Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-22
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Daily News

LITCHFIELD, CONN., sept oCh, 1ooS.
 As I still remain in this delightful Summer resort. I have concluded to address you anoth- or letter. as you deemed the former one worthy a place in your columns, as did also Mir. Ad- ams. the editor of the Litchfeld Enquirer, who copied it into his paper.
 A number of the Summer visitors have re- turned 10 their homes. where they can recount the sights they saw during their siesta but as Court Gan institution hcre) commences in a couple of weeks, all will be hustle and confu- sion again, for let me say to you, the people of this section are great for law you may think so. when tell you that the different Courts are in session about two-thirds of the year. And then the hordes of witnesses Why, my dear sir. it is common thing to have twenty or thirty of them on the most trifing cases :; every man. woman and child, who has heard, seen. knows, or even thought of the case, are arranged to "say their say" be it good, bad or indifferent. And some can swear to most miraculous events.
 In company with'my friend B., Iagain visi- ted, some days since, the nickel mines owned and uow being worked by the Connecticut Mining Company, which are conducted by gentlemen residing in your City. On the new opening, shaft has been sunk some thirty live feet j. and must ill all candor say I have never seen such ore Some of it appears to be almost solid metal and that not in small specimens only, but pieces weighing from one to three, or probably five hundred pounds Some of these pieces will be on exhibition at the Company's office in your City. My i'm pression is it surpasses any ore of the kind ever taken out at that depth. I understand the stocksism mainly held by those who started the enterprise, and they have not been dispo- sed to partIwth it, feeling assured they would be fully compensated for whatever outlay was necessary in developing the resources of their property of which they have seventy acres There are three openings on the land, and all arc showing well. What astonishes me, is, they have never asked any of the people here abouts to subscribe dollar, but on the con- trary, have lief. their dollars with the inhabi- tants. There is one queer thing would men, ton, and that is, that nearly all the mining done in this State has been done with foreign capital, the shrcwd Yankee" settling himself down on sir per cent. well secured. Offer some of them more, and they would clasp their hands on their pockets and run as though an Indian was after them with all upraised tom ahawk, or look as dubious as if a highway man had demanded "their money or their lives" The Company have in contemplation the erection of smelting works, sufficient to run their ore into mutt for which they have an order from an extensive refining Company in Liverpool, England, for as much as they cal, furnish. The nickel taken from the mines is oi e very superior quality.
 have also hnen shown a vnrv fine snprmnn of Kaolin clay, or decomposed felspar, takel from bed some sixteen miles from here, il Kent A manufacturer from Trenton, New Jersey, informed me it was the finest clay ii the country, and nearly or quite equal tt the French porcelain clay. This is also being worked by Philadelphians, one of whom ii your old friend E----t. Orders have bec received for one hundred tons of this clay S. l am informed.
 We have gentleman and a scholar in thi goodly town, and withpl a doctor, who is natural wit and humorist, fond of goo' joke, and does not complain even if he is him self the victim of some vile ccncocted drug {scheme, mesu) A short time since par ty of ways undertook to set the Doctor, ant sent messenger for him to proceed at once tl Mrs. -, whose child was lying dangerousl, ill. The Doctor was 10th to go, as the dis tance to travel was some five miles, and rair, ing but being assured it was imperative, i he wished to see the child alive, he gathered his "purges and pukes" in his green bag, ano logged off behind old Charley, urging him te the best of his speed. which is not orer 240 Judge of his astonisllment on arriving at the house, to find it a scene of jollity and merry .,oob;nc. ;notnod of p,oprn;po ond doofh The Doctor acknowledge the corn, aud entered in to the festivities of the evening with joy and gladness The boys who had thus tricked the big medicine man,0 paid dearly for their fun for instead of administering the "pukes and purges" to the child as first intended, he de- posted them in choice bottle of spirits which they had laid by for themselves, and before it was half emptied, they were running hither aud yon, cursing the liquor, and seeking a place of refuge, whilst the Doctor remained in the room with the ladies' who would exclaim every once in awhile, "where's my Jim," where's our Charley" and so on, but they did not appear; it was like calling spirits from the vasty deep.
 Crinoline aud mcerchaums occupy as much space here as elsewhere. The former is the theme of the gcntler sex, whilst the latter is constantly in the mouth of the sterner, both young and old.
 "This Yankee land beats all creation.
 Since every day brings new salutation.
 The last is still the worst, for what is duller
 Than friends to ask, how does your meerschaum And.this it's answer, as they onward jog (color! It colors pretty have you sold your dog 7"
 Icannot close without a passing word fol MT. H. Spencer, the keeper of the hotel ill this place, and as it is the only one and pay my bills lyide. .receipts) it cannot be looked upon as apuff Mir. s. combines all the ele, ments of agentlema Ii, is good natured, atten, tive to your wants, and does all good host can to make mortals comfortable. At all hours of the day and night he is prepared to