Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-27
Queer signs

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odd. For instance, there is the Scriptural
sign-The Good Samaritan; there is The
Widows Son there is the Luke's Head
there is the Jacobs Well; there is the
Noahs Ark; there is the Davld's Harp.
Moreover the Jobs Castle gets recognition,
and the BraZen Serpent, and the Baptist
Head, and the Corner Stone, and the Ju-
bilee; whilst the Adams and Ewes count
up TO a dozen; whilst there are fifteen
Angels, nine Angels and Crowns, an Angel
and Sun, and final Angel and Trumpet.
Then, as many as eleven Saints have been
affixed or hung, or otherwise painted and
engraved, as signs to invite the eye and lip.
There are Saints Andrew, Luke, Paul John,
James, Bartholomew, Martin, Leonard,
Helena, George and Anne. To them, too,
must be added the cardinal virtue, Hope
1t is favOrite, having risen TO the number
of fourteen editions, without reckoning the
Anchors (of which there are twelve) that
are its symbol, and the frequent cases in
which 1t is painted Anchor and Hope both,
lest want of artistic skill should lead 10 the
least misinterpretation and mistaking; then
four Golden Anchors ought to swell this
list, since color has small power to alter
form Except illusory, and identity is clear
in spite Of it. A few samples are ready,
too, in the same superficial and indicatorial
manner of signs historical. There is Whit
tington and his Cat there is Old Win
Somers there is the Vicar of Wakefield; !;
there is Childe Harold; there is Thomas
a-Becket; there is John of Jerusalem
there are Sir John Falstaff, the Jane Shore,
The Nell Gwynne, the John of Gaunt, the
Wolsey, the Jack of Newbury, the Sir Will
liam Walworth, Jack Straw, lin the shape
of his Castle,) the Sir Hugh Myddleton,
the Sir John Barleycorn, and those other
noted specimens, Valentine and Orson.
After them come Sir Isaac Newton, Sir
Sidney Smith, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Sir
Robert Peel, Sir George Osborn, George
Peabody, Sir William Comm, and Captain
Cook AS for Admirals, and the part they
play in history, they come in host from
Benbow and Blake down to Nelson, lob
liquely cOmmemorated also in the we'll
known inn name, The Battle Of the Nile, }
Vernon, Rodney, Napier, Codington; and
as for Generals, they come only in sprink-
ling, such men as Hill Picton, Canrobert,
and Wolfe. Signs social come next. For
instance, there are a hundred and twenty
three dukes enjoying convivial memory in
the metropolis, Wellington standing at the
head of them as an overpowering favorite.
There are forty marquises hoisted up, he Of
CRANKY standing bravely amongst them :;
there are as many Earls, and there are about
sixty lords. There are also one hundred
and fifty public houses christened after
kings and queens. The majesties selected
are Lud, Alfred, John, Harry, George,
Prussia, Denmark, Sardinia, Edward the
Sixth, Henry the Eighth, William the
Fourth, Catherine, Elizabeth, Charlotte,
Adelaide, Victoria and Anne. There are
hundred Princes, and about thirty Prin-
cesses. Literary signs shall have the next
place. rare Ben Jonson coming in nicely at
the head of them. He has seven several
public house existences In company with
him are Bishop Blaize, Sir Richard Steele,
Paul Pindar, Robert Burns, Lord Macaulay;
and there are "reminiscences of "Black
Jack" in the Kemble's Head, and of JON
athan Swift in the Lllliput Hall. Then,
signs classic may not be forgotten. They
stand the Hercules, the Hercules Pillars,
the Neptune, the Phoenix, the Bacchus, the
Bacchus and. run the Apollo, the Centurion,
Comus, the Roman Arms And signs floral
force themselves TO the front also, for there
are thirty-eight Roses, five Mulberry Trees,
two Laurel Trees, six Olive Branches, six
Plneapples, one Holly Tree, one Orange
Tree, one Pear Tree, one Primrose, one
Lemon Tree, forty-ive Grapes, one Dew
drop, one Fleur-de-Lys, two Elder Trees,
q Flower of the Forest, Virginia Plant,
four Vines, Flower Pot, three Acorns,
several White ThOrns, four Bunches of
Grapes, five Cherry Trees, four Hands and
Flowers, one Hand and Marigold, three
British Oaks; with though these would
come better, possibly, under the head of
signs miscellaneous two Grasshoppers, q
dozen Beehives, three jolly Gardeners, one
Hayfield, and one Cottage of Content.
Next, let there be signs zoological-the
class A, beasts, the first to be treated. 1t
includes Goats, Goats in Boots, Brown
Bear, Flying Horses, Tigers, GrIffins, Grey
hounds, Giraffe, and Intrepid Fox, "a Cow
and Calf, Dun Cow, Foxes, British Lions,
Bulls, Bucks Heads, Buffaloes' Head, Civil
Cats, Spotted Dogs, Camels, Stays, Uni
corns, Reindeer, Roebucks, Lambs, Leo
pards, Nags Heads, Panthers, Pied Bulls,
Porcupines, Elephants; outbcasted every
one of them by Monster. Class B, birds,
includes Eagles, Cocks, Swans, Peacocks,
Pheasants, Black Ravens, Partridge, g
Duck. Glass c, fishes, has nothing like
such a number or variety. 1t comprises
ten Dolphins and two Salmon. one of these
appearing as The Salmon and Pair of Com.
passes. Signs chronological contain Her
NIT, Lad of the Village, Gypsy Queen,
some Moonrakers,a a Colleen Bawn, a Mogul,
an African Chief, an Australian, Spanisf
Patriot, two Druids, two Blackamoors
Heads.