The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-29

A EUPHONEOUS PATRONYMIC
PrOtean Changes Have Been Rung on
This WOndrOuS Name.
STILL LTTRETATNS ITS SWEET RESONANCE
DAMNED BE HE WHO WOULD IN
SMITH SMITH
CALLAN HOUSE. ericsson. !
Sent Dc 1890

CALLAN HOUSE. CRESS0N. }
Sept 26, 1882.
i DEAR MCPTKE-I have sharpened my non
Gil foran important and interesting work and
trust that your readers will not assume tbst
in nome Mt Of desperation or alteration I
! made bold to undertake so TuopoaDtio,, =
( job of penciing but the theme being one of
unusual interest, worthy of the most rarefuI
study and serious reflection, I conceive II no
I less pleasure than duty to Derforn, the
/ task. If in the passages Of life there he
( theme truly grateful to the heart and absorb
4 ing to the mind, which SOVEREIGNTY interests
nav, takes the whole soul captive if there
/ be one topic calculated to awaken To
sense OF the positive and snatch US from tire
/ misty regions OF romance, which compelling
US from the contemplation of the vapue tba
/ visionary, the ideal. forces us face 70 face
heart to heart with the the THINGS of earth
and hurries into the verv council chamber
and the stately presence of the real If there
/ be subject omnipotent in expression. now
I eTful In mystic meaning widpSprpad in ifs
influences. unchanCeable in its essence. mar
velOus in its destiny, aSsuredly that theme
/ that ali-important tonic, is comprised in the
wOndrOuS impPrSonatiOn SMITH Not
/ SMITH IN the abstract; not SMITH Of dreams
/ or poetic reveries not SMITH disprnhndied
/ fantastic, unsubstantiated. but SMITH as we
/ see him and know him-anmated vigorous
/ robust SMITH. in the actual presence pure
l flesh and blood SMITH.
The happiness. the fortunes entnrprisps
sorrows, JOYS, triumphs. and, in a word. all
/ hOnored individual are Of great moment to
/ mankind. What heart does not thrOb with
delicate sentiments whose pulse does not
/ beat with pleasureable emotions ? what
/ cheek IS not suffused with JOY ? whose blood
! does not run more congeniaI7 whose suirit
is not moved to the verv dapthS whenever
/ that mystic mOnoSvllable SMITH is pro-
nounced? Does it not open uD vistas Of cor
dial remembrances and neiChborIy aSsocia.
tions Who does not feel and think and
svmpathiZe with SMITH What memories
does he not waken To every class and
rank he Is familiar. Who has not seen him,
spoken to him. heard him speak and shaken
hands with him No one has larger connPc-
tiOns, and no one has done a larger amount
Of business in social relations. There is no
kind OF business he has not been engaged IL.
He has had trial at every profession and
/ has illustrated them all lie has put his hand
to every trade and mastered them all. If
! there ever was a pet of the public SMITH
certainly Is the prime and the principle: his
praise Is in every ones mouth. and wherever
and by WhomsOeVeT the mellifiuOuS DatrO-
nymic Is uttered, it at once awakens pleas
ant memories and invOkes familiar mods and
kindly smiles
The sweet resonance Of the eupEoneous
Datr0nymic SMITH never. never can he
checked. No harsh combinations can ever
suspend the flowing essence, mar the won
drnus harmony, or break the final close
Numerous, indeed, are the changes that have
been made of that cherished name but pv
peTience proves that the changes alter not
its native simplicity and takes naught from
tts sovereign eXcellencv. Disguise II as You
viii. 1t is SMITH still. Mask it as You NAV
Il still maintains its noble. hOnOrpd features
Its great powers Of adaptation to all the fan
cles and requirements are beyond c0mpre-
henStOn. Smith, Smvth. Smvthe, Smitihe
Smithel, Smithies. Smithers, Smthereen
Smithson, Smithurst. Smithwarte. Szhinx-
midfhskiOff. Her Won KazlewellonboCen
Schmvdt, FL SenOr COnde Don Carlos
SchmithO-these and n thousand others stiU
are notifications. free and easy combinations
OF the prime original SMITH is a name
which cOntTadcts the nature Of fortunes and
facts in general It bends and bows to every
eXiCency, sways and swerves with every
kind of fashion, submits to every caprice or
whim OF the individual, and yet is able to
abstract itself from its surrounding and ac-
cidents Of time and place it rides triumph
ant through the shock of opinion and storms
of change, comes forth uncathed from the
fiery ordeal, and resolves itself into its first
essence.
How many simple stories. punv puns and
pOintlesS anecdotes pass current merely be-
cause inscrined with the revered legend
SMITH! SMITH is a favOTite. familiar guest
at every board and hearth. The very sound
OF MS steps is cheering and iubilant. like a
well toned chime for it awakenS many
merry neal Truly SMITH is a great institU-
ton. Take away his name and yOu absorb
his individuality. Substitute Jones and he
topples down from his airv height where Our
simply a man, even as the rest of men-a
complete tissue Of accidents. Jones in
deed as well might you have persuaded
Sampson to wear wig when he had his
hair cut off Brown, after an eventful life,
NAV disappear from the busy thrOng of men
Black may be whirled from the whirling
wheel Of toll, and his name NAV be no lon
ger dropped lovingly from peoples lips.
Boggs may pass away and his voice NAV no
LONGER be heard in the councils of the nation
White may become the memory of his for
mer self-an enigma TO the future. Claws,
Bars, SCOTS, Dunns, SmuCgs, Grubbs. Ma
homes and HUbbels, are all mere hierOglyph-
les unSolved problems, puzzles and mute
mysteries to antiuuaTianS yet unborn. All
other names may be carried away in the cur
rent Of things that We're. NAV lapse into
myths, rabies, heather dpities. or objects for
a museum of antiquaries one and all NAV
vanish from the worlds history, but SMITH
is an evergreen. a perennial, a flower al
wavS i'm bloom. replete with vigOr and beau
ty, ever new, true iD1nOrteHe which decav
never touches: the delight Of every eye the
charm OF every heart. a hymn OF welcome, a
magic spell. a falliSman, theme for poets.
historians and philosophers and in itself a
sublime epic. SMITH in its own native
simplicity and dignity will redeem a whole
Rubicnn Of Julius Capser Alexander Han
nihal Napoleon MUVCinSes. Never, never,
can Won Unsm;th SMITH, and paiZipd be the
deSecrating hand that hereafter attempts to
strike out of this honored patronymic an
and substitute n y, and id be he who
would add to it az g. q. \. 5.