Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-15

D6@ MT. Burr of the Hartford Times, has been in town, and contributes the following lively sketch of our village to our paper:
 "And responsibility is the thing in old Litch6eld, Not in any baronial seat of Dev- onshire of Sussex, in old England, are the family names and traditions of the houses more scrupulously preserved or proudly told. Here, for instance, is the cid Judge Gould house." built in 1760, and looking still as fresh as ever. It was the famous Litchfield Law School, established by Judge Reeve, and in which many of the eminent men of this couu try read the law, among them John Cal. houn, John M. Clayton, Levi Woo ibury ,Samu, ell S. Phelps, and a long list of other celebri- ties. And was surprised to learn that among the students in the school at one time was Edgar A. Poe. Some curious reminiscent cies of the freaks of than scintillant but most wilful and wayward genius are preserved by those who daily saw him and knew him well. One fact remembered of him is that he flew into rage about something or other with the owner of one of the Litchfeld stage routes, and in his anger he purchased a stage and horses, and for several weeks drove them on the same route himself, carrying passengers for nothing, in order to break down the estab- lished line. -..... t....
 Then there was the 'Col. Tallmadge house. the Wm. Deming house. the Governor Vol colt house, the Stanley house. the Ebene- ger Marsh house. the Pierpont house. and I know not how many more, all built in the last century, and some of them many years before the tea was thrown into Boston harbor. One house, built by P, Bradley. dates back de- cade or two anterior to the old French war; There is spot pointed out in front of the Col Tallmadge house, where banquet was spread on table set out of doors, for Washington and Lafayette; and the room, in another house where Washington. slept, is still spoken of. Of course, there are houses as old or older than those in the towns (Hartford, Windsor, Wethers6eld,) from which Litcfeld was set- tied, but none, venture to say, so fresh, clean, and well preserved or more eloquent in historic memories. The house now occu- pied by G. H, Hollister, Esq, was built by the Kings Attorneys in the reign of King George II. aa...- ~s+ 5
 Litehfeld is associated with so many cele- bratsd names that space would fail me ere I to attempt any account of them. Among the hills of this county, containing less than one five hundreth of the population of the coun- try, there were..b 13 or IA U s. Senator's or aboht one fortieth of all that have been in Congress from the foundation of the govern ment to the present time. And the county has been the birthplace of 22 Congressmen from the State of New York. It has also given birth to Is Judges of the Supreme Court in other States, g presidents of colleges, and Q large number of men who have made them selves an honorable name and fame in all the walks of life. l l.z,..-
 No wonder the people of Litchfeld town cherish the mementoes of the eminent men who have here lived and died, and who have given to the places they dwelt in local habitation and name, Here, among other old homes. is the old family residence of 'all tbe Beecbers.'--that rare family of preach ora teachers, and extraordinary creatures.
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