The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-08

A Brief Review of the Advant.
ages to be Gained by Patron
izing this Resort.
Its Mineral Waters-The Amuse.
ments to be FOund-The
Grand Opening


question of waere to 90 is of much
Importance. Certainly it requires
Judgment to decide, inasmuch as hun
dreds of resorts advertise themselves
as possessing the very best facilities
for the improvement of the health
as well as the many attractions which to
a majority of the guests are
indispensable adjuncts. That these
advertisements can not always
be depended upon there is no
question, and that many have been
grievously disappointed their own t"s-
timony will prove. 1t is plain, then,
that an error in selecting place which
offers the best inducements, that best
appeals TO those desiring for time to
leave their homes, is something not
easy to overcome and should be avoid
ed if possible.
Missouri especially offers attractions
to the health seeker, and her resorts
! are of nature to restore this, the best
gift of man, rather than to make a
senseless and foolish display of the
frivolties which are carried to such
an extent in the east, that after
season or two spent there the guest
finds himself or herself completely ex-
hauSted-in health, if not in purse.
This being the case, it would appear
to the most careless that it is better to
patronize resorts which are to be re-
lied upon and which can be honestly
recommended. Such place is
''swEET SPRINGS"
located in Saline county on the Lex
ington branch of the Missouri Pa
cifc railway, one mile from Browns
vile, the nearest station. The spring
from which the place takes Its name
is never failing, is as clear as crystal
to the eye, and slightly sweet to the
taste. 1t is covered by a beautiful
little pavilion and is noted for curing
dyspepsia, kidney and bladder dis
eases, including diabetes and Bright's
disease, diarrhea of children and
cholera infantum, all nervous dis
eases of women. The "Akesion
spring" which is strongly medicinal
in taste, contains both sa and sui
phur, and is almost phenomenal in its
cure of liver and kindred complaints.
There are also black and white sui
phur springs, whose curative proper
ties are most excellent. The Sweet
Springs and Akesion waters are of
course better in their active principle
when perfectly fresh, but as over
million gallons of water was shipped
last year it can safely be said that
their medicinal properties were not
destroyed by having them slightly
stale. The hotel proper is beautiful
building, containing over two hun
dred well ventilated rooms, and in ad-
dition there are numberless small and
cosy cottages, which can be rented at
any time after May 18th. The
HOTEL MANAGEMENT
has been successfully conducted for
the past three seasons by Col. j. w.
Hall, a genial gentleman who Under
stands his business thoroughly and
knows just what means to employ to
make bis guests happy and comforta-
bic. Complaints, if any arise-and
among such a number Of guests the
fault finder is never missed are
kindly and patiently listened to and
adjusted and in point of fact no atten-
ton, no matter how small, is neglected.
As caterer to the keen appetites,
engendered by the use of the waters,
Col. Hall is an unqualified sue
cess and the kitchens chef can always
have access to store room filled with
the products of both home and foreign
markets. Every detail of the dining.
room is carefully looked after by the
manager, also, and he. employs none
but the best of table walters. The
very
BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS
surrounding the hotel com prising
thirty acres, are beautifully laid out
with walks and drives and rustic
bridges and as they are dotted closely
with trees of living green, no better
place can be found for either picnick-
ing or merely rambling.
AS the hotel is situated at an eleva.
ton of about 1 200 feet above the
level of the sea and without stagnant
water or swamplands to produc ma
laria, chills and fever are "banned
and barred, forbidden fare" From
this cause too, there is an absence of
that pest, which Thucydides probably
meant when he spoke of the "long
billed torment of mankind" musqui.
toes and which are particularly cafcu-
lated to make the summer visitor
ssmad through all his heinz Tho