Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-29

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Words have nstnrHl and g. derived or 9 or
meaning and often several mean fe
ngs each further from the natural mean foi
ing than tie preceding, until, finally. tae1
True literal meaning OF tho word Is entirely "a
lost. 4ious.i % ,4In-D39.a las .Isintis.,l pr
One of the most amusing and instructiyei "a
may be found IN tracing WORDS OF
to their origin, and learning how they :
came to mean what they do. Or course n,
these Is scarcely any limit to the number OF "
examples that might be given. But, IN Or
der that the pursuit shall be permanently di
interesting, the roeder must have some idea y
of q few fundamental principles OF the Ian r.
guage. Nc great amount oflinguistic Know II
ledge Is necessary for this oI . .y,pa1ga1 f.
Nearly all the words have natural mean p
inc derived from the meaning of the letters .
That compose it. Those few that have en-
tireiy lost their literal meaning may be
treated as curiosities. Such are the folow-l
lingi ssr.,-.ssr ,,syi n. l a, -. 80
Phrygia, which is noted from its winding
MIrnIsEnr- Articles 50 called because
first imported from Milan. - T, -. II
MEsMER1sM- From Mesmer. a German
physical. who originated the theory OF am
NAL magnetism. -
l
ancient LYDIA, punished, according to 10.
man mythology by perpetual hunger. and
thirst, though boughs laden with delicious
Al fruit over his head Ind he stood in water |
up TO his chin. Both the fruit and water
. receding from his lips when he attempted
to taste them f.1 -t,st.
: BAYoNEr-From Bayonpe; the name of
: the city where they were first made. vi
= ACADEMY = From Academns, public
!, grove where Plato Taught. The grove rs
Y said TO have been named after 0 man oil that
. name, who gave it to the people of Athens
:, as place for gymnastic exercises. 80
HuRRAAThis word is said to have origi-
re mated among the Eastern nations, where.it
i was used n war-cry. They believed that
u every man who died in battle for his coun-
Y try went 10 heaven. II is derived from the
% Sclavonic word "Hurrah," which means
u ito Paradise.
ID Other words have proper signihcation
ns derived from some foreign language, as
eesl MAXIM From, the Latin word .'maxi-
% num-" signifying the greatest. A maxim
=, is something OF the greatest Importance =
vi worth remembering. .s.ssfr
ey MIA measure, The distaI ce from
al the second Joint of the finger to the end oi
'g' Mans -1SiS-renny, eight-peniy ten
en- penny, etc.) AT Sheffield, England, where
OF Immense Quantities of1nails were made, il
IN was formerly the custom to sell 100 of one
lty kind for fourpence, another for ,sixpence
On etc. tEza1 ~ ~ Z
Another class, Ike the last example,
nj we're recently expressive IN our own Ian
he cuage but have become less so by chang
Is of custom:
nc MoID BOARD The part of the ploy
ia 4 wniclr turrs the mold OF earth " as forfncr
jir- Nv made of O board.
of JNK-HoRN. -.PoYpEE-HoRN, SHoETNc
len HoEN, TTc.- Socallcd from the fact ihai
the these articles were formerly made of horn
,er, LANDSCAPE Land shape. iarq
dis But the word News does not appear |
ing como under any law of language. Som
) OF suppose this to be composed of the init;
lrly letters of North, East, West aud Sontl
all We find the followingslines in wits Re-
ing reation," first published in l640: ,-..,
he sWben News doth come, n any would discuss
ant The Letter of the word. resolve II thus:
hav Nswsfs conveyed by utter; worst or month.
hey And comes from North, East. West or South
.ase Row on Ills Travels 10 the Land of III
are Pears.
4 n. From the Council Bluffs Nonparel
oc- On Wednesday bright looking lad
, so ten years of age called Mt our Office III
nav asked the privilege of looking over the e
am changes. We gave him permission, whs
lie drew Cnulr UP 10 INC ttpit, put u
,ino feet on it. took ont n badly charred brls
-; va root pipe, fumblel down into the botto
rved of his pocket for smoking tobacco, be
r Inv rowed from ms a match. and went to wo
The scanning the papers with the zeal, IN
lille tions and grace Of a veteran edito
mes smoking fiercely all the while. Layil
: of down the papers, he inquired at VIII
o., q time the next train left for the West, !
CON marking that no would be much oblif.
10 of by the information. We answered
f1,Iv question, and then asked him one.
foot reply he said he was bound for Ban FRA
low cisco. That he was from Scranton, P
n,o,, where he had last year driven trade as
m of newsboy and boot black. AMI conceived
. he. idea of going farther West. He start
:, NV last June, travelling on foot and dead-hes
les Il 90 ing by rail until he reached Northern i
,rocb noia, about harvest time, where he rema
m;x- ed for nearly meath with q farmer, he
the ing to get off his crop by driving II
and chine. lie was flush again, and started
king his tramp, striking across Iowa, partly
sa,,' rail, but mostly on foot, until he reach
The this place The little fellow does not
that long to the impertinent young Ameri
81 though he has some of its characteristic
There is no insolencein his behavior, thou
yb;cb he sometimes puts on the airs of older p
mall sons in exhibiting some of their IN
tr;na prominent vices. He has slept in all m
hang ner of places, sometimes in a cowshed,
"a i'm. depot platforms, in lanes, in fam houf
,alow and wherever he could get shelter.
,ebes speaks very highly Of the hospitality
o top IOWA FARMERS ano IOWA lano M., ou.
BAL that ne oecasionany mee,s WIN a.. ou IN
.es Of geOn VINO uehics wv onoi'oi. o.s az
IS can nothing TO complain OF, TOT IL Is ms %
They ness 10 &c. .he Place ,9 s'eeP, aha al I
piping 10 give 10 nm S 's's YIN. ~ IL, 80
urally once or t"ices peen hcheu oa. y sani
head othess, anu severai Times oeen Pu. Oh .rA
iy for ou. 'ney were only ,e an :,anl az ~
con- CO.'S ne Eopes oy HUN vi oioo" " -
IN get ca,ornla before WINTER se,s H. ne u
! this hVeiy AZ er.sAo~ N " L;a ;on.n aas
it. sweais, anu Tue enu VI NO Io"A'J
IT,, be n hero