Litchfield enquirer., 1854-10-12
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 Autamn is fAiily inauguraied. and the brown autamnal feeling" which denotes i's approach. hot uoon-limss. and the de- mand for soda water have gone away tO- gether. The sunlight streams sIantinrly thro' the fleecy haze which wraps the woody shores of the ''Bay" in it's blue ffOlds and dreamily winds itself into the streets of the city. A dry leaf occasiun- ally hutters to the sidewalk with sad premonition of the time when all leaves shall have left. Peaches have disappear> ed from the fruiterers slslIs and the specs tral pIacardS warning Park lOuugers of the grass. begin to wear . mocking as- pect, as if they regarded what they were saying in the light of . good joke. The hotels are crowded. from the paIatial St. Nicholas with iis row of gentsel idlers standing at all hours before the entrance l flor the express object 1t would seem of self-exhibi ion. and by force of brosde cloth, much hair and more brass to stare bashfnl promenaders out of countenanccl to the less pretentious houses of Court~ landt street, where county merchants most dc congregate. All sections of the country are fully represented at these. and lover of the picturesque could not fail to be grati6ed at dinner.scene a, one of them, say the Western. As the hour approaches the entrances to the Hallare thronged. and at the sound of the gong the seats are filled in twink ling. and shade of Apicius !! what eating is here. Flocks of turkeys with brown, shiny legs and plump, fragrant breasts dwindle instantaneously into handful of bones-tomatoes succotash, and sweet potatoes melt away like butter in the sun, and whole rows of pastry are bowl. ed down with ten strike. The almonds and raisins escape-,here is no time for dessert, and in twenty minutes from the time each sit down he may be seen tooth pick in mouth urging his way to some business appointment.
 Among the numerous discoveries of our prolific age which are every day ap- pied to generalize luxury and multiply comforts. I cannot resist the temptation, to notice substitute for flag stones which is just cunning into use, and which promises to form an important feature at no very distant day in the beauty and convenience of our streets. We refer 10 the kind of f~gging in which the mine ral substance called aq'haltune forms tue new and principal elemeat. We have had an opportunity recently of observing the construction ef piece of side. walk of this peculiar character, and feel will> ing to accord to ita superior merit. Ire asphaltum is melted and while in state of fusion certain quantities o: si id. and l we believe some other foreign substances, but the ingredients, as vel as their pro- portions, If the composition are he'd in secrets by the patente's 2, until the whole Eacquircsa consistency and peculiar qual
 fly which fits it for ifs purpose as min. eral cement. A layer of broken stone of the size used for macadamizing is si read upon the earth to the thickness of three or four inches and the compound formed as above is poured upon it until the in- tersticcs gre mostly filled. and while the liquid is cooling the payers ra,nmer is called into acquisition t" COTS ,lda;e the mass. After this is fai'ly cooled and be- 1 come perfectly cool a covering of the semi fluid is imposed from two to three inches thick. and smoothed. leveiled and pressed with instruments so as to fo'm a continuous snrface uninterrupted by jtints 1 to any extent of area required. which be- comes in an hour as hard as granite.
 Il is claimed thss this resists all vicis. situdes of the weather as we'll as rock. and that i. is no more haole to be Lroken by the superposi'ion of weights or the rolling of loaded vehicles than paving stones of the same thickness. We are inclMed to admit this claim from wha. we have seen of it. and certainly it forms a most beautifal sidew walk, cbviating in raiuy weather if it be properly sloped the disagreeabie necessity which the pc des'rian finds of continually planging into paddles of dilty water al every etep. Although Is price at present is some- what deaier than common Aagging, it will probably be furnished al . much cheaper rate in time. and we hope to see i' in general use. IL will be fine com> panionifor Ike Russ.pavement. 3
 l The meeting of the stockholders of the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad Company on Tuesday. resulted as might have been