The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-01

jostled across over boulders as large as a
barrel and water belly deem: this
brought us into the picturesque little
village of Addison, Webster county. w.
Va
A worse worn out "shuck nm, and
dishevelled set YOU never saw. Int We
are here and all alive at the Wooddell
Hotel. This is the largest hotel in The
place and is surrounded bv porches and
verandas. 1t stands on an elevated
piece of ground surrounded bv natural
grove of shade trees containing 40 diff
erent varieties, and is a beautiful situa-
ton for fine summer hotel.
There are dozen hotels here of all
grades. This is the largest and said to
be the best. There are 200 guests here
now and they are coming every day.
They can accommodate four or five hum
bred. The season is not fairly open
yet. There were 400 last year. Most
persons come here for the water, but
there are a lot of young people who come
here to make "mashes.h
The town of Addison is the county
seat OF Webster county and is situated
at the junction of Elk and the east fork
OF Elk river, ON a hill side, is irregularly
iaid out, has population Of $50 or 800
ana has been SIS or 20 miles from rail-
road, II is now IS miles from the w.
va. x Pittsburg railroad at Flatwoods.
by next summer it will be 10 or IL miles
from the Williams river branch OF the
Camden system. The names of the
streets and alleys are Main, Bell, Wind
sor and Butter Milk. The alleys are
Red Eye and "Hug 'em Tight The
latter is a narrow pass that most all the
visitors have to pass along in going to
and from the famous spring or fountain
OF lille. They claim for this spring great
curative properties. This water was
struck some 20 years ago at a depth Of
zoo feet and at that depth they struck
this peculiar composition Of water mix
ed with gas that still burns when light
ed they were boring for salt. The water
contains soda, salt, sulphur, iron, arse
me, &c. | cant find out the correct anal
ysis of il.
WHAT WE DO HERE.
We all get up in the morning, il we
are well enough, and take our little
mugs and make our way through Hug
'em Tight to the fountain OF life and
each one dips his little mug into the
bubbling spring and turns his nose to
one side and holds his breath and gulps
II down, two or three glasses before
breakfast. Those who are not able to
go have ii carried TO them and then
we 60 to breakfast; after that all sit
round in the sun--if there is any--and
talk stomach @Saases, compare symp-
toms and report Progress. Each one has
to give his experience and then we take
walks up and down the rivers, on the
ha tai.
rivulets, lay in the hammocks, swing,
play croquet, pitch the bean bags, get
into the merry 90 around, &C., till about
1910 then hunt up our mugs and repair
to the spring again and so on after each
meal.
These are the ones that come here for
their health. But we have another class
here who do little flirting and some OF
them get into regular counting.
In speaking OF hotels this place needs
q good summer hotel, built in the latest
style, with all the modern conveniences,
baths, hot and cold, &c. This water GER
tainly contains good medical qualities
but | don't think they have found out
its real medical virtues. This ought to
be studied out and published to the
world, so that those afflicted with the
diseases it is especially for might come
ind be healed. You see persons here
with consumption, dropsy, erysipelas,
scrofula, and some that never had any
constitution to begin with. II don't APP
pear to have any good effect ON any but
dyspeptcs and 1t don't appear TO make
any difference what kind of stomach
trouble person has it has soothing eff
feet, and is a great appetizer. Right
here is another trouble-there is no reg
ular physician here to prescribe or ex-
anime persons or patients and they
think they came for the water, and il q
letter does good more will do better, so
they just fill themselves, and then eat
like wild animal, and expect the water
to get away with this mass OF poorly pre-
pared food and wash out and heal up
the stomach at the same time. ! think
that stringent system OF dieting is as
essential here as at home or any place In
order to get the good effect OF the water.
This place ought to be healthy; ii is
surrounded by immense mountains and
the two branches of Elk river join here
and cut through the mountains below.
There is most delightful breeze all
the time here the air is pure and light
and the nights are delightful. One can
sleep well with three covers at night.
We get trout, mountain mutton, corn
bread and honey, and all the vegetables
of the season.
There was party Of s or 10 ladies and
gentlemen went up the river and camp
ed out two days and nights to catch trout.
They got 80, but stayed so long they ate
them nearly all before they got back.
But the moonshiners in the mountains
here can catch all they want any time.
One of them brought in 250 the other
day and it only made one meal.
The engineers for the railroad say they
can catch them in Williams river 10
inches long. Theyare so old they have
moss on their backs. G. b. NJ.