Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-04
Nlisrellonu.
The Curicsistcs of Letters.
Anagranss, AUierution, Acrostics, Puzzles
 and Ffeaks tsih tue Alphabet.

An0JTdnlS, AUsteTQt10R, AcrOSJ1cS, i'n22teS
 and Freaks tsith tue Alphabet.
 Mir. Wheatley has published in England a little volume entitled "Of Anagrams,' which is said to contain all that any one need know about this species of literature. In the way of amusement, and for the sake of variety, an anagram now aud then is a very pleasant thtag 10 fiaar or raas, but 6 a..,ainei ::i agram is worse than sprainsd pun. Out of the great mass, however, that have been all element of the transient literature of the century, there are goodly number tha. ere really ingenious and suggestive The aae of anagrauls is pret. ty nearly gone, and it n.ay be worth while to rescue few specimens from tue oblivion which awaits them.
 The wits and prophets of the present day look neither for satire or omens ill the names of the men or places taat figure in the history Of the tlme lu older tiaes anagrams were held in better repute. Louis XIII pensoncd professional trsnsposer of words. Francis de Ve!oys was exceedingly Ha.tered to learn that his name could ,be made to furnish the letters to designate him De Facon Luis Royaz (of regal strain) Cs was Louis de Boucerat to find that his title could be converted into est la boache ds Rci lis the mouth piece of the King). James l. was gratifsd to know that his nanle, James Charles Stuart, could be followed in the same letters of claims Ar thur's seat, ," indicating him, as he thought, as the rightful successor. Queen Elizabeth was one morning presented with note from an anonymous individual, making Eliza5eth, Regime 4sns!orum," read !" Gloria rsgni sa1ui manebis." which ia in English, "The glory of thy kingdom shall remain intact"-a prophecy concerning the falfllment of which there ex- ists some difference Q: opinion.
 It is told, we kno~ not how truthfully, that Napoleon, when at Helena, was asked by an ironic Briton if he thought he could have sack. ed London, and replied Able was I ere saw Elba," the sentence reading backward and for ward the same. But another patriotic En- glishman made Napoleon Bonaparte read in Latin Bona yaptc Enc pone'' or Rascal, yield up your stolen possessions" Horatio Nelson was likewise transposed and made into Latin, :" Honor est Mo" (his honors are from the Nile).
 A New York English man deduced from Louis Napoleon Bonaparte". the significant warning :" An open plot. Arouse, Albion I" Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington" was rendered " Let well.foled Gaul secure thy renown."
 One of the prettiest of modern anagrams is the following
 Florence Nightingale,
 Fit on, cheering angel p Revolution is transposed {" to love ruin, 1" and French Revolution violence ran forth. :" Here is very good one 2
 "When !" I cry that l sin" is transposed it is clear My resource, Christianity, soon will appear D Some one has made number of ingenious Latin anagrams from " United States" | In ts Deus :tat-God stands in thee. | Inde tGte stds-Hence thou standest safely. | Desiste, amtat-Hands of It shakes. The Unipn).
 Donatus iste-He has teeth-(t. G., Uncle Sam has.)
 Nudat te sstis--It (disunion) strips thee oi
 bristies; Query, hogs T \ q ie eaes,stunt-They keep off from thee.. e,sse nudat te-Stop he strips thee. (Re-
 ferring to Floyd). .A ~ 's,G s% desant-Those things ere alse want