The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-06-10

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the number 6f the SnitRi 4
GanilyiR the United States sat q
sboHt half q million, Butitseems
there are Smiths and Smyths. in ,
she effort to n1aintaih some degree
Of individ % megabeEs of
this UNIVERSAL EamilyLhasa adopted
different medes ref spelling othei8y
names, There are not only the !,
English variations of Snyth and
but the German forms "A
as Schmidg, ]scGehaait, .SGhnidj
Schmidtz.uHis probably owing
to thisisama desire to maintain, .
distinctive appellation, that the
number Of John Smiths Is percepp-;
tibly diminishing. In New York,
city there has been within d few
years, a falling of Of thirty-fve
per cent, In the Johns of the faIni-
". Smith comes from Smite2 ahd
therefore indicates the origin Of
the name TO have been among the
workers Of metals. . These skilled
artizans were held lin high repute5
In early times. Among the Scot
tish High ghlahders the sElitlI ranked (
not less than third In dignity tOd
chief Of the clan, and ia Wales
s1nitHlorafs was one of the threB
sciences which a villain on tenant!
could not teach his own child
without IaRd dexbfBssb license from
his lord. So the Smiths mayhOldr
up their heads among the first
families" LAS TO their great NAM
b6r,a one writer atribat6sitbto the
fact that they are direct cdescshao
dahts Of Shem, the s0nof NoaIi,I
the name being thus sderivsdsg
Shetn, Shenait, S6hmit, Smitbl alr-
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An Ohio school girl went through,
her palistheniC exercises at home,t
for the amusement OF the children,
A youthful visitor, with interest
and pity on his cOuntenancey ask,
ed her, brother ''H1 that cal had
fits ?"'gI' No, + replied the lad con-
temptuosEy, that's gymnastics. z
"Qh, tbs heyl replied the YER
9ant 5"h8Eg long has has she a4hEseP had
emf lsa1 odT .a8a1gozsE arBa
~H13 JON oT UETR- gE5TE5g7E0 a#Tw sr
la lawyer.was3 once pleading q
case chat brought tsarsE to the iuz
rors' eyes, and every one gave up
the ease as gone for the plaintiff.
But the opposing counsel arose
and said sar5' May sit please the
Court 4 do not rpEopose in this
ease to bore for water but
Here the tears Ware suddenly
dried, laughter epsusd The rediC7
nlousnesgo of The pase was exposed,
and the defeRdantlg9t clear. beoa
salt tB al--..-az- asaes--4s-4z-r--t,, q ggT
ao'SSH said an old SoOtch4wos
man to hef minister s'I dime ken
d part Of yoar sermonG gesterday.0
Indeed what was 10 2hI You gaid
the Apostle used the figures pf
cifeuf6locuti6n, and IL dfnna ken
what it msans.9A Y d SIS chat a1l2aa
It's very oInlaih.5i lfhdo figure of
Cir6dniloedtion is merely peri.
phfastie mode of dietion.s 35'Ohl
an I is that all9s said the good
woman !. .awhat paig fale0 u was
not to understand that.
E13H gsyta Huhl ShaL xnnby 4
EH3s gd3 lo. 39urod .gf Ia rn.rafo
Conversation on che street be-
tween two little girls, one Irish,
and the other colored, walking td-
Egstherl ColoFed girl, ineditative-
~ wonder where Lucy was bur-
led. nv Irish companion as
she 4 Yankee 2" C0lored eirl
aShe was 8 colored woman" Irish
lass, persistently'' Well, was she
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