The Newtown bee., 1900-09-14

| WRITTEN BY YOUNG LADY FROM NEW l YORK, BOARDING Al G. k. WILSON $.
 It is so-called from the fact that it was Gen Putnsm's winter quarters during the
 Revolutionary war in l77S 79. The main
 entrance to the grounds Is from the old
 Sherman turnpike. The visitor CT osses
 first the arched stone bridge, patterned
 after those ln the Hudson Valley, over
 which the ContinenIals marched and
 fought and on the top of this bridge are
 twu block houses which are fac smiles
 of one still standing on Sugar Island at
 the mouth of the Detroit rlveI, with the
 exception that the piers or lower stories
 Uf these are of stone instead Of logs. The piers are ten feet square, nine feet high. Fine house is 12 feet square and seven | feet high, projecting over the piers two
 feet all around. The projection is pierc- ed by loop holes and allowed the defend
 CTS to fire down upon an enemy lurking
 near. Then passing between the two
 jaws of the cliff over Highland Brook
 and across Putnam avenue we come to
 the row of ruins, whose stones formed
 the chimneys of the former barracks,
 where our brave soldiers were. The
 soldiers were very brave and when pre-
 sentable made, no doubt, gallant show
 in his uniform of blue and buff with bay
 onets glistening and silken standrds
 waving. There is also cave which has a creepy legend associated with it. Af- ter the Revolution an old soldier, named Phillips, who had camped at Putnam Park in 177S 79, drifted pack to his for mer haunts and took up his abode in the cave, living by chance aims and on the bins and poultry yards of the neighbor- ing farmers. He bore with patience un. forhQAr fn ho vi if nal coming out was shot.
 The apple trees in the park were set 1 out in the deserted fireplaces, the sum- | mer the army left, and are 1l9 years old. | Around the apple trees are tireplaces re- | stoned as the original ones. Then there l is the Putnam monument erected by the | state of Connecticut, 1887. It is an obe- l fisk of native granite ten feet square at | the base, AZ feet in height, and crowned by ball two and half feet in diameter, the shaft is of rock.facs ashler quarried from boulder that occupied the site of the present monument. On one side of the monument it reads: Erected to com. memorate the Winter Quarters of Put nam's Division of the Continental Army. There is also large pavilion for tables and benches, then upstairs are the relics, 8 few of which are A cannon ball fired by the British at the burning of Dan.j bury, April 7, l777; engraving of "Old Pat' leaving the field on receiving newsI of Lexington 8 12-pound cannon ball, found amid the ruined barracks many 7 ears ago by gentleman of Bedding, bark of the tree under which George Washington sat and smoked while wait ing for his meals on Litchfield> Hills knapsacks, swords, and a cane made from the Peace pole at Charcoal Ruin in New Fairfield, 1861 ; a Kettle used by the British, several ancient chairs, fork used by Robert Stowe in 1795, piece of flag staff erected on the White House during Lincoln's reign, baby cradle ueed in l74O, book of sermons printed in 1888, collection of badges of the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and many other relics too numerous to mention.
 Then there is hotel, Old Put House, where travellers can find rest and refresh ment, and large pond for the conven- ence of those who like boating. There are also 8 few crows, squirrels. owls and coons tanned and the crows follow the keeper like dog. Then there are pleas. ant walks and driveways and it is a very pleasant place to visit and, would inter- est every one who could go.