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sect has escaped; in the fresh one at the proper season it may 

 always be found. 



ANALYSIS OF MINERAL WATERS. 



A few bottles of water from a spring in Saratoga was recently 

 brought to us for analysis. Having made the necessary qualiative 

 tests, we were satisfied that it was worthy of a careful examina- 

 tion. By the most approved processes we found it contained the 

 following substances; 



Pint. 

 Chloride of sodium, > _ _ 33.712 



Bicarbonate of soda, - - - - 3.856 

 Bicarbonate of lime, _ _ - 17.728 

 Bicarbonate of Magnesia, _ _ _ 5.248 

 Hydriodate of soda, - - - - 1.500 



52.044 



Specific gravity, 1.039. /o -. 



'I he most lemarkable fact brought out by this analysis is the 

 large quantity of iodine it contains, amounting, as will be seen, 

 to 12 grains in a gallon. We were able to obtain a decisive 

 test of its presence in one ounce of water. This spring is also free 

 from iron. Tincture of nutgalls, after standing twenty-four hours 

 produced merely a green color, of the solution, and the salt when 

 evapoiated is perfectly white. This spring, it seems to us, is 

 quite an accession to the mineral waters of Saratoga. It has a 

 remarkably pleasant saline taste, in which iodine or something 

 like it may be perceived. For bottling it is equal if not superior 

 to the Congress spring' — remaining perfectly transparent, a brown 

 ferruginous sediment never appearing. It will also be found an 

 excellent remedy for scrofula, and indeed as we understand has 

 proved decidedly useful in several cases. This is explained by 

 the iodine of the water. As the water is so excellent, especially 

 for bottling, we advise the owners to call the spring J\^ew Con- 

 gress Spring. 



It is situated a few rods north of the Iodine spring. The wa- 

 ter retains its carbonic acid a much longer time than either of the 

 springs of Saratoga, and hence remains quite pungent two days 

 after the coiks have been drawn from the bottles. For this rea- 

 son we have no doubt the salts, as represented above, are in the 

 state of bicaibonates. We understand that Mr. George Dexter 

 ot this place (Albany) keeps a supply of this water on sale. 



[Will our exchange papers copy the above. — Ed.^ 



