, 1874-08-15

to Bpnnd by tic nlloro, Ikmow or no place tlhs
would hold MO moro firmly than tho oca9itioa or
which hayo been HpoaElng. IN tho tnatfor Of
scenory tl.oy offor nothing; but, In genuine loa"
pitn1lty and enjoyment. everything. W.
SPRINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN WIS
Correspondence Of Tbs Chicago Tribune.
WHITEWATER, Wis.,, Aug. 8, 1874.
THO northward-lyl,g epaccs Of our groat prat-
rio regions, penine1aiar or i,n'f*peninsa'ar IN
thoir chaiactef. wore onco supposed to bo gtvon
up to wooay lakoa aud naa.ia, or. IN tho sontIl-
cru portion. to wido plains eoantily supplied
with troos and water. But Nnturo sooma to taSo
hor own way Of supplying health to tho foyer
amitten or their descendants, md yntor in ovory
variety to tic thirsty or uncloan. Tho number of
minornt springs. magnetic apriugH, wnrm springs
boiling springs, flowing wolln, Ec., III this region
IL woSDEnfuh.
Long ago remember having watched tho
morning-miats dragging themselves upward
from thoso samo itl-condftionod 1asos III 1tlohl-
gan, and wondering II they wore not tho friends
Of disease who broo1od there Mt night, and cent
torol tho tromuous pcstilcnoo among tho inhnb-
itants. Now. looking at tho map in tho
samo rogton. flud tho nan,oa Of
mineral springs, to wlloso healing waters tho
afflicted gather from d! quarters. Has the aua,
good; or hnb he only oxhnlol tho bn!ofnl cor-
Tain of malaria from tho EurfAee, aud revealed
What yaB hcncAth?
At au eyonta there aecma sutielent need that
tln dasGal.ttauta Of tloan fayor-aul!ttou {oucars
al,onIi I,o replaced upon lnsls Of sound hoaltl
from tho ssNitarinms prepared Tor thotn In the
ea1Ro coil which proved 30 rodolent Of diaoaae to
tho PM nn:s,
Tie wells and springs which havo excited my
ttNN NHN1<r
ALE IN HouyHEAayEns WISCONSIN.
Tho nrtosian wells, which Iavo beon opened in
this region within 4 Yc4r or two, at Fond du Lao
nnt, elsewhere, claiin magnetic pyopersea. The
| ing into rcputo during tho last two or t!lrco
years but whatever Its virtues may be- there IL
n group of spr,ngs. Ii or 20 mcn farther wcut.
on the milwaukee, i ST. Paul lload, that bid fnir
@ Ii sS@ one H. ere sass e saaea aa y
biuifs that border Whitewater on tic cast and
aeat!.,, sud ia tho ni'lat Of which
Tho littlc Village Of Palmyra ;,t,t. II St. .
farmaslos, from, which nainoral aprnga md liow-
| ing VOLS appear in abundance. Several flowing
| wells hAyo bacn struck within n year Or two, Il
little to the southeast Of this viltngo,-tho 1,.st
! one ut a depth OF only Ii feet.
| BONE NEMARNADLE FLOWING SPRINGS
| In tho Farno region have long l,een known. No
effort, believe, has boen u'ala TO ascertain The
height to Which this wator oan ba throwa hut
tito streams gtyo q atrong, continuous flow.
Nonr ttcse ia = peculiar mineral spring. In til,
midst Of fold Of low, marahy land, il1ore riae.
tuft or mound Of ponty coil, perllapH 30 feot o.
moro In diameter which laB there liko huge
| sponge tmpragnnted 'Fta, mineral water. StOp
upon IT, aud you llnva Just tho result you Tollld
indontatfon made By the foot fills with water.
aud tho turf slowly resumes Its rlaco when the
foot is removed. Bnt cut n hole In any rart oi
thin mound and you have tr0ngly-impreg-
I fn5 nhrnt HcrinU
IL rulmyra or n,iloa to tho east ct tlls, Il
group called
THE Lours Brn1Sar,
most Of them hubl,}lng un from ,,odhy battoma,
and giving each itB own variety OF nltuptal rr0p-
orles. Two nr three Of thoso nre waru nprincs.
Not Tar from these another group shown in par,
tho same peaty formation lis the Whitewater
Spring. just described, tho, RpHngy noi, when
down Tho s'dest eets!ig in poos. or joining the
main cllannol. Tho Dltlwel House, vorY tlnt
l,otol. has Just boon opened horo, aud aeomB te
be filling with guests hctoro 1t IL fairly ready fot
them. Nearly opposite thia holae, lovely 1tt1t
lake. ret IN tito cuo Of Tho hills. atrotchca on do
lightfuliy IN tho diatunco.
A mile below this IL
THE MOST cUHroGs srR1s;G
I havo yot visited. In an oval basin. gcoopod ou
among tho hills, lies hundred acres or moro O.
low mud; aud Il, tho midst of this. following tIt
plaul.B that load you over tho morsly soil, yol
come upon n pool Of water, shallow At frat. bu
peculiar III ltH colollng anu Ill tue Kind 0! vngctG
tion ut tho bottom. but preacntly, passing oya
tho platform, yuu look down tho prec,pi tom
sides Of roluarkaolo depression, wl,us.
depth was yariousiy estimated nt 90 t.
GO feet. do not know wlolhcr i
Inns bcen accurately neasurod. Sand, how
evor, haB been drawn up f1om tho bottom, aud il
said to bo snow-wllito. Bnt. to our oyos. looking
through tho clear wafer. it waB as blue as for.
get mo-not and tho wh.riug, cloud-llllc III 7tian
given to this blue sal,d BY tho np-boili,i, OF the
water at different points on tho bnttonl lnado ont
think that dozen fairy csldrous had boon col
In TINT miniature lake. One might imagine tht
stoep sides Of this dcpraHaion to bo lined will
moHses and Eyrngas,-tho leayeH being covcret
with roddIsl. depnait, Which may indicate tn
presence Of iron. THO syringoB, how on be
Ing drawn up. prove to DO a reed-liNe wntor
| plant and nok Shrub Tho water Of this aprint
is warm, so that 1t ia said noyor to froozo oyor
[ ;llongh. with the thermometer at 80 dee. belo,
zero, as we aometines have it, ono would sup
pogo anything would freeze. The Sill plug wato
| rum through MI on.iot to tho south, nnd it /
proposed, by damming this stream, to conyor
the wlloin hundred acres into lslie.
Other springs similar 10 thsn last are Baid h
exiat IN tho vicinity but tlene arc the only one
hayo seou. i. 4.
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