St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-18

/ barrels 10y hydr"Static pressure. in such
Il way that il is claimed the carbonic
acid gas Is retained. In this way il can
he kept on draught 10y druggists. and
/ served as we'll as ut the spring.
Several of the springs are great nat
uIal curi"Sitic>. and as such attract
much attention from visitors. The
/ High Rock spring is one of these. 1t
takes its name from ii dome shaped
rock between three and four feet high
which has an aperture five or six inches
III diameter III the top, from whence
/ flows the water. 1t is IL small volcano in
appearance, only water instead of lava
is discharged. biologists claim that
this rock WaS formed 10y IL deposit
contained in the water. and they reckon
It's age 10y counting the rings or circles
of deposit marking each year. Suffice
1t to say that by their reckoning it waS
quite IL stable pebble when Noah aban-
doncd his ship on Ararat. IT is now -
feet III circumference. and still growing
The GcNscr spring is another object
of much interest. 1t is Il mile and Il
half south nt the village, and for this
reason Is not so much il constant resort
Ii WIS discovered some four wears ago
There had been Il manufartorv at this
place which failed about that time. As
/ there We're indications of mineral Wa
tiers III the n"'ghbolhood. the proprictors
began boring as in sinking an oil we'll
After going down through rock IlO feet
they struck this vein of mineral water.
which burst forth and has ever since
| Sp"utcd there like Il fountain to the
/ height of some twenty feet. Tits wa
ter is stronger and more highly charged
with gas than The older springs. and 10y
many is preferred to them.
The Champion Spouting spring is
Il still later discovery, and 10y most
people is considered the wonder amou"
/ the springs. 1t is Il few rods from the
GcN>rr. and like that WAS found h\
boring. 1t waS discovered some three
,NcaS ago, is three hundred feet in the
solid rock. ami throws Il constant stream
ct water some twenty five feet high
through Il fourtiI-inrh nozzle. Every
day ut five o'clock this small nozzle is
taken of when Il stream from one to two
inches III diameter. of toalniug water. j.
thrown to Il hight of seventy five feet
or noIc Tor about five inmates. when
the Volume subsidies. This is the most
wonderful of all the springs. and every
day ut five Il large company gathers To
Witness the display. The water from
this spring is claimed to br more fully
charged with both Minerals and g.iS
than that of any other spring in S:Into-
"a. Ii it can lc demonstrated that the
water is equally medicinal, it must srl-
p"r~cdc in II Large degree the old springs.
as it Is about twice the strength of Con
grrss. and the party VIII" buys it saves
half his money and half his freight.
could write Il long letter about 81
ri'"ga hotels, hut 1t is not my PURPOSE
They are Il wonder and Il study and
with the people that thron% them. they
are great attraction to this place.
The common people. however. ~ we'll
a. Il good many sensible rich persons.
get board III some quiet retreat or I'M
dissertations public house. and then 90
down Ia Cnu%rc>> Hall. the States oI
the Union. and lit ON their ample colo
nadc> and pick THEN teeth and hcaI the
bands and sec the fashion and folly OF
Saratoga. After all, hclir\r this side
of Saratoga has been too cNtravanlutl\
written up. People here are very much
~ at Other places. and the more one
secs of this society the more is he i'm
pressed with the good breeding. Chris
tian courtesy and common sense that
every where crops out
find a large number OF Ncrmnntcrs
ut this Vermont House. Indeed it is Il
faNorltr house tor Vermont and MaSS;l-
chu>"tt> people. Mr. and Mrs. DYER
are il"ih E"Naltnn. and they especially
welcome NcImontcrs. giving good fare
AT reasonable prices. The present week
there have been parties here. from st
J"hlShutA, Newport. M"nip,Iicr. Barre.
Chelsea and Randolph. The ..Sc;.>nu'
Is nearly over, hut the past ten DAYS
have been the hest of the summer to
spend at Saratoga. the Weather hl>m"
been delightful all the time.
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