ST.  REGIS  SULPHUR  WATER  OP  MASSENA,  N.  Y.  169 
"  In  1828  the  present  Harrowgate  House  was  erected  on  the  top  of  the 
slope,  about  forty  rods  from  the  river,  where  the  springs  were  first  curbed. 
In  1848  the  spacious  brick  edifice  opposite  the  Harrowgate  House,  known 
as  the  United  States  Hotel,  was  erected  by  Benjamin  Phillips,  and  both 
are  owned  by  him.  All  about  has  a  new  appearance.  The  little  village 
of  a  dozen  houses  has  grown  up  within  a  few  years  ;  a  bath-house  has  been 
erected,  and  shade  trees  have  been  planted.  Other  and  extensive  im- 
provements are  in  contemplation,  and  soon  the  Massena  Springs  will  be- 
come a  delightful  summer  resort  for  the  healthy  as  well  as  the  sick." — 
Harper's  New  Monthly,  June,  1856. 
The  water,  as  sold  in  bottles,  is  stated  to  contain  less  of  the 
gas  than  is  the  case  at  the  spring,  where  it  presents  more  of  a 
sparkling  appearance.  It  is  at  first  perfectly  clear,  and  of  not 
unpleasant  taste,  aside  of  the  sulphurous.  Like  other  similar 
waters,  it  becomes  turbid  when  exposed  for  some  time  to  the  air, 
a  portion  of  the  sulphur  being  precipitated ;  but  this  again  dis- 
appears by  the  continued  oxydising  action  of  the  air,  and  the 
odor  itself  is  finally  lost. 
To  mix  or  impregnate  the  water  with  carbonic  acid  is  not 
practicable,  since  it  decomposes  the  sulphuret  in  solution,  and 
renders  the  water  opaque.  The  bottles  contain  about  one  quart 
of  water.  Its  specific  gravity  at  60°  F.,  taken  in  a  12  J  oz.  flask, 
was  found  to  be  =  1-0317. 
Course  of  Quantitative  Analysis. — Ten  litres  were  evaporated 
on  the  sand  bath  in  a  Berlin  porcelain  dish.  The  residue,  dried 
at  212°  F.,  weighed  38-14803  grammes;  dried  at  350°  F.,  after 
treatment  with  sulphuric  acid,  (calculated  from  a  portion,)  it 
weighed  33*79  grammes. 
Three  litres  were  acidulated  with  hydrochloric  acid,  and  evapo- 
rated in  a  porcelain  dish  to  dryness.  The  residue  was  moistened 
with  hydrochloric  acid,  evaporated  to  dryness  in  an  air  bath  until 
no  more  acid  vapors  were  given  off ;  the  mass  was  then  treated 
with  water,  decanted  repeatedly,  and  the  precipitated  silica  and 
organic  matter  separated  by  a  filter  from  the  solution  of  the  salts. 
In  the  latter  the  iron,  phosphoric  acid,  lime,  and  magnesia, 
were  determined  in  the  usual  manner.  In  the  first  (ammonia) 
precipitate  the  metal  was  found  separately  by  volumetric  assay. 
The  alkalies  were  determined  by  boiling  down  one  litre  with 
milk  of  lime,  filtering,  precipitating  the  lime  in  solution  by  car- 
