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Before 1838 banking was done at Schenectady, Troy, and Waterford.
It may be added that Mr. S. C. Medberry, of the First National Bank, is said to be the youngest cashier in the State.
VIII .- SOCIETIES. MASONIC LODGES.
In reviewing the history of Freemasonry in this vicinity, it appears that in 1794 a number of Masons met in the town of Ballston for the purpose of forming a lodge, and that on the 16th day of May, in the same year, the Grand Lodge of the State of New York granted a charter to Franklin Lodge, No 37, located in the town of Ballston. For a long time the meetings were held at the residence of one of the members, on the southwest corner, opposite the present church at Ballston Centre, and, after the death of this brother, were held at the residences of the different mem- bers until 1834, when the warrant was forfeited, and de- clared to be not legally capable of being revived.
About ten years subsequent to the organization of Franklin Lodge, above noticed, a number of the fraternity met at the residence of William G. Boss, in the town of Milton, September 24, 1804, and organized a lodge. This was at " Milton Hill." The organization received a charter from the Grand Lodge, March 22, 1805, with the title of Friendship Lodge, No. 118. Meetings continued to be held in the town of Milton until January 2, 1821, when the lodge was removed to Ballston Spa, where regular com- munieations were held until 1835, when the charter was surrendered, and never afterwards revived.
On the membership roll of this lodge we find the names of many brethren who afterwards became active and useful members of Franklin Lodge, No. 90, one of whom, Worthy Brother Joseph Jennings, is still living in this village, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
For more than half a century Brother Jennings has been an esteemed member of the fraternity, receiving the degrees in Friendship Lodge, and being one of the founders of Franklin Lodge, No. 90, of which lodge he is now the oldest living member. During these many years of faith- ful adherence to the principles and teachings of Free-
masonry, he has filled nearly every position in the lodge, always with credit to himself and honor to the fraternity.
For a period of seven years, from 1835 to 1842, there was no Masonic organization in this village. June 3, 1842, the charter under which Franklin Lodge, No. 90, now works, was granted by the Grand Lodge. Nearly all the members of Franklin Lodge, No. 37, and of Friendship Lodge, No. 118, became members of the new lodge, which has maintained its regular communications in this village to the present time. In the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, under date of June 3, 1842, is found the following :
" The committee on warrants reported in favor of grant- ing a warrant to constitute a lodge at Ballston, in the county of Saratoga, by the name of Franklin Lodge, of which Brother William Saunders is to be the first Master ; Brother William Hawkins, S. W., and Brother Joseph Jennings, J. W., and that the property of the late Franklin Lodge, No. 37, be returned to said new lodge on payment of the usual fee for the warrant."
Franklin Lodge has numbered among its members several brethren who have attained to high positions among the fraternity, and in the civil walks of life. Of the latter, Brother James M. Cook, who received the Masonie degrees in this lodge, was for several years superintendent of the State banking department, and also represented his district in both houses of the State Legislature. He was buried with Masonic honors, and his remains now rest in the cemetery in this village. Among those whom the eraft have delighted to honor, we find the names of W. Brother George Babcock, at one time Grand Commander of the order of Knights Templar in this State; W. Brother Seth Whalen, District Deputy Grand Lecturer for two years, and Master of this lodge for seven years; and R. W. Jonathan S. Smith, District Deputy Grand Master, and present Master of the lodge.
For more than eighty years Franklin Lodge has been engaged in advancing the sublime teachings and principles of the order, and now occupies a high position among the lodges of the State for the excellence of its work, and a close adherence to the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry.
At the formation of this latter lodge, June 3, 1842, William Saunders was elected W. M., William Hawkins, S. W; and Joseph Jennings, J. W.
The successive incumbents of the Master's chair have been William Saunders, William Hawkins, Joseph Jen- nings, Abel Meeker, S. A. Emerson, Reuben Westcot, Abel Meeker, Harvey N. Hill, Abel Meeker, George Bab- cock, Harvey N. Ilill, Abel Meeker, Harvey N. Ilill, George II. Milliman, George W. Ingalls, Harvey N. Ilill, S. HI. Drake, P. G. Newcomb, Graham Pulver, Seth Whalen, Benjamin Allen, Seth Whalen, Jonathan S. Smith, Albert J. Reid, Jonathan S. Smith, Edward F. Grose.
This lodge, in connection with the chapter, have a very fine lodge-room, fitted up with elegant and costly furniture.
The present officers (June, 1878) are Edward F. Grose, W. M .; George II. Barlow, S. W .; C. Fred. Wheeler, J. W .; John McKown, Treas. ; John J. Lee, Sec. ; George 11. Noxon, S. D .; S. II. Van Steenburgh, J. D. ; Alonzo M. Shepherd, S. M. C .; Edwin C. Hoyt, J. M. C .; Rev. W. Delafield, Chaplain ; A. P. IIemple, Tyler.
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The treasurer and secretary above named have held their offices continuously for a long series of years.
Warren Chapter, No. 23, was organized in 1809, the dispensation being granted March 30 of that year to Seth C. Baldwin and others. Just previous to this, in 1808, a warrant had been granted to Eliakim Corey, Nathan Wor- den, and William G. Boss, authorizing them to hold an M. N. Lodge, to be known as Friendship, No. 39.
Chapter No. 23 was represented in the Grand Chapter of the State, in 1808, by James Hawkins as proxy. The roll of representatives from that time to this is a long and honored one. 1811, A. Oleott; 1812, Joseph Enos, Jr. ; 1814, William Hawkins; 1815, William Worden; 1817- 20, William Ilawkins; 1821-22, Jonathan Edgecomb ; 1823, Rev. William A. Clark (the latter also represented Chapter 23 in the emergency session at the celebration of the opening of the Erie eanal) ; 1824, Thomas Palmer ; 1825-26, Lyman B. Langworthy ; 1827, John Dix ; 1828, Jonathan Edgecomb.
From 1829 to 1846, seventeen years, the chapter was not represented, but maintained its rights by paying its dues, retaining its name and number. Having commenced working again, the representatives have been : 1847-48, Reuben Westcot; 1849, Abel Meeker; 1850-51, Harvey N. Hill; 1852, Abel Meeker; 1853, Reuben Westcot ; 1854, Harvey N. Hill; 1855, Abel Mecker; 1856-57, Harvey N. Hill ; 1858, George W. Ingalls ; 1859, Harvey N. Hill; 1860-61, Reuben Westeot ; 1862-65, Harvey N. Hill; 1866, J. S. Lamareanx; 1867-68, Percy J. Newcomb; 1869-70, Graham Pulver; 1871, Charles Rea- soner, Reuben E. Groat, and Jonathan S. Smith ; 1872-78, Jonathan S. Smith. The latter is also one of the officers of the Grand Chapter of the State.
The present officers of Warren Chapter (June, 1878) are Jonathan S. Smith, II. P .; Samuel F. Day, K .; N. R. Vandenburgh, Scribe ; Allen S. Glen, Treas. ; John J. Lee, Sec. ; Rev. Walter Delafield, Chaplain ; J. George Christopher, C. of HI .; Seth Whalen, P. S .; John L. Brownell, R. A. C .; Hicks Seaman, M. 3d V .; Edward F. Grose, M. 2d V .; George C. Benham, M. 1st V .; A. I'. IFemple, Tyler.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWS.
Kayadrossera Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O. F., was organized Jan. 9, 1844. The charter members were Samuel H. Cook, David Maxwell, James G. Stebbins, William T. Odell, William Smith, and Edward Gilborne. The lodge had its first rooms in the building known as the " Old Mansion Honse," near the foot of Front street.
It continued to work until about 1865, when it was dis- solved. The successive incumbents of the chair of Noble Grand were Samuel H. Cook, David Maxwell, William P. Odell, P. H. Cowen, William Smith, Lorenzo Kelly, John J. Lee, Henry Wright, Edward Gibbon, G. V. Mix, Har- rison Emerson, Squire Barrett, George Thompson, Selden A. Emerson, Spencer Twitchell, John McKown, John Wilder, James Ashmun, James W. Morris, Amos W. Cook, Daniel W. Culver, Abraham Carey, L. W. Bristol, George Babcock, II. P. Jones, A. J. Goffe, Isaac D. Gib- bous, II. C. Hakes, Edson O. Arnold, William W. Sim-
mons, Cornell M. Noxon, Nelson HI. Huested, Isaac II. Sears, James W. Culver, C. II. Van Valkenburgh, E. C. Foster, John C. Sullivan, Henry A. Mann, Bnrdick F. Davie, Joshua B. Boss, William W. Day, John H. West- evt, Edwin Miller, Josiah B. Hall, John C. Newman, John F. Bortles, James S. Garret, C. C. IIill, J. P. Weatherwax, E. A. Frisbie.
This lodge having eeased to work, a new movement was made a few years later, and Kayadrossera Lodge, No. 270, was organized. This was about the year 1870. The lodge is a flourishing institution, having, with the K. of P., a fine hall, richly carpeted and furnished, and several hun- dred dollars in the bank. The present officers (June, 1878,) are :
James Chalis, N. G .; Joseph Richardson, V. G. ; Dan- iel Nims, P. S .; Emmet E. Lee, R. S .; Frank W. Bortles, W .; Marshall L. Vaughn, C .; William Barrett, Treas. ; Rev. R. II. Robinson, Chaplain ; Hiram Van Ness, Guard ; Frank Wilson, P. N. G .; E. O. Hora, R. S. N. G. ; Charles W. Massey, L. S. N. G .; Orville McIntosh, R. S. V. G. ; George W. Miller, L. S. V. G.
Ballston Encampment, No. 72, I. O. O. F., was organ- ized Nov. 9, 1854. Instituting officer present, G. P. Sey- mour. The first officers were :
D. W. Culver, C. P .; J. II. Sears, H. P .; J. J. Lee, J. W. ; John McKown, S. W .; L. W. Bristol, Scribe ; J. W. Culver, Treas. ; W. W. Simmons, Gnide.
This organization was only continued a few years.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Post No. 46, G. A. R., was organized in May, 1875. The officers were A. J. Reed, C .; Thomas Harris, S. V. C .; Charles Massey, J. V. C .; P. P. Williams, Adjutant ; G. D. Storey, Q. M .; Justin Warner, Q. M. S .; James D. Thompson, O. D. ; R. II. Young, Chaplain ; Charles Broekway, Surgeon; Martin Lee, O. G.
The post numbers about sixty members. The present officers (June, 1878) are James D. Thompson, C. ; James Dunk, S. V. C .; Hamilton White, J. V. C .; George McCreedy, Adjutant ; George D. Storey, Q. M .; John Mitchell, Q. M. S .; Michael Brady, O. D. ; James Wood, Chaplain ; B. W. Noxon, Surgeon ; John II. Foster, O. G.
The only presiding officer between the first and last named was Thomas Harris, two terms.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIIAS.
Herman Lodge, No. 90, K. of P., was formed in De- cember, 1873. Among the first officers were S. HI. Van Steenburgh, C. C .; W. W. Garrett, V. C .; R. HI. Young, P .; A. M. Shepherd, K. of R. and S .; George MeDon- ald, M. of Ex .; Matthew Livingston, M. of F .; George Briggs, M. A .; Willard Brown, J. G .; John E. Cooke, O. G .; M. Weiner, P. C. C.
The lodge has increased to seventy members, and meets in Pythian Hall every Wednesday evening.
Other presiding officers have been W. W. Garrett, R. HI. Young, A. M. Shepherd, George Yatt, and Cortland Rouse.
The present officers (June, 1878) are George D. Storey,
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C. C .; Robert Groom, V. C. ; James Dunk, P .; Justin L. Warner, K. of R. and S. ; Joseph Richardson, M. of Ex. ; Willard Brown, M. of F .; R. M. Moore, M. A .; Henry Burnham, J. G .; Albert Hopkins, O. G .; George Yatt, P. C. C.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
A Tent of Rechabites existed in Ballston in the carly years of that order in the United States. It was known as Delaware Tent, and lasted several years.
The present organization, under the same name, No. 66, N. O. R., was formed in the spring of 1876. At that time John Edwards was S. II .; R. H. Young, C. R .; and Frank Ross, D. R. The tent meets every Thursday even- ing, and numbers about fifty members. The present officers (June, 1878) are John Edwards, S. II .; Thomas Mills, C. R .; Erastus Smith, D. R .; Frank Ross, P. C. R .; John Smith, Treas. ; Joseph Richardson, F. S .; John Van Ever, C. S .; John Agan, Levite ; Loren Allen, G.
Ballston Division of the Sons of Temperance had a vigorous existence for several years in the earlier times of that order, but eeased to work.
A new division was attempted a few years since, but after two or three years gave way to a lodge of Good Templars, which was instituted about 1874, and this ceased to work in 1876. The last presiding officer was John Coon.
A branch of the order of United Workmen has recently been organized in Ballston Spa.
IX .- INTERESTING REMINISCENCES.
We add the following circular of the Sans Souci Hotel of 1811:
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED AT THE SANS SOUCI HOTEL.
Gentlemen on their arrival are requested to insert their names on the public register kept in the office for that purpose : also, the names of the whole of their party individually, and number of ser . vants, after which they will please to make choice of their bedrooms.
Terms of Board.
Ten dollars per week; two dollars a day for a shorter period. Children under twelve years of age and servants, half price. Breakfast (for servant and help), six; dinner, one; supper, six. Hour of breakfast is eight o'clock ; one hour previous a preparatory bell will be rung. Dinner at two, with the same notice at one o'clock. Supper at seven, with a like notice at six.
Price of Liquors.
Old Madeira, 1st. $3.00
Burgundy $2.00
Martinique Liquors 2.00
Cherry Brandy 1.50 Port Wine 2.00
Jamaica
1.50
Champagne ..
3.00
Itolland Gin 1.50
Rhinc.
3.00
Brandy 1.50
Claret
1.50
Brown Stout
75
Cherry
1.50
Cider
374
Teneriffe
1,50
Mixed Liqnors, glass 124
Vindegrave.
1.50
To prevent mistakes arising from waiters not understanding the names of gentlemen calling for liquors at the dinner table, each waiter will be provided with cards and pencils. Gentlemen, when they want anything, will demand a card and peneil, and insert it thereon, with their signature. The charges at the bar will corre- spond, and must be correct.
Ladies and gentlemen are requested not to enter the dining-room while the waiters are placing the dinner on the table. The hell will give due notice when ready. To prevent annoyance to the ladies neither drinking nor smoking can be allowed in their drawing-room.
Gentlemen will please to give timely notice of their departure, as frequent mistakes are made in bills for want of time to make them out.
Persons bringing their own liquor will pay one dollar for each bottle opened. Gentlemen who drink liquor at the bar are requested to pay for the same when they receive it.
ANDREW BERGER.
BALLSTON SPA, July 1, 18II.
In the hotel are still some curious specimens of the old furniture,-wide old-fashioned sofas and mirrors; aud in the office a round table covered with loeust from a tree eut on the premises. Ex-Governor Wm. L. Marcy died in this hotel July 4, 1857. His signature, written June 22, twelve days before in the hotel register, was one of his very last autographs.
July 9 ex-President Pierce and ex-Governor Washington Hunt were at the hotel, but their names were probably written by a clerk.
The old Sans Souci has ever been held in high esteem by health-seekers, and under its umbrageous elms and its hospitable roof have entered Jolin C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren and his son Prince John, R. Barnwell Rhett the elder, General Wool, Franklin Pierce, J. Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Commodores Hull, Deeatur, and MeDonough, General Dix, Charles O'Conor, Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, Jerome Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, then an obscure prineeling, and many others well known in the world's history.
George Smith, who made this last noted improvement on the grounds of the Sans Sonci, is now the proprietor of the Ballston Spa House. This was formerly the winter house of the Sans Souci when the main building was elosed at the end of the pleasure season.
S. R. Earls is the present manager of the Sans Souci.
X .- MINERAL WATERS OF THE PRESENT TIME.
We close this account of the village of Ballston Spa with a statement of the several springs, which have restored to the village the source of its former prosperity, and which bid fair now to prove valuable and permanent. The various streams, rising from a great depth with immense force, are safe from surface impurities.
ARTESIAN LITHIA SPRING.
As the result of the oil excitement in Pennsylvania, enterprising adventurers of every community looked eagerly around their own localities for evidences of oil. A com- pany undertook to bore in Ballston Spa for oil. They commenced work in the fall of 1865, and finished the next year. They missed the petroleum, but struck a splendid stream of the mineral water, at five hundred and fifty-two feet, that in old times had made Ballston famous, but the surface flow of which had mainly disappeared. Over this a suitable briek building has been erected,-beautiful grounds laid out in front of it,-an enterprise which, though temporarily embarrassed (not, however, for want of water), will no doubt prove remunerative in the future. The following certificate of analysis shows the quality of the water. The well was drilled by Conde & Denton, and was extended to six hundred and fifty-two feet in depth.
Sicily 2d. 2.50
1.50
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BALLSTON SPA ARTESIAN LITHIA SPRING.
Analysis by Prof. C. F. Chan Ver, P. D.
Gmins.
Chloride of sodium,
750.030
Chloride of potassiom
33.276
Bromide of sodium
3.643
Iodide of sodium
0.124
Fluoride of calcium
a trace.
Bicarbonate of lithia
7.750
Bicarbonate of soda ..
11.928
Bicarbonate of magnesia.
IS0.602
Bicarbonate of lime ...
238.156
Bicarbonate of strontia.
0.867
Bicarbonate of baryta ..
3.851
Bicarbonate of iron
1.583
Sulphate of potassa.
0,520
Phosphate of suda
0.050
Biborate of soda ...
a trace.
Alumina
0,077
Silica.
0.761
Organic matter.
a trace.
Total 1233.246
Carbonic acid gas ... 426.111 cub. in.
1.0159
Temperature ..
52 deg. F.
SCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, N. Y., April 21, 186S.
FRANKLIN SPRING.
The " Franklin Mineral Spring Company," some twenty years ago, became thoroughly convinced, by geological and scientific evidence, that valuable medicinal waters could, by a large outlay of money and much perseverance, be brought to the surface (for the benefit of humanity) at Ballston Spa,-waters unequaled in the known world for medicinal purposes, as well as a healthy, grateful beverage ; but owing to circumstances and proper conditions, the work of boring for this water was not commenced till late in 1868. A contract was then made with an Artesian Well Company, and the work was at once begun. This company sunk a drill, five inches in diameter, twenty-three feet through earth and came to rock, through which they drilled to a depth of six hundred and ninety feet .- seven hundred and fifteen feet deep. When this great depth was reached and the drill removed, the water came rushing up with frightful velocity, and throwing it into the air fifty-three feet, and sustaining it sixty minutes by the watch, producing one of the sublimest and most wonderful phenomena witnessed by man, and since that time the supply has been exhaust- less.
This spring is about half a mile northeast of the railroad station, on Malta avenue, on a swell of land overlooking the village and the surrounding country for miles. The well was also drilled by Conde & Denton. The following is the
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS.
LABORATORY OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA 1 COLLEGE, CORNER OF 49TH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, August 9, 1869.
SIR,-The sample of spring water from the Franklin spring, sub- mitted to me for examination, contains in United States gallon (231 cubic inches) :
Grains.
Chloride of sodium
659.344
Chloride of potassium.
33.930
Bromide of sodium ...
4.665
lodide of sodium
.235
Fluoride of calcium
n trace.
Bicarbonate of lithia ..
6.777
Bicarbonate of soda ...
91.601
Bicarbonate of magnesia.
177.86%
Bicarbonate of litne
202.232
Bicarbonate of strontia
.002
Bicarbonate of baryta ..
1,231
Bicarbonate of iron
1.609
Salphate of potassa
.762
Phosphate of soda .....
011
Biborate of soda .......
a trace.
Alimina
.263
Silica .735
Organic matter.
a truee.
Total. 1184.368
Carbonie acid gas 460.006 cubic in. 1.0115
Density.
Temperature ..
52º F.
Respectfully, your obedient servant, C. F. CHANDLER,
Professor of Analytient and Applied Chemistry.
THE WASHINGTON SPRING
is situated near the railroad embankment in the centre of the village, north and south. This was drilled to a depth of six hundred and twelve feet in the summer of 1868.
The proprietors, Simon B. Conde and John Brown, have recently erected a fine building over the spring, and have a tract of seven acres of land, including a portion of the flat, and extending up the wooded slope to the fair-grounds. Mr. Conde, who has sunk most of these wells in Ballston Spa, has given considerable study to this work, and is un- derstood to have been the author of the article in " Apple- ton's Encyclopaedia" upon artesian wells. Ilis skill and judgment have established for him a wide reputation as a successful operator. The following is the analysis of the water of this spring, and it ought to be added that it was made from a specimen taken before the work was fairly finished, and before it was protected from the intrusion of fresh water, as it is now. A new analysis would show still greater strength and purity :
ANALYSIS OF THE WASHINGTON LITHIA WELL.
Made by Prof. C. H. Chandler, showing the amount of Solid Contents in a Gallon of Water.
Grains,
Chloride of sodinm
6.45.481
Chloride of potassium
9.232
Bromide of sodium.
2.368
lodide of sodium.
925
Fluoride of calcium
a trace.
BICARBONATE OF LITITIA
10.514
Bicarbonate of soda.
34.400
Bicarbonate of magnesia
158.348
Bicarbonate of lime
178.484
Bicarbonate of strontia
189
Bicarbonate of baryta
4.739
Bicarbonate of iron
2.296
Sulphate of potassa
nonc.
Phosphate of soda
003
Biborate of soda ...
a trace.
Alumina.
595
Silien
1.026
Organic matter
a trace.
Total per gallon, 231 cubic inches 1047.700
Carbouic acid gas.
338.345 cub. in.
Density 1.010
Temperature ..
49° F.
THE SANS SOUCI SPOUTING SPRING.
In 1870, Mr. Smith, then proprietor of the Sans Souci, desiring to supply all needed facilities for his guests, caused an artesian spring to be drilled in the court-yard, directly in the rear of the main hall. Mr. Smith says he had the drill put down just where he wanted it, on a line with the centre of the hall, disregarding entirely the advice of those who, by bending boughs in trance dreams, sought to have him bore here or there. Taking the responsibility of selecting just the point he desired, the result was a mag- nificent snecess. When the drill first struck the water at the depth of six hundred and ninety feet, the grand spont-
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Grains.
Density
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ing was a sight shared in by a large crowd, which the whistle of the engine called together. The analysis of the water is as follows :
SANS SOUCI SPOUTING SPRING.
UNION COLLEGE, SCHENECTADY, N. Y., July 1, 1870.
Analysis of water from "Spouting spring," Sans Souei Hotel, Ballston Spa, N. Y .:
Grains.
Chloride of sodium. 572.306
Chloride of potassium.
5.860
Bromide of sodium
1.055
Iodide of sodium.
620
Biearbonate of soda
4.757
BICARBONATE OF LITHIA
11.793
Phosphate of lime.
3.175
Biearbonate of lime ...
193.179
Bicarbonate of magnesia .. ISI.106
Bicarbonate of iron 9.239
Alumina.
a trace.
Silica.
1.140
Bicarbonate of bary ta.
1.790
Biearbonate of strontia a trace.
Chloride of rubidinm ...
a traee.
Total 986.345
in a gallon of 231 cubic inches.
Carbonic acid gas .. 538.074 cubic inches.
Density 1.015
Temperature .50° F.
The gas shows a pressure at the opening of twenty-four (24) pounds to the square inch.
MAURICE PERKINS, A.M., M.D.,
Prof. of Chemistry at Union College, and at Albany Medical College.
THE PUBLIC SPRING,
owned and provided for by the village, is nearly at the point of the old famous "iron-railing spring." An artesian well, six hundred and forty-seven feet in depth, was drilled at this point in the year 1874, at an expense of about $2500. A neat pavilion, costing $650, was erected for it in 1875, and so arranged that visitors obtain the medicinal beverage without fee or reward.
No new analysis of the water appears to have been made. Being public property, no establishment for bottling is con- neeted with it. It is simply provided by the liberality of the village as a free gift to visitors and citizens. An old analysis, given many years ago (as early as 1800 probably), states the contents of a quart in grains as follows. Perhaps it applies to the waters of the new public well :
Muriate of soda 12
Muriate of magnesia ..
Muriate of lime.
Carbonate of magnesia. 112
Carbonate of lime 91
Oxido of' iron .... 1
Total. 69
Of acriform fluids :
Carbonic acid gas 61
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Total. 634
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HON. GEORGE WEST.
Few men have furnished a more illustrions example of the genius for organization and successful business enter- prise than the subject of this sketch. By dint of energy,
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