Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-08
Ten Days in a Buggy.

| When one travels by railroad, hurrying through the country, intent only upon reaching a certain point, and that by the shortest route and in the quickest manner, it islInpossible to enjoy much that can be seen in passing over the same portion of country less rapidly. Wishing to- see some portion of the State of which had been permitted te get only hurried glance, such as one gets from the win dow of rail car. we two of us) made arrange ments to take an "overland trip" into Litch- field County and as some of the ''incideuts by the way" may not be uninteresting to the reader of your journal, I ask their indulgence:
 It was on the morning of one of the hottest and most sultry days in August that we start ed from the beautiful City of Films. and driving out of Whitney avenue, were soon in the open country, leaving behind memories of heated pavements and brick walls. Passing Lake Whitney, the beautiful sheet of water that furnishes the city of New Haven with it's abundant water supply, we soon came to the model farm of J. J. Webb, the finest farm in the town of Hamden. Then through Center vile to Nit. Carmel, near the latter place being located the factory of the Ives Manufacturing Company.
 A short distance above the Mt. Carmel sta- tion we made a short stop at store which has for many years been kept by person of antiquated attire and mien. Having an aver sion to railroads, and to the Canal road in par ticulsr. he has never ridden upon it since it was built. While it was being built he proph- esied that it would burn up half the property in the town of Hamden, and so bitter was his prejudice, that when one of the overseers of a gang of men at work grading the the road went to his store to buy quart of oil with which to grease the dump-carts, he refused to sell it, saying he would not help the road In than quarter of century he has not been to the city of New Haven. F-om here on to the village of Cheshire the road passes through fine farming country. Cheshire is quiet
 
 much patronized as a summer resort.
 s PLANTsvILLE. s3
 Westward of the village we pass through West. Cheshire, where the railroad depot is located, and thence driving on through Marion, small village in the townof S.uthington, we reach Plantsvile, also in Ssuthngton. where Sc, ko1 tbo oiy focf pf Ina Manufacturing Company. Southngton center is large, pleasant and lively village There is much rivalry between the two villages of Plantsville and Southiugton
 PLAINvILLE.
 The drive from here to Planville is not one of particular interest. Plainville where the New England Railroad crosses the Canal road, has two hotels and number of very pretty private residences. From here we strike of to the westward, and passing through the live lY manufacturing village of Forestville Ca place rightly named, for seldom is village seen so thickly overgrown with forest trees) and turning from the main road about mile, come to Lake Conpounce, which is pretty sheet of water, much frequented by picnic parties. It is beautiful place, and the day we were there, a delightful breeze was coming off the water, which made it particularly grate- full to those who had been sweltering through the heated term. It is strange that place of such natural beauty should not have hotel where summer boarders could find entertain ment. After enjoying refaeshing season at the Lake, we drove on to Bristol. a place world-repowned fer It's clock business in all it's branches. This is an extremely busy town, and has many stores that would put to shame the majority of like places of business in some of the pretentious cities of the State.
 HARRINGTON.
 Resting here for night, the next day we re. turn to Plainville, and take the road to Farm ington to visit one of the oldest towns of the State. A drive through the village at once impresses one with the antiquity of the place. The "meeting house" is yet standing much as it appeared more than 8 century ago. There are many beautiful residences in the village, and among the notable places is Mss Porter's female seminary, which has national repu- tation. The noble old elm trees that line the main street are something that any town may take pride in.
 . COLLINsvILLE
 Our next objective point is Collinsville. passing through Unionville which is one of the prettiest and neatest villages we visited Celhnsvile is the great axe mart of the world, and much time may be proftably spent in visiting the factories. There is very fine hotel at their place, which is neatly and ele- gantly fitted up with all the conveniences necessary for comfort; but it's cuissne needs little more attention.
 sATAN's KINGDOM
 Leaving Collingville we pass through New Hartford, Pine Meadow and Satans Kingdom, the latter a wild place where the river, the road and two railroads run side by side for some distance. We didn't seee the s'Old Fellow himself, as it was understood that he had gone to the sea shore far little recrea- tion-probably to Savin Rock
 TWISTED.
 After much ''up hill' work we arrived at Winsted. As we struck this town the same day as the circus, it had very lively and gala appearance, all the people from the ou,layirg rural districts were fockiug in to the show After spending several hours here we passed on early in the evening to Wolcotville (now Torrington) and found nights rest and quiet at the Allea House, under the care of it's hos pitable landlord and lady,
 LITCHFIEID.
 From here 10 Litchfield was pleasant drive, 1 and as we entered the town by the way of Chestnut Hill, we could not but notice the