Litchfield enquirer., 1852-03-18
Va SsYlsbury slslrh Risa.

numSsr of the Salisbury people partici'
 {, regards the ride Co and from Bar. .,.~son. oar reception at the e Salisbury fl.,sspp mon onr return, and the splendid ..,,~rta,nrnent under the burden of which ,hs & snlIee might be said literally 'tO grOan,' cavfsctlv agree with your correspondent. fbstfl.e ride was delightful, our reception .ncr,n. and the entertainment such as to re0ec, much credit upen those by whom it w.a preuared. Bot when your corres- v1ondent ,cavae to speak of our reception at 51,e Rorkshire House, and the entertain Moent? not which waited for us, but for which we waitedfrom ono till half past four -I cay when he came to treat of this pOr- tiOn of his subject, I did not observe the same candor in his statements which had characterized his previous description; and although he told the truth, and nothing but ahe trMth, yet, not being under oath, sup nose he felt himself under no obligation to fell .he schOIe truth and in his kind endea- wOu to excuse eur host. MT. Barnes. for our COLD reception and SMOKED OYSTERS. he stretched the 4smanfls of charity" far beyen& tss powers of endurance.
 was sorry your correspondent was dis. sDosed to be so ieniOnt, inasmuch as we all 4eL that we had been insulled, and that the pubIic ought 70 be warned. lest others should be imposed upon in similar man. per, Now I have no desire whatever to injurs the laRdlord; have no personal antiquities to gratify. It is true, that had l not foraunately possed a strong and vigors ousmuscular power in the throat, should doubtless retain some s;ckening recollec- stious of the fare, which might possibly lead rmo to indulge something of vindictive spirit against him. But as I did finally, by spasmodic effort, succeed in stopping the downward progress of the only oyster iha. conveyed to my mouth, and thereby escaped the nausea which in most instan- ces attended the reception of said oysters in the s,omach-and furthermore, as did not lhink there was any design on the part of smine host to make me sick--l say again in all truth and soberness, that do not en- tertain, and therefore am not actuated by, any feeling of i'll will in the statements l make. What I say, l do KNOW and stand ready to prove to the entire satisfaction of any and every one. The facts are briefly lhese--
 A large number of our good citizens, for lhe double purpose of improving the excel- lent slsighing and of promoting social aud friendly intercourse among ourselves, de> termined to % on Sleigh Ride to Grea, Harrington. Mast, and appointed Com Enittee of fArrangements,1 n member of whicl Committee wrote to Mir. Barnes, tho pro prietor of Inc Berkshire House, to know i he could accommodate us with some ligh refreshments, such as Oysters and the like --in reply to which, MT. Barnes wrote back that he could accommodate us, and should be most happy to see us at his house--that he wanted but one days mo- tiee of the time we were to come, and the numbsr of the party--all of which inform- ation KNOW was forwarded to him in strict accordance with his request.
 We left Salisbury on the morning of the day appointed, to the number of about one hundred but as the roads were somewhat drifted, we did not reach Harrington unti something like an hour and half later thar we had expscled. We had been riding some sixteen miles in cold, piercing air and as you will readily believe, were no . little chilled, and were quite desirous te experience the thascing influence of the fires which we doubted not were roaring and cracklipg within the Berkshire House for our especial benefit. But alas for tn, vanity of all such expectations. Those fires burned only in the regions of fancy and however much they might have aided PrOspseti0ely to keep us warm, as presen or yeirospective matter they did not answer the purpose that good, tangible. matter oi fact fire would have done. During the long interval, however, that We were waiting for our dinner, the temperature of the house became quite ,olerable, so that by dint of a good deal of vigorous exercise, we mana ged to keep ourselves comfortably warm.
 Next came what our host facetisusls callea ,etreshmrnts. Of those refresh 'nents would only say, that no descrip, ton can do them justice-no language i. adequate to the task. To fully appreciat. them, visual, nasal and paiatal organs mus be all brought into acquisition. The oys. .ers were most wosfully smoked and singe, and wholly unpalatable. Sc much for lh, jars.
 I will leave it for all those who bacset pFovender for the horses from the neigh boring stores. to speak of the accommoda iions of the stable.
 Now that you may know that I have not been guilty of misrepresentation. ant do but express the feelings of the whole party. I offer in conclusion two or three ol the many toasts given at the Salisbury House. st our splendid evening entertain mont--.s
 1The Berkshire and Salisbury Houses compared -The former first rate place to % from the latter an infinitely better place to go to"
 1" The Berkshire House-A first rate hOuse, bat oh, what fare r
 Mr Barnss- Tho glorious sun of Old Berkshire- May hs never again shine so Lot as te scorch hts oysters."
 "The Berkshire ouse--That place where the two fearful extremes of heat and cold meet; the cold as aSs eKperi- eassd it-the heat as experienced by the eysssrs," &c. &c.
 Many others were given. but I men. ~v- :. N l..