We visited on Saturday, what is called by some the ''Pe
quonnook Soup Foundry," "and sure enough on the border
we saw bull frogs, pollywogs and a snake, but a finer body of
water, to all appearances never lay out of doors clear,
transparent as crystal. The snake was basking in the sun with'
all the composure imaginable, but "put out" with the utmost
speed, the moment he saw the approaching footsteps of our
editorial majesty. We told him to keep quiet and not be alarm
ed as we were not in pursuit of game of his diminutive size.
But he paid no heed to our words, and hurried out of sight,
as if knowing "it is not safe to put faith in the .promises of
princes," and entertaining an appreciative sanse of the poetical
sentiment that "distance lends enchantment to the view." The
pollywogs, also, scampered in all directions, like little imps,
but the bull frog kept his ground,, and eyed us without appar
ent trepidation, thinking perhaps, we were a daguer'an, come; ;
to take his picture for exhibition among the venerable fathers
of the state at the head of sloop navigation. These creeping, '
crawling, hopping things, are to be found on the borders of all.
bodies of -waiter. They there live, move and have their being,
but are no test of impurity. After taking a comprehensive view
of the silveTy lake, we said to ourself : "Surely, this cannot
be the place concerning which we have heard so much frantic
howlings of late!" the factory where the Hydraulic company ..
