Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-10
Recommended by physicians one OF natures greatest e
edes for dyspepsia eo rheumatism diabetes and all bladder
kidney and intestinal troubles

spot could rot have been selected Tor
4, temporary or permanent home than
around th-s, springs. located as they
ar. on the western slope 81 one Of the
hills which IS successive sweibnes
NJ. kc ID" highland in that vicinity. ~
van leave Pleasant Pond. ana on tn
.-dgr M Il strip ~ meadow land GOV
,ring acres W ground which al present
u bnrd"red IN every Side IS growth
IL tIuh.r-the second growth. 81
"hai th,. older residents tell US. was an
%, early part 81 the century mag
uiiir.ut pines. ANA oaks The meadow
tn-n uy noW. was without trees ~
shrubs ANA in thc warmest part ~ thr
season must then as NOW hay" been
"A Iarg. acreage ~ grass land. perfect
ly dry excepting where the meade"
brook fed hy these springs, twiu"S
along through the level and then rush
~ away to Lake Cobbnsse. contee OF
Pheasant Pond. As It ia uow called
HI TIE early fart NJ the year this
n.adDW ~ a marsh INT al nh seasons
ih- surrounding lana u high and dry
~ one could imagine a more ideal re-
treat or on, there nature could furn2
i.h NOR, FOR life and health VIZ
know that then the brooks. streams,
aLd ponds in this vicinity abounded IN
fish. while the forests We're filled Will
birds. fowl ana animals II wouidsbe
surprising II the Indians. the children
~ TIN. forest ana the students OF na-
lure. had not discovered ''Th" gushing
waters that revive" Ii would he itttle
less surprising II the old hunter and
trapper. Capt. Nathaniel Berry. that
rugged. fearless and intelligent old
pioneer. who was seeking home be
,ond the border line If civilization.
S,hooled in wood craft. a friend and al
times a companion ~ the Indians.
should not have recognized the adj
vantages OF such spot for his home.
one fact. however. has impressed me
more than an others-the care which
The Old settlers have taken TO prevent
any contamination Or these springs.
NJ building for hubitation has ever
been erected nearer To these springs
than now exist-one- half a mile distant
and with the drainage directly away
from the springs. -
Ny informers tell me that it hast
ways been an unwritten law. which
would have been enforced with the
same stern energy against lllin Us IL
WIS against the beaver. that no one
should do anything to injur@ or
destroy these springs.
| must say the story Of these waters
seems To point conclusively not only to
the fact that the virtues of the waters
have been recognized for more than q
century. but tradition based upon the
most intelligent researches has estab-
lishcd the fact that the beneficial ef
fleets Of the waters We're known and
recognized years and years before a
white mans foot pressed the soil of
Maine The water was discovered and
its virtues recognized as we know q
century before science. byk chemical
analysis. told the user what ii con
tanned. This is true of all valuable spring
waters. Science merely verifies What ase
has discovered. The aboriGineS calica 1t
The gushing water that reViVes. and
chemical analysis simply tells wnyythe
Indian correctly named the waterAbe-
cause it is pure and because the solids
held in its composition are natures med
icines to revive the exhausted and restore
the human system to its natural Condi-
ton and thus enable il to do its work.
OLIVER r. -CLASON.
Gardiner Me. June "a. 1901. A