Litchfield enquirer., 1867-08-29
CORNWALL. Al1p. 2O. 1867.


 MR. EDIroR:-Are you in the mood for indulgently reading dcs'altory, gossip ping letter? And first, of course, comes the much-abUscd topic of tie weather We have had three stages within month the burning, the sticky, and the melting or liquid. These last are the worst, when every thug indoors is mildewed, and eve y thing out is sedden and sloppy. Making allowance for poetry, one might quote from Shelley's "Sensatiye Plant:
 Then the rain came down. and the broken stalks Were bent and tang led across the walks, And the ieafv network of parasite bowers i Massed into ruins, and all sweet flowers And hour by hour when the air was still, The vapors arose which have strength to klll. At morn they were seen, at noon they were felt, At night they were darkness no star could melt. 1 Of course, hay-meking croquet- -playing and other outdoor industrial pursuits, fell into disuse for time And speaking of croqHet, 1t seems as if. although popular, 1t had ceased to be q mania as it was last 1 summer. Of course, people who roquet 1 croquetted and croquet-roquetted them selves to death last summer, cannot be ex- pected to engage in it with much ardor this season. It has some devotees, however. who propose to add to ''inductiye and de- dactive" new class of seductive sciences. in which croquet shall take the first rank
 South Cornwall is rejoicing in the pres ence of one hundred guests or boarders, among whom is veritable Countess, of Spanish lineage Was it Castilian ances- tor of this noble lady who under the name of "Ponce de Leon," sought the "foun- tain of youth in the everglades of Flor ida? It seems as if some of the marvellous "Agua Vita'' must have descended to this enchantress, of whom 'tis said
 1 "With an air and grace, a shape and face.
 She charms like Beauty's Goddess"
 By the way, if I made my own verses, like the man who Declined and fell off the Roman Empire, " with Q wooden leg: like him it would be necessary to have some thing extra for "dippin' into poetry, on account of it's weakening effect upon the mind"
 Thero have been rumors of legal pro- ceedings agalnsta certain family, and full expose of their doings and misdoings was contemplated; but the proceedings and the family seem to be dropped-and "so the mountain brought forth mouse.''
 Mr. John Alderman killed rattle-snake having twelve rattles, on the cross-road leading to Dibble Hill, on Sunday the 25th. His snakeship was taking siesta in the middle of the highway, when seen and killed. This reptile was big enough to re- mind one of those hidcous South Ameri- can serpents which coil and twist them selves into -bow-knots, around the hot air pipes in Barnum's Museum.
 Village Hall in West Cornwall has been undergoing some needed repairs in the way of new platforms and stairs, which will diminish the receipts of Life Insur- ance Agents in these parts; but all trades must live. Religious, Temperance and Sunday School meetings, which are ] frequent there, can now be held without 1 endangering life. Our new Brush certain. ly sweeps we'll. He is an earnest worker for the right. The Temperance and Sunday School interests have received a new impetus from this bosom, not of destruction, but Of blessing.
 Yours, &c.,