The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-07
SEYMOUR'S FINE SPRINGS.
DIsCOvERED ON 4 FARM OWNED NY
 HONORABLE CARLOS FRENCH.

SnOwB-bnuACeheo sh sf'N Valuable Property.
 Seymour, famous ns a manufacturing town comes Into additional Tame rom its natural springs of marvellous pur- ity which have long been known ano appreciated for miles around Tor the ciearness and purity of the waters which of late are becoming widely known for their medicinal value. A comparison of the analysis of the water with that of famous foreign and do- nestle springs bears out this state- ment and commands the deserved at- tentions the waters are receiving The water is always cold. soft. de- licious and invigorating and literally as clear as crystal. People for miles come to drink and carry 1t away. The water bubbles up through loose sand and pebbly strata. the springs being situated on hillside, the nearest building that could possibly affect the water being 2,s miles distant In fact, the springs are on divide. streams short distance to the east flowing in opposite directions.
 The springs are now run by the Are thusa Spring Water company. The prime mover in the enterprise Is the Honorable Carlos French, member of congress in 1sS7-9, and the president and principal owner of the famous Vulcan Horseshoe Nall company.
 Through the courtesy of MT. French, visit was made to the springs. being short drive from the center of the town. MT. French bought the farm several years ago, mainly to supply his home, a beautiful residence about half mile distant, with the water. He also as diversion built three small ponds and stocked them with small trout also built reservoir to supply his family with pure Ice. In many ways he expended considerable money water had any such wonderful purity.
 As a genial host MT. French is we'll known. He has had many prominent guests, who invariably commented on the excellence of the water, and many of them through the state have for years had the water expressed to their homes for table purposes. It was dur ing an extended visit of friend. who for years had been an invalid. and who I,,r Ieif lad provement in his health, which he at- tributed solely to the use of the water, that MT. French was led to have the water analysed. Five gallons. taken from the open spring. were sent to Pro- lessor R. H. Chittenden of Yale. The analysis revealed the wonderful fact that the five gallons (3.752 grainS con- tained but K grains of mineral mat ter. No analysis of the several famous waters of the world shows equal pur- ity ...%. MT. French, realizing the inestimable | value of the springs, whose supply seems inexhaustible, formed a com. pany known as the Arethusa Spring Water company. f~
 The steps in this direction show that l when given to the public the Arethusa spring water will not only be the, pur. est of all known waters, but that every effort to secure and preserve its purity that knowledge and capital can devise will be observed. The machinery the conducting pipes, the preparation o1 the bottles, the cementing of the spring down to the strata of water, the build ing of the stone house over the same with its 1dvanced ventilation devices and the supervision of all by an expert of large experience, is an absolute guarantee that the water when offered to the public will be absolutely pure and genuine.
 In addition to the natural or "still' water, the Arethusa spring water i: charged with natural gas from Sara toga, making sparkling, delicious ant invigorating water. This natural ga: comes in retorts at pressure of 800 tt 800 pounds. In combining the gas witt the water the two are commingled by { double course of fine spraying Tn, water is artificially cooled. thereby talk
 ing a larger quantity of the natura
 gas. which 1t holds bottled at pres sure of 30 pounds. Large bottles of tn, still water that have been corked fo
 months do not reveal to the eye tn, slightest appearance of vegetabl
 growth or sediment. and the taste give
 no indication of it's age. ....
 l The name of the firm recalls tn
 charming legend of the nymph Are
 thusa, changed by Diana into a foun
 tain of absolute purity on the island o
 Ortygia near Sicily, and also in late
 years forming the little poem of Are
 thusa by Shelley.
 The use of these and similar water
 for medicinal purposes is based on tn
 well known affinity that water has t
 take up all impurities in the system
 The purer the water (natnrally) tn
 greater it's curative effects. There i
 no doubt that in many diseases. UT
 effected by the use of any artificis
 prescriptions. these waters have give } permanent relief. ....,,
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