The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
SAUATOGA'S FAMOUS WATERS
GOLF, RACING. MOTORING ann
HEALTH ar TRE SPRINGS.


and thence to Champlain and the b-,in
ot tho ~. Lawrence wa- trIi, through
the forest with long voyage by C~nOe
~ the end ut b. From the point where
the Mohawk ~. into the Hudson o.
what !, nov GlrJ, FrN~ ,he traveller
could g. bv = " som, ,mcs he fol-
lnUed the long q 3 hraug1 the " .,ls
lesding from 'bt o.. . AHyy - Fort
wilhlm Henry Q 'hr -,uIlrnm 81 point
Of Lake Geprsr.
In those d'Vs tho green w.. a stretched
with nU mte-.ripti - t'ym the MpH wk
g. the - l. .wr'nr' nd ID va pc sse,i
through them yop followed a.. u family
demgrked by the "a al g % mrCc sinsd
feet. Il - said that the forests were 80
open IN the DAYS when the lrsl growth
was still uncut that Won could PISS IN
horseback with small fer II being
brushed aside by the under growth
so /, was that men who wished 10 PISS
speedily from Albcny % Fort william
Henry Oftentimes went ON horseback
that being a faster wy TO cover the
distance than % go up the river by clnoe.
II was a matter. - the crow flies, Of about
hFty miles
Travellers in the dsyS when the tr'is
were still green undcrfopt used n miss
their guides when ,hry hfd covered about
h7lf the distTncs between the two forts.
They would e. N through the under
brush at some di,t'lca from the g. ~,
and returning be cInielt q O. ahead.
rheumatism or not The indians voIld
not tell why they went NJ whittier
Aft-r a tins 40 whites wa la IA
tle woods folrd tat the Irdia's hal
PLACES Of tHelr ov1 whare 800 wa' =,
were heavy witt minerals S'riuys they
were - which tue lr,is"r t'ok tic!r
sick ~ that toy mi.ht be- c.l~,d Tins
did ths whit .''.H l-.p u - at,-a
Sprilcs
So ia as g.. boz Eu Tvs ttr first Whit
man woo pw1Ni 20 D. % wtiai Includes
the SPRINGS We Du AT~' ran-l
Rip Van Dan Bo.ord 90 .ar, a. b.
was Dutch. vnici sr - rDr.tUsion
n come ., ard "a no VIZ fr7, pwr'
" Sa-atDga. Rir Va DAN = Inkn own
10 hisi jry e was Ia shout N" zee
iT7O that be secured tire lad The y,s-
after Rip got his p-Oncrt; DroA SonG-.
ten built the FIR; hpt.l ~ Sara;,sa and
thus became ~ pa. essip'G' a"r,at,,
Of sJhns Of the srea, bit l H. pers oi me
United Stst.s
Dirck's ho.el haIa1 TIE lar opt.pok
that you find tp-,r, la Sa.Hr'gl. nor
was II the soy, ~ n'-. ia vpI ike
q think Of a. hsing a hp;l @ "a atnEa
In his front ya-d we're - d. -nlXe dans
and sixteen India houses. a. unsigutN
hablsarions - Won CO. SO rpwu"s-
In the odd ooraers o. trs W. "A
. Nevertheless Gen Phhp Sohuy Der had
the haldih9od :, buid mouse foa sum
mer occupancy abDgf IE,lve yea = ar
Dirck built hishI'rl H-Ws- .la list Sa.s
toEa cot .a7ar Gen Na.hnr'17 No,gl-
de- Ham.l',1 ald Grn Geo.. DU'tn
were Sisi, '-~ a. to spa "a "a va. "a
and start.' 20 long pro-@5sIpI It .ipis-
who have gone - Sa- ia On 10" 'ea'I.,
and q quarter of o. lie
The thirty springs which SarslVga ha-
nowadays weren't all known m the he
ginning Indeed ~Omc Of IN" sprinr.
that now run with a full head % wa'sr
we're thin trickles and had 10 be en-
cOuraged in order % get the flow thai
people are used n nov
The High Rock SpriHg in l7r. lie yeIr
that Gen. William Johnston sl-Itei sara
toga. didn'i hov Over the TOO Of tho roc.
The indians had story that an indian
woman went 20 tire srring 10 battle ard
that she 10 Offended u that II withdr-w
into ehe bosom of tho rock and would
not show itself 4 null century rftr
Sir William saw the spring sorueibod,
deftly inserted some 'ubes into tho bed
Of the spring and straightAay tho gT-nc.
Of the Indian woman vas forgotten
Congress Spring wasn't iisc'ye
until 1872. he man who found % ives
Gov. John TAYLOR Gilman Of New Haunt
shire he was a member Of Concr..s. md .
an old soldier n the revolution. IN tie
broad patriotism Of the tune they named
the spring after the new national IeCi--
lature. The second Congress must have
been about beginning its second session
Columbian Spring was frs; tuhed Id
iS05 by Gideon Putnam who txo years
previously had started his Union Hotel
which Was much larger ,hsn ANYTHING
that had been opened before
There H. this about ~asatgya which
dif'erentiates 70 from anv - the great
European spring cures While tas FOREIGN
snas have hut A single spring CF.-iug
relief to hut q restricted rr1up ~ iIl.
Saratoga has many sDringS which serve
a. cuTattves Tor MANY diseases Tn.
Congress Sprinv serves ~ relief o.
diseases u the liver and hidueys and for
dyspepsia and govt The Columbian il
an iron bearing spring and j. tiur-tic ard .
tonic IN is action.
The Washington Sp-.EE - sometimes
called the champagne spring because .
ttg wafer has an arreaabla 1Ft.rL la 'Tl.
Pavilion. United States Hathorn F,cel- .
slOr and other springs are famous Tor
special kinds ~ curative properties.
The so-Called Saratoga cum was asfab-
lished a year ago. The scheme "A a. fol I
low closely the lines -et down ~ the
foreign suas zach case that comes for
treatment receives careful examination
the history is recorded and dailv regi
men u mapped out diet. rest. sverc,@e
the waters baths massage and tho other
things that YOU are glad ~ undergo
when you ire told TO-
Some Of tho hotels YOU have heard abou,
since you wero a little hoy are al Saratoga I
Three u then aye huil' Al ont a ro,irt
with a fountain playing IN tho middle
They were built - that YOU could have a
good time with the sunshine and M. o,li
II doors and not have a whole l1t "i fuss
getting a.
The fiction about saratoga bo,s,.
being places where you arc held rp p7d
merCilessly robbed by loi u ptrsfas Ia.
been lived down ri Won want % live
well you've got n uay for o. uist as Won,
do everywhere else IN this unvfh but
charges a. Saratoga aren't aNressiys
There are two parks a. Sa-atogs Ono
~ them was he property Of tha late
hpsnceT Irask He called % Ysrld,
The other belonged ~ tho late .I.dgs ,
nd a. A