New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-17

Leaf frsm tho Diary Of an Inval,1.
How the poor sufferers at Hot Sprin,.
Arkansas, enjoy themselves in the lose
summer days is shown by the following a..
tracts from letter writtsn by scjourp,,
at TINT famous resort, describing q til,
from Hot Springs to Mountain Valley:
August 2l.-Left the "Wsverly" at IA
A. NJ. IN = two SEATED easy carriage a.
| DALI provided by our enterprising stahIe.
keeper, Me-. Moore. The doctor held tha
ribbons with NY support. while Keenan
and the Frenchmsn occupied the back aes4
and did tho cririci.m. The sky was over.
cast, the weather not too warm, the oouu.
try charming, picture que and wild; higk
rolling hills and narrow dshs-all covered
wlth Q heavy growth of pine and OAK
followed each other in quick successiop.
aud oonjured up visions Of tho Northern
! foot hills with the bounding deer and thu
| baynx hounds. The clear queen of tia
nesting pondsIwas only lacking to complets
tho pic, ure; though We cross. d Q Der Of
clear fine pulling stieans that ought to
| harbOr The speckied trout.
! Three miles out We passed the so-cslled
| Ctalyoeate Springs. made useful BY the
guests OF = large hotel bs ore the war, but
burned during the conflict The hotel /
meap) The waters of tns eprings-eipht
in number and boiling mp In . epace not
over seven feet sQuare-ls carried acrues
the rUbble in . primitive pin, dug-out, din.
charging at least thirty gallons per minute.
clear, not unpleasant to the taste, and IL
said to have remarkable curative proper.
ties. Composition, iron, magnesia, soda
potassium, ETC., This 10 not copied from
the guide book and may be insccuratel:
but not being strong OF invalids the efecs
on our party dues not count.
About the open X OuDd near by were foar
of the universal White country vans, a
family to each, with loaus OF chickena
watermelons, elc legal tender ct hot
Spriues. for ~hich noted place they vera
bound from hom-s twenty to eixty milee
away. Lucy were getting through break
fast and preparing TO birch up their queer.
look pg n0ndescii pr teams, and appeared
jolly as lords. The road, It's general direc-
tion nor Invest, WINDING about among the
hills, is fairly good and might be perfect
as the material is abundant and first olsea:
so good in fact that although tho gutter =
in the middle the way i- not badly washed.
Arrived at the Mountain Valley House.
which Is the end OF the road, ut ii l. n:
took 3 drInk-ot water, strongly impres.
mated With IRON, msgnesis, etc cool and
clear. The spring disUh srges about twenty
i've Aliens per minute, and is covered bv
. square-roOfed, Op-D-side arch building.
with benches on the inside facing toward
the centre, where long handled tin Gun
hangs over the low curbed spring. OF the
hotel. the original fr"n, is two-storied. n.
cessed open centre verands, dining room.
Il chen, etc. in an l. in the r-ar. Tho
sleeping rooms are in Ore-sfory building
occupying two si0es OF 100 feet square.
The verAndA is twelve feet broad al
round the inside on which the rooms oOen
Moon rung us IN 10 dinner, for which the
n'ain air (l6O0 feet above tide level1
lad quite prepared Us. The walters, ssout
ooking ooys 10 shirts and pants only, ask
"a "a II We would take coup. and no fur
her Qn+stlons, bus brought Us, each, thir.
Gen small oishes containing rice, griddled
'otstoes, etc wed potatoes, sweet baked DO
atoee, raw tomatoes. s,ewed tomatoee.
'oiied oScop, stewed chicken, emothered
hicken, peas, roast lamb, corn bread and
uicken Pie: after that, q apple tart and
nd0lng. We did justice to the spread af-
81 Veiliying the count, although the butter
ny served In u SCUM plate and hsudled
nm tablespoon Note.-The State of
Iaon' h4akes better butter and abolition
Over the dining tables was euspeuded
'ugn oevlco VIII oh reminded us OF Del.
lon ice; an inverted cross hung frum the
sinpg' three over each table, with eouaro
Ito OF blue cambria over the arms Of each.
40 ute cord through the end, and knot
" u each upright, the cord extending to
10 end OF the rOom, where it was propelled
bright eight year old lad to tone down
10 neat ana drlve away the e es. The bow
Vioed nis time between the cord. teasing
cat and scra ching lis curly head.
ne wafer from the spri, z seems to SUD-
Gil oses. h0nse, balhs, barns. etc. Tia
fPins runs Il through the valley. leaving
! alkaline deposit in ephericsi forme.
oicn 10 quite curious; eff.rvescine like
iaIis powders when watered or mixed
Nh vinegar, etc.
bout 200 yards distant is 8 rougb board
use, occupied bv family from Calves
Inc father, sffl ored with drousy and
ven up ~ his ply sicians, has been hero
Q WEI Ks, and 10 nearly cured, There ara
ger cases of the kind on record here: Also
res OF diabetes, Brights disease. etc.
ere are other springs at hand. ore OF
. ''c y: tastes quite stroDg Of SULPHUR.
ne'le past three O'Clock keenan, sndI
10 farewell 10 c. az the doctor. and
rted for Hot Springs.
~ one OF the ciearings en- route. which
Two or three miles apart. we moi iced a
II oeing dug, and keenan, could NOT re-
Tue National instli CT to take q 10 Il. and
uu the owner and digger eighty. i've feet
y anu stiii dry and hopeful, an ins lance
porsistence not common among Graz kers.
enan Drought me handful Of ear ), lust
u tue last drilling. in which TO- nd
All crystal. another proof that truth
At the bottom of we'll" Tire5 and
'py vs. reached bone at $50 P. e.
G. S.p