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    HE most popular summer resort in the South is CRAB ORCHARD SPRINGS, beautifully located among the foothills,
G   which, further away in the shadowy distance, rise into the picturesque Cumberland mountains. The springs are
     on the Knoxville Division of the Louisville  Nashville Railroad, I i5 miles from Louisville, and one-quarter mile
from the little village of Crab Orchard. The property of the company embraces seventy-seven acres, beautifully laid off
with shady, romantic walks, charming woodland nooks, where overhanging rocks and rippling springs form grateful re-
treats for those who have escaped froni haking cities and driving care. The hotel is commodious and handsome, affording
to the visitors every accommodation that can be had in the best-equipped establishment in any city. The springs are
famous for the curative qualities of their waters, which, for certain ailments, are unequaled in the wide world.
   For many years hundreds of people have annually sought pleasure, and rest, and health at CRAB ORCHARD SPRINGS;
but, until the springs passed into the hands of the present management, the visitors had to put up with more or less
inconvenience. In I882, however. the establishment passed into the hands of a company which completely reformed all
this, making such changes as justify those acquainted with the resort in calling it the " Saratoga of the South." This
company is organized as follows: W. T. Grant, President; W. N. Haldeman and Bennett H. Young, Directors. The
natural advantages of the place and the handsome buildings made it easy for these gentlemen to make CRAB ORCHARD




































                                   iEVTws OF TFE Hbyet AvusewME  HEALt AND SPEW

SPRINGS one of the most attractive places in America. Good fare, numerous amusements in and out of doors, a fine
orchestra, and courteous attention haste increased the reputation of the springs and attracted to them the fashion of the
South and South-west.
    But charming as is CRAB ORCHARD in its social aspects, it is as a health-giving resort that it makes the greatest
claims on the public. CRAB ORCHARD water from the American Epsomn spring has nO counterpart in this country.
Fo;S all troubles of the liver, its virtue is unsurpassed. It is almost a certain cure for indigestion, and is remedial in
cases of Bright's disease, affections of the bladder, skain, bowels, neuralgia, convalescence from febrile diseases,
and in cases of general debility. The analysis of the most famuous of the five springs is as follows: Carbonate of lime,
.506; carbonate of magnesia, .375; carbonate of iron, a trace; sualphate of magnesia, 2.989; sulphate of lime, i.,566;
stulphate of potash, .298; sulphate of soda, .398; sulphate of sodium, z.Coo; silica, o02i; bromine, a trace; total, 7.153
grains. The carbonates are held in solution by carbonic acid. There are four other springs, of various strength, chaly-
beate and sulphur.
    These waters and the wholesome mountain air makre CRAB ORCHIARD SpIUxGs a boon to invalids. Many people,
those in health and those who are not, have such faith in the healing properties of the place that they return there
year after year, while the young and the gay make the social attractions of CRAB ORCHARD second to those of no
wvatering place in this country.



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