Year: 1873

deed tonched mite fully in previous letter-l come
TO the agricultural products. Beans grow wen ana
ia to be regretted that they are not more euNa'c anu
eaten by the laboring classes almost universal
udorse the sentiment Any who would not get UP IN
the middle OF the night and sit out on his 'front.' stoop IN


snow storm IL necessary, to regret tnat Deans are
not more cultivated and eaten by the laporlng
classes almost universally, is simply priIe-pack
age-candy-yender IN human form, wretch
whom 'twere base nlttery 10 call coward Oats are


much cultivated and may said TO be one OF the staple
crops They are mainly used feed for horses This
marks at once the difference between Saratoga and
Scotland In the latter country according TO Johnsons
Dictionary they used mainly as FEED Tor scotch
men "The potato enters largely into the daily FOOD OF
all classes Of the people and is Of the most import
ant crops" This is interesting 10 know insomuch as
various classes OF people elsewhere are accustomed to
enter largely into the potato for their daily fooh not
always respecting the "patches" which appertain to
their neighbors.


Dipping into geology again for moment VIII only
pause to trunde in the information that " sloions SOIL
or that composed principally Of slex, is very widely
spread over the earth's crust 1t is found In quartz
though there is no reason TO suppose that II would not
be nut ND in pints ALSO like Compress water, II people
made point OF It, "Alumnousis avarety OF soil next
in abundance, the base Of which Is alumna' Ihs Is
necessary for any to know who is particular about
family prayer or he might otherwise kneel down under
n false impression Something so about bathing.


RahinR means the immersion OF the body or part OF
t. for medicinal purpose, in medium dinerent HOm
that which commonly surrounds IT," Ihus' wheh one
takes drink with medicinal intent we would say that
the moor invalid bahed his stomach whereas uhder any
other circumstances 1t would be proper II not poe TO
saw that an old snoozer only putting himself outside
of snfter for the fun Of it. As well be out OF the
world as not acquainted with the techDcaites Of sell
ence


As to tho fossils that are found roundabout here
they are numerous and instructive Let me instance
the BuhohephiS feruosa "a flexible fossil occasionally
turnnp up in the Lancer the Beerophon btbolats Ia
drinking FOSSIL the Schi=Oerinus nodosus ia schSmac
FOSSIL who knowed from first that the world was on
the wrong track theoogcaly), the Slictopora aema
n fossil who sticks TO you acuely, the AtBpd modesto
"a female FOSSIL fond Of rpe but modest-yery rare the
| but why over the whole cataloSuef MOST OF
these fossils have unearthed and resurrected ana
you will see them skipping around the parorS III rouhu
dances as lively though they never had been Dured
| and ought not to be under the earth now


| Come we now TO the springs, and my pulse madly
| throbs with exquisite pleasure as we arrive flrst-
"Whep water percoating through the surface OF the
| earth meets some impervous stratum It's accumu
lated upon it, until it rises TO such level as 10 ma an
outlet This outlet Is called spring" We'll, TO drop
nloosrro and attend TO business as AppetOns dog re-
marked when he left of trying 10 fish mutton chop
ont of the fryngpan in Kitchen and started OIL TO
keen an engagement that he had down at Yonkers with
another dog not stopping to pick up the lew nches Of
tail that the cook chopped of to carry along win hln
Now for IT, "The High Rock Spring or as 1t was called
ND to 1900 THE Round Rock justly considered one OF
the greatest natural curoslties in the world" When
Won consider that this rock harder than Pharaohs
| heart or the sofa In a bOarding-housc pailor'
aud was brought from Puget Sound by q Iamily
| of Mormon emigrants, and that it took gang
of laborers from the Hoosac Tunnel aided by pnel-
matte drill and all the propretors OF the other springs
standing round and talking about the virtues OF their
| c4tt.ayv ato nj oh "A
| through which the water now bubbles up 50 beautl-
fully then you know why the Indians do not devote
themselves to getting up such natural curiosties and
why none OF them to be found for sale at their
encampment. / hope, at distant day to be able to
devote more time to the medicinal properties of this
spring than am able to give, but will only pause
to say that many persons drink 1t and live for years
| after


| The celebrated putnam Spring" you ought to be
familiar with 1t frequently mentioned in all chds
histories OF the United States There they call Put
mans Leap" and 1t was accomplished by horse power,
but any other difference Is not worth mentioning No
| use In foollng much time away over this.


The Star Spring" IL powerful stream OF water ana
f. capable of unlimited application TO manufacturing
purposes At present, however 1t is only used to run
| the " Star Mills"


The Geysor" or spoutng Spring, is so called to dis
| tinguish it from wine. which sometimes acts as q
ds-guiser This remarkable spring shows what nature
|
spouts column Of water the air through flexible
ruber hose rubber had TO be used all the leather In
the country is being manufactured into trunk straps
2O99 feet above the level OF the As Saratoga itself
only stands 2O96 feet above the sea level very sght
acouaintance with mathematics Will enable child OF
the tenderet and most sensitive feelings To ascer
tain exactly how high that water conriyes to get up iu
! the world.


| The Empire is probably called because west
ward the course OF empire takes its way" good deal
goes TO the back settlements Cincinnati, Chicago, &c.


The Reed Spring u don't know why this is so
called unless to give writing of the Rcd Spring
a chance 70 say that is the past partcipe Of the
| other which shall Immediately proceed to do.


The Red Spring" is past parcipe Of the just be-


fore mentioned This spring has the most singular taste
Of any spring about hen Of bad reputation took
Jolt at it day, and Immediately remarked that
she'd been caught that way before that it wasn't the
first time she dipped into stale egg by mistake.
We stopped at the Red Spring the other dav while dry-


ing past it, the cashier, myself, aud families the
driver urged us to- Meeker took a turn at 1t and at
once gave the boy ton cents II he wouldn't bring mm
any The boy got ten cents from each OF Us the
same conditions.


The washington Spring. Is 50 called because il
never tells lie. You may rely upon 1t with the same
certainty that you may visit from the tax commits
sioner or call from the committee when new school.
house Is to be built The Washington possesses several
valuable business qualities. say nothing OF its me
dicnal ones, among which may mention promptness
and dispatch, --a.e sssF -----.Es, '>v91


The columbian Spring" is an iron one; there is a
good deal OF spring about It, considering that its
principal element is iron instead Of steel I'm not in
the foundery line myself, but If the iron must enter
ones SOUL can conceive Of peasanter way of let
ting IL enter.


But enough Of these springs Who can give one back
the spring of his youth The liver OF his adolescence
The lights Of other days IN brefl Give back that
one spring and you welcome TO all Others This let.
ter may be dry, but tits satisfaction 60 know that