The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-01-12

There Normans, Angevins, Welshmen
scOtsmen willing to sacrifice themselves for Engands
good, the people turned, with longing eyes, to the
Electorate to Honover small German kingdom away |
up by the North Sea- 1t contained II, 500 So miles. 1t
would require three such Kingdoms to make a state
large Ohio 1t be that the people selected the
Hector because he couldn't speak word of English
or because he loved his mistress better than his wife,
or, it may be that they fancied that man who had
the obsinaey of Lager beer solved the
mysteries of Sauer Kraut, and Schweltzer Kase. |
would be fair match for the climate of London. At
rate the Elector received the and his title
of Geo. J. with thanks. and the Guephs became the
royal family; the Saur Kraut regimen triumphed:
London fog conquered. Victoria is of them,
that is of the Guelphs and judging from her nu
merous progeny the line will out. One of
her sons married Alexandra of Denmark and already
has large and growing family; another welded the
ch-duchess Maria of Russia, still another married
somebody else whose name do not now recoect; her
eldest daughter captured 'unser Fritz, Prince
Prussia and these two last already grandparents
Others of Vctorias andi daughters married
around everywhere, among dukes, duchesess mar
quises and such like low rate magnates and still
remains minated. Poor Girl. she may be destined
finally link her destiny with that of enterpris
ing yankee of the New World. Young men, there's
your chance!
Oftree of the four Georges of myriads of. their
namesakes both sides of the water nothing be
said in commendation. Geo. III, however, had some
virtues; he came home from his club lodge at
seasonable hours, obeyed his wife dutiful hus-
band should, and consistently remained crazy about
one-fourth his time. He was the monarch who ex-
cited controversy with his Young namesake of Vir-
gina, immortal Washington. Here in the
mighty woods of America. our text name became
classical, and surrounded itself with splendor of
fame more enduring than the chapet adorning
kings brow, the coors that deck the redcross ban
of the dragon saint. Under the wings of the
American eagle Washington redeemed the name from
threatened oblivion, and bequeathed to horde of
Georges more numesous than the frogs of Egypt and
perhaps. quite pertinent Of all these history has
remarked of one that he was gentleman and of an
other that he could MT tell lie. Such is the record
of the Georges to date.
Originally persons received but one name each. and
that one significant. The Romans alone of the
earlier nations enabled to enjoy the luxury of
two, yet have never been able to learn the other
name of either Romulus or Remus In the Christian
world baptismal names never became common until
after the tenth century. Two or more given names
have only grown into use generally within the last
one hundred years. Of the forty sgners to the Con-
stituton OF the U. S. A., one of them had two.
Indeed Daniel of St. Thomas Jennifers seems to have
had baptismal distinction and was compelled to
identify himself by the paraphrase above given. Of
the thirtysiX signatures appenden to the first Con-
stitution of Ohio adopted A d. 1902, two had each
double name John W. Browne of Hamilton and Ben
jamfn Ives Gilman of Washington county. There are
hundred and two signatures to present Slate
Constitution, forty of whom have double Names
and two have three each to wit W. s. c. Otis of Sum-
NIT and D. D. T. Hard of jackson. That was hard
luck for although it was away back in 1851 In the
Ohio Constitutional Convention which assembled in
1879, there were hundred and five delegates,
enty-four of whom had more than one Christian
name The three constitutional epochs of State,
therefore, far organic law makers go,show the
per of double follows: in 1902, per
cent in 1851 so per cent in 1873 IS cent nearly.
At this date every body qualified to make constitu-
tions. has two three Christian names.
Among nations primitive in their habits, names
have always been indicative, showing that cempar-
sons and kenesses among the earliest aptitudes
of intelligence Look to the great chieftains OF our
North American Indians, Otter tail Hole
Little Thunder Sitting Bull, and other bovine appel
lations. How singularly expressive! Each OF these
names is expressed by one word in the aboriginal
tongue. Who has not read j. Fennimore Cooper's
greatest work, 1.-The Last of the Mohicans"? You
observe that Fennimore parts his name in the mid
de- The last Mohican was Chingachgook. which be-
ing translated means the Great Serpent name sig
nifcant of wisdom. Among the Indians changes OF
name were frequent. If a warrior developed some
trait of character in a marked degree he was
christened with a defnitive of that trait
such change is of ancient origin. Thou shalt no
more be called Abram but Abraham; no more Jacob
but Israel. Thus 1t is that the Divine light OF
Eohstic Inspiration has shone into the souls of
with steady ray, throughout all time, and that some
things which ascribe to customs inhere in our
being, remaining persistent qualities throughout
the mutations of centuries
1t will be lnstructlVet 70 CONSIDER 1or noen. 'ne
significance OF s"ne names "heient anu
mencing with Adam. We would select an earlier
epoch put tne records are coniuseu. I>uaiii sis
earthly, or taken out of red earth.
The Arabs insist that they of Adams race Ach-
an-he that bruises-Achan may have been the hrst
prize-fghter. Baal means husband. His worship is
almost unknown now. Cain-possessed-he has many
descendants. Demas signifies popular and Delilah-
IL. Tho lactl ladv
nomer. Eben is a stone Felix happy, Cad, prepared
and Conner, to finish, to consume this is tne reason
that Welsh friends are so destructive. Hezeklan
taken by the Lord. The only Hebekfah In TINS
neghborhood is in danger from the other party
JABAL produces. JACOB supplants, and JAyAN is a
deceyer Hear that, We who pride yourself upon your
long English descent Your remotest ancestor
cheat Probably sold wooden nutmegs in the streets
OF Accad or peddled tin-cups the slopes of Her
mon, just like modern Yankee. Transmitted tastes
seem to be as persistent any other quality Or this
heredty, don't know which the better, English
or Welsh The progenitor of the latter was consul
mer of the latter fraud. 1t little disreputable to
belong exclusively. to either JOB weeps, JOEL
swears, KIsH is hard, and LEAH weary; MICAH is
humble, MAJOR, hoarse, OXEN fasts, PHARAOH dis
penses and RECON is lean.
p,+ .h,s o-a,rs n,onotonous let ne tnrn to those
,sod NOV, rd endeovor 70 extract either information
- ,anor. ra,,,arl,n,, b,, tte ,yav that as man.
=. go ,tiI,as as hanan 70 he apn1ied ,ndiscrim
,,oto, o,a tho rr.ctice now ,s the more scrawny
and nnpr,n,sipp the babv the mare lofty the name;
hanoo t co trrrs ont tbs tbare are MANY misauplca-
,;
AInrrr s,or,ees noh,, br,obt The sunnlv ia linn
,tod A,,n,oSr &c immortal divine BESoSI is A SON
IS ,af if ,or 60, tbot cores IN oyief were called
Benoni. there would be a world of them. CHARLES is
strong That's if of principal senses is re-
liable. DAN is Judge; Edward, guardian of prop
erty that mostly belongs to somebody else FRANK
is free and GEORGE, aye now strike 1t, George is
husbandman, an agriculturisl. Did you ever hear
ANYTHING more utterly apposite? Our four official
Georges precisely come up to the requirement. They
are all husband,-men or want to be- they all cul
tyators engaged in rearing the tender mind pluck
ing the weeds from among the growing young ideas