The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-14
GEam the 1onnIntl,s.

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rpv,Ks1S FOR CAKEs-AT THs BATH ALUM
WHO WELCOMED rs-rERsoNAL-1hE FARE
rnr ccrspRy-H HISTORY OF THR SPRINGS =
CAPTAIN FREEMAN, THE GREAT CATERER =
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BATH ALUM STRINGS, August 10, lS'4.
The heated term has ut last set IN IN IN
and life Of the springs is MOI on!
rrtl,,rablr. but now absolutely charming
and nosi,iyely essential not only TO man
ha,l,h and happncss, bnt to the comfort ant
pleasure orlhat other scx-tne ienlales-" WIN !,
ont whose taikativeness ana iniiu.iieian''
v,,u,blc suggestions how 10 XII t,iils th'
DAYS wcud pass much more Slowly. ti'al
they really do. and we Wonld mo oufsc'fe'
longing for Richmon. even at 'his seasoh
The year. The custom OF 49,.
VISITING THR SPRINGS
ia not confined to the wealthy fortunately
!, il one of these luXurlcS when even diners
r,.v cnior for brief season, aud being lm
r,,.s .cI with that fact determined to follow
|, ho exo,n,,lc of many others and go-and Sc
! vent But not alone, for l am accom-
,,,nird in my ;our by one Of those rare
.nrrmrns Of humanity--a real companion
yi:hout whose dry wit and curious ideas,
,,,ra y. i,iri,ms and Wholesome words of ad'
vi,o the excursion would be fiat, stale, and
refer to t'co:nond Doctor,
81 ell known there, AMI whose absence IS
no doubt so kccnly felt by any number OF his
friends, especially the newspaper men 10
whose happiness he contributes DAILY IN no
small degree in the >hape OF items, that
need not he more personal. We left Rlch-
noud ON Sunday night by the express train.
n was very cool and positively uncomIorta'
bio Arriving 1T Mllboro' at O'Clock, the
Ir.i thing wc did was TO hunt for lire. The
mcrrury be il known, WAS 81 degrees, and
Iyhrn We found that fire in the parlor OF
TUE MlLLBoEo' HOUSE,
which is kept by Mr. z. L. iarbrough, we
here remained until breakfast time. we
,syc a'wavs heard il said that riding III the
nonr1ajo air increased ones appetite. In
,,r Gaze il certainly did. We found most
lcIi.,h,fuI breakfast at MlllbOr0', and after
,,rt,olly INSPECTING the place, we packed
ourselves into one OF Mr.. Trottel's stages aud
eft for the first Of the Springs in the Warm
springs valley. / am told That only two
ines OF stage, now remain in the mountains
vest Of the Blue Ridge namely, the line
rem Millhoro'. through the Warm Springs
valley, down 10 Covngton, and from Talcott
station. on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, TO the Red Sulphur Springs, 4 place
for its curative waters, beautiful
,ccacrv, fine living, and delicious air. 1t is
RIGHT s.d TO realize that all these old relics OF
he psst are going one by one. The doctor
breaks in here and insists that eakcs-old'
inc flannel cakcs-are relics OF the past.
Hes here locking, aud longing, and clano-
rous for them, bat Captain Freeman is hold.
ing on while longer. The Bath Alum, it
! said. uacd to be famous for them, but alas.
uonc have appeared yet.
THE BATH ALUM SPRINGS.
Trortcs'S stage line landed us safely at the
Bath Alum about ll.50 on Monday. When
Inc stage reached the hotel steps wc we're
erected bv Captain Freeman 81. H., Mr..
ard Mrs. Baxter, DR.. and Mrs. WAIT OF
Richmond, Misses Ezekiel and Bealc, Dir. j.
y. S,ralton and Charles Ludwig of Rich
nond. besides the German harkceper,. the
lille German band Of merry tinGlcrs (thrce
in nunbcr), and several citizens OF North
Anna whose names we have not yet asc"r-
aimed. Since that time our force has been
.on. !dcrqbiy augmented, and now numbers
,bout lhirty.tivc. with Il prospect OF all in
.rra,e TO some two hundred next week,
". en- there will be lDcetlng OF prominent
r.sllrance men Of the country.
Sir. Baxter tells me that the Bath Alum
Spring. we're discovered about one hundred
ears awo hy man named Drlncaiey, at
Which time there was TO Wigon-road over
lie Warm Spring mountain. The worthy
Colonel RrincHley established tavern, and
allied il Brinckley's Tavern. Here the emf
rants going West stopped to rest. They
would come in wagons TO the foot OF the
camping ground, beautiful
vel SPOT, which the slagc-driyers now call
sThc First Top" and which is still used for
.,mDipo purposes. From the tavern the en-
rran,s transported their baggage 10 the Wet
N nack-horse>, while the wagons returned
n the E.as, loaded with yrnison, hams, dc.
1 hout IS49 the present beautiful brick cot
aues we're put up by the late Colonel John
X Er.Zcr. Mr.. Baxter bought the place
rom him. and has recently sold an interest
o Colonel w. {. Darlington, Of Richmond.
| have been 10 all, or nearly all, OF the
,rninil springs, and / can with truth say,
bat the fare here is superior TO any in the
of Virginia, and why the place IL
not crowded, am at a loss to understand.
Thc situation is lovely in the extreme, and
here is nothing hacking to render it com
Grtable IN the highest degree, except the
need of bath houses.
Cartain Freeman. of course. manages all
,
re fox is packed full of choice meats of
III kinds, and his right.bower, Daniel, who
$ known everywhere as being the famous
teward on the IronSides.' Is here 10
Issist in making people sick and we'll with
rood living. Daniel has stuck by the Cap
ain for years.
never shall forget a supper cujoyed one
hight on The " IronsideS,' but the cilcctit bad
m me the next day is equally indelibc in
nv recollection. Daniel prepared that sup
yer, and he has similarly responsible sltua'
ion here. Wien the season is over he is
,oing back to Richmond, and will resume
he soup business.
There is much to be said in favor of the
Bath Alum, but l haze already written too
much to escape the vigilant eye of the wor-
by gentleman in the second story OF the
Dispatch building who has TO decide chow
much of this letter shall go ill.,"
The mountains around the Bath Alum
abound in iron ore. Yesterday a gentleman
old me that seam of bitumlnous coal had
recently been discovered near here. One OF
he managers at Elizabeth furnace was here
, short time ago, and he said after going ur
to the side Of the mountain, where an i'm
mense quantity Of the ore was lying, and ex
piece, that it was worth SIG ton
and much better than that which be haC
been using at his furnace. This ore ut 81
per ton. when made into pig, he said, would
easily bring from $40 to S4o.
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saw Judge Cocbrane at Mllboro, on hi
Eollno.o Ia, uttanl