Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-16
CoNNECTICUT,s HIGH HILLS.
The Highest of Them Does not Reach an
 Altitude of Half a Mile.

The Highest of Them Does not Reach an
 Altitude of Half a Mile. The Hartford Times says: Speaking of the poor and bleak little hill town of Vol cott a ssdeserted village" in the hills be- tween Southington and Waterbury, now brought for passing moment into notice by the death of A. Bronson Alcott, who happened to be born there, the New Haven Morning News says: "The village is situat- ed on the top of mountain about three quarters of mile high, and is a mile above the level of the sea. Nobody but hunters and tourists ever visit the place, and it is one village that the railroad can never reach'
 There is, in Connecticut, no mountain l about a mile above the level of the sea. There is none that is half a mile above the level of the sea. The highest point of land ill the state is in its extreme northwest corner, in Salisbury, and that is 2,2OO feet above sea level, or 40 feet less than half mile In Wolcott, rough, .hilly place, the greatest elevation is probably not more than 1 200 feet above sea level There are elevations in Connecticut, chiefly in Litch- field county, that attain height of 1,60O, 700 and 1900 feet, before reaching the Salisbury height. Massachusetts has high CT hills than ours, but none is so high as the elevation ascribed by our New Haven contemporary to the township of Wolcott, in New Haven county. Even Mt Lafay | II, 1oq of tains in New Hampshire, is but 5,259 feet.
 Errors about the heights of Connecticut hills are common. The Times had occasion, a few months ago, to correct misstate- ment in the opposite direction. In John sons excellent history, a new and valuable work, the greatest height ill the state is put a about 1.600 feet, after the error of the i'd geographies. Our good little state isn't a 7dicted in the words of Dickens West Virginia character, to ''piling of it on r yther untaineously'; but it is entitled to "the truth, the whole truth, and noth- ing but the truth" about it's hills.
 Benner's Prophecies for 1888.
 Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer, who has gained considerable notoriety through the newspapers for his predictions of luUtlI0 efculS, duO ">lO d lSW JcdTS 1EO published small volume on the ups and downs of prices, which had great sale, has now communicated his prophecies for the year 1888, in which he says:
 ''This year, 1888, being the closing year in this cycle of low prices-seven years from 1SS1-is the golden opportunity to commence the foundation of business If there is any benefit to be derived from knowledge of these cycles in trade, 1t will be in taking advantage of them.
 "Young men who are about to conl- mence their business career should em- brace their present opportunity. There are but few of these chances in an or dinary life. It requires about ten years to complete an up and down in general tIade.
 "When the Impressions which follow commercial crises reach their lowest limit, as determined by these price cycles, they afford the best opportunities for invest ment, and the height of speculative cras are the most dangerous periods to make 0 commencement in any enterprise. "This is the opportunity for investors to ! open mine, to build Q furnace, to erect q mill, to build ship, to equip a railroad and to make investments in agricultural, commercial and industrial operations. George Peabody laid the foundation for his fortune by buying American se- curities in one of our commercial de- pressions." - New York Real Estate Journal.