Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-01-23
TRICKS IN LANGUAGE
THE CURIosITIEs OF LETTERS.
Aungrans, ALTERATION, AcrOstics,
Puzzles and Freaks with the
Alphabet

Au:s :sg-rans. ALTERATION, AcrOSticS,
Puzzles and Freaks with the
Alphabet
SIR Wheatley has published in England
u little volume entitled "Of Anagarms,"
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 anagrum now and then is n
very pleasant thing to hear or read, but Il
strained anagrah ia worse than spraineG
pun. Out of the great mass, however, that
have been an element of the transient litera-
ture of the century, there are goodly num-
Der that are really ingenious and suggestive.
The age of anagrams. is pretty nearly gone,
and it may be worth while to rescue few
specimens from the oblivion which awaits
them.
Tue wits and prophets Of the present day
look neither for satire or omers i'll the names
of the men or places that figure in the his
tory Of the time. In older times anagrams
were held in better repute Louis NH.
pcnsioned a professional transposer of words.
Francis de Neloys was exceedingly tlattered
to learn that his name could be made
to furnish the letters to designate him De
Fdcoa LUiS Roya! (ot regal strain); as was
Louis de Boucherat to find that his title
could be converted into est Ia bouche dn Rio
lis the mouth-piecc OF the King. James /.
was gratiiul to know that his name James
Charles Stuart, could be followed in the
same letters OF claims ArthuT's seat in
dicatlng him, rs he thought, as the rightful
SUCCESSOR Queen Elizabeth was one morn
ing presented with u note from an anony-
nous individual, making "Eiiza5eth Regina
1HgioruAa,n read "Gioria reqni sdiei naaebh,"
which is in English, The glory of thy
kingdom shall remain intact"-a prophecy
concerning the fulflment of which there
exists some difference of opinion.
1t is told, we know not kow truthfully,
that Napoleon, when at Helena, was asked
by an ironic Briton if he thought he could
have sacked London, and replied cable was
| ere | saw Elba," the sentence reading
backward and forward the same. But
another patriouic Englishmcn made Nopo-
leon Bonaparte read in Latin "B0Ha yUpta
Etlo pOne" or "Rascol, yield up your stolen
possessions" Horatio Nelson was likewise
transposed and mad into Latin, ''H0Rer est Il
Mo" Qhis honOrs are from the Nile.
\ New York Englishman deduced from
Louis Napoleon BOnaparte," the significant
warning: IAN open plot Arouse, Albion ~
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington =
was rendered Let well-toiled Gaul secure
thy renown.'
One of the pretticst Of modern anagrams
is the following:
"Eorencs Nightingale,
Fit On, eheerug angel -
Revolution is transposed ITO love ruin" 4"
and French Revolution violence ran forth" 4"
Here is very good one;
"When ~ cry that SIM is transposed ii is clear
My resource, Christianity, soon will appear,
Some one has made a number of ingenious
Latin anagrams from United States.n
III a. Deus stat-GOd stands in thee.
Ildc tHt6 StGS-llenee thou standest safely.
DsSjStc, nRtat-Hands Of! 1t shakes. The Union)
Do"afHs iSte-He has teeth-ti. e., Uncle sam
has.
Nnlat fe setis-It Cdisunion) strips thee of bris.
ties Query, hogs ,
4 te dcostHRt-lhey Jeep of from thee,
S.ste haaat ts-stop he stripes thee. (Reterring
to Floyd.
Et ~. de'Hnt-ThOse things also wanting
(The Indian bondsl.
Astronomers are said to he 'moon starers"
or anxious for mo more stars; y while tele-
graphs are great helps"
One Of the most perfect anagrams is that
made from the translation in the "Nulgatc"
of Pontius Pilates last question to our
Saviour, what Is truth ~ "QWd est rerttds?'
The anagrum answers: "Ed CIR qUid ddest."
ut is the man who is before you,)
4 good deal of labor has been expended
on verses in which certain OF the letters
should be excluded. Tie criticism of Jamil,
the Persian critic, on poem OF this kind
in which \ did not occur was ut would
be better ii all the letters We're lett out"
Some, however, are quite meritorious. Mr.,
Arthur Locker has written one wanting the
letters c and ;.
"oh I'll me, Queen Of fairyland'
What elm lore may do
To win iur me that lily hand
The hand ol her Mo-,
need not name "F herb or drHugh.,
You know them all too eeli
Prepare th5 boNl-let Il be quAfsd
~ hsushly Amabel.
THAT winged boy of Pagan fame
Heard olly hall my prayer;
hoped w. mulnal loye-a hsms
10 weld IN one ,he pair
The tiny rogue euployvd 40 art
Hes l1ity prlio 10 quell
AZ ule alone he Aimel the dart
Why not al Aniabel
TO him / n plead ior ai no more,
The l0s s-GOl u Old hslas
bat, paiIisi'llke, mean tlmploTs
The Eslry iolk u halne
On hilltop, of nsaih lsaiy tree,
NheIs " ~ delsn " issn
llaIk ~ ny ltayeg and uln iof ms
ths lossay Aa,slsl '
The following l. ingenlously constructed
conlalalng NO sogel bat u. IL 70 eatillell
"iuc0niFoseTlible iacts'
80 uaak ~ soel ts foh 70 ces o. Iial
| ~ tael - sIess " leli nseish es!sels ksi,
tfp.e hvtl a leis ~ OGyEanAs lala.
lessseay ~ Alas, l,eis olsl1ss tssh
iiasIs III sll l.ssleia "a lo - eon.eft
i hes kla esI seheeihays as 90 aissi.
| ~ eel niaassses hlas ulii "a ukisli teas,
IA La. hsen all th.t the scotch diaiecI