White Sulphur papers; or, Life at the springs of Western Virginia

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20 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
was wont to spend so much of his time ; and the
cabin is near by which he long occupied.
A party were playing at nine-pins, on the green,
the principal amusement here, (besides bathing;)
and others were diverting themselves with quoits.
We left the Warm Springs, intending to return
again, at some day, on our way homeward. This
is
the place where the company meet on the winding
up of the season ; friendships, begun elsewhere,
are here cemented ;
promises to write are made ; and
- maidens here take leave of their lovers. There are
many bright recollections about the Warm Springs.
Six miles beyond the Warm, we came to the Hot
Springs. " I will get out here," says the invalid.
"I will leave this place as quickly as posssible,"
says the man of pleasure, " for I will not look at the
halt and the lame.
These springs are much celebrated for their hot
baths, so beneficial for persons far gone in strength,
and deeply affected with rheumatic affections, contusions,
broken limbs, &c. Many w^onderful cures
are performed here. The days of many a poor man
have been lengthened, if not made happier, by recovery.
I saw a United States Senator who had left Washington
a few weeks before in a very low state of
health ;
he was now convalescent, and able to bear
the fatigues of a journey home to the South.