The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-04-17
What's in a Name +?

What's in a Name
To tina Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
IT'S an apt question. /" What's il
name p The writer has been tolG
that, while /" he was love of child
(he has outgrown the semblance.) il
was very seriously thought of nam
ing him 8 Aaron." Now the name
per Sc is scripturaI. aud originally
borne by smart man; at least, he
was good off hand speaker. and
this goes q long ways in public esti
nation; but somehow one don't
take kindly to the appellation any
more than to the kindred eoguomen
of Moses. Oae can best get at the
antipathy by assuming twins. one
named Moses aud the other Aaron /;
and can safely assert. that whenever
Moses aud Aaron took their morning
constitutional together in apogee.
SO TO speak, sensation would evsn-
tuate. 5 NI
Then such names as Obediah. Ne
hemiah. Nebuchadnezzer and Judas
Iscariot: the wealth of the Roths-
childs wenld not atone therefor.
Then, in the way of short names,
Job. Ham and Melchisadez. The
last always suggests a ship-of-the-
line or pack of cards. the first Cir
culars aud posters. while the amid
ships title makes me hungry.
Take the animal kingdom, such
names as rhinoceros, hiPpopotamus,
and camel leopard. make me think of
Shadrach. MechacL and Abednege.
But Of all games over names Gem.
mend me to congress of bone cave
men or upper grade gardeners. ]
wonder two times how they ever got
such names in their heads. aud low,
once in, the syllable colossus was
ever got out again. once sent to
the Tazewell Spectator a sort of
sketch of PhiIadelphia-its exports.
imports, etc.-a regular army corps
of figures. They published onc-half
Of nay letter aud quit cause, were
out of type. So won't give any of
these longitudinal technicalties of
science aud botany, lest / exhaust
the resources of the GAZETTE. They
tell good stSry here about a gen.
tleman well known for his kindness
of heart, suave ways, and general
utility in a pinch. He usually leads
the singing at our meetings. He,
one balmy Sabbath morn, when all
nature rejoiced and the bumbelly bee
and the blue.bottle ly gave forth
their pens Of praise, tackled a long
metre hymn with short-metre tune
the music ran out before the words
did-a man Of resource and tact, he
promptly dropped the superfous
words as if severed with straw.
cutter. The effect was original, to
say the least.
My remarks are suggested by the
names of several of the candidates
in the field for judicial and other
honors. We have Rose and Meek.
for Judge, Crouch for C. G. Clerk;
Webb for Tax Collector; Kilpat>
rick and Murphey for Judge again;
Cooke for Attorney General. Then
we have Pettibone for Congress,
Reeder for Sheriff. and SO on.
The three more prominent names
have been pretty thoroughly played
upon. A rose by any other name
might smell as sweet; but lie is too
active o man to become a mere rose,
and whatever aroma he may possess,
certainly he is jurist not to be
sneezed at. Meek suggests quiet
occurrences scarcely characteristic
of the gentleman in question. Were
cheek k-slapping in vogue It's doubt
ful if j. NJ. would duplicate the pre-.
sentation, else he has changed.
Swan suggests Windermere, Virginia
water, a cured neck and beauty aaoat.
Now. Judge Swami is no goose, stiiI
less duck aud | scarcely think he
has any notion of floating around ar
tificial lakes as an attractive object
in the landscape; nor does he usual.
ly stoop ~ for crumbs. Crouch, |
suppose, wouldn't crouch for even
Office nor Webb catch his taxes in
a net; although. if he once got de-
linqueuts in his tolls. he would save
such and likewise. Kirkpatrick and
Murphey suggest the battle Of the
Boyne. Murphy means potato. yet
how much are we indebted to the
potato. Mr.. Cooke. I feel sure, will
prove game. Pettibone may mean
small bones, but every one knows he
is no small anatomy at the bar or in
debate. Sheriff Reeder should be
an IL. D., which. translated, reads !
levy, lift, depart. As
Now. / hope none sof the above
gentlemen viii feel aggrieved At my
analysis, for tis purely in q Pick