Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-08


 snmnch and clematis, every token of death,
 There was simple prayer, the coffin covered
 with hwild flowers was let down, and the cid
 teacher, after hls strenuous and noble life, was
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 WESTERN C0RRESPONDENCE.a a lGlss ss5at 9dl .G+--.L <, lti7 sssssSaa r.in.9 dy..j. MILWAUKEE, r,.. !. -ia rpet+ sd Many Of the friends of the late Mir. Gum,
 who had come to Washington to pay the last
 mark of respect at his funeral. and get one
 more look at the loved face before the grave
 should hide it from their sight, took the early trainiat the depot,a Monday last, myself'wisii I the others. J0 tq5& a41i >t4sg yaAai r -Asa we sproeeeded down the lShepaug, a |trayelier!sad, it'Fakeia good look at the scet-
 cry, yoa will see nothing better, even, oyer the I Alieghanies niand his remark was!a true one
 Arriving in New York at 10:30, we had the remainder of the day till7,fp. m., at our dis I posal By we. mean Rev. A. L. Royce, chaplain of the navy, and former minister of the Episcopal church. in Washington, Conn.,, and myself We decided to take Madison Avenue cars to Central Park Knowing by former observation that it's natural beauties
 were inferior to our own Lake Waramaug and l it's surroundings we decided to study High Art for awhileat the Art Gallery, which4for four days of the week is free to the public, ] but Monday is one of thes exceptional days, though twenty-five cents is cheap enough for the pleasure and profit one receives
 Sculpture first challenges our admiration, ] and day would not be too long to devote alone to that branch of the exhibition. Story g Semirams and Cleopatra ought to be studied j; but the time was too limited to more than note how the poet as we'll as artist had con. l ceived the character of the two half fabulous celebrities. Fancy the great Caesar pouring out his plaint at the feet of the siren, who has enslaved him, Il am dying Egypt" and
 wonder at the weakness of his greatness.
 5 The Queen Semirams has nobleness and strength blended with her beauty, and the statue is of itself study .f l Powers California, with her divinihg ward, | has different type of beauty from all others | The famed Venus is short and dumpy in 1 comparison, but far more pleasing than either, | is The repose of infancy I cannot recall the looks of the mother, but the loveliness of her twins Apollo and Diana will ever remain with me. 5oaJs "ar' '.. Passing on to the display of paintings, one gazes, wonders, and adnlires, till famished feeling itnpresses one with the fact that though a thing of beauty is joy forever, 1t will not support exhausted nature, and we descend from the Heights, to seek an eating house. Fortunately we had not far to go, for at the Casino one can obtain reasonably all.neces- sary refreshments. ', ''-~-- .''9Ai''N ''ss r Next to be considered was the ticket ques- tion in connection with reduced rates to Chi cago. The problem was solved thus: Ticket to Chicago, via. Baltimore & Ohio R. R., $700, but we must leave Jersey City on a 2 p. m., train, and not cease till we reached Chicago, at in the morning thirty seven hours continuous travel Two nights in suc- cession on the train made a sleeper necessity so five dollars had to be added to the seven, and no stop over at Washington, D. O., as we desired. But we accepted the conditions and Wednesday found us in Milwaukee ID season to dine with the brethren there< and ready to go calling and sight seeing on Thursday, as fresh as if we had not just put a thousand miles between us and our Connecticut home.
 The first afternoon in Milwaukee was de- voted exclusivelyto friends The next nor hing another brother arrived and the five brothers with the one sister had sort of ex. perience meeting Two had just returned from fishing excursion in the far north of Wisconsin, where it seemed they with. Judge Cole and son., of Madison, had been testing their power of endurance, all manner of dis comfort, for the pleasure of hauling in few pounds of nice brook tront One of the party concluded his wife would get his ifeinsurauce about five years sooner than she would if he had remained at home
 Another of the 6oys was just from Bradford, Pa. A New York gentleman thinking about engaging in the oil speculation had been pros. pecting with him. As they rode over noun tain in that region, he remarked he had lately visited the Adirondacks and tic Catsklls, but had seen nothing as romantic as that region
 A niece and her husband, last week. re- turned from a trip to the Thousand Isles of the St. Lawrehce, SO here was smother phase of the travellers life, and one gets the impression that all the world is travelling.
 That impression is confirmed by visit to 4 the Mitchell Grounds, when the great wedding occurred that was recently described in the New York papers. Mrs. Mitchell came from Europe to superintend the grand affair, but returned immediately after. Strangers have to get permit from Mir. Mitchel's nephew, Johnson, 2 banker, to go through the Green Houses and Ferneries, but the outside garden is free at all times to the public, and children had taken possession of the boat and were sporting on the miniature lake that has been formed on the grove since my last visit nine years ago 2.s3 in ?" "5 '' '.'ss' '" v -3 The palm house tod had given place to larger, and higher, one. Even now the India Rubber tree, with its long leathery leaves is pressing hard against the lofty roof ea Among the most curious specimens are the screw pine trees, with their immense leaves very un like the pine needles we are acquainted with growing in spiral way from the trunk which alone is like our pines Finding their pets demanding still more room. a twenty thousand dollar barn is now being constructed so as to have the space now occupied by the barn on which to erect a new palm house. Tue gardener requests those he conducts through the green houses to register their names li and residences. I was curious to ex- anime the record of Aug. 95th. our date. Fifty names preceded ours. and among the residences were, Belgium, Europe, London, Canada, Dallas. Texas, Atlanta, Georgia; St T To,,ie Mo .a.<an,sa.3 rms. c,. ,r.,