Litchfield enquirer., 1875-08-19
New Preston.

Times are lively here at present. Board CTS about as numerous as flies. They are prowling about the forests. clambering over the mountains, following the little streams for trout, or bait with which to ent1ce larger members of the fnny tribe inhabiting Lake Waramaug, strolling around meadows and along old and almost destroyed roads for recreation. In fact every nook and cranny among these hills is being explored by health and pleasure seekers. Two or three times day they congregate at the postoffice, and we green country gawkys stand staring, with eyes, ears and mouths open, studying their style, watching them twirl their canes, and put on airs, wishing we were Workers with such fine manners, clothes and things, with plenty of beefsteak, etc, to eat. You see these boarding-house keepers monop- olize the markets and we, poor fellows, are obliged to take up with such as we can get, which is but little.
 Companies from various parts of the county arrive daily to hold picnics about the lake, to fish ln or te be Flirted over it's waters. Mir. Gum, his friends and school are encamped at Point Beautiful. and a party from New Milford at Holly Springs. The New Milford Band was up for a good time. Saturday. They played on the lake in the evening. Next week, a company from Bridgeport are coming into camp for a few days and gay times are expected, for games of base ball will be played, and, shell race between two celebrated oarsman of the company is advertised for Thursday afternoon. the 18th inst.
 Thursday evening the Ladies Sewing Circle VII hold a fair and Festival for the benefit of the church. For the past two weeks the young people have been en- deavoring to have a dramatic entertain meHt for the benefit of the band, but on account of the unfavorableness of the weather it was postponed and re-postponed from evening to evening till Friday night, when, the patience of everyone being ex- hausted. it was pushed through under the most adverse circumstances. The attend ance was about seventy-fve, which, con- sidering the evening, was remarkable. Had the evening been pleasant there is no doubt but that the hall would have been crowded.
 A correspondent to the Bridgeport Standard from New Milford writes in re- gard to the healthfulness of that place as follows:
 ''The general health of this town is good compared with other places, and compar- ing itself by itself it is remarkably gOod.''
 The next paragraph refers to the ceme- tery:
 ''This cemetery is fast filling up; the headstones and monuments are numerous, and the whole ground seems to be dotted over with white marble. with the inscrip- tions, Born and Died.'"
 Summer boarders take notice
 A gentleman of certain village found his vehicles in tight spot and somewhat demolished ono morning, recently. They were stored under a large woodhouse, the lower timbers of which were not rnon- strous, except m length. These timbers were not supported. The gentleman's hired men not being conscious of the fact threw quantity of wood into the house. Things began to settle and. night or two later, the timbers, their strength being exhausted, gave way. The wood, etc. moved down a story with Q rush, landing upon the said vehicles and fracturing them terribly. The unfortunate owner fished them from the debris, next morn- ing. Mir. F., the celebrated wagon phy- sician was summoned. He pronounced them ''gone cases" so they were left in their ruined condition.
 Moral: Never neglect to prop long timbers, especially if articles of much gravity are to be stored above, and articles of value beneath. Remember that "A stitch in time saves nine."