The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-07-05
Black Barren Springs.

I5,s, si#.n the DAYS of our Saviour, when
Il great multitude OF biinu, na,t ;..i.! s.sihor"--
ed persons lay near the pool of Bethesda
waiting for the troubling of its waters, that
they might enter into them and be healed,
mankind have highly esteemed the waters
of medicinal springs. a,id ita,t trE&lcEs
many weary miles to quatf them. rne
fame of Saratoga Bedford, Gettysburg, and
the many medicinal springs of Virginia, is
us familiar to our readers as household
words. 1tut ,nahs III ii.eni iteE'Gr heard of
Il spring whose fame bids fair at 10 distant
day to eclipse the aforesaid older and better
known resorts We refer to the Black Bar
rem Springs, in Lancaster county, near
conGning" u,l he sl:snurhanna river.
This spring is situated III 4 strip Or e",in=
try of great length, but of inconsilerable
width that extends from the SuSuuchanna
river along each side of Mason X Dixon 5
l.iu.. iirnLahlv to the Chester valley: per
hapS beyond II. II Is ii ,i,lSGrahiy iGar
country for agricultural pursuits, but i,
rich III mineral productions, and for Il Ion.
Time IltGnlSItt lIt tilb!llt uSttt
in the tni1al STATES and large surplus
which was exported IL Europe. >iagus>i,,
is also found therc.and Il few Years ago large
quantities of it We're tigged from the earth
aud shipped from the Rising Sun, in this
county, tu i'hiau.lpiiia
The farm upon which the Black barre y,
Spring is situated was formerly owned by
H. H. liainc$, ESP, Cashier of the Rising
SIN Banking Company, who recently sold
it to Mr.. James i,ia-., o: lancaster city,
who has improved and beauticd it by re-
pairing the buildings, one of which was for
merry used for Il boarding school, but wa,
opened a. a rinUutf t,s'ri t.i the first
instant.
The place is easily accessible 10y means of
the Philadelphia X Baltimore Central Rail
road to oxford and thence by the Narrow
Gauge rGad 10 arcadia Station. which is
within mile and Il half Of The spring, or
by means of Columbia X Port Deposit
Railroad from Port Deposit to Haines' sta
ton, which is only a mile and Il half from
the spring
The writer of tins attir,., Id. i,.g h.cn in
bad health for some time past recently met
with Mr. TaincS, in Elkton, who recon-
mendcd him to try the water of the Black
Barren orrns. !. lev days afterwards he
procured Il quantity of it, and, though he
has only been using it three days, he feels
much benefit by its use, and entertain,
strong hopes of ultimately regaining hi,
health
/ Black iiarrcn spring wager has ,Efs littl,
taste or odor, SO little indeed, as hardly Il
he recognized by its sensible properties as {;
mineral water: Yet its action on wood is sucl
that il cannot he transported in casks
the tibr:l becoming di>intcgr;tted and filling
the WAFER with H",tiul.ni. Tn.S acton ~
organic matter keeps the water Away:
pure, so that exposed to the air for IN III
definite length of time it does not putretS
Rr undergo apprcciable change. The min
eral constituents ~ III. Hatl., Is deter
mined 10y analysis are mainly Sulphatcs o
the alkalieS, and alkaline earths: the az
gregatc amntnt Of sulrhuric acid i'll weigh
being yearly ,p.-hllf, and yet NIGEL,
nrutraliZcd that it does not impart taste
To this element is due much of the encrg,
of the water.
This water is highly recommended, an,
las l,rrtciE ii~"lf very etticaciouS in thu
cure of iiri@ht'S disease OF the Kidneys
diabetes and similar diseases, as well II
dyspepsia, dropSy, nervous debility, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, and all pains ariSin:
from Il dsorlcred condition of the stomach
and liver