Litchfield enquirer., 1871-07-13
WASHINdTON.

| WASHINGTON.
 Messrs. Hickox $ Galpin have put up g Soda fountain in their store. where the cooling water flows in creamy abundance and sparkling with exquisite favors.
 = There has been another town meeting. If the first meeting was the "vilest. this last may be said to be the jolliest ever held. probably for the reason that we had jolly man for moderator MT. F. ". Gum. The petition was for the laying of road from the highway, between the Gum bridge and the residence of. John Gum, up the Shepaug river. crossing it near the mouth of Bee brook. thence up the brook to Christian street. The selectmen surveyed the route. and brought in their report. While the motionto accept the report was pending, MT. D. Meeker, at the request of the moderator for any one to ask questions about the road, wished to know whether it could be built so that it could be travelled 365 days in the year. He might want to go down the road with ''pail of butter and basket of eggs.' The moderator ask ed if he wanted to come down Sundays, when Mir. M. meekly suggested ''tnat he might meet the President of the Hawkeye Rife Club up on shoot" The house came down. A motion to adjourn to the first Monday in October was carried by large majority. The disposition to vote down all roads at present, is plainly appa- rent. The depot excitement has quieted down since the location on the Kinney plain. But there is 8 great buzzing in the hive around Bee brook.
 As to railroad matters, the east abut- ment on the Ax.helve factory dam, is com pleted, and the opposite one will be in few days. The material for the bridges is being delivered. The tunnel will be con- pleted this month, as there is but few feet of the heading left. W.
 = The Orientals played their return game of base ball wItn thn ~+..-.-:-s..- D: B. O.. July 4th, and defeated them by score of 37 to 26 They are in hopes that the Active B. B. O., of Litchfeld. will ac- cept the challenge sent them to play at Washington, on the 18th inst E.
 RoMEFoRD STATION, July 5th.
 A chief feature of yesterdays celebration in Washington was the blasting of an inn mense boulder. weighing probably 200 tons, which obstructed the passage of the She- paug V. R. R., on the land of MT. Simeon D. Ford. Six holes had been drilled in it to the depth of five or six feet each, and charged with nitro -glycerine. The hills on each side were lined with spectators who had come to see the explosion, among whom were many of our best known residents and summer visitors. The electric battery connected with the charge was stationed about 60 rods off and, at given signal, the rock was blown into thousand frag- ments, some of immense size. We imag' inc this was the most remarkable as we'll as the most profitable exhibition anywhere witnessed on the glorious Fourth. In the evening we had good view of the fire works exploded at Litchfeld, at H. H. More houses on Church Hill, ,and on the "Green" at Judea Center.
 The school of this District paid visit to the Calhoun St. School on Friday last. and had s match games' at Reading, Singing, Defamation and Composition, probably as worthy of record as the games of base ball so frequently published. At any rate the proficiency shown was very creditable to both Schools.