Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-16
Naming the Baby.

slax Adeler in ous Continent
 "I think" said the fond mother, 'thai as the baby's last name IS Brown, il would be better to give him some first name less common then Henry? There are eleven eOluQas of Henry Browns iu the directory.
 "rhirteen, darling" sad MT. Brown; "i counted them yesterday. What We want for the baby is a unique first name that viii be distinct and peculiar; that will make it possible always to identify him. Isn't that it, dearest?' Certainly"
 Well, have prepared list from which we can p'ck. Suppose We skim over it? Let's begin with the twelve tribes of Israel Are there any among them that yoU like?'
 "I think not"
 How would Gal do? nd Brown3 | Tint would be novel, anyhow" But too starfnDg perhaps" Possibly. The others are all rather ! common. Does Ivanhoe strike you? I rather like lvsnhoe Brown Or, If we wanted to give him middle name we could call him Ivanhoe Alcibiades Brown"
 "It Is too lore, and, besides I'm not certain I could ;Svays spell Alcibiades correctly in mA.iag his 1ndeTcloth- ing"
 "Plutarcb, then?'
 "Mr. Brown, tn .ss outrageousF' ~Outrageous, fovei tlutarchl Why what do you meanY
 "No child of Inire shall ever be named after tine god of the internal regionsI"
 Mir. Brown explained the blunder and passed on. What do you say then to Calico? There IS not single Calico Brown in the directory"
 Was Calico an Israeliteg'
 No, love. think not"
 "I thought from his name perhaps he came from Galilee," said Mrs. Brown thoughtfuliy.
 Mir. Brown was too much astonished to try to explain. He resumed the read ing of hIs list:
 "Pelaliah is a Scriptural name. He resumed the reading of his list:
 "Pala.Iah Is ScrIpturai name. Would you care for Pelaliah? Pelaliah Brown%
 q think not" said Mrs. Brown, "it sounds like an impeachment of the dear child's veraeity. I don't think We ought to start him Ill life with an insinustion that he will be story-teller."
 Tt might not be right. Suppose then we cali him Petrar :h!'
 "Is that Bible name%
 "NO, love, not Bible name"
 ''ro be sure nut; was thinking of St. Peter, think, William, I should prefer an American name of some kind If We could find one"
 Patrick Henry, for example?'
 "Ihat i: Irish"
 "No; you know Patrick Henry was an American. He was celebrated patriot; don't You rememberY
 'it may seem very stupld, but always had the idea, somehow, that there were twins, one named Patrick and the other HenryP'
 Mir. Brown concealed his feelings ard turned a new leaf of his list.
 Il have few Aztec names,' sad he, that belong on this continent and that are marked by strong individuality. leg OzOmoc, for instance. He was an Aztec king"
 "Was his last name Brown?"
 Il think not. No, 1 am certain 1t wasn't; and there was NezohualcoyOtl; he was king too"
 "Our child could never put such name as that on an umbrella handle"
 "True," said NIT. Brown. "The king probably had no umbrella. Spotted Tail however is native American name, 1 which, And you would give that name to | your chii-your own child% "I dOnt know. spotted Tail Brown | might answer Tor Mrs. Brown suddenly firted out of the | room with remark intimHting that she 1 was going home to her mothers. After | she had had good cry, Mir. Brown folded up his list and agreed to cali | the child Thomas.