Litchfield enquirer., 1880-08-05
Washington.

| RELIGIOUS. Mr.. Thrall exchanged with
us an excellent discourse on the motives to
moral action, viz, fear, duty, reward, and the
highest love.
The Sabbath School concert which has
| been vaccllating between Scylla and Charyb-
dis, for the last four weeks, is announced to
come to focus next Sabbath.
Visitors and boarders continue to arrive,
some spending week, and others a longer
season. Among the late arrivals are Mrs
Emily Corning and Mrs. Stedman, from
Mimi, at Mr. Galpn's Mrs. Chas. E. Robin
son, of Rochester, N. Y, at Mr.. Church's !;
Frederick Whittlesey and daughters, of New
Britain, at his fathers; and Augustus Smith of
Washington, D. c., at home
Mrs. John NJ. Black was thrown from a
wagon ON Friday and broke her arm.
Mr.. John Gum entered on his eighty
third year on Sunday the LIST inst Birthday
party ON Tuesday He is one 0, the "old
time choir" mentioned some three weeks since,
Sherman Hollister being the other one. OF
the females living there are Hannah Smith
IS, Elisa Logan SO, Sophronia Logan 81, Pat
ty Holister 80, Susan Gum 70. From
personal acquaintance with most of the men,
bers of that choir, and their acknowledged
musical talent, we think it was like Gilbert's
rose favored tea, "can't be beat" In riding
about the village of Medina, in company with
the leader of this choir, Dea. Northrop, some
eight years since, he referred to it, and when
several members of it settled in Medina, how
they met and sung the old tunes Of Majesty,
Lenox, Florida, etc., remarking that if'there
was more harmony in the modern tunes, there
was less melody, and though the hymns con-
tanned more sentiment there was less devotion.
How that may be we will lcaye it for the Ed
itor of the Enquirer to judge.
Our summer schools are closing. The
South District school taught by D. Chester
Brown closed some two weeks since. Dis
trict school No. 4, taught by Sarah R. Kinney,
closed on Friday last. Austria Logan and
Julia Logan. were neither absent or tardy and
Mary Logan absent one day. Alpheus and
Lena Bartram were present every day.
IMPROVEMENTS. We have omitted to
mention the improvements around the dwell
ling of H. Foulols, grazing and fonoing on the
East and extending West in front of Baker g
Brinsmade's store. Platt street is now open
to the travelling public, and is pleasant street.
Near the south end are some eligible building
lots. The North end of the street is too mar
row for night passing. The residence of Mr..
Plat is one of the most cosy and pleasant of
any in town.
Passing Alpheus Bakers new house, last
week, we saw the masons putting on the
walls,
The frame of Geo. Browns mansion on
the Green towers higher than all the other
dwellings.
MIR. Van 1ngen's barn is inclosed, and is
one of the most unique dwellings in town,
with lean-to roof, porticos, verandas, &c.
This castle or dwelling we are informed, is
seventy-five feet in length, and forty-five in
width. Colonades, or aperistyle, ETC., around
it. Should this town ever be invaded by
foreign foe it would be castle where all the
inhabitants of the town might find safety, and
is easy of defence excepting on the north, or
Mr.. Gums Grove, but we trust this never
will be-
CEMErERY.-No greater improveme mt has
hna <aI Ali T.
towns, than in the laying out and care of these
dwellings of the dead. This is as it should
be. These was formerly the care or neglect
of school societies, now of towns. The Wash
ington Burying ground Association was
founded in 1885, The first grave, that of
Mrs ID. L. Newton was opened, Sept. 1910.
Unto her in that place have been gathered in
the last forty years more than five hundred, or
a larger number than fills both our churches
on the Sabbath. Located in beautiful place
on the slope of hill, the scenery is almost
unequalled in the town. 1t is visited and ad-
mired by almost all who visit misplace. Laid
out in lots containing two sections, each lot is
numbered. There are some fifteen of what
may be called monuments varying in price
from $3.50 to $1,000. There are four bearing
the name of Mitchell. The first was erected
in memory of E. Garwood Mitchell, lieuten-
ant in the U. S. Army, who died about 1853
in Florida. A monument has just been erected
in memory of d. t. Mitchels family. 1t is
located in the northwest corner of the ward is
about eighteen feet high, and like the Pilots
monument in Greenwood, commands view of
the whole valley below. 1t is of Rhode Island
granite. On the second base, east side, is the
name Mitchell. In the center of the monu-
ment on polished stone is, Simeon H. Mitchell,
born Oct. 22d, 1909, died March 18th, 1879,
with blank for his consort. On the west or
head side of the lot is the inscription, Capt.
David Taylor MITCHELL born 1888, died, 1868;
Theodosia Hazen, his first wife, born 1886 died
1918; Lois. Dudley, his second wife, died
1866, aged 76 1t is neatly finished aud sur
rounded by granite enclosure. There are
other monuments of which we would like to
speak Some of the most beautiful stones
erected the past year mark the resting places
of DR.. r. M. Fowler. VIM. c. Brown, Amos
T. Richmond, Mrs. Charlotte Woodruff, and
! Mrs. Rosanna Beach, as different from any
others in the yard. More anon. S.
Cornwall Bridge.