The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-06-28

and II il surrounded By . god agricultural
| country, and In one Of the nutA sessions for
peaches In the Unisn
The o.. Marks 10 enc Of the msst bsant,fni
| rivers In Florida, n not In he Boulh. Nature
seems 10 have scooped out ehinnsl in almost
solid rock for miles, 200 EEL, oe more, wide,
nom Is TO 20 feet deep for Il II hsw through.
The water In II, 10 20 clear or transparent that
very small particles can be seen on its bottom
20 feet or more In depth. As . person goes up
the river In boat, he win sec every few rods,
springs 10 the river boiling up hom the crevicss
Of the rocks below. and making quite ripple
In the waters above. The river banks are COW
cred with dense growth Of cypress. cedar, pine
and great variety Of hard wood timber, flower
Ing shrubs and beautiful roses Sleom down 10
waters edge The lands on the river are excel.
lent. the very best Of farming lspds, and won
der they are not improved with nice farms and
beautiful residences. am informed that they
are all owned BY nOn-residsnlr, that explains
all. On the east bank Of the river would be
splendid place for orange groves. The springs
bsiling up in the river, have q, tendency to
equalize the temperature and pTeseat the trees
from being injured BY the frost and cold. An
cid servant Of Danihl Ladd informs me that her
master had before the war, just shove here on
the east bank of the river, an orthSrd Of oranges
and lemons that he had frequently gathered near
one hundred barrels Of oranges besides what
they used. During the war II vas neglected
and grown up in weeds and gra y, in dry time
fire got into 1t and destroyed al the trees
Near the city are three large sulphur springs
whose waters are famed for their medicinal vir-
tues One is across the river, near its east bank,
opposite to the city; the Others ire above on the
west side, one half and the other . mile. They
are all in nice groves of hard wood timber Only
one has an old bathing house, nearly rotten
down, to it, the other two are unimproved.-
Many wonderful cures are related by The old
colored people here and white people near here
to have been performed by bathilgn and drink
ing the waters of these springs.
1t is stated that 80 singular process of hu-
man maceration in one Of these, Natures cald-
rons, has relaxed many rigid muscle. unbent
many contracted joint. soothed many an aching
nerve, cleared many an unsigftly surface, re-
solved many an underated glapd, opened many
an obstructed passage, and restored many sus-
streams from the springs actually turned through
the Augean stables of the human constitution
and made to rout host of maladiss indomitable
by the prescriptions of the most sage physicians.
The fable of Medea's revival OF youthful vigsr
is very nearly realized by bathing in and drink
ing the waters Of these springs.r From all &C
counts, and from my own observation and
experience. l think it can be truly said of them,
as of the waters of Pfeffers: Lepers are here
purified. The lame commit their crutches to the
fame; the tumid throat and scr fuous neck are
reduced 10 symmetrical dimenhione, and sleep
revisits the victim Of rheumatic: pains and neu-
ralgic tortures." In regard to rheumatic pains,
1 know this to be true from my own case. 1t
may be asked why are not there springs mere
known, and fixed up for the CO ivenience of in
validsi The answers are, that the springs on
the west side Of the ST. Marks river, and over
4 1000 acres of land around then. are owned by
Hon. G. W. Ladd. member of Congress from
b,A1rersA.ie. brilding nm places outside OF their
The springs, lands and the hotel building are
offered for sale for 5000 cash.
The springs on the east side Of the st. Marks
river, and 400 acres Of land around them, are
owned by parties now In Europa
Invalids coming here have to either tent by
the springs or rent room In an bid building half
q mile away from them. They have t0 procure
all their provisions from st. Mirks or Tallahas-
sce Invalids renting house have to keep
horse and carriage 70 carry theEa to and from the
springs The nearest settlement 10 three miles
from Newport
One mile below Newport, on the east bank Of
the St. Marks river, is a chaiybeate. or iron
spring. One-half mile east of this in the pine
woods, is q large one that is curiosity. The
spring is located in ravine or sink, some 10 feet
wide and about 9 feet deep, aid about 60 feet
long. The waters gush out ct the south end,
flow north few feet and then turn west and
empty into basin some 80 feet across. The
water in the basin is very deep and contains an
abundance of fish. The waters of the spring
are very COOL excellent to dirk and. it is said,
very healthy. Il. c. RIPPEY.
NEWPORT, FLA, June 17th, 1881.