Litchfield enquirer., 1872-08-08
1saenapaue valles Rallread.

s-@ fnforrsed that the stage route from TlrRRald to New York was down through TS1-kerH and Fairfield counties, Via. the W~w4nwn ruad to NurwaIk, where it con mmrss3 with the great turnpike running Rum New TOEk tO Boston, consequently em TssrAAeld travel all came to Norwalk. Ofl-fa venxs. owing to the introduction ~ R.srroaaA the Housatonic and Nauga- - thaa travel has been diverted to FriarupoEt Now, however, by the com uINR;0a oe the Shepang Valley Railroad, TRsrh awmin connects Norwalk and Litch- asli srd this tine by the strong ties oi irua rsfls. ws trust to meet and greet onl LsaehRsld county people as fyore. Here wu hnps to sae them often, both on pleas mo and business trips. This should be nntaraIly their objective point during the suumer s0lztice, for which they should ssxlke. when 'tg0ing down to salt," and Ehis. too. we hope our spirited and thriv- inn txmdasmen will make the spot to do oheir trading.
 Hsving early felt an interest in the buiiding of this road in connection with the Danhury & Norwalk road, we were glad last week of an opportunity of riding over the roads to Litchfeld, and would adriss our citizens generally to do like WE## on E8&3E H&8& AEz&odkEE OCCASAO0s 4OI tAAc sesaery is romantic and picturesque in acnommodmkions of the best.
 The Danbury & Norwalk extension leaves the main road at Bethel depot, and stxikas stxaight through the center of Beth. q village and after some twenty minutes rmpid ride we reach HawIeyville station ou tha Housakonic railroad. Here the iunc- ton with the Shepaug is accomplished, one of their engines, with an unprOnounce- able name terminating in aug, taking the train in charge.
 The iuncture of the Shepaug river with the Housatonic river, is somewhat wild, weird like, the railroad crossing the Housaaonic just above the mouth of the Shepaug on . high wooden bridge, so kirk that it makes one feel little poker iah as he looks out of the car window in- to the rapids below.
 At R0xbury Falls, the first station on the road, is . splendid series of cascades The river here rushing rapidly through anAxrow and deep, rocky gorge, for quite a little distance, with several small falls, makes very charming picture,
 At the next station, Roxbury, there is a large iron mine in one of the hills on the lefE side of the track, being worked by a Bridgeport steel company. Iron and sul- phur ore abounds here.
 Between Roxbury and Washington is a tunnel through solid rock, which brings to mind the Harlem tunnel as it used to be years gone by. This, of course, is not near 90 long, but to sharp, wide-awake young couples would afford ample time for disarranging surls and collars.
 At Washington we noticed fine large store near the depot, occupied by Messrs. Baker < Brinsmade, who appeared to be an energetic, gO-ahead, young America firm They have just issued some fine cards for distribution, on one side of which Is their business card, while the time table of the Shepaug road graces the other side.
 Mr. and Mira JOnathin Camp, MT. and Mrn. Asa F. Smith, with Mrs. Smiths mother, widow Brown, are boarding in Washington this summer, and we under stand that MT. Camp, finding the air very beneficial, intends remaining till late ill the fall.
 New Preston. We'll, here down the bank h c large open lot; in the distance c bridge spinning the river, evidently lead ing somevheres, but no visible signs oi kahita4ion.
 A@Ah4A4AA2U ms 1 AAk4G 1tAAC 1CROts 1dC all the depot buildings on the road art neat and tasty,) and acquires its name, wt learn, from Mr. Jerome E. Ford, a warn and staunch farmer friend of the road living here, who has gained the soubri. quet of Rome Ford, hence the compa ny compliments him by calling the station Rcmford.
 Morris is the next station, and then comes Bantam, well known to the Izaak Waltons for many a mile around for its large and beautiful lake, as being just the place to cast their lines Here, too, were picturesque falls. though not equal to the RoxbaTy gorge.
 Lastly Ss LItchfeld. but almost ever, one knoxs about Lichield. away up or the top of the hills, with its broad, mag nffcent streets; and One of the most re tired and yet attractive of country re- treats. Here they have a vast outlook sSzthxard Lakes and ponds of spark Ezg water are to be seen nestling among the distant hills, and, they say, in clear weakAeR, far of in the dim distance the shSni1g waters of Long Island Sound.
 He Shep&ag is a terribly winding road crookSng here and there in every conceiv aha direcsion. and is, we think, great txSzmpA of engineering and mechanica akla The grade Is also necessarily heavy god part of the way. Its projector: s4a ball1ers must have been of the pluck 6e@t End of nen,-the kind who neve szy Als,-Sna they are deserving of cred a fw the work done The road is in fai ca@3ztsOa, and being bettered each day Is we1 stocked with engines and cars, ant 6s a1Ee@as doing considerable business.
 The dES4znce by rail from the N. Y. N H RaIlrOnd to Litchfield IS 5S miles and thR running time is Obo1t 4! hours
 Tke nzabzYy < NOrxaIk Company ar 9Ass desSrxIng of praise for their share il tAe cg@nec<SOa- At present it does no appear tS be a very paying investment fo F@zg s& vel do mi have q very great run 4 P@sEmgers. but we hope to see thai cz@s2xzkly IMpUOve- The other compet Img Eu@a1s are, we understand, makins gE~mk e&aEsk. by reducing rates, to con. ru1 the I6fchfeld county travel and traf &e. but the Lisehfeld people should req san sAe thing out as Pat did in the day. sfa ssroGg Sseamb0at competition: 'sC0m, wzkh as. Pat Says one runner, 'swe1 eAnv yua fur quarter, and sce are tn, oAA ragmAmx iTne- ssFaix." says Pat. ssanC Em aeRer thinking that I'll % scifh thc osa, eA@f Hsakx y0z oarEy nlc for qGartter. So tke LztehAead people, bearing in mint sA@ kigA Eztes of last winter and earl, spzlG perhaps will say with Pat. in an swsw t0 EeanrtiOn of prices now being @nAe. well go with the one that make ysa Eedacs the rates. .'-NOrsraH Gazette
 Tke Boston Journal says: s'In this yer, skeFelcml age it Is not to be wondered a thaK the Livingstone letters, recently pub haAed in the Herald dispatches, shoul, have to some an apOcEyphal aspect. Tn doc1nwia best friends cannot read then wi4h0mk a shnd0w of regret that long res S3emas tn Africa should have so impaire, his command of the English language The sxsMwnmA vrhish &ha dnf<or evidentl