"In Fulton county is a remarkable phenomenon, its waters either by compression, or from some other peculiar cause, contains apparently, in solution, such a great amount of carbonic acid, that its surface is in a continuous state of effervescence or bubbling, resembling the effervescence of a fountain of soda water. The constant temperature of the water, 60 degrees, favors apparently, the development of animal life; and the number of species of water plants growing near the borders, but still in the waters, such as Indian rice, water cress, marsh speedwell, etc., is the cause of allurement for fowls, especially during the winter months. This place will, doubtless in the future, acquire great importance as affording a healthy and pleasant place of summer resort.

"The main body of water issues from a large cavernous opening, forty yards in circumference, and boils up with a constant flow, at the rate of 8,000 barrels per minute. It affords valuable water power for general manufacturing purposes."