West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-30

and statue OF Sergeant william
Jasper, who so CALAMITY spraDg
over the ramparts and picked mp
our flag when 1t was shot away by
the British in the same war. He
was killed at the battle here and is
buried in this city. Another famous
hero OF that struggle for freedom.
Cen. Nathaniel Greene, is buried
here and has a splendid shaft to
his memory. He was born in Rhode
Island in 1742 and was MAJOR
General in the Revolutionary war
and died here in l7S6.
Well, we tore ourselves away
from Savannah with great reluct-
ance and came on down here, get
ting supper at this beautiful place,
on the far. famed Suwanee River.
There is wonderful old time hotel
here aud sanItarium resort. After
supper we danced aud made merry
generally till after midnight. The
music was furnished by an orches.
ira of black knocking birds, right
off the plantations around here,
and they sang old-time melodies
and played and danced for us.
They were dressed in fantastic COS
tunes. and with banjos, guitars
aud violins, made splendid music,
ana when they played and sang
"Way Down Upon de Suwanee
Ribber" for as, right here on the
river, it was wonderfully effective
and more than delighted Us all.
The name of the Suwanee River
has been made familiar all over the
civilized world by touching ditty
that has become to be almost as
much favorite rs "Home, Sweet
Home" Comparatively few per-
sons among the millions who have
listened to "Way Down Upon de
Suwanee Ribber" know exactly
where the stream is located. The
Suwanee is considerable river,
which takes circuitous course
through northwest Florida, finding
Its outlet in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rivers make up largely the poetry
of landscape, whether winding be-
tween castled crags, glittering
through sketches Of forest and
meadow, or bearing the commerce
Of big cities TO The sea. The Suwanee,
like its banks, is piece of bright,
unsophisticated nature. No murky
manufacturing town obscures the
sunlight with pail of smoke. Its
environs are the tangled woodland,
groves of moss laden oaks and
stately pines. No neighborhood has
purer attractions for those seeking
respite from CITY toll. The artist
may make his sketches free from
intrusion, the sportsman may bring
his gun, and the angler his rod aud
line.
The Suwanee Springs Resort
fronts the river at one of it's most
beautiful and desirable points. In
the northern part of Suwanee coun
ty, on the main line of the Savan-
nah. Florida and Western Railway.
The spring, located about two hun.
dred yards from the hotel, and Im.
mediately on the banks of the river,
consists of several bodies of crystal
water, rushing out of the ground at
a high rate of speed. forming a
large basin duly walled In and
finding an outlet in the Suwanee
River. The several sources Of which
the spring is made up boil out at
the rate of 45, 900 gallons per min
ute, and exhale strong sulphurated
odor. An unvarying temperature
Of "a degrees Fahrenheit enables
persons to battle in the spring both
winter and summer. Bath houses
Of the most approved form afford
the visitor an enjoyable plunge IN
the water. A remarkable feature
of this wonderful spring is its purl-
flying effect on the surrounding at
mosphere, in which it is said that
no disease germs can live. This
fact, coupled with the proximity Of
great forests Of health giving pines,
makes the vicinity Of beautiful
Suwanee natural ssnitarium.
History tells us that Ponce de
Leon, after his voyage to this, a
then newly discovered but mex.
plored country, returned to old
Spain with marvellous story Of a