Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-07-20
From oar Special Correspondent.
II"IH V|I 'FVVI"I N'I'99 p0H0.HV'
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, !
July lst 1875.
1T, Editor:

Wy laSI pancf vas taken up WITH
general idea Cf this flIourishirg lit
tie city, and The springs that burs.
forth from the mountains that shut it
in on either side. IsEaIl now speak
Of The curative valae of these ther-
MAJ waters, and Illustrate their eflica-
cy by the actull experience of per-
sons whose veracity is uuqueslioncd.
While this subject may lie uninter>
esting TO many Of your readers, |
immagiuc there are many who will
read it with avidity. | am indebted
for much Of the information ! possess
o. these waters, to Mr.. Chas. Gutter
who has written a very readable
pamphlet upon the "Hot Springs as
They Are,'' intended for the benefit
Of invaIids who resort hither for the
purpose of ayai!ing themselves of the
benefit to be derived from the
Springs, There are quite number
Of the afflicted with whom ! desire 20
ledge th,s inform4tion, This is my
al Clogy for trcSpassng so much upon
your columns. How many there are
that live all around us and upon
whom the heavy hand of affli"ticn
has rested for years and into whose
he2rts not ray Of hope scarcely cv-
er enters, will hail with delight This
NJ ,ssge For all The maladies ef the
soul, there is a sovereign remedy
known now. to the peaPle of the four
corners of the earth. Z fountain e
whose waters they need GnIy drink to
be cleanscd of moral dcElcnicnt and
impurjty, and it is accessible to ali,
without money and without price.
No 50 wifi respect TO the ills that the
flesh is heir 70. Although nitny Of
them which have hitheyLoo been re-
gardei as incurablc, and have bafllcd
the shi!t of men, eminent in the
medical profession, cRn be cured by
these waters The Great Physician
Of nature has so combined III medical
properties existent everywhere, in
these thermal waters, that the mos
wonde.tul results have been accom-
/ i;'iahol by a proper and intelligent
nsc Of them. Tncy have sent the
nre bloc again through tie para :
l'zrd lim1, ARA restored a WAS'ed and
( diseased iraGa, t. health and vital
/ t.
There &C qI'c nG"5cr. Cd these
/ : S.,rirgc, s,me upon the mtrEm ot
the ere .l-mpSt Of tacm higher up
on the mountain. l.. IS safest for
those who visit the ), gings, 10 place
themselves under competent Phy>
sici n, WHO vii charge for h; a.tcn
/ ton aboN, SD per month. some bow,
ever only charge go vtrnut refer
chcc 20 Tie length of TINE oEe /,
under trea,m 'nt--she drugs will cost
some 81 or 81 Ter month. Those
who are unable by reason of poverty
to pay their way here, need not re
mrin at home on that account for
excellent accommodations are provl-
ded for ali such, and over the I'm.
tirmarv," is placed some of the best
doctors of the Mace.
L * STRANGE that the knowledge Of
the cnrs,ivc value Of these waters has
beon q limited. Scientists have es.
tinatcd from the physlcaI appear,
ancc everywhere to be seen in the
vicinity of the Springs, tEpt they
have been flowing for over twenty.
three hundred years. The untutorec
rlr + IL 4 .--. -. .. - ;y,,,, 80
ant ,says Mr. Gutter, of thei
curative properties and value.
as most of tic tribes of the Mississippi
BASIN sent bands of their sick to then
to be cured of diseases their great
: med cine men mould not control. NJ
uncle. Jno. G.. Hale. the veteran
cIaimant of the Springs, who has re-
! sided here some 40 or 50 years, has
Witnessed 4 number of the red mel
who came here exhausted anc
r and weighed down with disease. re
1 turn after short soiourn, with al
, the clacity Of yonthfel warriors. t.
their hunting grounds. Alas, poo
= Indian, the disease Of republican civ
ilizaJion, with which ;he present ad-
: ministraticn has afflicted him, cai
be cured by no thermal waters, -
Many romantic traditions have beer
handed down by these aoorglnes
and many suppose they are the tonn'
tains OF Youth for which Ponce ID
Leon searched in vain throughout
Flori la and the South.
"a quantitation analysis made b.
Prof. Lari,in of st. Louis IN 1896
gives 81 grains Of mineral constitu'
a-,.- q, tbD no lion Tho tEmnpr1 tuT