The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-16

when his father returnet across the seas In l651.2, and his father having in- herited Plas Grono, probably much oi his childhood was spent there, and af- fectionate memories must have grown up around it, Of his travels in Africa nothing unfortunately, Is known Records would have been of surpass Ing value had they been preserved Nor has much been discovered as to his | sojourn in Asia, save that he married there and became governor of Madras, whence lie was removed in 1892 on his return to England in 1893 he found both his father and mother dead, and him self the owner of Plas Grono, where hc at once went into residence, taking his place in Welsh society and becoming high sheriff of the county of Denbigh In l10i That he was generously dis posed beyond the ordinary run Of men is evident by certain gifts that have | come down to us, such as to the | church, gallery and two pictures, one of which stlll hangs there That he ! was also of literary turn of mind Is i shown by a gift Of books to a school at ! Saybroo in New England II was ! this, probably, that originated the ap peal made to him on behalf of the school at New Haven (where the school at Saybrook had been remnyedl by ! Cotton Mather and containing the sng l gestion that assistance of a material kind might he recognized in perpetutty 1 by his name being given to the tnstitn- ! ton This may, or may not have flat 1 tered his vanity His other henetactors would lead us to suppose that t did not. on the other hand q man who had travelled the world al an epoch when its nomenclature was being based on the surrames Of those who had discovered or annexed t must have cX ! perionced a certain satisfaction d such a proposal Be t as it may wo find i him shipping to Boston stufs, probably acquired during his sojourn in the east of the value of e562. an amount which was trebed hy q successful sale on az rival In additin he sent a portrait ol George L. hy KnelIer, and books, and the authorities followed up their limit ny naming the budding university Vale college His desire to benefit tho insti- tuition did not end there for in l72l he forwarded further goods to the value of el0o, and promised the agent n Lon- don for the colony of Connecticut thai he would subscribe f200 a year durine his life, and settle a provision after his decease Unfortunately death overlook him before he had carried this last named disposition into lega effect his will being unsigned He left no sons David, his only one. had died an infant at Madras The husbands of his daush- tors refused to rarry ont his wishes Elihu Yale died Al MS house in queen square, London, hut hls remains lie at the foot of fhe noble tower of Wrey ham, beneath cenotaph containing the following inscription;
 con tho North sido)
 Born in America in Europe bred
 In Africa travelled. and ln Asia wed
 Where long he lived and thriyed
 tu London dead
 Much good. some it hc dld sa hope
 alEs even
 hnd that his soul thro, mere.5 gone
 to heaven
 You that survive and read this taie
 take care
 For this most certain exit to prepare Where blest iu pence the actions of tho Smell sweet and blossom in tho silent
 dust
 Tho last two lines are taken from shirley's Deaths Final Conquest
 On tho west Side. Et. q, AJTbaVltiae pF Hn1r
 College. (. & lsfn and 1885
 On the south Side, . VI. $.
 Elihu Yale, Esq.
 Was Buried the Twenty second of Iujy
 Tine Year of Our Lord MpccXXt
 An inscription on the west side, which was to the following effect was removed in 1870 to make way for tho .tAmcricau notice.
 In tho year of our Lord MDCCCN& . thts tomb underwent q general repail by the parish, 10 commemorate the memory of him who SD literally con rihuted 10 the Improvement of th'5 church
 Pas Grono, an abbrevlation of Plas Goronwy t O Goroniwy's HalO, the home of the Yales, was couple nt short miles west of Wreyham, What it was in Elihu's days has been presery- cd to HIS in description written by "Nlmrod" tChares James Apperey) - whose father tenanted it in ll74, "The house is onel of humble pretentiona consisting of four sitting rooms with other suitable accommodations for a . household of twenty-for such we