The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-28
Notes Abont Names.

Inc legal name Of a person, let it be
said at the outset, is--according to the
decision of the Supreme Court Of Indi-
ana" one Christian name and a sur
name : he may have as many middle
names ma or initials as he chooses to take.
Inc most sensible practice is to give a
male chlid two names, as the second mi
tlal VIII pe valuable as distinguishing
mark IN business for a girl, however,
the single name is to be preferred, as it
VIII, with her maiden name, form q suf-
tlcc1ently-long and characteristic title
when she marries.
Mr.. III. A. Hamilton, in his curious and
interesting book, ssQuarter Sessions
from Queen Elizabeth, records that the
practice Of giving children two Christian
names was utterly unknown in England
before the period Of the Stuarts; that it
was rarely adopted down to the time OF
the revolution, and that it never became
common until after the Hanoverian fam
lily was seated on the throne.
OF the remarkable names which have
been bestowed on contempt rary folk the
papers have given us not few notable
examples. Col. E. Burd Grubb. of
Philadelphia, for instance or J. Thad
Ioadvine, Of Pocomoke City. Nd. or
NJ. Abraham Minbaratraham. of Paris
or DR.. Chicandart, Of the same city: or
MI. Chaloner Alabaster, of the British
Consular service in China: or Prof.
Cassius Marcellus Clay Zedaker, of
Youngstown, Ohio, who is a poet: or
Miss Circassia Wray Barrett, a young
Lady whose god-parents were the steam
ship of the Anchor line on which she
was born and the surgeon thereof who
attended at her debut; or Miss Ottie
Tootle, of st. Joseph, Mo. There was
an old lady IN Lansingburg who re-
lolced IN the name Of Frances Caroline
Constantine Maria Van Raeder Van Raes
Van Outzorn Van Bran Van Helsdineer
"a very respectable and sonorous title.
After all, though, when one wants
names in their richness he must 90 to
the At7aanoch de Gotho, and especially
to the chapters devoted to the Haps-
burgs OF Tuscany, the Bourbons of Par
ma and the royal family of Portugal.
Thus seven children of the Archduke
Charles Salvador, Of Tuscany, have los
names among them, an average uf if
teen each, about the most formidable of
them being the Archduchess Marie In
maculee Renira Josephine Ferdinande
Theresa Leopoldina Antoinette Henriet-
ia Frances Caroline Aloisa Janua1ia
Christina Philomena Resale. But she
is outdone by some Of her little cousins
OF Parma and notably by Prince Joseph
Maria Peter Paul Francis Robert
Thomas-of-Aquinas Andrew Avellino
Blasius Mature Charles Stanislaus Louis
Philip-of-Neri Leon Bernard Antonine
Ferdinand. And even this is a compar-
atively abbreviated title compared with
that OF the second son Of the King of
Portugal Prince Alphonso Henry Ma
poleon Maria Louis Peter-of- Alcantara
Charles Humbert Amadeus Ferdinand
Anthony Michael Raphael Gabriel Con
zago Xavier Francis-of-Assisi John
Augustus Julius Volfando Ignatias de
Braganza Savoy Bourbon Sake Coburg
and Gotha.
A little while ago the Hartford (Ct)
County Superior Court granted the pc
tltlon OF Henry Ratz, of Thompsonville.
praying that his name be changed to
Henry Rates. It was shown by the pc
tltioner that his peculiar name was the
cause OF great deal OF annoyance to
himself and members Of his family.
Mlschievous neighbors spoke of him and
his wife as the "old rats and the chill
dren as "little rats, some going further
and teasing them by calling them
"mice." Herr Julius Jackass, of Lob
dorf, in Germany, applied few months
since to have his name changed to julius
Courage.-NelO York World.