The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-17
A Famous Health Resort.
Editorial Correspondence of THE cLAEIos.I

n pei SUI 1dHl1tAdI with NAC dNNOAAOAtk- /
tons for visitors to Cooper's Well
whether before or since war, could
hardly conceive of the wonderful change
that has been wrought during the last
year by the MEssRs. SPENGLER, the
present owners.
Following the destruction of the main
building which was situated at the top
of the hill and on the left of the road,
visitors occupied the long row of rooms
on the right Of the road which was
known in the palmy days of the Well as |
bachelors wand Texas" and since |
this row was destroyed. a few years since,
the accommodations have been such as
could be found in the few cottages
situated near the Well and at the houses
of farmers living in the neighborhood,
and in the town of Raymond, which is
four miles distant
The present hotel is located on the
site of the old building, on the left of the
road, and is in all respects one of the
best, if not the best, hotels in the State
Indeed it compares favorably with any
hotel of the same capacity in the coun-
try. It is superior to similar estab lish-
ments at the watering places in Tenues-
see, judging from my own limited ex-
perience and the experience of others
with whom | have conversed on the
subject.
The binding is.a two-story frame, pa
feet long, with double row of rooms on
each floor, broad hall separating the
rooms on the front side from these in
the rear. A covered gallery on the
front runs the entire length of the
building. The Office occupies the
centcr of the building, and, in rear
of this, separated by a narrow passage,
is the large dining room 80 feet square.
Adjoining the Office is commodious
parlor, the floor of which is covered with a
handsome velvet carpet. The parlor fur
nitnre, as indeed is all the furniture in the
building, is OF modern design and of a
quality calculated to excite surprise and
admiration in the seekers after health,
especially those with health-resort ex-
perience. The rooms are all plastered
and many of them furnished with fire.
places. They are not of uniform size.
That with which | am familiar, and
which is fair sample of the others, is
l6 Is and is furnished with two double
beds, a marble-top bureau with plate
glass mirror, marble-to washstand, a
center table and several cane-bottom
chairs, including a delightful rocker. A
closet occupies one corner of this room.
Instead of shades, the windows, which
can be either raised or lowered, are
screened by Venetian blinds made
of oil-varnished cypress. In fact
all the window frames, base-boards and
other trimmings are finished in this
l manner. The floors of the rooms are
covered by China mating, which, being
, new gives forth an odor not less grateful
T. to the senses than the famed new-mown
e hay Not the least comfortable of al
! the rooms is the spotless linen, anC
+ the stricly new mattresses, holsters anC
E pillows with which the bedsteads are
supplied In strong contrast with the
experience of former years, visitors may
now feel assured of an undisturbe6
nights repose. Each room is connected
with the Office by an electric call-bell.
The dining-room is presided over by
Mr.. FRED HARTMAN, who has had larg,
experience as a caterer, and who is very
polite and attentive to the guests. Tn,
tables are well supplied with substantial
and delicacies. heard some complain
of the quality Of the beef and tn,
absence of mutton and it occurred t.
me that an improvement might b,
effected in this regard, if fish, which i
one of the regular dishes at breakfas
and dinner, should be dispensed with an(
! the money spent in supplying tina
article of food, used in getting bette
> beef and adding mutton to the bill o
L fare. The fact that fish brought from
New Orleans is served to the guests a
L two of the three meals each day, is suf
. ficient evidence of the desire of tn
management to Gull the market 70
tempting viands, but of all things edibl
: fresh fish is the hardest to keep il
y proper condition to eat at this season o
the year. Stale fish, though it be no
: tainted, can hardly be called a temptin!
Wand, and, seeing that fish of any kim
can only be obtained at the Well a
: much expense and pains, it would seen
that the interests of all would be bes
served could its place on the menu b
: given to some less tickle article of food
The dining room can comfortably sea
more than 200 persons, and though tn
guests at this time number less thai
:. thirty, plates are always laid for a mucl
larger number. This makes the dinin,
room look like business place whethe
it is or not.
The Well proper, the place from which
the water is procured, has been covered
by tasteful shed. A force-pump, which
is worked by hand, though it is geareC
for either horse or hand, has taken tn,
.place of the old windlass and bucket
a servant is kept constantly at the Wei
during the day, and fresh water car
always be had either at the hotel or vel
IL, al. I. Il ~,
walk down the hill to the Well is
favorite diversion. The water has los
! none of its virtues. This fact am able Il
state not entirely from personal expert
ence, because am afflicted with but few
of the many ailments for which it is a spe
ciic, but from conversation with persons
now present at the Week. who, though
, not many in number, represent quite {
variety of the disorders common to tht
South-specially that portion of it sub
ject to malarious influences. Cures
which are marvellous, not to say mirac
ulous, are taking place almost every
) day, and they seem to be limited only
by the number of afflicted ones who see
fit to try the virtues of the water.
, don't want to be understood as saying
that the water will cure everything
There are some things it will not cure
, bald-head for instance. 1t will, how.
ever, aid in the cure of most of the
diseases resulting from deranged stom-
ach or kidneys, and of these, most Ger
tainlY. those which have their origin in