The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-08-14
Bible Names In kngland.

II re look over the pages Of the dlrcc-
tories q West Yorkshire and East Ian
casnirc, and strike out the surnames, we
could imGgine we were consulting az
GENTLY inscribed registers ef Joppa and
Jericho. i would seem IS # fCanaan and
the West Riding had got lnoxtricahly
mixed.
What spectacle meets or eye! With
III the limits of ten pages we have three
Pharaohs, while as many Hephzibahs are
to be found on single page. Adah and
Zlllah Pickles, arc miliiners. Jchoiada
Rhodes makes saws--not S0lGmon's sort
and Ha7ph CraA shaw keeps . farm.
Vashni, from somewhere IN tae Chroni-
cles, j. rescued from oblivion by Vashni
Wilkinson, coal merchant. who very like
" goes to Barzlllai Williamson, on the
same page, for his JOINTS, Ba-zlllai being
| I. butcher. Taehin, known % but q few
situated in the Book Of Kings, Is in the
person Of Jachin Firth. Deer retailer.
| familiar t. al hla noigAbofs. Heber
H0iasTorth on one page IS faced by Er
lllngwerth on the other. Asa and Joab
arc very popular, whiie Ahner, Adna, As
| heel, frastus, Eunice, BenaIah, Aquila,
| EtihQ ant Philemon ENJOY isir amount
| Of patronage. Shadfach, Meshach and
Abeanego, having been seseued from
Cnallaan fire. have been eiuged with
| pap!ismal water. | have lighted upon
name after name that | did not know e1-
istca II tie Bible at I'll Ill ,ookcd in
ID .he Lancashire and Yorkshire diree.
tories.
/ TIE Esbis Eas aeclacd .ae uomelcI4
iaga ef the North O! Eng aana. n towns
Ike aalffsu. Bolton. Ashton ,1l black
/ burr, the clergyman ! bapti5nsa# fegislo4
is h2}. i record Of Bible names j e.eri.
, cal .rsau,t y. mine chriate.ed twins Cain
an lbe', only the othcs iaY, much
!, | aga.ast his own aishes. Aa0taeI Narso1
/ on tic Derbyshlre border was arayely IN
) formed, at the proper moment, That Tn
name d, baptism Wae is7iaota-G.le.a
, aB ~ or niTI, eh? be asked. 1aa s5me
ala. a.ltased Voice. Tic parents tad
opened the Bible haphazara. according
II Sc village tradition, ana selected tn
! tarst name the eye tell CT.
III I. was tut . year asa 1 title chi,
+ SIS ehs1stenea Iellno IL afonA within
aix Ialies 81 Aancheste-, i he sagges
L ti1n ". ! action aplnner Ito satheg+
/ workman of the RENE of Lees, hagia
asked Iia .ayiee. I suppose
mus. ~ Scripture fame, So
his master. @Oh, res. hats sa- 9
eupIse. Suppose Y0l choosa fellno,
4 -aid h employer "Ihatll do replie
1. tie otasg, Wbo had never reaga ii before
Al sn1 liked 4 the better On thst aceoEn
4 The chill is new Tcll.nn Lees (.fces
ii feiae ti8e l.aneashira waY at pIonoanc1r
81 ST. les the father. too late, finding th
tc | tc faa 80ea heaAed. aSlfs Nas the Il
~ seet a5ron to d heaiideroa cufate, at
es s.F Iemnd ID name .ie ebI' I
i- ft WI n.#an64 .s
.H r.it.. a4a1, go Iag els. @ts-
7,- Ni.t t#4t.s / d9 u he saved "as i
IT, u1. pf14a- ppealed 81. It's renan'
hc one III ti.e Puritnn who styled hls it
iii Moreover, after tic doc i'll the aospe
] u .,Aiarcoyer the dog came ana 1cksH !
II .1ras
80 There II. again, i story ~ ! elef9yih'
n making the customary demand as ta
I'll name from & knot Of women round t
'oe frost. .-bN her, said one. Turning
=. tie woman who appeared t. be lndict
III ea. III again asked, "Nhat name?' -
TO Ter, 4 sic replied. The third woman
10 / ing qnest.oned, gave the same reply.
ao- !as. Le discovered the name to be
,ed script4ral Achsah, Caleb's daughter
nst nsme by tie way, which was somewl
poig.A, with cur forefathers.