Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-09

personiied. Her mind, too, was as extraor- dinary as her disposition was gracious While still a toddler she mastered the three ''r's." No one could envy her; the boys all worshipped her. Before she entered her teens she was giving points to the and dumbfounding the dom- inie, both Yale valedictorians. She skipped with her skipping rope into Latin and Greek The domain of philosophy once reached her researches expanded in all directions. If she had lived in Italy and centuries ago she would have adorned it's universities.
 Whoever has been honored with an ad- mission to the Wolcott library in Liteh- field cannot have failed to notice in a cor ner number of broken slabs and stiles covered with the strangest characters Nor can the stranger also have failed to notice the speed with which the keeper hurries him by the corner, as if the monu- ments were too sacred for his gentle gaze. The piercing eyes of the precocious little baby could not fail to notice these relicts of passed age. When once she had seen them she became absorbed in their study and brought all her learning to bear upon their elucidation. Her discoveries have not yet been made public, nor must they be revealed except so far as they explain
 
 field mind. Let it suffice that if the monuments be genuine and the interpre- tation of their characters correct. then Litchfield has a history far more ancient and noble than that of any spot on the civilized globe; for the Shepaug was a mighty river rolling with commerce when the Mississippi, the Hudson and the Con nicticut were still in their infancy. and when Professor Dana had not yet started his antediluvian glaciers on their destruc- tive southern journies. Moreover there is every indication that at last the great his toric problem of the age has been solved, and the fate of the Hitites has been re- vealed. The characters on the Litchfield monuments so strongly resemble the char acters on the monuments but lately dis covered in northern Syria and southeast ern Asia Minor, where undoubtedly was located the center of Hitite power, that there can be no doubt of oneness of ori- gin. The Hitites must have sailed away from the far east; must have traversed the Atlantic long befores the Columbus myth was formulated; must have found the mouth of the Shepaug, which was then so large that no navigator could have helped finding it; and must have laid for all time the glorious foundations of Litchfeld. Interesting as these facts are they are only hACAuchtt4 lO tuC ouI lONtlN lady, by this time well advanced in her teens, knew few very important things in the matter; first, that the only person of antiquity who had studied the Hitite question was Periander, tyrant of Corinth about 600 B. C., whose work. with the ex- ception of one copy, perished at the burn ing of the Alexandrian library: second, that the one copy saved must have been in existence as late as A. D. S00yfor the learned Hoppinus- of Chaflemssne and maternal grandfather of William the Conqueror, in whose family the syllable Hop" with various endings, is still used as an ppellative-quotes extensively from Periander in his own work on the Hitites; and, thirdly, she kfew that there vas hut one copy of the work of Hoppinus in ex- istence, and that that copy was in the British museum. So, presto-change, we are in London and in the reading room of the British museum. Seated quietly by a little table is our heroine, filling the east vaulted chamber full with the radiance of her beauty, and patiently waiting for the functionsry to bring her the Hoppinus. Finally he appears, but without the vol ume. "It's in use, num-" he says; and adds. ''I think the chap next you has got it" "Chap!' and to an Englshmanl The ''chap in question stiffened up his six feet four from his seat like suddenly un- sprung bow and gave the minion a lool and '.Sir," that would have driven ( round hole clean through brass monkey The minion fell prone or his nose and showed himself backwards so rapidly ou of the infuriated presence that his leg, spread out like the legs of demoralized scissors. Having annihiiated the object oi his wrath he then turned to annihilate its source. Ha, Ina, my Britisher, where now is your pent up anger, your scorn and your indignation. AS the sun pierces storm clouds and the winds hurry them shuddering away, so the frown of anger gave way to the smile of beautitude In five minutes they were chattering as ii they had known one another for years She explained about Litchfeld. He ex plained that he was one of England's no blest and richest lords; that he had roya blood in his veins, and that he had gooi reason to suppose that he might even b' descended from the great Periander whence his study of Hoppinus. So to gether they poured over Hoppinus, ant while they were pouring Cupid attached his syphons, through which their heart, began pouring into one another. O | course they were married, and when pre- | sented at court the Litchfield lady had tn, honor of kissing that particular spot oi her majesty's person which is reserved fo | the osculations of royalty. Now we ar, ! coming to the point. It is rumored tha | it is the intent of the pair to build 1 | seignioral residence on one of Litchfield-
 stateliest hill tops, where, when it please
 them, they can dwell in lordly splendol
 and show forth their grandeur throughou
 the length and breadth of the land Is
 any wonder that Litchfield is excited I pr1t all it.hTal,la,-S a,.. ,,..&
 cited in the same way. There are cons $ | well as pros. Though the lord party is tll
 largest, there is a strong anti-lord part,
 1t is conceded that the material benef
 must be enormous. With resident an
 semi-indigenous nobility, Lenox an
 Ridgefeld will be completely knocked ou
 The authorities have to acknowledge thii
 But the lordites go still further. The
 claim that there will be mental and psy
 chological benefits ensuing. They stat
 that if there be defect in Litchfielders is the result of not having anything
 look up to, to initiate admiringly, to toad,
 Toadying is a fine and beneficial art. A
 Americans recognize the superiority of a
 Englishman. in no country is toadyin
 carried to the extent it is in England.
 is not logical to suppose that toadying {
 understood and prsoticed in England
 | one if not the chief source of an En.
 lishman's superiority: There is certainl
 force in this position. The anti-lordit.
 are exasperated at this way of putting u
 thing; they maintain that if Litchfield.
 requires toadying, which they deny,
 can toady himself. He can find withi
 himself everything that is requisite an
 necessary to make toadying pleasant an l profitable If he hasn't done it in Il | past it is simply because his attention In not been called to the matter. No lor
 in ours,n they exclaim most emphaticall,
 The issue is sharp and well defined. Ey
 " Litchfielder is on one side CT the othe
 A new newspaper has been started as q
 organ. Until this matter is settled all otl CT matters are in abeyance. Whether u bass weighed six pounds or six ounce
 whether the reservoir will hold water air; or whether the single new house
 South street is up to the village architect ral mark, are unheeded topics, though u
 der ordinary circumstances they would e
 cite the highest interest. Providentially
 would seem there is in the village a nie of the master of the 400" Her room
 are crowded day and night by the lordit
 getting points on lord and lady etiquett
 SO they may not be caught unaware This recognition of a stranger is unprec dented in the history of the place, al shows the strong hold the question h taken of the public mind. In fact now the time to visit Litchfield, for eve , stranger is recognized to the extent of o , taining his opinion. Public question are of great benefit in exciting commur
 ties and in bringing them into commur , cation with the outside world" So sa , Pythoras years ago; so is true to-day.