the first cabin erected by Derick Scowten.  Owing, however, to misunderstandings with his red neighbors, he shortly afterwards left.  A year later, George Arnold, from Rhode Island, took possession of the vacated Scowten House, and conducted it with some degree of success for about two years.  Arnold was in turn followed by Samuel Norton, who failed to make the venture successful, owing to the outbreak of the Revolution.  Norton was succeeded in 1783 by his son, who sold out in 1787 to Gideon Morgan, who, in the same year, made the property over to Alexander Bryan.  Bryan became the first permanent settler after the close of the war.  The prosperity of the village began in 1789, with the advent of Gideon Putnam, but the wooden inns and hotels of 1830, which seemed palatial in those days, would get lost even in one of the parlors of the mammoth hotels which now line the main street of the village.  Chief among these hotels, we mention the—­

="United States,"= a grand and princely building of noble frontage with a bright and spacious interior court, completed in June, 1874.  It constitutes one continuous line of buildings, six stories high, over fifteen hundred feet in length, containing nine hundred and seventeen rooms for guests, and is the largest hotel in the world.

=The American-Adelphi= near at hand, also fronting Broadway, always cheery and delightful under the management of its popular owner and proprietor, Mr. George A. Farnham, has one of the finest locations in Saratoga, combining comfort, good attention, a fine table, and every convenience of a first-class house.  One thing is sure, those who go to the “American” return again and again.

=The Speedway, the Race Track, and Driveways.=—­Saratoga can justly feel proud of her material growth and progress in many directions during the last decade, and prominent among her varied attractions are the Speedway and Race Track.  Mr. W. C. Whitney and many other prominent men have contributed liberally in this direction. The Electric Line to Saratoga Lake is also one of the features of the village, and furnishes a delightful forenoon or afternoon’s outing.

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  And boyhood’s love and fireside-listened tales
  Are rushing on your memories, as ye breathe
        That valley’s storied name,—­
        Field of the Grounded Arms.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck.

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=The Springs.=—­The most prominent springs in and about Saratoga are the Hathorn, the Patterson and the Congress.  The popularity of the Hathorn is attested by the universal sale of its bottled waters throughout the United States.  The Patterson has won a wide reputation which its excellence deserves.