Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-01

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 afs From the Alta ;tic 4 MenthlYn fa vd haufa osp aas assv akktA5T akktA5THEFnHs nHsa1aoths aoisas sssFhsHehsh66ssps stands falps pssssR mics 1&zah Iandald0m eyey aeidep the Makess nf Lake Rorgne lie glistening pthe sunlight; smooth. except for the surface ripple, M iofdinary weather, but hot incapabls of foam crested waves when the fall tides roll
 in ffom the Gulf. tdfivkafarnpthav venrF- lng sides by fierce Sept Der gales;fosalp
 reality, it has DO genuine title to the name
 ofaake. being nothing niofe than d shef. tered hay sopening aaikscsiy iAto the Cuff itself, and susceptible to all those infims ences Yhichs qp9n the larger body of Fae
 te1, write their record year after year Tn
 the wreck of vessels and the total destruc-
 tionlof sueA smalln Gowns asSafs Bdils ain exposed ssituatioasa alohg thahloysanpa0t tBered coast fagthes seqthsf usdaa ed syod Secured, however. from these grave dis
 asters.. sboth by tEss 9csohiig uiration Of tfe land and deby ah6 aihsefvent ton Of alfan4bsf
 Of small islands scattered hearo the aake
 6g Fs sn. tFaaaAtA6 aaIt an5 moderate I saccssg those Ffoyers of ease and retirement .tsssWileHpit
 h.ss been aecessible. fprsthegE egEateringspia-
 cas Hong its shores aFe rasold as the cities
 whidh supply them with visitors and that
 season Is yet Go come which shall behold
 any p8e sof them wholly Sdeseftedp elfhef
 Toe fthedelightsof fDreignrtrasehek;t the at- tsdetions oflmore .fashiona ble resqstss aai ss Uhtil few years ago the nnpretending
 eottagaa fronting the lake. were the prop
 city of two classes differing widely in speech and habits. yet, presumably, of Gdenfical origin: the native Louisianian, desce1dant of the early French Settler,
 whoI called himself. a "Creole;" and the sAcadian, more universally known. through
 agofruption of his name, as the "Caien.'" "
 The Cfeoleo coupled his cottage on the lake shore only aduring the warm summer
 mohths;ahe kjajsna dwelt inEhissthr hroughout the 9ear, The Creole claimed to speak the
 afsellch of his rugenftofs. the laanguage of blavbdtts France fife severity of his dis
 crimiuation between hts own dialect and the French of the Gajen amounted almost t6a sense of insult To this day he ad, Anlts no kinship with the descendant ot
 Rasil the blacksmith, knows no name for him but thatzof sthe lazy Cajen." bWher keyer the latter is met with, be it in the quiet seclusion of Prairie du Lait or the
 Atsakapas regioD,g on the borders of the bhagous or the shores of the lakes, he bears
 the same character, is recognized by the |saeme attribute, stigmatized by the same |bpitliet. Truth -eompels me to testify- |taouEh I mention him but casually-alike Itoits descriptive; fitness and to its moral 6deiity.. Happily for his, reputation out
 side tGef narrowed limits of his present khpme, both history and poetry haye,ehron- ieled his defense nthe record of thatrude |Aransplanting which placed him here, to Reeetate where ,She happened a to- drop down, but never again to attach himself Ito any spot by stronger ties than those of |smereIproprietorship. tasaT
 |snThe Creole and, the Caien still possess smast of the land. but the old days of mo
 nopolyg are over. .ss With that first wave of
 Amerieang limmigretionB which swepbover s sLeaisiana after it's purchase, both posses aers were quick to perceive how to render this proprletorship eminently profitable. |isAssecond1 cottage sprung up, for rent,close abeside the original, dwelling; ;Iand Il feas
 that the Creole, as we'll as the Cajen, re-
 laxed his hold upon other industries to tighten his grasp upon this new and easy source of income. Presently the cottages
 were mnltfplied' little villages grew, 1p at
 
 were content to establish themselves there
 permanently, for the sake ofIsummer prof
 its. and these were neither Creole nor Ca fen: so that now there is scarcely q nation
 of the globe not represented Tt some point
 along that coast, scarcely g. dialect spoken
 among civilized people whose accents
 would not fit some lip. in that. community.
 More recently, it has been found prOfita- al~n k~ h0ka o% atos sa0V n when these are filled with guests, and the
 hospitable doors and are crowded with
 those who come for pleasure o1 for rest, there is no lack of Anoisy excitement, {, no l. But the life which IS not native to the spot departs. as soon as the bathing sea. son is over, and then the old torpor re. turns and rests upon all who remain The hotels ar6 closed; Q silence, broken only
 by the sound of lapsing waves; falls upon ! the beach, so lately gay with the laughter of children and the, shonts of the bathers. The tide grows fuller. for 8 while, under autumnai influences, after which high water mark fecedes each day, leaving long reaches of sand bar and shoai water ,sso
 that boats cease toland at their accnstom, | Pes00AAAS5 farther of from shore. z " s'1"1~ ss '' I o3 No such extremes of variety are brought bya sthe changing seasons to the light house seven miles away. Shall weEwon. t'der that the years glide on onsancounted2,o assViewed from the light house windows F ifi search of limit to the smooth expanse r the swift circuit IS almost completed be Efore theteye srests on al iiue of dazzling lowhite, -l5lDg to swestward ,-whiteE thar any Cloud, winter than and sail,-which marks the sandy beach full seven miles | away. Above the beach, forever chang f ing from dark to light, from bluish- black r to hazy gray, stretches the heavy gloom + of a belt Of woodland There is no more to iDS saen, thongh onesshould look forev ithaata the sngzglass; but that assists
 "A "A Siiisae ia: ae indicated diic by by cluster 0 ilAdWeiiings and the slender chu hufch spife partly seen betwesni the lshort-stem med r thick -foliaged oaks; while4seattered along l the shore. at waders inservals, the pretty rural rekideuces of wealthy merchants re dveal themselyes, with flower gardens, ant FfaneifuE summer-houses,. and painted fpleasnre boats futtering about the land Ing splaces.smIfwlt be the season when thes' fare tenaDted, there vii! be sWift-moyine fsvehicles and ladies, mounted on fleet foot fed horses, with flowing riding habits ant
 long. floating veils. glancing. among tn
 tfees every afternoon; but if it be winter neithef carriages nor riders, but only tn beach hnd-the woodland. the vacant cot ftages, and, in the distance, the village. '.
 At times, the slanting rain come dow 1bbeeween, for days and days together; am T thenShere is no world outside the light EAouss walls; no sound, except the noise o
 .@ater striking on the iron-framed cupol ,0veFhead and against the piles under foot \ nswhich the building rests. ''S 't.'s' toa The lighthouse vase intended for
 dwelling, and is toierabiy. comfortabl,
 and convenient; but life is monotonou I v1shin itsewalls, whena nan has to liv l there Eyearsin and yearouts David Scar berough found it so, else he never woul' i have married. .s iEsaIwa aeso aaS aAA .as k T,i0}.k-hauaof kna.1cir for sfou rtaon vaara