Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-30
EDWARD Q. GOODWIN, Editor and Publlsler.

hare been happy providence also In the peri
|od Of Washing OD's death. Did he not close
bis eyes u the best tire for his own fame.
Leaving the vault. we strolled about the
woods aud fields, and at length came round to
the house. This i by no means an elegant
structure, but it Is spacious and well arranged.
In the ball hangs the key of the Bastile of
Paris "A prison-house Of centuries (which was
demolished during the French Revolution in
1888. This relic was presented to Washington
~ be friend Lafayette. In the dining room
y 9 beautiful marble mantle on which is repre-,
scented, 90 Mezzorelieyo, charming rural
scene. felt kind OF snperstitous reverence
as dropped down IN the old arm chair. But
| must not attempt TO describe what doubtless
has been painted thousand times By much
more happy pens than mine.
From the house We passed to the garden
This is enclosed bysa brick wal, built under the
direction Of Washington himself, and is taste
iully laid ont in various gecmetrical figures, oil
boFdered with lockwood. Within these beds
are flowers Of almost every description, many
Of which are in bloom il the month Of April
The gardener, good-natured, modest, but
laxative old man, took great pains and pleas
ure, TOO, in showing every interesting object,
and letting us into the domestic history Of the
General q" Do you see that wall well, the
General built that Do you see these beds |?
we'll the old general wrote to the king Of Ger
many for gardener" But why should par-
rate the conversation of the old man, since
hearsay of . hcarsay has no authority in law
and you may consult the witness for yourself.
The gardener appeared to be as much inter-
cknA I'M 0ou in laV, to lad 10
the green house, aud showed us the orange,
lemon aud other trees loaded with fruit, besides
various rare shrubs, among them an aloe fifty
years old, he very gently intimated to US that
gentleman and ladies can. be accommodated
with oranges aud lemons at shilling apiece,
and that they could be taKen--if green-to
our wives and daughters, and, moreover, that
they would perfume cur trunks on our journey,
and cur bareats, after we returned home. The,
old orator. be knew Just where to strike the
wanderers heart Having provided ourselves
wives and daughters as the mementoes of the
father Of his coantry. and having scaled nm the
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