Litchfield enquirer., 1872-01-11
MORRIS. Jan. a.l. lsfl

remarked, ln my nearing, Inat Ihe Lftca- 1 field County Agricultural Society was sad i ly in need of funds to procure the neces- i sary accommodations for such sn organi-
 zation, that they needed proper buildings
 and that he would like to be one of hundred
 persons who would raise the sum of ten l thousand dollars, present the same to
 said society, and place them where they
 ought to be.
 Now, Mr. Editor, to-day, whilst cutting
 brush in the swamp for fuel, and reflect ing upon this gentleman's generous offer, l 8 thought struck me: 1 think you will
 agree with me, that, for the last ten years,
 we have been sadly in need of proper 1 accommodations for our summer city wis
 itors who just begin to appreciate the
 beauties of Litchfield county, it's lakes, 1 it's mountains, drives and it's healthful at
 mosphere. Where in New England can more lovely locality be found, whsre peo- pie of leisure or people of business can
 escape for few months tor weeks, as the case may be, from the heat and miasma
 of crowded city, those in health the bet ter to enjoy themselves, with their wife and little ones around them; and invalids, l and those in delicate health, the sooner to recuperate and return in the cool. of au-
 tumn to their city homes? This want of accommodations Is partic- ularly felt in and about Litchheld, the county seat, where are the largest lakes,
 beautiful mountain ranges and sloping hills on every side. I speak of these things, Mir. Editor, as one having author, ity, having entertained almost all classes of city visitors during the warm months for over twenty-five years, and I have had the assurance of those who have travelled over Europe and the whole continent of America, that they had found in no part the globe more healthful or agreeable climate during the warm months than they had found ill Litchield county, Conn.,; and have, during the past twenty-five years, entertained natives of France, Ger many, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Sweden, Italy and Ireland, and I don't know how many more nationalities. l was once riding over our own Mount Tom with party of excursionists among whom was lady, 8 native of Switzerland. We had passed the lake, and came in view of the lovely Shepaug (now growing still more lovely to us every day), rolling some hundreds of feet below us, and that val ley road with it's miniature looking bridge Gas you behold it from the distance), and following its winding way through that stupendous gorge beyond which rise the smoky hills of old Judea. At this point l was requested to stop and give the par ty an opportunity to admire the beauties of the scenery, and the Swiss Lady re- marked that it reminded her of her native land. Reared, she said, upon the borders of Lake Geneva, she had visited most of the places of interest in her own state, but had never beheld any scenery to her more beautiful than that before her. We then descended the mountain, OAo0SCu IAC N1AOP"uSs suIhoSA Vo Cuo icAI, passed down the valley to Davis Hollow, thence across by Smoky Hollow, passed the southern borders of lake Bantam, up the Grannis hills to Morris centre, thence
 home. All joined, with one accord, in the
 praises of the scenery of Litchfeld copn- ty, having in that drive passed over por- tions of four different towns.
 Now, sir, what I wish to arrive at is this, would most cheerfully become one of two hundred persons in Litchfeld county tor elsewhere) who would raise the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and through the agency of suitable commit tee of directors, invest the same in suit able and commodious hetel or boarding house for city visitors, during the warm months, large enough to accommodate most of the remote county visitors during the Fall exhibitions, with good barns and out-buildings attached, sufficient to &C., commodate livery horses in Summer and stock in the Fall, and let it go, if you please, under the name or title of the Az ricultural House. It should be SO located as to accommodate travellers over our new Shepaug Valley railroad, our city visitors, and our county fairs. Under such an ar- engagement, I think we might have at all times well kept track at amuch less cost
 to the county society than at present, track which in itself might be made a source of income to the society outside the Fall fairs. Our city visitors like an occasional turn during summer months. and then We have travelling shows that pay something. If our present county grounds are in the wrong spot, we are not like the Ethiopian, or the Leopard,-we can change our spot. Let our grounds be neatly embellished with shade trees, and make them inviting to all My experi- is that our oity visitors who stay while do not seek the more crowded parts of the village; but prefer situation little out. You may ask, who will accomplish all
 this? acknowledge it will require lit-
 tie combined action. If you deem these
 suggestions worthy of place in your col
 umns, let us hear from others on this sub
 ject. Yours, -c1- AN AGRIcULTURIsT. THE DEATH REBoRD OF 1871.-Among
 the prominent persons who have died du-
 ring the year just closed are, Sir John Herschel, Sir Roderick Murchison, Charles
 Babbage, Professor William Chauvenet
 among men of science; the Cary sisters,
 George Tcknor, Alexander Dumas, Charles
 Paul DeKock, George Grote, Charles
 Hugo. Count de Gasperin, Emile Des-
 thors; Charles Scribner, the publisher;
 Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Generals Prin,
 Benedek, Totten, Anderson, Rodman, and
 Rossel, among military men; Commodore
 Tatnall, and Baron Tegethoff of the Aus | trian navy. among naval officers: Auber.