The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-08-25
COOPER's WELL.

Capt. Wright, editor of the CONNER.
cial Herald thus speaks of Cooper's Well,
where he is now sojourning for his
health:
This delightful Southern health resort
has pleasant crowd of visitors, with
prospects of large increase towards the
end Of the month. The proprietors
deserve all the patronage they receive,
for they have erected first class improve
ments, and propose to continue 60 erect,
until all that are needed are completed.
At present they have two hotel~; one
for gentlemen and their families, and
ladies, and one for gentlemen alone.
This was found necessary to accommodate
the steady increasing crowds of visitors
who flock here from Nay until October.
And in addition to that fact the unappre-
ciative old bachelors and young gents
out for fun, desire to be separated from
the ladies and children. There are two
capacious dining rooms, one for the
grown people and one for the children,
the latter being used at present for a
dancing hall also. There are also
bathing room, barber shop, billiard hall,
and well pavilion, all of a substantial
character. The gentlemen's hotel is
large elegant three story building with
hundred rooms, all of which will
compare favorably to the best rooms to
be found at frst-class watering places.
All the Improvements are substantially
and neatly constructed and indicate that
they were constructed With a view to
permanence.
1t is the general expression that the
Messrs. Spengler have progressed well
with their improvements, and there is
little doubt felt that they will not finish
the work so as to make Cooper's Well
the first watering place in the Cotton
States.
They propose erecting a ball room and
bowling alley, and substituting the
electric light for the coal oil lamps now
in use. A large fish lake is also talked
of. 1t is to be located near the well
and is to be stocked with our finest game
fish, so that the lovers of the sport will
not have far to go to indulge in it to
their hearts content. Mr.. S. Spengler
told me to-day that all these things
would be added in a short while.
There is a stable here, but not enough
horses, buggies, carriages and so forth
for hire. Some of the guests have
private turn-outs, but others not so
fortunate find it difficult to secure horses
or vehicles Some live stable man
could make a good thing of it, by
arranging with the proprietors to supply
the want.
Although it has been extremely hot
for several days, the temperature is
fully five degrees less here than in New
Orleans, Vicksburg and other Southern
cities, where the heat record is quoted
in the weather bulletin, and there is
never any trouble for the guests to find
cool place about both of the large airy
hotels / saw a visitor from the North,
who declared that C0oper's Well was
bound to be twice as valuable as most
Northern resorts, from the fact of the
season being twice as long here. That
certainly sounds reasonable.
The fare here is excellent. Indeed no
complaint can be found in any depart
ment. The clerks, Messrs. Spengler aud
Wilbanks, are as kind and attentive as
| they can be, not to press themselves too
much on the guests, and the old steam
boat steward, Fred. Hartman, with the
steamboat clerks, Ben Shipley and Paul
La Blanche, make one imagine he is
catered to on some ine steamer. We
notice the ladies are particularly fond
of the deserts, ices and so on.
The truth is, this place is fast regain
ing its ante bellum popularity, and the
energetic and gentlemanly proprietors
deserve great praise for it. They are
plucky capitalists and they know good
thing when they see and try it.
The water of the world-famous Well
is as pure and strong as ever, and seens
to have been placed near the great Mis-
sissippi Valley to combat the diseases
peculiar to it.