Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-17
Whims and Opinions.
"a chield's amang We takin' notes,
And faith ba,I nrant ,amI,,

The best thoughts come to most of us
uncalled. It's no use to say EGO to let us
be witty" When sit down with malice
aforethought' to write something striking
and original, the thoughts wont come.
"Nihil dices facies-ve invita- Minerva"
If one could only summon up at will the
wise and witty thoughts that fit thro' his
brain as he walks or rides or sleeps-but,
alas! they come when we don't need them.
and unless they are jotted down at the time
memory can't recall them in words. I
have resolved, therefore, having moro
leisure than is good for me, to carry a note
book in my pocket and set down at the
time some of my "whims and opinions, !"
and perhaps some of the incidents, "quae
vidi, aut quorum pars fui'' for the bene-
fit of the readers of this paper.
A party of antiquarians walked out to
Campbelps grave in Allingtown few days
ago. By the roadside is the cellar of the
house to which Adjutant Campbell of the
Tryon invasion was carried after the fatal
| shot, and in which he died. The grave ie
across the road, near piece of woods. A
depression is visible, in which lie few
|
Clipped away by relic-hunters. The anti.
| quarians aforesaid then and there selected
a large bowlder, to be suitably inscribed
and placed upon his grave as monument
Such memorial could not be Clipped
away or demolished. Tho placing of the
stone is to be signalized with appropriate
exercises at an early date.
| There can surely be no objection to thus
making the resting place of young sol
der who showed his gallantry in the field,
| and in deeds of humanity and mercy
which are still remembered among US
Would it not be graceful act for the
in existence at the time of Adjutant
Campbell's death, to turn out and dc
escort duty at the placing of the monu-
| ment?
Crossing the Yale 'quad" the other
evening, 1 thought to myself, how much
more appropriate place for Silliman's
statue would the site of the old Labora-
| tory be! One can almost fancy the shade
of ''Uncle Ben" revisiting the spot where
he performed those brilliant and daring
experiments which were witnessed by
sapient seniors and "our friends on the
right"
1'Our friends on the right" were thu
| chemistry class of the Misses Dutton's
| oCAOOAs AAOy c0o LII OIL 1AOoNO3 Nuo VOAA
visible to most Of the seniors, who, it is tt
be feared, paid more attention to the "vir
gines formosae" than to the lecturer. II
fact, Professor Silliman often exclaimed t.
the seniors, "Young gentlemen! more at
tention to the lecture and less to ou1
friends on the right!'
"Uncle Ben" (as he was affectionately
and not irreverently called) was a gentle
man of tho old school. He was a stickle'
for the old pronunciation, in opposition t.
Webster's new method. One day he bega1
his lecture thus: "Young gentlemen pune
locality is a cardinal virtoo; the momen
the tongue of the bell stops mine beginsa
In his annual lecture to the freshmen
he always recommended abstemiousness b,
referring to his own excellent preserva
ton thus: although it becomes a man t.
speak modestly of himself, can say will
Moses that my eye is not dim, nor my nat
eral force abated'" L. L.
| Mr.. Anthony Hi.