Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-30
Masi1;ngton.

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 Last Saturday night we undertook to go down the s. Y. R. R. and went. Leaving Washington depot on the engine ara mang," Geo. Camp, engineer, about six o'clock, we steamed down to the tunnel in the most beautiful moonlight one coull wish, dropping off workmen along the line for their suppers and Sunday rest. Look ing out of the-engine window at She 1ittfd black hole made. in the rock by the tun.. nel, 1t seemed impossible for the huge animal to be compressed into, that sfnssS' space. But on rolled the ponderous crea1 ture shrieking his approach in tones that woke all the dormant echoes sleapinf around Steep Rock, his blazing eye glarl ing straight into the cavity whose walls seem to enlarge at his coming, and the grey rock stands back as if afraid bs3ks ! ing hit by the fiery monster, while s4wg 9SlI through and on our winding way ac,oss Beaver Hole bridge which sesfla as krns as rock itself, to Mine Hill. Here a sErinsg nsgg of cars are hitched on, pail of cider, ac- cideIItss1ly of course, circulates among the hands in the caboose, for the purpose of getting up steam probably, which w1li q si lbe. needed before we get through, and sonwe go for Hawleyville. By the moonlight on the water, we see that the river is close ly followed, excepting an occasional CO., quettish departure, only to run the.cloSer to the bank after it, when Mel soon see huge rock walls standing on either side. and, looking down the precipice beYoud, see the foaming waters of the Falls gligt- ening in the moonbeams. On we go hug ging the brink of. the river till little to the left we see sheet of water whose width indicates the Housatonic, and wbirl- ing sharp curve crosS on the topS Ia long bridge and stop before a .faalA. sb5r water There is still :" moonlight on the water and from its mouth ye follow Hp Pond Brook to the engine house.
 At Barnum's we learn Mr Cram of Norwalk, contractor for the extension of the 5. V. R. R. has already commenced work at the Bethel end, so that next June We shall expect to run into the latter place. We ind the energy and perseverance of the s. Y. R. R. Go. highly spekea of and that if the Boston and Erie road 1ad had like men hold of it, it. would have been put through. s-.-l..s-s s--.4s,.s,,sS to the present extent, having been com menced only little over year since, speaks volumes in praise of our board of directors and the efficient corps of enci- neers aud contractors. One-half' Of the road IS in good condition and fair running time can be made.s With goode weather this week, by Saturday night, the people Tn Litchfield can have the intense pleas ure w of seeing the engine steam up befofeF their depot which has been so long in waiting. Then-well, we should like to be there to see. ,---~--
 In Newtown We found one of those dogs about which we often hear, but whom we seldom see It belongs to a .wsido1e Camp, and is of the St. Bernard breed. When Sancho's master was dangerously. sick, the physician leavingabout midnishIs, found on arriving horne, three miles dis tant, that the dog had followed him to see him safely there. Fhat done. he troatSd back to his masters bedside again. When he died, Sancho attended the pail bearers to the hearse, and walked. with drooriSa head by its side to the grave, lay by the coffin while the last rites were per formed, and when 1t had been lowered aad covered and the people were retiring lay down at the head.
 Tn the notice of the ordination of Mir. Rice by Bishop Williams, his name should have been written Alfred l.. Rice.