Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-18
Clinton, from De Witt Clinton, Governor

Clinton, from De Witt Clinton, Governor of New York.
 Columbia, from Columbus Cromwell, from Lord Oliver Cromwell. Ellington, from the family of Ellsworths which settled in this place. s Franklin, from Dr. Benj. Franklin. Granby, from Lord Granby, who died ii TITO. Griswold, from Roger Griswold, Govern or of the State. Hamden, from John Hampden, ,iwho died in 1643.
 Huntington, from Governor Samuel Hunt ington.=
 Ledyard, from Col Ledyard, the hero o Groton Heights, and brother of Ledyard the traveller.
 Madison, from James Madison, President of the United States
 Marlborough, from the Duke of Mari borough.
 Monroe, from James Monroe, President ol the United States at the time of ipcorpora. tion.
 Montville, (Fr. mont, hill, and vile, house. from the family of HilIhouse)
 MORRIS, from Mir. Morris, bcnefactor of the place.
 Orange, from William Prince of Orange, on account of lis benefits to the colony of Connecticut.
 Putnam, from Gen. Israel Putnum, who lived in the vicinity.
 Bedding, corruption of Reading, from Col. John Read one of the first settlers
 Saybrook, from Lord Say and Seal, and Lord Brook.
 SALISBURY, from Mir. Salisbury, one of the first settlers.
 Seymour, from Gov Thomas H. Seymour.
 Sherman, from Hon. Roger Sherman.
 Somers, from John Lord Somers, at the request of Gov. Belcher.
 Sterling, from Lord Sterling, who served ill the American army
 Thompson, from Mir. Thompson, of Eng land, aud principal owner
 ToRRINGroN, from the Viscount of Torring- ton, who died in l733.
 Trumbull, from Jona. Trumbull. l.. L.D Governor of the State at the time of incor poration.
 WARREN, from Gen Joseph Warren.
 WASHINGTON, from General George Wash ington.
 Wolcott, from Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State at the time of incorporation.
 Woodbridge, from the Rev. Bepj. Wood bridge, the first minister of the place.
 VIII. Unclassed names, Brooklyn. Bur lington, kiIingly, Simsbury, and Windham. ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
 NAMES OF THE TOWNS.
 l. The mode of forming the names of a town from the names of the towns of which it is composed, has called out the following renalks irom the New England Historical and Genealogical Register:
 They have in Connecticut nomenclature of places, which We believe is peculiar to that State. It is nSe,, in some iustances, when portions of two or more adjacent town ships go to make np one locality; say par i>ll or village. In such case, the name is formed by co"lescence ofsyIlables taken from the nalncS of tIie townships concerned We give the following examples.
 R'gehury is locality formed by the nnion of portions of Ridgeiicld and Danbury
 Stamwich consists of portion Of Stam- ford and Greenwich.
 Strat6eld was made up from Stratford and and Fairfield
 Torr!ngford is parish, partly in Torriug- ton and partly in New Hartford.
 Winsted is village, partly in Wiuchcs- ter and partly in Barkhampsted.
 Wintonbury, now the town of Bloomfield, was parish composed of portions of Wind- sor, Pennington and Simsbury.
 Hadlyme was parish formed from Had. dam and Lyme.
 All the places except the last, are on the west side of Connecticut river This nom- may be worthy of adoption in parts as Skunk's River, Sunken Hollow, Pine Grove, Sand Prairie, HardscraAbe, &c.- It has at least one advantage-that of local 
 II. On the naming of towns from places in England, sec an extract from the Colonial Records in Bradley's Connecticut Register for ls47, p. lO6.
 III. Origin of the name of the town of Woodstock.
 Mir. J. W. Barber, in his Connecticut His torical Collection, p. AIS, states that this town was first called New Roxbury, being settled from Roxbury, in Massachusetts, He also refers to Judge Sewalps Diary for thc reason of its being named Woodstock.
 The whole passage as it stands in Judge Samuel Samuel Sewalps manuscript Diary, now in the possession of his descendant, the Rev. Samuel Sewall, of Burlington, Mass, is as fellows:
 Marco, Is, l6s9-9O-I gave New Rox- bury the name of Woodstock, because of it's nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth, and the notable meetings that have been held at the place bearing that name in England, some of which Dr. Gilbert me of when in England It stands on hill. saw it as l went 10 Coventry. but left it on the left hand Some told Capt Rugger, that gave the name, and put words in his mouth to desire of me a bell for the town."-[S. sewalps Diary, p. s6.]
 sa+ MT. John c Ri7es, of Virginia, talks quite pleasantly and nnderstandingly of printers, and the thanklessness of very important part of their labor. Says he =
 "I have seen the manuscript writing of most great men of the country during the past twenty years, and think I may say that not twenty of them could stand the test of the scrutiny of one half of the jour- neymen printers employed in my office. This fact will be vonched for by every editor in the Union. To poor journeyman printer many great man owes his reputation for scholarship and were the humble compost tors to resolve, by concert, to set up manu- script in their hands-even for one little