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and partly wit?i tan, wliich renders access to it easy in 

 wet, as well as dry weather. Along this avenue there 

 are various seats under shade trees for the accommoda- 

 tion of visitors, and also several neat bridges, in case 

 they wish to cross the stream. Among other attractions, 

 there is a water work on a small scale; this consists of a 

 forcing pump, the wheel of which is set in motion by the 

 stream, and forces the water into a circular basin, 

 located unler a number of oaks, which have grown 

 there in a circular form, as if nature had predestined the 

 spot for a retreat of pleasure. In the centre of the 

 basin there is a jet, through which the water is forced by 

 the pump to the height of fifteen feet, forming thereby a 

 beautiful fountain, and rendering the spot still more 

 delightful. 



Fire Engines. — The village is provided v/ith two 

 excellent Fire Engines, one of which called the " Friend- 

 ship,'^ was built in Philadelphia, by Messrs. Agnew & 

 Merrick, and the other, called the " Assistance," by Mr. 

 Martin Shreiner of Lancaster. The Friendship is kept 

 in the upper part of the town, and the Assistance in the 

 lower, in buildings expressly put up for that purpose. — 

 There are two well organized companies, and their 

 apparatus, consisting of hose, ladders, axes, hooks, &c., 

 is very extensive. Only one fire occurred in Litiz since 

 its establishment; this was on the 16th of Ju'y, 1837, 

 when five buildhigs were consumed, and among them 

 was the house to which we have referred, which 

 formerly was the so called Warwick church. 



Population, Mechanics, &c. — The population of 

 of Litiz is at present 366 ; it contains fifty-five dwelling 

 houses, and the following number of mechanics : two 

 shoemakers, three tailors, one confectioner, one weaver, 

 one tanner, one brewer, two clock and vratch-makers, 



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