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MARDELA SPRINGS WILL
Be GREATLY DEVELOPED
New York Concern Has Purchased a
Half Interest i'll The Property
These WeIl-iInOwn Springs Will
BE Thoroughly Advertised And
The Water Distributed to- The
Large Communities.

Word comes from Mardela Springs
that Mr.. n. 0. Austin, owner Of the
famous Mardela Springs property,
has sold d one-half interest in the
mineral springs to a New York con-
cern, and that the water is being
carbonated and bottled and shipped
in carload lots to New y ork city,
Brooklyn and Connecticut This wa
ter has been famous for the past
hundred years for its medicinal--etial-
tiles. 1t has been analyzed by many
chemists and found to contain eal-
ing qualities for kidney troubleAnd
stomach diseases, and experiS led
medical men say that the wat, is
one of the very best of its kiN2 in
the United States.
This spring has been flowing for
many hundred years, it is supp6 led,
and has never diminished in the
amount of Water which it produces
day by day. Several years ago it
was analyzed by some celebrated
chemists as being the same water
found in the mountains of Pennsyl-
vania, and is supposed to come from
d subterranean stream, and its medi-
many times by residents of the East
ern Shore and at one time, when the
census was enumerated, it was fohnd
that there were more people above
the age Of SO years living within
radius of a few miles around Barren
. Creek than in the same numbers OF
inhabitants of any other portlona OF
the United States, and at that time
il was said that this was one of the
most healthy sections of our country,
occasioned by the fact that all the
water in that section of Wicomico
county seemed to have some mineral
properties. which aided the people in
! living TO ripe old age, and the sta
tistics show that there was less kid
ney and stomach troubles existing
among the inhabitants there than in
any other section of Wicomcio coun-
ty. All this goes TO prove that this
is a valuable drinking water, and
contains properties which are valu-
able 10 human life.
In the anti-bellum days Mardela
Springs, then known as Barren
Creek, was one of the health resorts
of the Eastern Shore, and was visit
ed by hundreds of people from as Far
north as New York and the New Eng
land States The old hotel then
stood on the hill near the Sa,tcsss
and many wealthy people used to
visit the Springs every year to take
the water, many of them bringing
their coaches with them, and the
place was weil-known as fashion
able resort many years ago.
Several attempts have been made
by Baltimore interests and by local
people to bottle this water for medii-
nal and drinking purposes, but in
each case, the enterprise was allow
ed to die out, and it was always be-
lieved that this water could be made
one of the most valuable in the
country, and that thriving business
could be carried on there, if proper
ly managed.
Mr.. Austin informs us that the
gentlemen who have purchased a
half interest in this business propose
> to put sufficient capital behind it to
thoroughly demonstrate the fact that
this water has the right to take its
place beside that of the best known
medical waters which are bottled for
sale throughout the United States,
and that its introduction in New
York city has been quite successful,
and that the new concern is very
much pleased with the prospects OF
making this one of the best known
springs of the United States, as they
propose to advertise the water eX-
tensively and to open up sales rooms
in many of the principal cities of the
country.
II the enterprise proves as success
full as the promoters hope 1T Will,
proper bottling machinery will be
Installed near the spring house, and
the water will be put in various size
packages, from quart bottles to fVe
gallon containers. During the nun
dreds of years in which this spring
has been flowing, millions upon MIL
lions of gallons of this water have
been allowed to go to waste, but IT
is now hard to work up this business
to a sufficient size to save all the wa
fer for bottling purposes, and thus
distribute to the people OF the Unit
ed States medical property when
Ishould be conserved with great care.
The water has been proven out 10
be efficient not only for kidney ana
stomach troubles, but it is also SAID
to contain medical properties espe-
Iciallv for the liver, and is said to De
A sure cure for indigestion, and has
been known to eliminate long stand
ing cases of malaria, which nave
baffled the skill of physicians, and
these properties alone should make
it one of the most valuable drinking
waters in the country.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
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