The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-05-20
THIBODAt X, ~ SATURDAY, MAY 20" 1882
Naming the Baby.
HOnr Continent.l

~ think," SAID the fond moth
er, ''tha. as the i'ab,'s last name
Is Brown, II would br better to
give him some first name less com
"on than Henry? There are elev
en- columns OF Henry Browns in
the Directory"
"Thirteen, darling," said Mr..
Brown; II conn,rd them ,esit,
day. What We want for the baly
/ Il unique first name, aname that
"i.! be ul>tlnctnnd peculiar thai
viii make it possible always to
'ientif> him. Isu't tnat il, dca,
est !"
"Cettain|y."
."N ell, | have prepared Il list
from which we can plck. Sap
pose VIZ Skim over it! Lets be
.in With the twelve tribes ui
Israel. Are there auy among
! them t:at ,on like 81
Il think not"
..HoW w4nlA Gtat} 10 !, Cad
Brown That would be novel,
ahA how"
"ont too STARTLING, perhapS.''
"Pos>luIy. Iile o!!Ir:s are i'll,
rather commou. Does Iyanhoe
SIilAr yous | rather like Ivan
h" B;'.wn. Or, it We wanted TO
give him II a1idtile name we could
cad h,m lvanhoe Alcibiade,.
Brown
III is too long; and, besides,
ian not certain | could always
spell Alcibiades correctly in mark
ing his undesc!othing."
"Plntarch. then -
'M;. D,O"n, ihat's outrageous!'
'OuiIageuus, love Piutarch
! Why, what 90 you mean? 2
NO child Of niue shall ever be
named after the god OF the infer
nal regions =
.ir. Etown explained the blum
| der aud passed on. what do you
say tllen TO GaliIro 7 There is not
4 single GaliIro Brown in the di
rectory.'
Was Calico an Israelite =
No. love, IhlDk uOt.'
Il thought frO;n his name pei
'.i..~ H., t.Di, from GaiIee." solu
ArS. Btown. lhuushlf,tIiy.
l :
she'd to Try To txpIisia. He r.
>u'ued the reading "t hts list:
'Pela|l..li is a Scriptural name
Would you care for r. la.iah ? Pt
ialiah Brow
Il think not,' said Mrs. Brown
lit sounds like All impeack lament
If the ueal ci.liu.s s>l"C.ty. !
:o,:'t think We ought to start bin
III lte With an insinuatlou ,haI
be will he a story teller
1T might uni t'e right. Snl
pose then We Gail his, Pe;ia.ch !.
SIS tai Il Biol. iiHn,t.'
| Ne, lu,e. ,.ut Il Bible "an".'
10 lie su,e lot Was ti!int
i. ut st. Peter. think. W;I.,aM
>hould prefer an Amerlcai
rame OF some kind if we couil
find ons.'
'patrrk Henry, for example /!
! THAT Is I'ish.'
| No; you know Patrick Henry
VAS - american. H. was Il Gel,
b'ateti patriot; DON; you re;nem
Der z.
Il, may seem very stupid, la
always had the IDEA, somehow
.hd' ihSrt. were lw!n>. 0ie name,
Patrick aud the o!iicr .ienry :
MIR. Brown concealed his fee
in.s aud tt:rned Il new LEAF q hi'
iS@.
i have lew : atcc names,
said he, that belong on this COZ
'ne;,' and ti,at ale marked l..
-'nno Individuality. Jr@oza'uoe
f..r instance. He was Ill; Ate
king
Was his last NAM + owH .
Il think not. No. Ia 81 al.
il wasn't, and there Wa4 =. 1t..,,..
c"yoti; he WAS IA XII. ,u'
Oar child to.s.,i .i+vtr put sucl
a name as that on ali nmbre!l;
handles
'True,' SAID Sir. Brown TIN
king probably had m u;:b,rHa
Spotted Tail, however, i~ a III
tive American name. which
Il don't know. S,,otteu Tai
Brown might answer for'-
Mrs. Brown suddenly tiirted on
of the roOn With Il remark iutim;
ting that she was going home /
her mot, er'S. After she had
good cry, Mr.. Brown folded n
his list and agreed to cali th
child Thomas.
She attended d hali-dance,