Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-05-08
ORIGIN OF CERTAIN NAMES.

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There was an officer named Congreve in the
British army, distinguished for his inventive
talents, which he applied to the mechanical arts.
Among other things he invented the rocket
which now bears his name, and was first uscd nj
me attack on Boulogne IN 1906, as grand aux
iliary in warfare. The Congreve rocket is now
in comparative disrcpute, but its inventor be-
came Sir William Congreve BY yknighthood, OBJ
tanned good round sum in hand, was the re-
cipicnt of a handsome pension, and was made
member of Parliament, and crowned with sew
eral honorary distinctions u man of science
and all this because of the Congrere rocket.
There was an Earl of Sandwich in the Eng
lish Admiralty, at the time when Captain James
Cook circumnavigated the globe. Out of com
pliment to him, the Sandwich Islands were so
named. This nobleman used to carry in his
pockets, as a cheap and frugal lunch, thin slices
of cold meat, placed between bread and butter.
From him, this refreshment obtained the name
Of Sandwich, which it still holds.
Great as was the success of Arthur Wellesley.
Duke of Wellington, it is doubt whether he
will not be as long remembered in connection
with an article of dress almost as well as Water
loo. There is an epigram which explicitly states
his claim on this head. IL takes the shape of an
imaginary epitaph thus -
Here lies the Duke of Wellington,
Once famed for battles others won,
Who after making, spending riches,
Bequeathed name to-boOts and breeches
Hayden, the painter, who was a most enthu-
siastic admircr of "the Duke" was the possess
or of an old hat and patched pair of Yelling
tons, once the property of his Grace, which the
painter used to exhibit, as special fovor to
special friends He fancied that he could paint
"the Duke much better when wearing his boots
almost equal to standing in his shoes
than at any other time.
Marshal Blucher, whose opportune arrival at
the close of the fatal day of Waterloo turned the
battle against Napoleon, and who lamented,
when he visited London, that it was not as con-
queror of city so well worth plundering-old
Marshal Forwards" as the Prussians called
mm-also gave his name to manufactured leath-
er The vulgar, shapeless things, so much re-
sembling Wellingtons cut down, and known
Blachers, are called after the rough and ready
old Field Marshal.
Colonel Colt, of New York, and Col Bowie.
OF Arkansas, have respectively given their names
TO very murderous weapons. All over the world,
Colts revolvers are now well known. They
were adopted into British warfare in the Crimea,
and more recently, in India and China, and are
universally admitted to be excellent weapons.
They are known, in Europe, as Colts, Just as the
peculiar knife first introduced by him of Arkan-
sas is called Bolcie
A rough looking but comfortable overall or,
wrap-rascal, constantly worn over his uniform
by the late Lord Raglan, who commanded and
died IN the Crimea, now bears his name, and a
Rayidn is much affected, during the winter
months. by careful young bloods who do not so
much care for outward appearance as for the
reality of warmth and comfort in cold weather
In like manner, when the late Earl of Har-
rington Che who married Miss Foote, the actress)
was Niscount Petersham, he astonishcd the
fashionables of London, among whom he then
was confessedly the Autocrat, by abandoning
f1ne miiled Saxony broadcloth, and appearingin
a great coat, brown in color, close fitting in
shape, and rough in texture. 1t was a novelty.
and was Immediately called Pete5saam, which
name is retained to this day, not by the garment,
but the material, the cloth being still known as
Petersham.
The very convenient and rather dashing- look
ing carriage, called StdnAope, after Col Lei
cester Stanhope, Lord Petershaln's brother, was
that gentleman's own happy invention, and the
name is retained still
The odd-looking hat which, by means of
concealed spring in the crown, can be instantly
converted into n substitute for the fiat opera hat.
so readily to be carried under the arm, is called
Gilbus, from the Partisan chalelier, or halter.
who invented it, and is said to have realized a
fortune by his ingenuity
In the same way, the low-crowned. soft text
ured broad-brimmed hat, called the Kossutb.
derives its familiar name from the Hungarian
leader, who invariably appears in public with
head-covering of that peculiar shape. As one
of the most comfortable and easy of coverings.
the hoSsuh bids fair to become pertinent
"institution.'
The red. yellow, and black silk handkerchief
called grinder in Ireland bears the name of a
Fletcher in England, from the pugillistic hero.
iamiliarly known rs "Jem Belcher," and i'm
mortalized by Professor Wilson and Doctor Ma
ginn (by one or both, for the authorship was
joint in the "Boxiana' series of Blackwood's
Magazine. At various encounters, in which
Belcher took part, he always appeared with one
OF these handkerchiefs tied tightly around his
waist admirers of the low sporting class,
wore 1t round their necks, in honor of the hero
of fstcufs-and the name has adhered for some
forty years.
In Dublin, where there was once a celebrated
cutler distinguished above all, for the excellence
of his knives, one particular description ofknife
was called Lamprey, from its maker. Miss
Edgeworth, in one OIL her Irish stories, INTRODUCES
this knife, when she makes one of her characters,
when describing murder declare that 'rhe
william out with his knife and struck it into Nal
oney's side, up to the y in the Lamprey." To
understand this, it should be known that the
makers name was invariably stamped upon the
blade, and that as this ran up towards the haft,
1.-THE y in the Lamprey' would indicate that the
weapon had been driven in nearly as far as it
could go.-Phila. Press.