The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-18
FACTS THAT BEAT RzlbLE' = I
One or ahe Wonders OF that Vr-or,,,c,,,
Wilderness, Routhwest TeIns,
EoUR LAKE March q 1e7

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most remarkable places in the world
and now ! haye turned up. "a / thint n
that which Ia the most remarka6ie of Iii
| came over, beTe6 yesterday from Sonr
Lake Station, on the railroad. in a osst
over the mcanest road in the world. and
Immediately set 20 work inyestiqstjno'
These strange places have a Fascination
for me, aud enjoy their society hu9ely.
HeHcs, yon ess conceive how nave en-.
Joyed Sour Lake.
1t is a circular pool of an acre or two
LII extent, situated in depression on the
most elevated tract of land ia d vide
scope of country. 1t riess above the con.
uigQous territory az an island in the eaa
rises above the waters. Now conceive a
depression in the centre of our island.
filled with kubbling, boiling pond, as
round as q we'll, surrounded by a dense
forest, and We havL Sour Lake and it's
topography. This similitide is exact.
All the region around is very low and
let, and sometimes the Lake tract is sur.
rounded by water. The extent of the
elevated region is probably about two
miles in any direction. The hotel and
other buildings are on the highest point
of the elevation. Don't let any one sup-
pose now that this is hill. The eleya.
t'or o only sufficient to throw the water
| on its back into the region around it.
The pool sends off a small stream to the
east. 'r-.s-'s. fs,s'
On the edgessof this lake OF. pool are
situated most of the Sells. fiYs or elk feet
IN depth, with p ..htclrbihg. &Sonae Of
these are in state of vigorous ebrllition,
while fotheIs have very, little ebullit;ou.
This ebullitien is nothing bus cure On d
of gas escaping from the bowels of the
earth. This 10 made apparent bysa com.
mon experiment here. Take q common
fruit can, open at .,onef end and small
hole bored in the other. Immerse half
LOT it ia the water where the ebullition is
going on, and then touch lighted match
TO the hole. Instantly q flame pops up,
which will burn, unless blown out by q
wind, as long as you choose to hold the
can in it5 position. There are jets5 bfsgas
issuing out of the ground all about che
pool, 60 lthat with your fruit cans and
milk cans you may have flames without
end. You may even set fire to the pools.
or apparently do so: by applying match
to the surface where it Is bu6bling or
boiling; but these flames speedily 20
out. While Burning, however, they look
exceedingly eusery and one eannntl help
but think. of the, old itrhlitinnnE heIft
which of late seems to be falling into
contempt. Now, as some may be in
clined to doubt all this, state that saw
it all. Last night and this morning with
my ownseyes.Fs ~ ~ AZ
Some of these wells throw up yellow
ish and blackish oil, rhich collects On
the surface aud may be- skinned like
cream. This smells very flriously of tar
or naptha, but at little distance is pleas
tito the nostrils, The water on which
this substance collects tastes precisely
like the substance smells. He who
drinks ct it gets his whole body consid-
erahly infected with the smell, to such a
degree that he event makes his bed smell
it. This substance is gathered hege,
9:.d the people around readily buy it at
Q lollar q quart. They, say it beats all
creation for curing sores, cuts and burns :.
= Is iliia..iniab,e, and burns with gre II
smoke. 1t is, 1 suppose, liquid carbun
Now, suppose we would take this stuff
and solidity it, and crystalize it, and pu-
rify IL to perfect eieafhes5, why, We
the alchemyst wli,, can do thisf
s:Othen ofthe.wel IL; ate .aa sc.ir az crab
apples, aud these invariably send up a.
strong odor of sulphur. These bubble
aud boil considerably, aud have whitishl
appearance, MS il .pulverized chalk had,
been stirred up in them. This is white.
sulEas::...A they have q slight taste OF the
fluid carbon. These are said to act DOW
erfully upon the liver, and several have
told me that no case of dyspepsia could
Withstand them. Then there is another
we'll that is strongly impregnated with
!rcn. rs waters are distinctly marked
from all the others in appearance, being
exceedingly soft and limpid; so much so
that it looks like. o little pool of LIQUID
cir, if such a thing may be. A few feet
from this chabyleate well is another
which is called "the Vormifugo.2 1t
tastes rather nasty, and do not doubt
that it deserves its name. They say that
children sick with worms are effectually
cured by it. a gentleman stopping here
testifies about this we'll as follows: II
drank its waters because i somehow took
% liking to It. II have besn a great snf.
afefef from dyspepsia, and that's what
brought me here. I had not the re-
motest idea that was 'wormy,' but this
well demonstrated to me that astounding
fact. Tfelt like shooting my head Off
!. Then there is anothers we'll or pool,
which, ifwbat iB said of it be true, is, if
not the most remarkable, yet certainly!
destined to be the most renowned OF all
They call it youth and beauty" ids.
poaits g peculiar sort of sediment on its
bottom, which, as they say, has the re.
markable property of identifying the
Eskin and removing freckles. Let 9 lady
having splotches or freckles on her hands
or face apply a little nnction Of this, two
nights in succession, and they say she
will wake up the second morning as beau
tifui as o nymph just risen from her
bath tamt told thet this deposit Is so
much in demand that it is not always
easy to keep o supply of it dun ing The
watering season. 9he ladies 90 to the
pool and gobble il up and store it ayrayi
in their trunks to make presents to their
friends who have freckles. What truth
there may be ia all this, Of course / do
not kaow, but It is curious that / have
s.eS ..Ss...s,. ,isay iu 81. al y.iis
country, and the piney-woods girls are
often thunder on freckles.
Indeed, these wells, as numerous as
they are, all differ from ono another. in
the nature of their waters certainly they
do in taste, and judge that they must
also differ in chemical propetties; and
this great Multitude OF various waters is,
to me, the most remarkable feature of
this remarkable place. 1t is strange, in-l
deed. and ;difiicult eos ace6hntnr. BY
what freak of natdfe 6efe ali these
strange vvafara th s..g.. .;>s1s4 % 81
Or was it q freak, or was 1t q design of
the Builder. Of Nature TO create fountains
m"for the healing of the natiOnsp Imay.
be laughed st as very Atdpid by the Yhnrd