Helena weekly herald., 1882-09-28

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testify to his healty religious belief.
| There is another enthusiast here affected
with, as yet, milder form of lunacy. An
old lady who goes about poking her umbrel-
la into people and asking them if they are
religious, and no matter what the answer
may be it seems to afford the old lady no
comfort whatever. There seems nothing but
umbrellas and religion in her mind, and she
has got the two things mixed and insists upon
it that she or the umbrella is lost lost J!
lostw I would not look far for either of
them if they were.
These are some of the unpleasant features
of the place, but aside from these there is
much that is pleasant This is a perfect
paradise fore missionaries. From the four
corners of the earth they come, and very
agreeable people some of them are, too, and
many interesting things one learns from
them regarding the heather and the poor In
dian and the real Turkey" as some one here
denominated the Turks the other day.
Here every missionary is celebrity, of
whom the common crowd stands in awe.
Next in the order Of fame come the worn
out preachers, then the numerous unmarried
school lady of very ripe experience, then the
rest of us straggle in according to our mod
est merits and take back seats.
To almost all the treatment is free. At
the Santarium high prices are charged for
rooms, but these prices include board and
all the treatment together with medical ad-
vice. Ministers are here taken at half price,
but they or any one else can obtain board at
one of the cottages in the village for five or
six dollars week, and if they come On the
free list, which includes missionaries, min
listers and teachers, this will be about their
only expense for living. 1t is said there is
no other institution in this country, and but
one other in the world, which has the bath
ing facilities of this, and when one considers
what these baths and other treatment would
cost elsewhere, they can put something of
an estimate upon the value of such gift to
the poor, tired, care worn creatures who
come here. Of course there are many
wealthy people here who pay well, but the
books show that from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of treatment is given away every
year.
DR.. Foster, who, as l before said, has built
up the institution from small water cure
in modest wooden building, to one of the
finest retreats in the world has re-
Gently made gift of the entire institution,
with parks and pleasure grounds included,
to the poor invalids of any Christian church
who may care to come, placing the gift in
trust in the hands of board of directors
consisting chiefly Of bishops and ministers
of different denominations, the establish
ment to be conducted always upon the
same plan as now.
There is fourishing school for young
ladies here, also established by DR.. Foster,
who soon intends laundering a school for
boys likewise.
The town supports weekly newspaper,
the Clifton Springs Press, of which Mr. Gillis
is the able editor.
About four miles from here is the early
home of the famous and infamous Joseph
Smith, of Mormon notoriety. There is a
story told and believed in here about to the
effect that he there revised the Bible to suit
Mormon views of wives, etc, buried it Sc
cretly, unearthed it openly and declared its
finding special manifestation and message
from God. Old printers in Palmira, a neigh
boring town, testify to having set up the
type for Joseph, and it is pity they didn't
die before they did it, and if this particular
Smith could have been buried alongside his
Bible it would have been we'll
FANNIE PALMER.