The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-17

properties of the water Several cases of cures have been effected by the use of this water, the most notable being that of | boy afflicted with dropsy and
 who was Iaendicant and pensioner on the public bounty, not being able to do { work of any kind or earn even DOT ton of his support. Through the kind- ness Of the people sojonrning at the springs, last summer, this boy was ena- hlel 10 remain there and drink st tine fountain of health, and today he is as well, stout and hearty as any boy ill the State, and has been employed this year IS a full hand by enc of the prin- cipal and best farmers in the county. ! Other equally as decided cures could be mentioned, but want of space ferbids. l The water is strong chalybeate, clear, with a temperature of fifty-seyen de- grees the entire year, and is equal in every respect to that of the famous I Mt. Neho in Yell county. The eleva- l ton being ut least six hundred feet above the level on which ClarksYille is 1 located renders the atmosphere at Low l Gap Springs pure and bracing, which l in no small degree aids the water in
 building up those who go there with ! broken down health and eebilitated l DONibS. -Alu lO tut lOGdill1 tlc uidG lnificent scenery to be found on every hand, and the health seeker can find at Low Gap the place he has been search ing for. The hotel is kept by Mir. T. i P. King. who, with his excellent wife, spares no labor to render his guests Icomfortable. The rooms, though not
 furnished in the elegant style to be ! found at Saratoga, Long Branch or Cape May are cleanly kept, and the pa- trons of the house can sleep soundly aud rise refreshed each morning. As for the table, it is kept well supplied
 with good, substantial food, the farms,
 gardens, poultry yards and dairiss of the neighboring country being drawn tupon to supply it with all necessary supplies. Besides the hotel there are several private dwellings contiguous to the springs, owned and occupied by citizens Of Clarksyille, who annually I spend the heated term there with their | families, 4 DEMOCRAT reporter re- gently spent three days at Low Gap and found the following quartered at the ! hotel: T. F. King, proprietor, and family; Hon. F. R. McKennon and i family Mrs. Dr. A. M. McKennon and
 daughter; J. V. Hughes and two daugh-
 ters; Misses Lucie Adams and Emma 1 C. Sampson, and Gus Woodward; and at the several private houses the follow ing Hon. A. s. McKennon and family Hon. J. NJ. Thompson and family; W. T NJ. Brown and family; B. P. McKen- non and family; J. l.. Rogers; Peter
 Bean and family: c. B. Wilson, and ] Hon. J. B. Wilson and wife. The last
 named gentleman is an honored citizen
 of Johnson county and is, at present, \ the county treasurer Of the county and q candidate for reelection. Last sum-
 mer Mr. Bean took his wife to Low
 Gap Springs, when he had to carry her
 in his arms about the house, and when
 she left there she was able to walk with support; and this year she is again at
 the fountain of health daily gaining
 strength. There is no reason why , these springs, feeble description of
 which has been attempted, could not
 be made the most noted resort in the
 State for both health and pleasure, and
 the expenditure Of few thousand dol
 lars coupled with fair show of energy
 and enterprise would make it such.
 To Hon. A, ;. Mckennon and his ex-
 cellent wife the DEMOCRAT reporter is
 indebted for the exquisite pleasure de-
 rived from his three days visit to Low
 Gap, and his stay beneath their hos
 pitable roof will ever be treasured as
 one Of the bright spots ill the dreary desert of reportOrial life. Mir. King
 and the guests at the springs have also
 placed our reporter under obligations
 for c0urtesies shown him.