Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-25
From the Danbury News. . WARANAslc
BEING FRUGAL. ACcouNT IN WHICH THE $ HEADER WILL FIND SOME STATEMENTS
 THAT WILL MIKE HIM UNEASY.

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 BEIsa FRUGAI. AcoouST IN WHICH rHr t READER WILL FIND SOME SrArEMsNT.
 THAT WILL MIKE HIM UNEASY.
 :. Waramang Lake is some eight mile. distant rom New Milford, And New Mil
 ford is iberally patronized by city p0l pie seeking rest and enjoyment, and con sequenf!y the Lake is resort It re IeeIves visitors from New Milford, Wash
 lngton, Litchfeld ,. Kent, and several oth CT places. Last summer the attendance or people was quite large, ebut this season ior some reason not understood by me and the man that keeps the hotel and the noy sWno .snares bait, their are not many visitors. The drive to the Lake from New Mil. ford is through pleasant if not profita. ble country. Man doesn't appear to have extraordinary good luck with the soil, but nature is getting rich from it. Hei trees and smart weed and Canada thistle are doing as finely as any have seen. l The road follows the Aspetuck rive, through valley that is profuse with yer.
 duie. This valley is designed some time to be the course of railroad from New Milford to New Preston A survey has been made and an estimate given. and we believe the company have engaged two Drakemen and water boy but nothing far ther toward completing and eq1ipping the road has been accomplished. The rate of speed possible to be attained on a road through the Aspetuck valley will neve, be impaired by the misfortune which oyer- took western road, where the locomo- tive was oyertasked through the perverse- ness of~the conductor, who persisted in carrying an eight -bladed knife.
 -4 The Aspetuck river is not so long as the noble Mississippi, and it is really not so broad, yet the width of stream is A very uncertain matter to guess accurately at. Sometimes very thirsty COW wifi come along and sop up the whole thing. but they invariably catch the COW. and get it. back A little watchfulness like this, with an occasional pail of water Through the middle of the day, keeps the nyer mp to high-water mark. ,- l.
 Worthwhile is quiet hamlet on the way. A small place, hovever, and when they get it's mamie laidout on board, they have to stand the board on its end, or stand a lawsuit from the adjoining town for tres ass.-This IS not pleasant but it is true. and truth be should never sacrificed for pleasure, unless 1t is quite dark.
 The road ascends but little and descends ln proportion. It dips down into cool gorges and rises softly up little steeps whose sanamits reveal bits of cool and re- freshing scenery.
 We pass through MarpIeuale, u p,..~ that has no sign on board, and needs it not, for from every fence appear clippings from tombstones, and every doorstone is an obelisk in disguise There are several marble yards in this section, and years ago considerable stone was quarried here, but the business is visibly degenerating. The yards are kept up, however, just for home consumption, my friend with whom I rode told me- It doesn't seem possible, but these Liteh6eld county men are men of iron constitution. And it requires nerve to look out of a shop window over several hundred acres where nothing is planted but corn and tobacco, and then fall to work hewing out business cards for people who are employing their leis- ure in picking up health. -s - a..
 It must be awful to go around among your neighbors smiling upon them, and swearing because your breath isn't apesti- lence to strike them dead.
 Just before we reach the Lake we see 8 tall steeple shooting up it's whiteness toward heaven, from an emlnence. The cluster of houses at the base of the hill is the village of Waramaug. The village has 8 church, bar-room, blacksmith shop, and 8 deserted ore furnace. There is anatural fall of water here that is very pretty. The descent is some ten or fifty feet, and as it goes, it roars, dashes and foams in a really cool and pleasant manner. Enough water goes to waste there every hour to make a k-man major general III the camp of wickedness would figure this out for you, but I don't believe man should gn intn statistics and tangle people when he can avoid it. 1ltf ls-.s,. .-.
 This furnace speak of is square of roughly lain stone. with few brick thrown in to give the whole pleasant metropo- titan appearanee.o Many years ago the iron in the furnace cooled, and it has re- m&ined there since, mass of hardened ore. It couldn't be taken out and would mt come out of it's own accord, and there it stays to this day, solemn warning to ---tto-to--a solemn War-a sol--thunder and lightning what is that solemn war ming to !? ButI digress.
 gs Oyera rise of ground beyond the fur Chang that furnace D--we come upon the lake, and verging to the left we pass over 8 smooth road which half encireles the water.aa Hisla pretty sheet, this Wara- maug is.,gsAlthough five miles in length, it twists about so as to loose twe-thirds of its magnitude from any point you may view il, except from the ''pinnacle. In shape itiis something like 8 carpenter 8 ssstraight edge" that has been left out in therain through the machinations of caee- less apprentice. The reader may want to know what that looks like, but hope not. At the lower end of the Lake the shore is crowded to the water by lofty ridges, but fatherinp the shores slope away gradual ly lh The southern ridge is full of dense hedge and impracticable grass. It is here the pic-nia and camping out parties gath er-and there are several spots where g week may be very comfortably passed. On the northern shore the hand of culti- vation has established homes, titled fields, and turnpikes.Ez yfsza G:9f5 sE. =.a
 The water is dull color, and its depth varies from six inches to six rods. There are no sail boats on its surface, but any ] auanity. of row boats, and these are pop ular with Q class of people who prize mus cle above the New Testament. s-s. J The Lake does not boast 8 hotel. A shanty with boards convenient to lay out people on who may have unintentionally taken two consecutive drinks at its bar, was the only accommodation up to this writing. Now a temperance man has got hold of the place, and is building an ad- dition to il, and is fixing it up SO as to accommeaata two hundred guests. If the new proprieforwants to make Waramaug Lake ihowing wilderness he has got to advertise his Temperance House. The most ardent admirer of total abstinence in Eha land will f7odpe fa fakemperance house and feels proud ofit.ooz sF sa5 a5 We stopped liere.to Eget some refresh- ments. Lemon soda that was meat and drink was passed out to us. drank some of it, picked the raSelings of my teeth, and passed out of the door abroken heart ed man. Fa .a3sE85 ss2ss sszsf.s e.4 sl@1c S |. At the foot of the Lake we Left our team in the care ofsafriendly post, and started up the pathway tothe s'pinnacle. The pinnacle is the point where asloping ridge that follows thalake forwa mile and a Lauarter ends in aibluR osEe l .boz1 139 E The foot road IS never in excellent con