Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
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 tangle of tree tops, brush and wseds that lie in the way. B b5neqo saa T9tiTAd h- F, At precisely twenty minutes past twelve we step on the platform of the depot al West Branch. q weary. foot-sore .pnrtyaI1 assure you..t Just, at this moment we hear the dinnsr bell of a neigi,boripg ho- tel Ta glad summons for ns-and good justicedid wedo to the dinner, and after an hour and three quarters rest, we step on board the train for Say city The whole business of the country is lumber. And around several saw mills between West Branch and Bay city we saw mere lumber than we had everseen before in onr whole lives. What becomes. of it all, was the question we kept continually asking. our, selves Even these piles of lumbar alone areMorth going miles to see.siJssrs3ui ' We reach Bay Gityoa six o'olocks iAfi ter snpper we make a call on thel bssbeE whese, shop was inst opposite. The barber looked frightened as we entereds we did notsmuch blame him;g for upon looking into his mirror (the first we had seen 1T three weeks). We. were almost frightened ourselves. He soon gained his self pos sesion, however, and half an hour later we came out feeling much better, to say the least. After short walk we returned
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 to our hotel, determined to retire early and get a.good nights rest. Congratula. ting ourselves on once more getting into a good bed, we followed our guide up stairs into capacious room on the sec ond floor. No. 45. Heaven deliver us from room No. 45, on the second floor, here. after. Full of joyful anticipations we hastily prepared for bed. The gas had been extinguished and we had compared notes as to which had the best bed, each claimingit Finally all was still, each one thinking of the dear ones at home and computing the time before, we should see them. when suddenly there arose the most hideous boise We had ever heard. It was a hot night and our window was was wide open. 'What can it be?' was the question on all our lips. ''Waa it cats?" No! We got up, went to the window and for the first time realized that our window opened into a sort oi court, the Laundry of the house was just beneath us. The sound We had heard proceeded from that--It was evidently made by two female voices making mel- ody in their hearts, no doubt, but fear fully mutilating it with their tongues. On they sang (for so I suppose they call ed it, and SO must vel. each note grow ing sharper and rasping more than the last. Minutes seemed hours, and hours days. One by one the lights in the city went out and all the while those voices below grew stronger, till finally we dropt asleep to wake with the early dawn only to curse the room No. 45, on the second floor, ..tav fa.3 . . ,aao
 We had hoped to have had an opportuni. ty to see some of the large lumber and salt mills which abound, here but time would not allow. At seven o'clock we left for Detroit, where we arrived at noon, without incident worthy of note. Here we spent the afternoon looking about the city. and along the docks, seeing many things of interest Then we took ferry boat to Windsor on the Canada side, and tried to feel like British subjects, dran a glass of soda at the health of her Mai esty, the Queen, &c. At seven p. m., we left by the Great Western Railway for Niagara Falls. which, after several delays. for which ''hot boxes" were largely re- sponsible, we reached at @ quarter past four, Thursday morning. After four hours good solid sleep. and hearty breakfast, we spent the remainder of the morning gazing at Natures great water fall." At two o'clock p. m. we left for Albany by the New Yo'k Central R. R, wLere we arrived little after midnight. when we got up the next morning, we found we were too late for the early train. This gave us couple of hours in Albany,
 At ten o'clock we went on, reaching New Milford at half- past four. At half-past six we found ourselves once more in old Judea, heartily glad to be at home again and all agreeing that Connecticut never looked so lovely before. '" D.