The Newtown bee., 1892-03-11
EASTON.
EASTON MINERAL SPRING WATER.
Mrs D. ] rheumatism. .

EASION MINERAL. SIRINC WATER.
 In the Summer of 1722, Dr Pam was returning from Oblong, weary with the heat of the day. Overcome by a sense of drowsiness, he threw himself down at the foot of tall tree to rest his tired body. Scarce had his head touched Ma ture's pillow, when the sound of bub- bling water greeted his ear. A single moment sufficed to bring the heated lips of the red man in contact with it's cooling influence. Copious were the draughts that flowed through the lips of the sav- age. Again his head rested on the mead ow grass and sleep locked his senses in quiet and refreshing slumber. He was awakened by rustlng sound and, with the caution natural to the Indian, slowly raised his head. A herd of deer was drinking at the fountain and playing in the stream that formed it's outlet.
 pr Pam felt refreshed in body and spirits. He laid aside the bow and ar row, sat down upon the margin of the Spring and again drank largely of the WdCtIs HlS DOuf dLu lllIDcs lLC felt so elated with his discovery and sue cess that he sang an Indian song to the Great Spirit He continued the use of the water and a large ulcer upon his lip, long the source of great pain, disappear ed.
 Dr Pam divulged the secret to his son, who, after his fathers death, performed some wonderful cures. An oath of se crecy had been imposed upon him by his father and most zealously did he guard it. No one followed the steps of the red man as he wended his way to the ''sacred waters,' as it was known among the h. dians. The circumstances connected with the finding of the Easton spring CO., incide with the tradition, and confirm it's truth.
 William Daniel Holmes came into pos session of the farm and, in common with his men, noticed that a certain one of his oxen drank invariably at small rivulet, while all the other cattle drank at a more convenient place. The OK that drank here had a superior lustre and was in bet ter condition than the other cattle. MT Holmes determined to investigate and the investigation proved that the stream is- sued from flat stone or some material that covered it.
 With crowbars and spades, they began to dig. Soon their progress was inter- rupted by long timbers lying side by side. Inspired by the hope of finding some hid den treasure, they toiled on until large hole was excavated and several layers of timbers removed. At length, the last moulding board was raised and every eye fastened, not upon the golden treasure, but upon a spring of pure, limpid water, the priceless boon of life and health. An excavation was made to the depth of five feet and walled like a well.
 The water has property for magnify ing objects which are placed in it, more than any common water. In the coldest weather, when there has been an over flow of surface water, no ice forms on the spring. The taste is different from other water, is extremely pleasant and always safe. One cannot drink too much, fact that cannot be asserted of other water. In the heat of the Summer seas on, you may drink your fill and go away refreshed and invigorated. The spring is inexhaustible. Two men were sent to the pool for the purpose of cleaning it out. In the course of three hours, 1900 gallons had been taken from the spring and, finding that there was no prospect of accomplishing their object, they relin- quished their undertaking. In few mo- ments, the water had regained it's usual level. After drinking this water, your digestion will be more perfect, your limbs more elastic, your mind more clear, the nerves of sense more acute and, if such be the result of it's use in health, what may not the diseased expect from it's agencies? Some will argue, If the wa ter is medicinal, why has it been neglect ed 80 long?"
 The proprietor was at one time offered $3OO0 for the spring, but, hoping to real ize fortune, he declined and dying soon after, the property passed into the hands of Daniel Hill, from thence into the pos session of Isaac White J ohm Hull Charles Bradley and then into the hands of James Jones. The lack of funds was the prin- cipal drawback to the progress of the spring. If some good enterprising man could take it in hand, it would, in short time. realize a fortune for him