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FUN.

Yesterday they let the water from the new water-works into
the water mains. It was a great day for Saratoga. Waterspouts
were in every direction. An angry Geyser seemed to
spout from every corner.

To the casual observer, there seemed to be a sort of water
revolution in the under-strata of this quiet village. No earthquake
or extraordinary convulsion of nature had been noticed,
but all over town—in the highways, on street corners, and everywhere,
the ground would become moist, quake a little, and then
would burst forth a full-fledged “spouting spring.” The bowels
of the earth became suddenly loosened, and many superstitious
persons, who believe Saratoga to be only separated by a thin
crust from the infernal regions, began to pack up for the White
Mountains.