Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-24
Lodge md Society.

Roger Sherman Lodge, No. 323, K. of H., elected officers as follows Tuesday evening: Past dictator, Robert A. Laidlow; dictator, Cassius W. Kelley vice dictator, James B. Struthers; assistant dictator, Arthur S. Welch; chaplain, Hiram w. Tinkham guide, David F. Wolcott; reporter, Wm. H. Beech | CT; financial reporter, Herbert c. Warren :; | treasurer, Samuel A. Crane; guardian, Ed | gar B. Stebbins sentinel, Henry W. Galpin medical examiner, Dr. Alvord E. Winchell |; organiSt, Lorenzo B. Norton.
 Sassacus Encampment No. 1 uniformed patriarchs give their second grand excursion on Tuesday, July 27, going to Coney Island. | The steamer Elm City is secured for the trip. l At Locust Grove the excursion cars will be l taken to the island.
 GiRord's Painting of the Parthenon. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: A new picture of Sanford Gifford's marked by his peculiar power of imagination and subtle poetic sentiment and which is a fruit of that artists recent studies in the East, will form new feature of attraction at the Yale Art School gallery during the Commencement | season. Would that it might form perma- | nent feature It represents bold angle of | the Parthenon, with portion of the summit | area of the Acropois, taking in the portico of | the Erectheium and the medieval tower, which, by it's rude contrast sets off the classic ruins and looking westward toward the Pir@us, Egina and Salamis, with & sweep of the blue Egean, and beyond the bay the ridge of Citharon and the mountains of Pe- loponnesus, with Parnassus just visible to the northwest. 1t IS a painting of most brilliant | monday brightness, flooded with that re- 1 splendent atmosphere which surrounds the Acropolis as with a corona of pure light. Even the weather stains on the Pentelicon marble, which seem to take the place of the old coloring are given. Great pains has been taken by the artist to be true to his theme, and to render the arch itectural points of broken column and frieze with perfect accuracy, so that 1t is not only beautiful picture, but it is extremely valuable as architectural study.
 Such painting would form noble acqui sition to the College 8 center of classical culture; and as our Art School is already rich in it's models and casts of Greek art, this would seem to complete it's treasures, and to present them, as it were, in their own place and home. Photography, excellent as it is is dead compared with such picture, warm with the colors and feeling of real life. It ought never to leave New Haven.
 June 24. J. M. HoPPIN
 He Was Opposed to the Railroad.
 Forty-eight years ago an article was pub
  of Hartford, dated August 30, 1882, from a city correspondent on the proposed railroad from New Haven to Hartford. It may be somewhat amusing now. It runs as follows:
 Collinsville, June 21, 1892 D. B.H.
 MT. Editor-Is it possible that the sub- stantial citizens of New Haven can counte- nance for moment this ridiculous project for railroad? Are they willing to endure another turn of the screw for the sake of having the facilities of communication in- creased between them and us Do they in fact love us to such a degree that they must make visit to the city mere mornings ride? It is all folderol The great body of their citizens have had nothing to do with this project. It is the work of a few cunning men who are at their old tricks again of imposing upon the credulity of 8 few of their fellow citizens who have blundered into fortunes, and who will blunder out of them, if these crafty agents can get the Legislature to give them chance. We are told by these agents, in their newspaper communications, that this proposed railroad will be of immense advantage to Hartford. Can this be so, and we so stupid as not to know it? Are the great capitalists and business men of this town such dolts, as not to have found out, that 1t is of immense consequence to us, that near a million of dollars should be laid out in a railroad between this city and New Haven? An, the fact is, MT. Editor, we want DO rallroad VIII uo no earthly good. There is comparatively noth- ing to be transported on it. It would not pay two per cent. per annum in thirty years. Away then say, with the project. Talk no more about it. At least keep still till we have tested the experiments we have already made. When our canals begin to yield us six per cent. per annum, and there is some prospect of getting back the money we nave been constrained to invest in them. then it 1 may do to inquire about the feasibility of 8 railroad-but even then not a railroad from Hartford to New Haven, but from New Ha- | ven to all the world beside.