The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-19

f>h.vrer q rites. I" This worthy ismHour
:. :. cs;l,d Uubcrd.v This Huberd we re-
~ ~ss a. the immediate predecessor OF our
Hubbard: for we know that 10 CoauceE
time 4 when followed by ' was pronounced
iike modern In the same position. linus
when he tells US that
"a GOOD man there was 81 reiieoun,
THAT Was poorc psrson OF toun'
we have no difficulty in arprehendins 'hat
the person was parson. And
.w,de was HE parish, and houses fer ssnnoer,
informs US that the dwellings were jar
apart. !, 80. oono,ncea
elves me- Hubbard, substantially our present
form. That iiubcrd was variation OF HUI
bert fbrIgot fiughl seems likely enough
So that, on rejection, we think Max Sige'-
bert right In viewing Hubbard as vsrionym
OF the bsptlsmal Hubert.
A word, BY way OF DEPRESSION, on me ety.
theological connection OF person and pdrson'
alluded to above. The persona from SO.
mare, "to sound" aud per, Through y
was In classical times metallic mask worn
by an actor for the purpose OF giving
greater resonance TO his voice, ancient the
s,r,cal performances always taking place
In the open air. From the mask TO the
character de,inea.cd under the mask the
transition In the application OF the
word Is natural. and the actors per-
soaa became equivalent 10 the mouern
F,cneb term role. Next the character
became an Individual. No two profession:
secm further apart than the theatrical and
the clerical; vet, although our modern par
SON does not wear q mask (upless 1t be
fipufaiiyc one), bis identity with the ancient
,,Srso,, is easily fraceabe through the Eng
ilsb definition Of the corporation sole OF Q
parish-tb PEI son who receives tbe titbes,
and who is the parish, or at least It's per-
notification, in q legal sense. In the appii-
cation OF The word 10 clergymen we have
changed the spelling so as 10 represent The
old pronunciation but in It's general APP
plication we have retained The ancient
spelling and given the word new pronun.
citation. Similarly, compare "ter" with
far and further. Our surname, Parsons
is possessiye with the apostropbe omitted,
and meant originally the parsons son.
Return we now 10 names ending in ard
Many OF these are French. Thus Blanch-
ard Is the person who blanches or makes
white--the washerman or Whitewater; OF
il may be synonymous with Fuller, and In
dictate the person whose occupation is that
OF bleaching or cleansing cloth; or perhaps
it Is simply descriptive OF pale complex
ion, like White and Fair and Fairchid.
Again, our right revered friend, Bishop
Ouintard, Of Tennessee, courtly and afia'
bic gentleman, undoubtedly had among his
far-off progenitors one Of whims and
cro.cheis; for quinte in French means " a
yacary, n whim, o crotchet"; though the
quality this Indicated In the name has GER
tainly not been transmitted TO the illustrous
descendant.
Again, the Roman Catholic historian oil
England, Lngsrd, must be descended from
a linen. draper, or else from the custodian
OF the linen in some baronial mansion; for
liBge In French means " linen" from lin,
"fiax."
Once more: We have met with the name
Talard. which we take TO be an 0ccupatlYe
surname originally given to the man whose
business 1t was 10 collect the yillein tax OF
feuda times known US tdiite or tdldge. 1t
has nothing 10 do with persons height,
any more than has the surname Taliboys,
which is simply the French taiile-tois,
"yood-cutter" So Taillefer Jour mod
ern Tallafcrro) was the cutter Of iron.
the armorer-a very important occupa-
ton during the middle ages-wbicb
more commonly now, however, APP
pears under the more bomely guise OF
Smith. The cutter OF cloth Is toilteur, our
Taylor; Tallard may be its synonym, but
we think "villein-tax.collector" its more
probable meaning.
Other OF these ard surnames are pure
English, In which the final syllable signifies
pord or guardian. or these hereafter.
CHARLES DOD