The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-08-21
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II We look over the pages Of the iirec-
tories of West Yorkshire and East Lam
cashire, and strike out the surnames, we
could imagine we were consulting an
ciently inscribed registers of Joppa or
Jericho. It would seem as If Canaan
and the West Riding had got inextrica-
bly, mixed.
What o spectacle meets our eyel
Within the limit of ten leaves we have
three Pharaohs, while as many Hephzi-
bahs are to be found on one single page.
Adah and Zillah Pickles, sisters, srs
milliners. Jehoiada Rhodes makes saws
not Sololnan's sort Hariph Craw-
shaw keeps farm. Vashni, from some
where in the Chronicles, page is rescued
from oblivion by Vashni Wilkinson, coal
merchant, who goes to Barzillai William
son, on the same page, for his joints,
Barzillai being . butcher. joachim,
known to but few as situated in the Book
of Kings, is in the person Of Jachin
Firth, beer retailer, familiar to all his
neighbors. Heber Holdsworth on one
page is faced by Er Illingworth on the
other. Asa and Joab are extremely
popular, while Abner, Adna, Ashael,
Erastus, Eunice, Benaiah, Aquila, Elihu
| and Philemon enjoy a fair amount of
patronage. Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, having been rescued from
Chaldaan fire, have been deluged with
baptismal water / have lighted upon
name after name that did not know ex-
!, listed in the Bible at all till I looked into
the Lancashire and Yorkshire direc-
tories.
The Bible has decided the nemencla-
ture of the North of England. In towns
like Oldham, Bolton. Ashton and Black
burn, the clergymans baptismal register
| IS but a record of Bible names. A cleri-
cal friend of mine christened twins Cain
| and Abel, only the other day, much
against his own wishes. Another person
on the Derbyshire border was grayely
informed, at the proper moment, that
the name of baptism was Ramoth- Gilead.
Boy or girl, eh p he asked, in some-
what agitated voice. The parents had
opened the Bible haphazard, according
| to the village tradition, and selected the
first name the eye fell on.
1t was but year ago little child was
| christened Iellno in town within six
miles of Manchester, at the suggestion Of
a cotton spinner, the father, workman
OF the name of Lees, having asked his
| advice. 81 suppose it must be Scrip
ture name, said his master s'Oh, yes,
that's of course" Suppose you choose
Tellno," said his employer. 'sThatll
do" replied the other, who had never
heard it before, and liked it the better on
that account. The child is now Tell no
Lees Lees" being the Lancashire way
of pronouncing Lies" the father, too
late. finding that he had been hoaxed.
''Sirs, was the answer given to be-
wildered curate, after the usual demand
to name the child. He objected, but was
informed that it was Scripture name,
and the verse ssSirs, what must / do to
be saved?" was triumphantly appealed
to. This reminds one of the Puritan
who styled his dog Moreover" after the
dog in the Gospel: Moreover the dog
came and licked his sores"
There is, again, story of clergyman
making the customary demand as to the
name from knot of women round the
font. AK her" said one. Turning to
the woman who appeared to be indicated,
he again asked, What name?'' 'Ax
her," she replied. The third woman,
being questioned, gave the same reply
At last he discovered the name to be the
Scriptural Achsah, Caleb's daughter-a
nams, by the way, somewhat popular
with our ferefathers. rs.-Cmiosifies Of Pu
TitdR Nomenclature.