The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-11-23

ii % hot Pluto water. drinking thl
glasses is minutes apart Thsn comes
! halt hour ) etercise before breakfast
At 1880 .. M. We getia bath, and sayY
it's almost worth coming eleven hum
bred miles to got q French Lick bath,
You're turned into the ! bathroom,
weighed, live weight, not dressed, after
which you are placed onsa marble slab
and an attendant beatsthe bass drum
all over.you for ten minutes. After.
getting rubbed until you are satisfied
there is no trace of you left on the map,
you are stood up in the corner Of the
room and fifty pound pressure hose is
turned on you. It's good thing they
have solid wall to lean you against, if
that stream struck fellow out in the
open it would drive him over into Ken
lucky, this is what they call a shampoo
or massage bath. Alternate days they
give you salt rub, which differs from
the shampoo only in the "rub.' Get
some one to give you good scour with
No. 8 sand paper and you'll experience
the sensation, if not the benefit.
They have half dozen kinds of baths
ranging in price from so cents to s1.OO
and prescribed as ones trouble may in
dictate.
We have made several trips to West
Baden, only mile from French Lick,
and while the West Baden Hotel is
much larger, and they have possibly a
few more guests, think French Lick
is much the pleasanter resort, the
grounds and parks are prettier and the
service could not be very much improv-
ed on, the table is especially fine, a
splendid feature in my case, as I can
eat three good meals day and then
some, if they had more.
The resident population of French
Lick is about 700 and West Baden a
trifie less, and the only source of income
is from the sale of the waters. The
manager of the bottling works here
tells me they ship $1,000 cases year
and business continually increasing.
Theylship it in car lots to about every
city in the United States and considera-
BILE to Canada. They showed me an
order, received recently, from Canada.
They do not seem to raise crops of
any kind in the vicinity, as they claim
the soil wouldn't even raise a disturb
ance. AS long as the water supply
holds out they will have safe source of
revenue, however, as it is surely benefi-
cial. Since arriving have learned why
Mary's lamb always retains it's youth,
from the following:
Mary had little lamb,
1t wasn't made to slaughter;
1t stays lamb from day to day
BY drinking Pluto water. q
Another good feature of the water is,
it is veritible Kelley cure. Booze and
Pluto water are dire enemies.
One of our guests had the curiosity,
or thirst, the other day to test the truth
of this. He had convulsion out in the
grounds near one of the springs and
was toted to the hotel on cot.
Bogi and haven't even mentioned
the stuff that made Kentucky famous
since. Mr.. ~Kimman returned to Chica-
go the day following. Some very i'm.
portant business he claimed, needed his
attention,
l have gained a pound every day
since 1 came and am improving in
health accordingly. However as the
DR.. claims l do not require extended
treatment, expect to leave for Char
louisville, Virginia, next Sunday, where
l will visit with my brother for a few
days before returning to North Dakota.
Bogi will remain here and drink Pluto
until l return from Virginia.
T. R. SHAW.