoQlGn Office, they had
a rather recent unabridged. they thought.
but on coming 70 brush around for il
discovered thar it had been used
all the winter through for g choppng-
block there was nothing leit OF II but the
very hardest words. words that were hard
enough 10 turn the edge Of the Ak, and
these they couldn't spare even Tor lev
minutes. as they were engaged IN carrying
on q spirited controversy with the other VII
lage paper. Then applied at the bookstore
Ii had been a bad season, the man said, q
bad season for everything. including die
tionaries; probably as many were printed
as ever. but somehow they didn't ind then
way up here: there was Hath0rn. now. be
was a Congressman and might possibly
have one lying around
stepped over TO Congress Hall. q" Mr.
Hathorn. ! said, - really my position l. ;
very unpleasant one II grlncs NY pr0u,
soul down into the dust at my feet 70 DIT
Obliged 70 20 round e0nfessInC II. but need.
must, etc. ! came up in the hope 10 carr
an honest though humble subsistence by
writing elaborate letters Tor the Irlt1Hc
mostly on scientific subiects-that being ny
strong suit. But unfortunately l can't
away without dictionary and ] Away
depend on a dictionary for ideas Now
knowing that yOa are a man without ideas
have come to You IN the hope that yo'
VIII sympathize with me, and kindly.
Nh Hath0rn took NY arm II his. &c
Is all right" he said. '' Just step over q
my spring with me; III set you all right Il
a moment.
We crossed the way. descended a shor
flight Of wooden steps, and soon stood L
what Mr. Hathorn calls The Lab0rat0r,
of Nature ! should have called it a SINAI
and rather damp shed. In the centre of tn
floor wooden siove-pipe slightly pr0trud
ed, inside Of which water boiled and bub
bled continually.
he stopped down and filed a tumbler
% Drink this, he said. ] drank 1t.
a. How that o. he asked.
a. Decided salt. ! replied
- That's because its the first one. r
another. and he filed the lumber again
| swallowed that. How do you fee
now
- Pretty full. thank You, answered /.
just the way thought 10 work. Here.
and he extended another tumbleriul.
After wrestling with 1t for moment
set the glass down.
Have You got an idea - he shouted
seizing me by the coat collar.
.. NeS-an idea that ] don't want an
GET
- An idea. Sc he broke in. and THAT
lust what You viii get if Won drink Q gallo
or two. Talk Of ideas-there's more idea
in pint Of that water than in all the othe
springs put together. just look at me
johnson over there calls his water Cor
gress. and makes a fus> about the trad
mark Why, / hadn't sacked away q
this spring twsnty-four h0ars before
made me a Congressman. And il keeps III
so. See here. and he filed q glass en-
Enthusiastically. For curing sick folk
there l. nothing like 1t. See there"
turned my head N the direction indicated
and he availed himself Of the opportunIt
to throw the water over his shoulder
That man sitting down lust outside thi
LRbOratoTy.of Nature came here a full @
humors a. a grindstone Is of grit: he hai
more humor into him than Won could shak
q stick at now he's as smooth a. thOucl
he had been rubbed down with sand pape
every ten minutes for q week You see tn
buttons all over his clothes well them 5 th
humors he had-they came out in brass but
tons. See here" and he filed bis glas
again; % YOU see that man with the Ion.
legs over there, one Lee a little longer thai
the other2" ! turned my head an instant
and heard the water splash over his shoulder
Well, he hadn' Z long legs at all when bt
came here. one was shorter than the other
that what be came for the spring work
ed well enough on him. but the trouble wa
II made both legs grow together as il ourh
To, being !aIr water. ! told him he mus
sort O cant himself over on the short sd
all day, and sleep on the short sideat night
and then the water o1ly take hold wber
1t run - well. be got along frsf-rate al
day, but at night he would turn over. voi
see We tried TO strap him down. but i
wan no manner Of use; that waters 5
almighty powerful II just took him I'D an
slung him about the bed as though he-
been candelion-seed-aud he weighin
nigh onto 200 pounds
- l. this water helpful in the way of p,
oucing superhGous flesh 90 ! asked .. b
doesn t look 10 be more than half tia
weight now
Helpful IN reducing superhaous flesh
Well, ! guess - il just whites a fello,
down ike q jack-plane. ii he's too lat. Loo
AT me ! WAS as big round the waist a
johnson, over there ut the Congress. befor
found this spring; now m thin enough
am 1 / Compared with Hathorn 'svpro
portions. lath might be called round an
corpulent.
Yes, REMARKED "but should thin
there was oanger Of the other extreme.
you 60 on drinking this water as Won dom +
or throwing 1t over Your sboulde- a. Va,
do, there won't be enough left of Won. nv
ahd-oy, To cast vote; perhaps not eve
enough to cast q shadow.
Oh, it works both ways be said ..I,r
drinking Al now to get flesh on thor
nothing tins water can't do. if Won rive i
fair show: no matter how sick Won fsoi =
night, just drink gallon or TWO ~, !.
going TO bed and you Il get NJ in the MI
ing feeling like bird
.. An early iird :, I