The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-11
II the Exposition Edition Of the Fioridianl
Our Medicinal AprtnRs.

oil bringing much wealth tn thus portion M lhe
Stale
From The head o, the =, Marks river. twelve
miles east OF Tallahassee. Ia ihr Cult oi Mc<ic",
distance ul near lhirlv miles, there c\st srv
eral very large syringe strongly impWgnatcd
with sulphur irrn and macnraia that have long
been tanned 1or performing many tcn'arkahlr
cures on pclrou. " hr have iCsnitrd tn them,
and hlthtd am drAnh NJ the waters Near The
Natural lthieV. oCtu~e the ~ Mnrka risVr. tour
teen miles nNm lnlaha@soo a,r snmv tour az
five NtauuMl arlmg~ Whtrh il mr,nvC,l would
hc = convenient reMt hu The riiigcua oi ITALIA
ha>>,c Smhl atamo,e drawing tmt al five
lcct 81 W.,lrt NOud raetN as,'cnd from III" iult
1T Mr\iCV. Ia ihcm
At The uil tpMnt Maennua "a abort distance
below, thcir Is 4 ia,ro uulrhu si'ting that der
my thr ilu>Vo,,ue DAYS al The iitlr city WAS
quite tr>,it tot Visitors AND III, Aids, hui with
thr 'irc.tN ii the c,N lhr splnG was neglected,
an" It's bathing lrM,,~ r"'tct dow II, and il ceased
~ lie Visited
At near New p,lt ci4htccn miles from Tai
lAhiSNrv, alr luut large and fine sulphur springs,
th1' t"r over a quarter nj century have been
famed Iot The M, diclnal Nltuc~ at their waters.
| W. are near The west bank at the 81 Marks
nVer--"ne mlr and tue other hall mile
above Nrwp"r' Two are near the east bank of
the 'ivoT one opposite /" Newport, The other "a
mile h' lrA Nca che latter ale two chal ybtale
os lr"n springs an the banks al the liver
the other abont hall mule east. All, or nearly
all, o these springs are surrounded by nice
grove -! hardwood. timber. and, with II little
Labor an! cApensr could be made very bcaul
ful, ana most delightful resort i"r invalidS and
visitor, al All seasons ~ The year only one
Spllng j. now used hv invalids Tor bathing. II
has an old bath house over II. nearly r"'icd
dow Ii J. hail II mile above New port, near the
Ne bank Of the s.. Marks river Visitors from
FlnIt! and Georgia resort (" u al all seasons
oi The III tHe year, ior the utpH>e OF lathing in
and dr'hhih" nj til" " aier~ they either raIap
near The spline- - tthr rooms in some old build
my ia Newport Many rrmaikahlc cures are
iclatci 10y HE odd citizens siding in III" neigh
borh"0d t" have been PERFORMED, by bathing in
and drinking the Mtlcfs al his Spins hm"W
Of several lht~r water, have recently ben
ana! yet hy an eminent chemist and pro
nuunccl tXccil"ui am MOI permitted Il" rl,r
his aualysi~ pr"nn.nt druggist on seeing
The anall> ii, pronn'ihcsd the W:dcls Au excellent
toni,
II i stated "lhtl "-insuiu \ lIo rss eli human
maccial!"n IN nnr ~ these al natures tldrons,
has It}aA,d many r,pld ma clc unhcn' many
contracted J"ini. ~n"ilrd many al i'hing
nerve ct,Air'i tntnS an ub~igntis nltacc. IL.
solved many IN indnieict glaisi opened many
all "bsirlC'eL pas &c. s,ti rcsI.t, i many sis
pended Junction The ttrttnt :,ni detergent
streams from The primes aClGHlIy turntd through
the aupein stable 81 ihe human constitution
and mH'. 10 rout beet al inaiAdlcs ndomtablc
by the poser p ions 81 The Ino>i -age physicians
The fable Of Mcden's revived al Youthful viEOr
is very ncarl, realized b, habing and drinking
the wa!t1. IT these Npring- From All accounts,
anl ir>tn ult ~ tnr.nnaI ui,errI alton and
prIlencr. think ii tc truly sud nl them
4 81 the ',aleI, 81 PffcG@ l.cptr= nrr here
puriii-i th' lnlnt commit 'heir crutch"o IA the
unmte ii,t iulnij thtoal and >rrntuluu> ne-rk are
reduced :" 4ymme1rcal dmen 'inns AMI sleep
rt''-''s The victim al rheumatic pains, and nril
f&igtc !ortuIr9 IT, f"ynrI Ia lucnmatic pains
| know this Ia he ttut from nav own cnsr IL
may bc asked Thy are not thrac springs more
KIN syn. and fixed up iui The convenience 81 IN.
yahd->
The InndS upon wh,h the spaings are located
are owned by n"} residents who seem 10Th TO
pui them ON the nrlrkrI
The ~. Marks ls one al l!!t most beautiful NV
ris IN hc South Nature seems L. have scooped
out Il channel in ImueI :, solid rock tor miles
200 feet or more in Wliih and from Is 10 30 feet
deep for il Ia flow Though The water IN i, is 50
cicr 81 transparent ihat very snail particles can
be plainly ~'cn ON lis bottom, IN The deepest pla
&C. " II person goes mp the river in Il boat lie
"lil frequently springs in the uyer, boiling
uP from The creviccs in lir rocks below, and
making quite u ripple in the waters above, The
ilVcI banks me covered with "A dense growth OF
cypress, cedar, pine and a great variety Of hard
wood timber. Towering shrubs and beautiful
rnetS bloom down To the waters edge
y short distance below the Natural Bridge
ticIc i beautiful ~hec, of water called the ba-
>ln--ah"ui q mile or more in length and over
hall mile in Width The river runs through it
sulphur SPRINGS boil nD in 1t, and there are sew
eri along its banks. East OF he 81 Marks river
are excellent hunting grounds Astounding with
beAl, deer. wild turkeys, panthers coon and
other gam, also many ponds AMI streams con
tanning al abundance OF The finest IF fish
Sixteen miles south Of Tallahassee is the far
famed Wakulla Spring the most wonderful of
nf IL
rtcd in The centre Of dense forest of shrubs
and trees It's water are :" transparent that
wien snIling over it, IN clear still day, per
NJ" lccls impressed, he gaZes below, that his
boat s suspended in The air, the water having
such eXac, resemblance OF The sky above
AuN obJeci an HE bottom. hundred ieet
more in depth, seems as PLAN as il IN your hand.
In" spring - strongly impregna'ed with lime,
and tiows from under strata ol linc.st The
spring al It's deepest place will iaihom near 200
feet. ny about 500 across Its surface II is simply
n huge river gushing ont OF the bowels of the
esrit II is he head of the Wakua river,
"ho-o average width is about 300 feet and about
six ,rt deep. and nine miles in length II untes
with HE ~. Marks river al the old fort of St
M"'h', AMI torni- Apaachee bay West OF
The Makulla river are several mediCin springs
that are resnrlcd to by invails-- some of them
are said IL be strongly mpreenned with epson
salt
In Apaachcc bay aud in le tsui OF Mex
leo, near the S. Mark lighthouse, are some i'm
mems" banks oi oysters and splendid fishing
Along The beach, near the light house arc excel
cnl places for sea-btihinr To make the springs
thai We have named valuable 10 Tall lhass..r lat
the Tallahassee and 81 Marks Railroad should
he pni IN first class order, and n new train Of
passenger UOachr, 10 inn dow 10 ~ Marks in
Ia" morning, and 10 return III the evening I'd
4 bic" liitle steamer drawing about three feet nt
water and large enough to carry 100 pei 10
run up the 81 Marks river 10 Newport ana IL
the Iaturhl bridge, ii necessary then back and
around up the Wakulla river 10 the spring aud
and Ia back and down To The lighthouse md
back Ia ~ Marks, &c. This wunld make de
ligh,fll dnl's excursion Sd The sulphur springs
a. Newport should be liked up, with nen, and
convt uirn bathing houses and II good hotel
r'cirl near them Tor the convenience ot both
OF the country would resort herr inr The purpose
at spending iew st The Capital anal enjoying
The merry of our beautiful hill country and
lhen down 10 Newport IT, enjoy the magic wa
ter "I he >piinge and the Gull hitzre Visit
or~ would be constantly travellp. backwards
nnd forwards, spending few days here and
there, AMI then , few ri Nrwpnr Win these
improvement our citizens could enjoy, almost
at home, with very Iilc trouble and expense,
the luxury OF salt and sulphur wafer bathing
These Improvements would soon make Iaa
hasscc one of the gaye>t and most attractive in
land cities in the South. H. {. RIPPEy
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