The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-16
EUREKA SPRINGS.
A Tour Through the Northwest.

VI ation would prove beneficial to us, and having long desired to visit other counties lying in the north western part of Arkansas, we were induced to cast our lot with num- Der of young gentlemen who were hieing away for Eureka Springs. Our party consisted of Messrs J. N. Hoffman, Jas. w. Wells, Frank Roys and your reporter. We were on the road six days and halt, and camped out every night, all of which agreed with us finely. On the second day we climbed that mighty barrier on your north, the Boston mountain. The third day we descended the rugged steep. The fourth day being the Sabbath we stopped with our good friend Mir. Thos. Shinn. On Monday, our fifth day out, we reach ed Boone county, that county of which we had heard % much, and had long desired to see; that county which having once seen, we shall never forget, The scenery near Bellsfonte and Harrison is delight ful; SO beautiful that pen cannot per fectly portray, so eloquent that words cannot fully express, 70 sub lime that thought cannot adequately ffrasp it. Far away to our south stood oval mountains looking like Vesuvius or Aetna. save that green foliage covered their sides, instead of dusky ashes or liquid lava; to our west there was continuous range of level mountains, standing like the table lands of the Rockg range, only that we could discern no towering heights beyond and above them; on our east were beautiful groves of trees that shaded the fertile spots of the eastern deserts; while all around us was a forest of corn, and on our north the hills rose gradually one above another, until they mingled with the clouds; and the latter, ap- bearing like sacred temples for heavens host, reaching yet higher bathed their white crests in the ethereal blue which formed above the whole glorious canopy. While beholding this display of natures handiwork our feelings were those of mingled admiration and wonder. We gazed till our eyes ached, still our appetite for lovely landscapes was not satiated.
 We arrived at Harrison when the shadows were falling toward the east. This is a neat, lively inland town, and should by all means have a railroad connecting it with Rus sellville, Atkins, or some other active city on the Ft. Smith and Little Rock railroad. We will not have space to comment on all the impor- tant points with which we came in contact while on our tour, but will have to content ourself with simply mentioning Double Springs, where the water clear as crystal boils up between two large rocks: Bellefonte, an interesting town four miles south of Harrison, and Carrolton and Der ryville, two neat and pleasantly located villages in Carroll county.
 We are now at the famous water ing place; the great wonder of the nineteenth century; the fastest town in the northwest, Eureka Springs. One however skeptical on arriving, will become convinced after remain ing few days, of the curative pow CTS of the water. With but little effort he can find numbers of indi- vlduals who have been healed. We met one man who said he was 80 afflicted with rheumatism before coming here that he had not done particle of work for sixteen years, but since using the water he IS a day laborer. We had a converse tion with an old gentleman yester- day morning, who stated that he had been troubled with rheumatism for ten years; but after using Eureka water four weeks he was restored to perfect health. Numerous other cases have been reported to us, but our already lengthy article will not admit of their mention. We will simply say the water is decidedly beneficial in many cases of chronic rheumatism, and in those cases where the urinary organs are diseased.
 Eureka is full of life. You can find people here from various parts of the union. They come from be yond the "fathsr of waters;" from the east where oceans breezes blow; from Canada, and the north where rest our silver lakes; from the exten sive west where gigantic mountains rise; ard from the lovely south where the sun so brightly shines, where the palmetto waves, and the flowers forming carpets elicit the name of Florida. In the hotel arriv- als & few mornings ago there were nine states represented.
 Eureka surpasses Rome In one respect, she sits upon ten instead of seven hills. The country is broken but beautiful. The pine clad hills on every hand present picture for admiration.
 Since arriving here we have visit ed the Eureka, the Johnson, the Oil. the Harding and the Crescent springs. There are about sixteen enrin0a in the vicinity of Eureka