Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-02
THE cuNNERY CAMP.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE AND ABUNDANCE OF ENJOYMENT.-u BRINGS RAIN OF
 COURSE. SUNDAY IN CAMP.

COURSE.-SUNDAY IN CAMP.
 The annual encampment of Mir. F. w.. Gunn's school at Lake Waramaug is at- tended by over eighty regular campers, with large and continually changing &C., sessions of the friends and relatives of the pupils. Point Beautiful is pie turesque with tents and gay with flags, and the gypsey costumes of the gentler sex. The martial bugle is sounded with military regularity and correctness by a genuine son of Mars, that is a son of soldier, who distinguished himself first in the Mexican war and again in the late Rebellion on the winning side, Col. An drews of the 9th Artillery. The latter is among the visitors, enjoying brief leave of absence, the first in four years. He graduated in the class with Gen. Grant, and although Southern man with two brothers in the Confederate army, he re- fused the most tempting offers from the rebel Secretary of war, and remained true to the flag which he had sworn to uphold.
 Some people unskilled in camp exper- fences imagine that there must bea great deal of monotony in it. Far from it. The days slip by so rapidly that when evening comes, one scarcely knows what became of the morning. The bugle call at 2, is responded to by general shout from all the tents which precludes further sleep. Nainre has furnished glorious wash-ha- sin in this exquisitely beautiful lake, and to this the majority repair for their ab. lutions. At 8 the "Roast Beef call is sounded, and the extensive dining shed speedily re-echeos with the chatter of tin plates and cups intermingled with the noisy hum of voices. Then come the tramps (not the kind now infesting the land with their pestilential raids, the fish, ing parties, reading circles, checker par ties and all sorts of excursions by land and water. At 12, lunch recalled the hungry ones (and every one gets glorious ly hungry here), then comes the swim ming hour when fifty amphiblous boys founder in the water and make the air melodious with their joyous hilarity. The evening comes quickly, and two hours are spent in singing and dancing until "taps", at 10 o'clock send the happy rev. ellers to rest. This routine is, of course subject to daily variation. For instance, on Saturday there was a grand regatta, open to boys of all ages. creeds, disposi. tions. color, and politics. There were four entries for the first race, course one and a quarter miles (estimated) around a stake boat and return. Colonel Andrews acted as judge, umpire and starter. This race was won by Messrs. Simpson and Kenyon, time ten minutes. The banks were lined with friends and spectators. who made noise enough for college re- gatta. ...r.
 Three entries were made for the second race, one of the crews on account of old- CT muscle being required to carry small boy as extra weight At the pistol shot, off they started like an arrow from Ia. zy bow, the small boy exerting himself to his utmost to accelerate the speed of his boat by surdry genufexions and gyra- tions peculiar to a coxswain, and with such effect that his crew came in first, the second boat following length or so behind. Unfortunately the first crew rounded the stake boat on the wrong side and were ruled out. Masters Barton and Bemis were declared the winners. Dis tance (estimated) seven-eights of a mile; time five minutes, ten seconds.
 The very small boys race excited the greatest interest Great excitement pre- vailed among the"young ideas and much practice had been taken to bring up the muscle to the required toughness. There were six entries of we'll picked crews of two each, There was a good start and the little fellows laid to their oars with a will and ploughed the water with praise all eyes were strained to catch the boat in the lead. Four strove for precedence, and as they neared the line, two were so nearly matched that the result was uncer- tain. Bang went the pistol and Masters o. Vail and R. De Bussy received the plaudlts of the admiring throng. It was a proud day for the winning crews when called out from the large circle to be, so-to-speak, crowned with the laurels of the occasion. To Col. Horatio c. King, of the Cba istidn Uaion, who with his wife and. one daughter are spending Q week in the camp, was assigned the grate- full duty of presenting the several prizes Our reporter failed to receive a verbatim report of this unique effort, which as a New York reporter would say, ''swelled with eloquent periods, sparkled with wit, and overfowed with genial good nature" The first prize of twelve bottles of Sarsa parilla( endorsed by the school as tempe rance beverage went to and down the first crew and their packers, six bottles of the same decoction disappeared in like manner down the throats of the second crew, and box of maple sugar was dis cussed with less speed and more gravity by. the juveniles.
 An incident of the third race recalled the recent experiences of Greenwood Lake when Courtenay failed to come to time. The crew that almost won was hanpered by the sickness of one of the crew. who left most of his breakfast en route as food for the fishes. An examina- ation of his tea disclosed no poison. and
 the rebellious stomach promptly yielded to mild remedies.
 All the races were we'll contested, and taking into consideration the character of the common fiat bottomed boats used, the time made is not to be ashamed of.
 In the afternoon base ball match by two hines selected from the campers re-