Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-06

States, the pssvsarty 5 of their soils and the enforced industry and economy, of their people l aa great measure made them. A
 few yeafs of such esperience as3the South
 are nowHundergo will if smet bravely, make the next generation Of southerners tenfold more prosperous than any which
 has gone. before.
 la@Bssss The quaint. old letter.eommnnieated by Mir. Elliott of Gaylordsyille, cannot fail to Ibe of interset tes our readers especialN 10 those residing in New Milford. The time
 when the business of making wrought nails was, carried on so largely, when wheat was | produced <in abundance ill the towns on the Housafonic river. and when shad sold for
 a copper apiece, seems long way of. 1 Whether the posterity of MT. John Bost-
 wick is at this dayl;; the most of. any" may
 be doubtful ; but that there are still lamong ! them "a number of respectable cliaractcrs''
 could not be questioned, when we conSitalsiG: :. that the noted physician c. that ,,;snse in
 our village, and the editor of the seatinel
 are among them. VI i!... f, .s,.,.,,.. ..... ] s@~ The death of Hon., Cave Johnson of | Tennessee, is announced. He was prom
 inent Democratic politician, and Postmas-
 ter General under Mr. Folks administra- tion. He took no part in the rebellion, land was elected during the war to the loyal | Tennessee Senate, but declined taking his 4seat ;.nii.,rnli s.oI ,. -.il,,an ii, ui II iistT .t, rtr-+.+---+> ,.t i{ s4 r less@ The Norwich Bulletin does not take
 very kindly to the interference on the part 1;of the N ', Iaaaepeaden ill Connecticut poll I,itics judging from the following: e'',i 7s''
 D The New York 1depe1dent has thin religious ldepartment, 8 double leaded political department. and a very worldly, sewing machine depart trient.
 Whatever happens, to dilute the religious or atte,-
 uate the politicsi, tne sewing machine end of tne
 co11cernis alwas sensational always brilliant with I inducements to clubs; h it's last issue obr Iaserce that the sewing machine end of the shop Inomnates for Congress in this district ':Mr. H. II ]Cleveland. of Brooklyn who is recommended ''as ia man and christian as refot1ncr aiId practical able worker i'l8. l'-. t''.i { i'.i i
 # .4iHw s!!,lna t...a--- .JtA t1pA-- l-tI 4n5a Il. ':pRoGREss Jniiet iainesi just after the
 late election the Radicals had joiiiic aton con-
 the, United States on 3 bantigss. Do you approve oi
 hm se gesMsh5y M hs5 5nS9a E a9I
 Eme. l am happy to inform him that he did not. l T having been previously provided with a copy ot
 that instrument which intend kaeldng as asacled lrelet oft past sfht'dtFf3s Aot l6r1lpIis teps
 E frsos42f',ie biIhsni Ia4. e..-' i' ii T .ssi aa. tf 'In the light of the latter extraet we dis -fappfote of the conaa grafton, mentioned ih T the. former, The custom ofburlsing relics d prevails r11oshere we believe but in lndiai Iwhere, on onl the dsceaseo5f hef, band, ths i relct mounts the funeral pyle.. very unwil ihgly sometimes, it is saia. "' Christianitt j Fcopdemns and prohibits the practice; .,. -st ;'J. -l-.-j -4ta -s s,n.a s.,.. ..s 7i 'I "I, :, @,it I GAY4oRDsv1h1I4E Ct,, Dee, 1866. ,l ED1noR OF '"THE ENoulREE:'',' .+. .., tl In looking among a lot of old i papers recently found slowed carefully }, Eaway with others of an interesting nature 4 left by my deceased father-in law Dani I Gaylord Esq. in the old homestead where he Yas bern lMslls!leelh Mls!ilelh Yasss the home et 'F his father and also ot his grandfather and I hisgreat grandfather and which is still the l home. of four of his, daughte3s, as also oi
 his ison-in- law Col. Henry Aarwin,i and is in good state of preseryasion and often l referred to with pride as having in Revolu- l tionary. days entertained Generals Mash \ ington and Eafayette, I carne across the following letter. from the pen of tllsl Hon. Sherman Boardlnanz deceased, caled out
 in response. to certain inquiries propounded Ito him., which on account of its. antiquity ] and because it contains very much of inter Test to Litchfeld County 'f{qqen, especially 3l the western portions thereof, | deem ought ! to be rescued from it's oblivion and think Eyour readers, especially those in the ,gicini- ] ty of New Milford, will thank me for trans
 ferring it to your columns as an added me tmento of the '5.days long gone by. 'aa15 s.,.r f snA 19IQ Very Truly Yours. |. b1".I4 2' | 'T'',i4l% s "1i's'. - HENRY ELLIOTT. .', 1 i'.,jt '.',,,, ,', :, NEW MILFORD, A. D. l79G.
 | SIR Agreeable to your request, l have attempt
 ediseae sshort sketehas of antiquity some of which ] are within my remembrance, and shall put down
 nothing as fact, that did not personally receive
 from those that were eye and witnesses to the i truth. My knowledge of the country at large is
 not very extensive; however, the towns of Woodbu- Ery New Milford and Litchfeld are the oldest, and
 were granted and settled before the time that Sir Edmond Andros cane to, America The North and
 principal part, the country, was suddenly grant, ed to Hartford and Windsor gentlemen, to secure
 lit from the grasp of Sir Edward, and for that pur
 pose only But these gentlemen took advantage
 of the grant and refused to reeonyey it until con-
 promise took place, when they reeonyeyed the
 western part and withheld the eastern. The towns
 reconveyed were Sharon and Salisbury on the west side of the Ousatonic river, and Kent, Cornwall,
 Canaan, Goshen and Norfolk on the east side The l above named towns were divided into rights and
 sold, by the colony at vendue in the year 1738 or