Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-02

for Hot Springs, Va, in company
with ]. p. Green well and Miss Mary
Wallace Green well. Travelled over
the G. and o. road and every official
we met seemed delighted 70 give
every assistance TO Mr.. G., who had
70 use his crutches for every move.
To board the train at the Union De-
pct, Washington. an invalid chair
was brought and porter wheeled
Mr.. Greenwell TO the car step.
Our line OF travel was over the
battle field ridge of Virginia, our
first stop after leaving Alexandria,
being at Manassas. Then We pass
ed through Culpeper, Orange Court
House. Gordonsville, Charlottesville
and thence on 10 the Valley. The
railroad crosses the Rapahanuock,
between Beverley Ford and Kelly's
Ford and the names brought 70 my
mind many an entertaining descrip.
ton OF bis soldier days In that coun-
~ by dear old Frank Yates when
we were setting type side by side
In the BEACON Office. We crossed
the Rapidan at station Of tho same
name. IL was getting dark by the
time we reached Gordonsville but
from Alexandria 10 that place I did
not see o single crop OF corn that
would compare favorably with the
crop at Stones wharf. On the re-
turn trip carefully looked over the
crops In the Shenandoah Valley and
saw no corn theae as good as / had
seen in st. Msry's. Indeed, the
whole county looked parched and
several natives told me there had
been no rain for over six weeks.
Crop prospects certainly looked
very poor and In ell that section
there will hardly be Of Q crop OF
corn.
At Covington. Va, We changed
cars for the Hot Springs and the %
miles run up the mountain took us
over an hour. We reached our des-
tination Of IL at night making the
run from Washington in 8 hours.
In the morning while out on the
Hotel porch l was accosted by q very
pleasant gentlemen who asked me
where l was from. ! told him, and
he said that he knew several people
In st. Mary's having been 70 school
at Georgetown with them. He was
soon questioning me about the Cana
lier's boys, Charlie and Enoch
Abel and seemed delighted when
told him that / knew them all. He
He said he was o class-mate at
Georgetown Of Rev. Ed. Fink and
when ! told him that Father Fink
was stationed at Leonardtown and
was my pastor | was soon made 70
feel IS II had met an old friend in
q strange land and that he was
bound 10 look after me and give me
points about the place.
The natives remind one very
much OF old So. Mary q for Whenever
they pass you they invariably
speak.
On Saturday morning went with
Mr.. Greenwell 10 DR.. Pole who ex-
aDined him and prescribed the baths
ne was 70 take and gave him o dies
list crossing out things he was not
10 eat and underscoring dishes he
could eat occasionally. We then
went 10 the baths and soon were
given fixed hour at which 20 re.
port day after day. Twenty-one
baths are said TO cure the most ar.
Rravated cases Of rheumatism and
monthly people leave the Springs,
walking without pain, who when
they came there had 20 DO carried
about by attendants.
The waters Of the springs gush
from the mountain side or bubble
up from the bed Of the valley and in
many instances are so genuinely
hot that you can hardly bear your
hand in them and there ia one boil
ing spring.
The chief hotel ct Hot Springs In
the Homestead. one OF the finest in
the world. IL has 900 rooms, most
OF them with baths attached, and It's
prices range from go per day up.
There are other good hotels, how.
ever. with charges within the reach
OF people OF moderate means. or
the best OF these Is the Hotel Alphin
and the Bath Tavern. Here every-
thing Ia neat. and nice and excellent
meals are served. Mr., and Mrs.
Alphin are ideal host and hostess
and they are ably seconded by Mr..
Finsterer. who some years ago was
% Chesapeake Beach. Than these
good people. no one could be kinder
or more solicitous for the welfare of
their guests. We are impressed
that Virginia Hot Springs In q greas
place and We have faith that it will
send Phil Greenwell back 70 So.
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