Belmont Chronicle

NOTES Of TRAVEL
From our Own Correspondent.

In a fair recompense. All in all, though,
the springs are a pleasant, and I think
healthy resort.

possesses any medicinal properties or not, I
don't profess to know. It has a sweet sul-
phur in the vicinity, and is as much relished —
immense structure—was destroyed by fire
through the thoughtlessness of a company
of West Point Cadets a few years since,
which impaired the character, and materi-
ally deteriorated the beauty of the premises;
but the present owner having refitted the
bath houses, and reservoir, and expended
considerable labor on the grounds, is very
well prepared to entertain guests. For the
bath, the water is thrown by means of a
small engine from the valley to the reservoir
and there allowed to stand until fitted for
use. It is scarcely worth while to attempt
a description of the afflicted and their
variety of ailings, but there is no difficulty
in finding a subject for every character of
disease. Not all are diseased that repair
here. The variety of purposes for which
they assemble, are as numerous as the
variety of visitors—but hoping they all had
some good end in view, and being fully sat-
isfied with my trip, I found my way back
to Mill Town and from thence to Newark
on the P. W. & B. road. Remaining in the
neighborhood 'til the 6th inst. I took the
train at Havre de Grace for Baltimore, and
from thence immediately to Wheeling
where I arrived on the following day at 9 A.
M. The country and crops contrast strange-
ly, and the transmigration being so sudden
we are not at a loss to fix our preference.

Yours &c.
B-PH,