The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-30
LETTER FROM WEST BADEN SPRINGS
THE HEAVY EAINs-cRoPs-THE sPRINGs-THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Especial correspondence of the Bulletin.l
| WEST BADEN SPRINGS,
| Orange County, Indiana,
| July 26, 1875.
Dear misunderstanding to promise, avail
myself this pleasure, and give you some lttl,
news and few items from this beautiful we
land OF the Hoosiers.
| The country in this entire section is GOV
| cred with water. We have had incessant rains
for thirty Or forty days, and all the rivers and
| creeks are outside of their banks; in fact, sc
much water has not been seen for many year:
in some sections of this State and in Illinois
1t has rained daily since the LIST of April; the
consequence is, that the grain crop is much
injured, and daily getting worse. The fiat
prairie country not being susceptible Of
drainage, the water stands constantly on the
beautiful fields of wheat, corn and other grain,
and short and badly damaged crop is one
Of the sure things. In passing out here from
Orleans, Indiana, passed acres Of corn, the
water standing from three to five feet deep
over the entire area.
In fact, from Cairo to this place the farmers
with whom converssd told me that the fair
est they could hope to expect would be half
crop.
am much afraid that our good people on
the Lower Mississippi must also feel the eff
fects Of this vast deluge, and rs a word in
time may save sad dis isters, it may be we'll
for our Levee Company and others interested
to b. prepared for breakers.
The celebrated springs at which am now
located are among the finest on this CONT
nent. The Blue Mass Magnesia, Iron, Salts,
Lemon. and other chemical springs here each
being separate and distinct, and all within a
fewsteps Of each Other, are the wonder of all
who have seen them and tasted them, while
the many thousands in the adjacent country
give evidence of the powerful influence and
curative powers which they manifest to all in
valids. For dyspepsia and all other chronic
and cutaneous diseases, their decisive and
radical powers are really wonderful
It is great pity they have not been more
generally advertised and made public the
only reason l can give is that they have be-
longed tor years to a very wealthy gentleman,
who has in person conducted their manage.
ment, and his personal friends continue to ill
his restricted accommodation from year to
year, and he cares for no outsiders; however,
learn that stock company with capital of
S4O0 900, are about purchasing the springs,
and with the surplus of cash over and above
purchase price 100000. propose charging
and embellishing in royal Egyptian style, and
suppose by this time twelve-month, they
will answer for 1900 persons, with all the
luxures you may find at any first class water
ing place or water cure establishment on this
continent.
The visitors here, now numbering some $50
or 300, are mostly from Indianapolis, Evans
vile, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago while
some are from Nashville, Memphis, Mobile
and New Orleans. Among the latter, the
families of W. I. Hodgson, Esq and Mr.. E.
Drouilhard of the steamer B. E. Lee. The
hotel is well kept, the proprietor and owner,
DR.. j. A. Lane, is ably assisted by Mr.. Theo-
dore Russell, Of the Allen House, Evansville. |
Ind, and between the two, every thing passes
off satisfactorily.
The guests at this place gave US grand |
literary and musical feast on last Friday |
evening, including some most beautiful solos, |
duets, quartettes, etc. both vocal and instru- |
mental; also comic dissertations, Rotations, |
Mrs. Caudle's lectures, etc, winding up wi b |
! grand display OF fire works, ball and supper. |
Misses Nellie Hodgson and Mary Drouilhard,
both of the Peabody High School of your
,ity. assisted, the former by ballad and the
after by charming recitation, and reflected |
great credit upon themselves, as we'll as the
,ity from which they hail, and Mrs. K. r.
Shaw, their loved and well-known principal. |
hope to proceed little further north and
vest soon, and you may hear from me again.
Until then, yours surely, SKtMMERHoRN.