Attention was first called to the curative powers of the water, by a
singular incident. A teamster whose duty it was to haul stone, was in the
habit of stopping at the well to water his mules. One of the mules was in
a sad state. He was blind in one eye, had a spavin, a ringbone, the
heaves, his liver was torpid, his lungs were badly affected, and his
friends feared that he was not long for the stone quarry. He had no
family. Soon after the mule began to drink the water, the driver noticed a
great change come over him. Previously he had seemed resigned to his fate,
but latterly he was ambitious. One day while playfully mashing the mule
over the head with a sled stake, the driver noticed that a new eye had
grown in the place of the former cavity, and as the mule kicked him with
more than his accustomed vigor, he noticed that the spavin and ring bone
were gone, and the former plaintive melody of his voice gave
place to a bray that resembled the whistle of the Alex. Mitchell. When it
was known that the mule had been cured, others tried the water, men who
had never drank it before, until to-day there are thousands who will
testify to the benefits arising from its use. We could give the names of
many who have been snatched from the grave--the La Crosse water is a
regular body snatcher--but we will first give an analysis of the water.
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