Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-10
Letter from Blanchard Springs, Ark.
CLAIBORNE GUARDIAN /:
BLANCHARD SPRINGS. AK, }
May /, loc2. !


CLAIBORSE GUARDIAN:
am of opinion that my friends in your
town aud parish would Low" to see a short .
-crbble from my pen in regard to the
Springs. and do not know Of better
mrdin than through Your valued col
umns.
blanchard is "up aud doing" She is
" idr.aNakr to her interest. New Citlkrtr-
are coming into her every day. A great
many new visitors are daily coming in.
The good work still goes on. One cure
after another is being made, and before
great while the list will number large
army.
Homer il well represented among US
Mr.. Billie Ellington has established hiW-
s"lf permanently, has good house anu
makes good hotel mau; Col. h. h. Snith
i, the hos. workman III town; Johnnie
Ellington j. doing avery good business III
general merchandise, and Jake Harris, or
"Swect John, is the jolliest fellow in our
~.
from Homer are here for health, also; NEST
Of them are improving; the health OF
Mrs. " ildcr il fast improving Mr Ffe"'
man. who is now Ut home, improved Tor
SOME time after coming, and III fact De
continued Ia get better until lie took up
nuartrrs III Que vi the sldr-roons of ms
stable ~hrrr he had the full b,uoht OF
malarial poison, rs well ~ zymotIc decay.
! No one coming to these Springs need eN-
meet to hr brurtitted unless they observe =
strict course Of hygiene first, good
boarding house or comfortable camp
must DO procured; second, q bathing
apatatus, towels. &c. =; third, the water
must Ice taken in large quantities (Which
can be don. with care; fourth, aud last,
those sick must not g"nrmandi>s. While
eating is actually necessary to the preset
Walton of the human economy, yet great
many fearful diseases are propagated by
ovcr-eLting.
We have persons here from great
] l.
| from Paris, Texas; Mrs O'I.'arN aud
daughter. from Little Rock; Mr.. Trihhlc
and family from Grenada, Mis-; Jobu
| Howard. Esq from Port Union, La, and
"A perfect host of others from different
sections.
We have a thrifty little town sprlnsing
up around the Springs. There are ten on
twelve business houses, and all seem To he
doing good business. Five large hotels
and great many private boarding houses.
In our collection Of water there s.rm to
le great many varieties. Chlorine,
calcium. carbonic acid maguesia aud iron
seem to lie the principal agents. Tue
chlorine and calcium po@s.'~- Az afnit!
for each other and form beautiful salt
known ~ the chloride Of calcium, one "
the most powerful alleviators IN msdi-
cine. Carbuulc acid aud magn-sit I'm
/ brace each other aud fuim carbonate OF
magur,ia, an alkali winch readily n"u-
/ tralilcs amy uuduc lcidIry Of the stomach
and cure, a great many dIsp-p>ias.
I There seem to be one OF two springs
| which contain nothing at all, but rVNr
| water. Thus water. Ike the famous Eu'
/ irha, cures 10y literally washing out
~ It we're, the impurities OF tie ~.
ten. Person, may dIiuk large quaint.
/ ti,~ of tins water and in a frw minutes
| the desire seems To be ~ great as at iitst
aud a constant imblbing can b. Sept ny
from day To day until the system Is
. thoroughly washed. inside and out.
/ will write again at some time.
Respectfully, etc,
L. J.'T.nuR.