The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-04-20

eTthink. ~ said the fond mother, "that
az the baby's last name is Brown il
would be better 10 give him some first
name less common than HenryP There
are eleven columns Of Henry Browns in
the directory"
Thirteen, darling, said Mr. Brown;
II counted them yesterday. What we
want for the baby is a unique first name
"a name that viii make it possible all
ways to identify him. Isn't that it, dear
estP"
Certainly"
"Wen, 1 have prepared a list from
which we can pick. Suppose we skim
over il? Let's begin with the twelve
tribes of Israel Are there any among
them that you likeP'
Il think not. ~
Chow would Cad doP Cad Brown?
That would be novel, anyhow
d" But too startling, perhaps
"POssibly. The others are all rather
common. Does Ivanhoe strike you? 1
rather like Ivanhoe Brown. Or if we
wanted to give him a middle name, we
could call him Ivanhoe Alcibiades
Brown.
cit is too long; and, besides, I'm not
certain / could always spell Alcibiades
correctly in marking his underclothing. ~
"Plutarch, then?n
Z" Mr. Brown, that's outrageous!n
Outrageous, love Plutarch! Why
what do you mean?"
&" No child of mine shall ever be named
after the god Of the Internal regionsr'
Mr.. Brown explained the blunder and
passed on. "What do you say, then, to
Calico? There is not a single GalileO
Brown in the directory"
50 Was Calico an Israelitegn
"No, love, I think not O."
81 thought from his name perhaps he
came from Galilee," " said Mrs. Brown,
thoughtfully.
MIR. Brown was too much astonished
to try to explain. He resumed the read
ing Of his list:
"Pelaliah is Scriptural name. Would
you care for Pelaliah? Pelaliah BrownP''
81 think not, - said Mrs. Brown. ''It
sounds like an impeachment of the poor
child's veracity. 1 don't think we ought
to start him in life with an insinuation
that he viii be a story-teller"
at might not be right. Suppose then,
we call him Petrarchg'
''Is that Bible name?"
"No, love, not a Bible name.n
ITO be sure not; 1 was thinking of st.
Peter. think, William, should prefer
an American name of some kind if we
could find one"
patrick Henry, for example?"
"That is Irish, -
''No; you know Patrick Henry was an
American. Hewas a celebrated patriot
don't you remembers"
''It may seem very stupid, but 1 always
had the idea, somehow, that there were
twins; one named Patrick and the other
Henryr'
Mr. Brown concealed his feelings and
turned a new leaf of his list.
Il have a few Aztec names,n said he,
''that belong on this continent and that
are marked by strong individuality.
Tegozomoc, for instance. He was an
Aztec King"
''Was his last name BrownP"
"Ithink not. No, l am certain it wasn't,
and there was Nezohualcoyotl; he was a
King, toon
"Our child could never put such a
name as that on an umbrella handle"
" True" said Mr.. Brown. "The King
probably had no umbrella. Spotted Tail,
hewever, is a native American name
which,
Il don't know. Spotted Tail Brown
might answer for
Mrs. Brown suddenly firted out OF
the room with a remark intimating that
she was going home to her mothers.
After she had good cry, Mr.. Brown
folded up his list and agreed to call the
child Thomas. Otr Continent.