Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-01
NamcSof Children.

RI. number of names for children is quite limited.
.crmber of children on earth and en- route 70;
os is. to speak humanity, unlimited. This is a
" consolation. What misfortune it would be
generation should run out OF names That the
- - nossibIe, see how the smith family exhaust
" ,nk IF Christian names, and had to call thou
rs gift boys John" by way of keeping them
until this world could prefix or append cap
doctor. esquiry, or general. There is a place
lang Island where this family is so extensive that
1.noir of new names, and feeling that John was
.mmon noun. and could not with propriety be
~on any more with a capital, Bill was substi-
.Jas the label for the boys. Well, before they
ar il, the place was Overrun with Bill Smiths
rtudes Of these grew up and became rich house
Hers. And the public, who love to be definite
hon they tell a story. are under the necessity of
Rushing them by an addition suggested by
Or habits or locality as Point Bill. Broad Bill,
.pb Bill, Smooth Bill, Big Bill. and Little Bill,
BILL and True Bill, and all of them Smiths
sanger is real not ina ginary. The thing has
,mencd, and if the Eastern world continues to fur
n its emigration as heretofore, rolling the new
nprs down from the European mountains and from
slopes of Asia crowds descending upon all our
l,rres daily, all the rocks that grid our shores
an with the footprints of coming swarms, the
,ibeaches dark with the multitude of Celts and
spls and Dutchmen. and Coolies, every African
atis supported one more added to the masses that
nr our cotton and rice and tobacco, our fields en-
rgng every day, new States and Territories COM
5up out of regions uSt now only known on the
-n like new islands in the sea- and all hungry for
mIation, offering premiums fo- workmen: and
ding out inducements to settlers, the oldest part
HE country feeling that " folks more folks.' is
great desidcratum we say, that if this state OF
ngS continues il may happen again that we shall
rout of names, and have either to import new
ai Or set our inventive genius at work to devise
re These French and German men, these crook.
named Poles, and vowelled Chinese patronymics
have to knock under to our American nomencla
n If Mcagher stays with us, he must spell his
me Mar, or be known as Mcagre Our free PEG
love to sift out the silent consonants of favor.
shame before writing it on imperishable marble
We should find ourselves mixed up with all oul
ghbms for lack of distinctive names, let US appro
late the numerals Let our Mary be No. l. anC
ours No. 2, and our rude neighbours, who is lean
herself, No. 20. People need not study the arith
aical rule of permutatons closely yet. Their
re good names enough left without so habituall,
,acing third one upon their progeny. 1t is
rbe tax upon ones time to write three long word
T.y time he signs note or hastily sends up hl
This is the burden of our article, that a child VIII
COWS up with a middle name carries weight. Bal
tOccupies room that there is freight enough t.
L Let our economical friends figure out the extri
me will cost their children, the increased amour
1.-The satoner's BILL the ink that will be waste
T that middle name. There is at present NOR
niger of being overrun with names than with theI
arers. The Boston Transcript has looked into thi
iter and this is his statement: That in the pub
schools he examined, SO per cent of the Ameri
nchildren had more than one {" Christian name
by II in 100 had single name, while 81 per ct
dthree or more given names. The Irish general
are an exception when they give two names it j
aeraly because there are two little fellows want
gthem.-N Y Times.