Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-07
A BEAUrIFUL TOWN.


ven's People Who Are There
ssChimes of Normandy.''
New MILFORD, Aug 6.-The town is
now fairly settled once more to the usual
order of things after the excitement raised
over the brutal murder of the Andersen
girl. The people here as everywhere else
soon find other things to attract their at
tentions, and even murderer or his vic
tim can only for limited period be the
focus of public curiosity or interest. The
everyday affairs of this quiet, staid
old town are now as usual and the stranger
would never dream that anything quite SO
exciting as murder ever occurred within
it's spacious limits, for in territory New
Milford is one of the largest towns in the
state. The appearance of the village itself
is one that impresses the visitor at first
glance. In the center there is a long, very
well kept green, with rows of elms that
will compare favorably with those of New
Haven, excepting the fact that this year
they seem to be suffering from worm of
some kind. This green, nearly. in
the shape of perfect parallel
ogram, is- fully half mile long
and about it dwell the substantial
citizens Of the place. The character of
| the houses in this portion of the town, at
| least, is rather uniform, and though
fortune is represented by the owner, there
are few external marks of pretension save
an air of inviting comfort in the way of
well kept lawns, spacious and vine covered
porches. The style of architecture is
mostly that which prevailed in New Eng
land century ago-large, square frame
houses, painted in virgin white, just the
| kind which needs an almost forest back
ground and high hills as an Offset. This
| makes the square corners and gen
eral regularity in the style
of architecture attractive, which,
differently located could not fail to be
painful. There are a number Of houses of
the modern Queen Anne type and also
some that would interest the student of
colonial architecture. Branching out in
every direction from this center of the
town there are streets, lined on either side
with pretty little cottages and farm houses,
which act IS an indicator Of New Miifords
growth in recent years. One cannot help
noticing the general air of substantial com
fort that is omnipresent. Though there
are some who had gone away to make
their money and returned to enjoy it in
people have staid at home
and been content to make comfortable
little fortune in the business advantages
that the town offers. 1t is the center of a
large extent of territory that is dependent
upon it for trading, and daily the farm
teams may be seen standing in line by the
scores, the owners of which have come to
town to do their purchasing. The chief
industry connected with farming is the
tobacco trade. Everyone has heard of the
Housatonic Valley tobacco, whose leaf for
cigar wrapper, certain connoisseurs say,
is unrivaled. Quantities of this is raised
in the region lying roundabout and sold to
firms who pack it in their extensive ware
houses for the New York market. Besides
there is considerable manufacturing, but
all this is SO situated that it
rather adds than abstracts from
the attractiveness of the place in summer.
The summer tourist has by no means
neglected to overlook the charms that
the town has to offer for these many
years and though not especially encour-
aged by the inhabitants they persist in
coming, each year in larger numbers.
They find accommodations either in pri-
vate houses in the village, the farm house
on the outskirts or in one of the most
charming and pleasantly located hotels in
all New England This hotel is known as
the Weantinaug inn and is situated just at
one end of the green, little way up on
the hillside, nestled among thick clump
of trees The first sight of the place
causes the weary wanderer in search OF
rest and relief from the summer heat,
start and exclamation of pleasure. There
are quite number of New Haven people
stopping here at this hotel or who have
recently departed, among whom are
DR.. G. A. Lindsey, wife and daughter, A.
W. Mattoon, E. N. Clark, 7. Attwater
Barnes and family, Frank g. Phipps and
wife, j. X. Fowler, NJ Brewer and daugh-
ter. Some well known people besides
these who are here are Judge William A.
Milliken of New York, Becker Van Wage
family, DR.. and Mrs. E. L, Partridge, Mr..
| w. c. Hollister, John B. Knox of Hart
ford, Judge j. w. Scales of Clarkville,
| Tenn, Mrs Stoddard Colby of New York,
| Mrs Charles Hartman, Miss X. s. Harri-
man. Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Hearn,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Goodwin of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Curtiss,
Meriden; Miss L. A. HOLSTER of New
York.
A coaching party from Bridgeport en-
route to Lennox, Mass, recently put up
here for over night. The party consisted
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop, Miss Carrie Dun
ham and Miss Bishop. There was another
one few days earlier from New York
bound for the same place, consisting of
Mr. Daniel Parish, jr., Mr.. and Mrs Holt
| of Irvington, Messrs. Fl. Blanchard DOM
mick, Edward Corning, Mortimer Smith,
| Charles G. Deane, and Mrs. Deane and
Mrs. Wilson and several other ladies'.
| The scenery of New Milford and vicinity
is similar to that of the Berkshire Hills,
excepting that the hills are rather more
| spread out and not quite the equals of
their Massachusetts, sisters in height. But
| they claim beauty of no mean order, and
here the Housatonic river curves with its
most picturesque effects-a point where it
| size, yet not reaching the extent that 1t
does further down of busy activity. But
the natives have other things
they boast of besides scenery, and
that Is the spring water they have
| to drink. This they claim to
have all the peculiar virtues of certain
celebrated mineral spring in Poland and
they prescribe it for nearly every i'll that
| flesh is heir to. Whether this is true or
may he the result of u vivid Imagination
experience or an expert must prove, but at
any rate the water is delicious. Cool and
clear us it comes fresh from the rocky hill
side with flavor particularly its own.
| The summer people in town are at present
active in preparation for number of
| events that are soon to come off. Among
these is the opera "Chimes of Normandy"
| the rehearsals of which have been
in operation for number of weeks.
| 1t is under the direction and supervision
of Mr.. Thomas, the eminent New York
singer, who is here with his wife for the
summer and who will undoubtedly give a
| very finished rendering of one of the pref
test of modern light operas. The cast is
strong one and contains the following
| names:
Serpolette-Mrs. Emma Henry Thomas-New
| York city.
| Gaspard-Mr. Charles A. Parsons of New York
1 city.
Henri-Mr F. E. Mygatt Of New Milford, q
| member of the Yale Glee Club.
Jean Greuicheux-Mr. George s. Sturgiss Of
| New York.
Baillie-Mr w. L. Jennings.
Notary-Mr Harry Wells of New Milford.
There will be chorus of sixty voices
and full orchestra The costumes are to
be supplied by Horner of New York.
The event which the athletic loving ele-
ment is looking forward to with consider
able anticipation are the boat races, which
are to occur next Tuesday afternoon on
the river 1t furnishes an interesting
| tonic for conversation IN tho norch when