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fans. One was obliged to leave the church, and another 

 actually fainted or imagined that she had done so. 



Dr. Buel's Home for Nervous Invalids, established 

 here by him in 1858, is now in the height of its prosperity, 

 and continues to dispense blessings to many who seek its 

 shelter, and none the less surely, because so unostenta- 

 tiously. The County Court House tells that Litchfield is 

 the County Seat of Litchfield County. 



Lastly, because in chronological order, Litchfield is the 

 home of the late Chief Executive of this State, the Hon. 

 Charles B. Andrews. 



This charming spot is about twenty-five miles west of 

 Hartford, and one hundred miles northeast of New York 

 City. It is approached, on all sides, by excellent country 

 roads, and by the Shepaug Railroad, which connects it 

 with New York, etc., via Norwalk, also by the Nauga- 

 tuck Railroad, which runs from Bridgeport to Winsted. 

 Both of these Railroads pass through valleys (the Shepaug 

 and Naugatuck from which they derive their names), 

 abounding in wild and beautiful scenery. 



Litchfield is steadily advancing in public favor, as a 

 place of summer resort, as is shown by the annual addi- 

 tion of dwellings erected by the best class of citizens 

 from New York, New Haven, and elsewhere, and by the 

 increase of summer boarders. The village stands proudly 

 upon an eminence of about eleven hundred feet above the 

 sea, as if conscious of its past history and its present at- 

 tractiveness. 



