The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-25
ANCIENT S.tRfTOGf.
A Veteran who In. Frcau-ntcd the Springs
for Fight -onc Summers.

SARATOGA. Aug. % In riding about Schc-
ncctady yesterday. visiting the scenes Of carly
college. life. came across the venerable Abril-
ham Ncrlrr. aged 49,
You think YOU know a good dcnl about Sara
toga.' said the venerable whitr-hnired man.
" You saw You've been there twelve summers
in succession What do you think Of me- I've
been there eishty-ona summers"
What every year for eighty -onc years r.
asked.
l,s almost every year. my son. Int FOR the
last two years i've been too feeble. Stil hone
g. go there AGAIN neNt year.
when did you pay your first visit to Sara
iosa: laskrd.
II WAS 1895. was Il years old then -oiahty-
ono years ago. The spr ns- had then been
known fer twcnty-sN Years. Derrick Scowtun
told M" that bee cleared pir'r If land and huit
a cabin on the hill above High hook Spring in
l773'
Was it much Of a resort them"
Nj much W. saw about fifteen people.
High Rock Spring was the chief spring then.
II WAS situated ON marshy ground in athirx
pin" grove. The underhrush had been ,ut
away and We followed an lniian path 10 get 10
it. The water then boiled up through "A solid
rock. and we used 10 dip II out with sour,ls or
I'm dirp'r- In ia" bushes lttl" way of WIS
trough made from a hig pine tree h"w,d out
To this trough q few invtlids used Ia carry
water IA pals then ihoN would lay n IN" water.
Around ia" trough was "a hig mui puddle. In
iu't ~ ther" WIS no ON" To- care for the spring
it WIS ia "a wrttrhrd condition An nll -nlinf
ter. John Arnold who came there IN l774. had
another trough IN am open los hut. II looked
IKE PIX -iN, ana ~" trough wa- Just -ueh a
ON" u~ "" us tp how out tu isr,! w ne in. Tho
old -Ju.ttrr used 70 mn hi~ trough fun 81 water
AMI let p'up" u-' il for penny time. Tho
Spring had hrrn dis .uvrr.d about nv, v.lr-
nul 70 wa. not used ml'h. The water WIS
.91in- nut of a." ground W through "a half
htrf'i -iu IN the middle ~ a Iungmir'. sur
rounded los frogs tonds. and other reptiles
winch always frequent low bosgy ground.
There wrr" about fifteen visitors about tho
spring many of them cooking their own PRO-
visions. q trgn Putnam. who buli putnam's
stands. mad iu-t arrived in sarnioAn ana wa.
,o.N ng around for site on which To build his
.. Ilow did Ball='on look them" asked.
low one. story tavern kept ,S Mr., Tryon and
STUCK IN in"nui. In TINS old barrel Wis tho
inm"Hs bWl-,nn Nnri-. To ~ TO 1t We hadto
w'uN, ht.nn 'in- Themselves to keep from falling
lhi" M" luhsmlrr ia" rlaee could acc1mmo-
dat, "ny ",n9ui ten visitors.
" mn Il you u. - visit Saratoga ~
III 1872 SAW Gideon Putnam building his
new hotel rnt IN lsp6 ! saw him tubing Column
ban AMI Washington Springs"
In lsuj. rOni nued Nh Needrr. " | went to
Btil~i n again. | was astuniSncd % see the
change. II wa- larger han Saratoga and much
filled up. The -insl" onc--ipry tavern had
been torn down, tn spring had been tuhcd, and
a nhsnli "nt hotel. tn" sans Souri. hal been
and in IL there were over hun, lred l,ii - IN
,hai time. Attached to n AVtei was a splendid
n".lIN1m l"hutiiuily Illuminated with chan
drl"rs Every evening II .re was a lg hnll
with - band oi music. The guests were many III
them Sou'lerners. Instead OF dancing old -f,,-li-
Toned v1utpnHry country dances aud four
hnud reels. found the collllun and quadrile
rad been introduced from PARIS Bnllston VIA
n 81 AM.