The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

in the kingdom. The match alluded to wss
reckoued mesallianoe ON the part Of the
lover, who was accordingly threatened TO-
he discarded by his family; and he was
therefore advised to confer upon the name
Of his lovely bride bis own title, and call
himself Prince Smith.
But even a prensme alone may be Of
great advantage. There is one Of the nov
els Of Miss Edgeworth--we forget which
in which gentleman Of the name Of Har
vey figures as the hero. Harvey. Only
fancy John, Peter, or even William Har-
vcy as the hero ora novel But Miss
Edgeworh was 100 we'll acquainted with
The philosophy Of names to commit such .
blunder she made the individual Clarence
Harvey; and the name has never TO this
day been objected to even among the f.
male teens. Our own attention was FIRST
attracted to the importance Of names by
the case Of an adventurcr in London whom
we knew personally. lie was country.
man of the Princess Smith alluded to, and
had come up to push his fortune in the mu
steal line. Being really person OF fail
abilities, he Obtained few pupils, and had
even couple Of little songs published by
the music-selles; but it would not do. Hs
did not make enough TO keep his family
Qor he had brought his wife and child witt
him, and when want began to stare then
in the face, and pinch too, as well asstare-
he at length made up his mind, though witt
many bitter regrets. to 60 back TO Con
naught. Whit could he do? Nobod,
cared about songs by r. A. R; ant
to this day their merits remain an impene
trable mystery. We were in the music
shop when he was closing the publishin.
transaction. and he had occasion to sign hi
nsme-we fear not to receipt. The pub
Usher stared ct the document, in which th'
signature was given at full length, and thcr
at him.
"R. A.! cried he. "Why, your nam'
is Ralph hbercromby!"
"You may say that. Wasn't il after tn,
gireral | was chris.ened?"
Goodness gracious! Ralph Aber
cromby! Why did you not mention thi
before! And are you really of now-witt
a fortune in that name?
"Sure it's time to be of, when | have
paid the fare, and forgotten the rint. Bac
luck to the name! Il the initials hav,
brought US to this, wouldn't the rest of i
have starved us entirelyi"
The man is an ass, unused the pub
Usher aloud, as our friend flung out Of the
shop. "But Ralp Abercromby R
that name would have carried him through
if he had brayed ,oorse than donkey
Sometimes il is considered advantageous
to give ones name foreign air; as il we
were valuable exotics naturalizeG in the
country, but still looking brown and yellow,
as it were, in honor Of our origin. Thus
plain Miller is honlely and sturdy enough
not overly honesO till it is improved into
Muller; but when this again become:
Muller, it is quite molendinary curiosity
We fancy Mr.. Muller was some centuries
ago Herr Muller. and we long to ask him.
When did YOU come over :" This ex
preston, by the way, come orer, is very
captvation. Some came over with the
Saxons, some with the N0mans-it mat
tiers little which; the thing is TO ger back
ones origin ill it is lost in the morning
twilight of history; and the breadth of the
ocean counts to our imagination like an adj
ditionsl space Of time. A foreign miller,
besides, is more poetical parsonage than
an English miller. In England, gentry oil
this profession may be thieves (as il used to
be the fashion to represent them,) but abroad
they are banditti; and in Germany, some
Of the widest scenes that followed the
Thirty Years War, were enacted i'm mill
Most people, in fact. have strong objec-
ton to names that are associated with the
vulgarities Of common trade. An aspir
ing Mason, by simply doubling the S, 50 as
TO make himself Mason, laughs at detec-
ton; although Tailor has less facility OF
cscspe-and more need of it; he tries Tay-
lor, and probably shakes his head; then the
other syllable, Tailour; and il still appal.
led by the horrors Of the name. he makes
it, as last resource. Tailyour.
But there are other associations still more
frightful, as in tn, Scotch name Boag,
which is identical, at least in sound, with
that Of the insect called by the English,
bug. The desperate efforts made here by
the hereditary victims are truly alarming.
Some write the word Bogie; but finding
that they have thus got into the spiritual
world, they rush madly into Bogue, and
sometimes Boog. When a name, on the
other hand, has meaning complimentary
to its possessor, the grand disideratum is, to
make it as plain as possible. Thus Archi-
bald is somewhat equivocal as it stands !;
and it is neatly and decisively modernized
into Archbold. Frequently the only fault
complained Of is the want euphony-as in
Mucklewham. Somebody says, in the
Waverly novels, that he could not think
Venus beautiful if announced in drawing.
room as Miss Mac-Jupiter. What would
he think, then. if presented for quadrille
to Miss Mucklewham But thanks 10 the
taste Of the times, the name is nearly obso.
lete, and our fair partner is now Miss
Meikleham.
A familiar object, even when its associa.
tons are good, is not approved Of for name.
Burn Ia strean) was sought to be made a
little grander, by being given in the plural,
Burns; but personal associations. as we
have already observed, having no effect in
this species Of mania, some divergcd into
Burnes; while others, determining to sever
definitely all connection with poetical i'm
mortality, called themselves Burmese. Mil,
in like manner, was made Mills, and was
then sunk entirely in Milne; and Home