Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-24
ODD Nance.

Odd Names.
"Great care should be exercised BY !
parents in selection names for their
children. especially If the surname should
happen 70 be an odd sounding one. By
neglecting this preeautiop many redicu.
lous results have followed.
''Nany Of my readers doubtless have
heard how q Mr. Asbe had son Of bis
christened Caleb, and how the school
boys perverted the youugstsr name izto
'Calabash, BY which eognomen be was
known even after be had grown 70 man
hood
ALSO, Mr Rose, romanticaIly in
clined, who called his daughter Wild
When she became q young woman her
name was admired By all the yosng
folks. But, alasl she Tnarried,A gentle
man BY the name Of Bail, aud was chang
ed from Wild Rose into VIII. Ball
again, Mr.. Frogge, desiring two
given names for his son and heir sdecid-
ed on calling bin after an old friend Of
bis. The result was, that before the rid
iculous biunder Was discovered, the boy
wss christened James Boil Frogge, which
the companions Of the boy finally Cur
tailed into BullfroQ
Having given the reader 4 few in-
stance Of odd names, 50 az 10 prepare
him Or her for what they may expect,
shall nov lay before them such eases Of
a similar kind az have come under my
notice:
II have an intimate acquaintance who
Fejoices-no, be suffers--under the sing
ular name Of Abraham Street Sleeper.
Dropping the FIRST name, and using The
initial only, be became A. Street Sleeper.
Should be get disgusted with either Of
his names, and resort altogether to initials
he would write himself as A. ! s He
bad once thought Of having bis name
entirely changed, but finally resolved ia
retain II at all hazards
THE oddly Of his name created III
him desire 10 ascertain how many
more such could be found in the city
and 70 make the search thorough he had
recourse to directory, which, with stroi
ling around town--he being a man b
leisure--gaye him great facilities fol
gratifying his suddenly acquired taste
he was fond Of jokes as any man living
and never missed an opportunity when
ever it presented itself This new FIELD
namely, odd names Of men and NO
men--waa calculated to be varied ans
highly amusing.
Passing along the street one dav
Abe, saw tail9r'a sign, which read thus
John Fell, tailor, the word tailor baina
beneath, and quite pale. Going in, Il,
saw woman alone, attending the shop
he asked
"'Did John hurt himselfY
1.-THE woman became sexeited Hal
husband, who bore the odd name, hat
gone TO FIRE an hour ago, and she, Of
course. thought by Abe's question thai
he, John, had met with some mishap
She asked our joker where her husba nd
was, and how he come to hnrt himself
Madam, said Sleeper, solmnIy. i
know nothing Of your husband; nevei
sas him 10 my knowledge noticed or
sign at the door that John Fell. 40 !
humanely called on you to ascertain The
extent Of his injuries,
"Of course when Abe pointed to the
sign and explained, Mrs. Fell saw ihs
joke. They parted with great indigna
sloa 90 her part, aud a good deAl o. uaer
riment on his.
Seeing one day on door plate the nam,
i. q Jonos, be could scarcely resist toe
desire TO ring the bell and inform the In.
mates Of the dwelling that he also saw
Jones.
The next name that attracted him
vas that Of daneing-maater called Nal
en- Colley. If | we're ia his place
thought our hero, I would change either
my name or my profession lie ought
TO be an undertaken or sexton, bat 4
danoing'maater can scarcely be inclined
to be melancholy.
ABE knew very large, tat man, who
rejoiced in the title OF Isaac Matthew
Livingood. But the gentleman usually
wrote II, Il NJ Livingood. He handed
card TO our joker, one day, with the
above name on H.
Zone would think that you we're Hv-
ing good, BY your appearance
"a sign reading Adam Good, shoe.
maker, came under his observation soon
after by 2rasing the frat letter in
Adam, and making large A immedi.
ately above il, on the sign, he caused il
to read, "A dam Good Shoemaker.
Next morning he called on the man.
and ordered him to measure him for 4
pair Of shoes, remarking at the time:
81 III you really are all that your sign
says, think could scarcely end a
more suitable man for my purpose. Bot
I'd advise you 20 be less profaue, for YOU
might lose many chances from pious,
folks, who would object to patronizing
you on that account
Abraham pointed TO the sign. and
roared as be saw the sconsternation 81
Mr Good, who suspected the joker TO be
the euiprit The last word that saluted
the Joker's ears, as be left the shop. werr
"A dam Good liekingf
Another time be read q sign having
on It 'B Ware Rushing into tn store
he snxiously asked the proprietor.--
Beware Of whatf
"a Of ehastismentf exclaimed Mr.
Ware, seizing yard stick, aud making
towards sour hero, who made a haste
exit The man had that joke played on
him before
lie saw sign once, which read N.
l. Head, attorney at law. and observed
to q friend who was with him that the
gentleman was not the only lawyer in
that city who could boast Of an empty
head
"Abraham's uncle was named Horne.
He had son born, and gave our hero
the privilege of naming him. Now,
Abe knew that this same uneie had
chosen the abominshle name of Abra-
ham Street for him, SO be vowed to pay
him Off BY selecting ridiculous name
for his infant son. The child was &C
eordigly ehristened Abraham Green
Horne which WAS evantnnllr ahhrnwinA