Daily Republican

Autumnal Notes from Saratoga.

SARATOGA, Sept. 18. - What is known as 'the season' used to begin about the middle of July and close six weeks later. Within the last few years this period has expanded into ten or more weeks, and now the Saratoga Junes and Septembers are so delightful that it has become a custom to remain late into the autumn. When the foliage is tinged with bright hues the town is more beautiful than at any other time, and to a lover of nature Saratoga cannot fail to be more attractive than during the summer months.

This week the village has been crowded with people who came to attend the National Prison and Social Science Associations. Among the members of the Social Scientists are many of the most cultured persons and deepest thinkers in the country. In the department of education Prof. W. T. Harris, of Concord, Mass.; Miss Lumsden, of Aberdeen, Scotland; Miss Sarah B. Cooper, of San Francisco; President Walker, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, deliverers of addresses: Prof. D. R. Sargent, of Harvard University. Prof. Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst College; Dr. W. C. Van Bibber, of Baltimore, spoke upon health. Papers were read upon jurisprudence, finance and social economy, and discussions were entered into upon those subjects by persons noted for their knowledge in them. The next convention in town will be the assembly of the Unitarians.

Saratoga has become more and more popular every year as the place for holding gatherings of every description. This is owing to its accessibility from any direction, ample hotel accommodations, healthful air and invigorating mineral waters.

Saratoga is sought more and more every summer as a health resort. The Indians discovered that the springs possessed wonderful remedial elements, and since that time people have constantly visited Saratoga in order to drink the mineral waters. A spring a little out of town, which, since its discovery a few years ago, has acquired a brilliant reputation, is the Geyser. No one can drink this foaming, sparkling water even a week without being convinced of its superior medicinal virtues. I am told by many who have drunk this water that it is an unrivaled remedy for liver and kidney difficulties. It numbers among its water drinkers many illustrious names. Geyser water contains a large amount of soda, magnesia, carbonic acid, gas, etc., which are important elements.

The springs of Saratoga are the original source of the popularity and prosperity of this watering place, and were it not for them, Saratoga would soon lose her pre-eminence as a summer resort.

To have a front window on the main street is to command such an ever-changing scene as no art in mechanism can ever produce. Forty-five thousand visitors come here annually from all parts of the world. Every nationality has its representative, and people of all classes in society are met with. This watering place differs from any other in America because of the diverse multitude it gathers within its limits.

An odd runaway lately occurred. A lady upon leaving the train gave her baggage, a trunk and caged parrot, in charge of an expressman to be taken to her boarding place. The man had occasion to make a short stop on the street and left his horse for a few minutes. Polly soon began to chatter. 'See how pretty I am,' she said; then noticing the horse, she called: 'Get up, go 'long.' The horse, accustomed to these words from his master, started off at a brisk trot, and then upon a run. Several men started in pursuit, and the horse was captured with difficulty.

Fox hunting has had a successful season, and attending the chases has been one of the most popular and fashionable sports in Saratoga. The fancy-dress carnival at the Casino was largely attended. The costumes were picturesque and tasteful, and the number who danced was large.

KARL.