Show chester springs 0 written 11 for ottob and I 1 CHESTER pa AUK aug 1890 this old time village ia Is in the midst of the tile beautiful hilla bills of Pi Pike keland lantI cheater county about thirty milea miles from philadelphia T the h e pl place see was wag famous long before the revolution revelation on account of ita its wonderful mineral springs of which there were then but a few known in the whole country the springe springs are in in a majestic grove ot sycamore yc amore trees but a few yards away awa y from the banks of the romantic pick airing greek creek strange to eay say although they are so near together no two of theme springe springs are alike one ia Is an iron spring eo so heavily impregnated with the metal that a rusty scam la Is constantly floating over the surface of the water another la Is a sulphur spring of a pale lemon hue these two were wera the first knan and save oto to the place its original name of I 1 the th yellow springe springs still another spring is clear as crystal bat heavily charged with magnesia A fourth contains a mixture ot of iron and sulphur A fifth also crystalline ie is said to be chemically pare pure like distilled du tilled water I 1 4 abe theae 8 springs were long held hold ip in superstitious suh r tit reverence by the indians indiana who h revealed iov 1 I all their exis ex bence nce ti to the ealy wel belh al uni dutch of chester county A log hoel hotel on the ground more than a hundred years 9 go 90 to be replaced fiet before tho the Ite by a more pre ont ions structure with miny reims and braid plez plezzie zis tails 1 buildt still stands and uni ie ia pointed ont out as headd aur ere use we by ha hm a as 5 such about the time of tha battle 0 of t the tile na anither oil building ia is kaw wn ai the lla meki 11 the original fluor floor still remains rera au end and this ie pitied all or by iho nulls in the soldier Bol dierf fl boot according to aa an old lefer letter written by a resident ot cl whit ie Is now no ville after tho the baale of lie brandy wino ine mr I 1 loess adcocy wai encamped at the Yellow springe springs washington retreated from the tile brandywine to the northeast lord flows followed him by a circuitous route when ia in thu the neighborhood 0 of I 1 chester cheater springe springs ilowe encamped camped eu and used as a soldiers the same bar barracks eo so recently occupied by troops both buildings the barracks an and d the headquarters are now utilized by the clienter springe springs school for soldiers orphans for mam ay iy cars previous to the late warthe yellow ellow ri saratoga it was quite as fashionable bat ba t more select the placa wag a favorite resort of southern planters in in fact it depended mainly on their patronage p fanny kemble spent leveral summers here and became qu quite ate a familiar figure riding at tull full ap e ed over the lovely Pi keland hills it ia Is eaid said that here bore ebe she first met her future husband pierce butler of routh carolina from whom fhe she afterwards separated on account of the question of elavery slavery in the light of recent events the journal of her driel brief married life on a slave plantation makes interesting suggestive reading rea Jing the war proved a great blow to th the e prop prosperity ity of the place a blow from W which h r h it has never recovered south ern patronage of course waa was withdrawn and nothing came to tako take its place A walk through the village today to day reveals only too plainly its decayed glories the I 1 iron rin spring is lie enclosed in a marble basin c eging chipped appe d and lichen grown the sulphur spring over which once blood stood a pavilion is choked with tre e rubbish fallen from the he rotten roof root it if 11 the earue same with the pool of iron and sulphur the magnesia spring in only imperfectly bounded by a it crumbling brick wall paths are overgrown with weeds the large white hotel once gay with guests light and music ie is well nigh deserted the value of the waters however h haa as never been doul doubted bated they are still bottled up and sent b by y the ton and carload all oyer the united states only to make them cell sell 0 they are branded with all sorts aorta of outlandish foreign names every now and then a PO so called new mineral water is lauti launched chea on the public but it is not from any an ay iy new ei sl ring it is from the came ol 01 old d yellow springs which davd been known for more than a century it itis is only recent years that the springs could be reached by rail there is now a station on the pickering valley I 1 lail road at the outskirts of the village in th their air pal 3 m lat days they could only be rip reached he d by stage out the lancaster pikes from philadelphia philadel del thence across the hills to the pic bering these hills multitudinous as at waves ot of the sea and myriad hued va with ith their melting tones of malachite amethyst and sapphire are to day as thoy they were long ago just as wild and romantic as any of the yet mountain regions of pennsylvania or virginia in these days when eo so many new resorts are opened to the pub public lie every year it is strange that some ome enterprising capitalist does not seek to revive the glories of the old one which in addition to the undo undoubted ulsted natural curiosities u of the place pla e and the be beauty an ty 0 of I 1 the tile surrounding rounding Bur scenery ba has ite its historical associations and its an ancient 1 I crit prestige to make it attractive but but it seema seems that the tide of fashion and popularity has passed paused by the village of chester cheater springs is is now known chiefly aa as a R revolutionary evolutionary frolic 1 M I B I 1 H |