Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-04
SOME SURNAMES.
UWDU2SNs CUn10US AND QUAINT
~ aAB xANCAsrRa DlRECrORY.


1|l1 JoAnson Of Charles the Great of Sweden.
~ Ieft The name 1t which the world grew pale
~ point noral, or adorn tale.
VSOm the Lancaster directory has been
@octod . list Of names, and II the world
vSu pale thersat the writer can not help
m oGo6 wns not his intention. Neither has
~ moral 10 point, but he seeks not only TO
lxorn tale with names, but 10 form one
3tom thsm.
II lhe days whom the 6owcr of chivalry
tV6o bioomiug in Scotland, no man would
toll his name to an enemy, until he had
56uaht with him, because It might be that a
fev6r had been done by ono Of them, and
knoWledgs Of the name would prevent
nxht The writer fears that knowledge Of
hIs same might have an opposite effect, and
vHior0usly remains unknown.
What's in nAme9" quoth William of
Avon. Look into the directory and you
shalt zee.
There may be found four Parks, three
Ponds, two Pools, nine FORESTS, and the same
number Of Hoods, but strange to say only
two Tress aud four Sapps. We find only three
specimens OF Underwood and three Bushes,
although there are twenty-four Bowers. But
there are four Hawthornes. We find
live Rills, no Rivers and five Brooks, al
though there are three Fords Fish appear
10 be plenty, as there are AZ Fishers with
only i've Hooks and three Lines Eight
Trout, Shad and Herring are to be seen,
but there are only four Gills. There is but
one Walk and eleven Walkers, and We find
- Road and Roadman, with Spear and
Shield. He IL poorly armed, for there are
fourteen knights and four Ritters twenty.
three Bowman with but one Dart, twelve
Marshalls and Major.
THE CHASE.
There is Hunt and eleven Hunters, with
seven Horns. Judging from the list OF large
game they will have plenty OF chances to
wind them, for we see that there are ten Hsrts
and a Hind. The Wolf has become so
numerous that there Is Wolfkill, and yet
there remain thirty.four of them. Around
our streets arel prowling twenty five BARS,
fourteen Baers four Bears, nineteen
Foxes, nine Lyons, with but two Names.
Also ten Kuhns and eleven BoaS
There are four Fowlers, but wa~S<sd
little game for them, unless the i've Pea
cocks and two Storks be 50 considered. Ii
. Goose be wanted, there are four of them.
There are also two German Eightingales
(Nachtigali), J, and one Brandt.
= There are three Bards, to celebrate the
prowess of huntsmen and warriors and
three Singers are on hand. But there is only
ono Eagle to perch on three victorious
Flaggs.
There are fourteen Burgers and four Bur.
gesses, nine Halls and one Highstreet. From
this marvellous book we also learn that there
are In Lancaster three Babels, one Paris, one
Heading, Boston, and PhilllppL Tht
Mussleman Is here eleven strong, but o
Romans there is only one, though we fine
two Brittons and q Welsh.
MOBILITY.
There are several titled persons roamin,
around loose and we have discovered in thi
volume two Dukes, one Noble, three Cham
berlains, and no less than thirty-two Kings
with three Crowns. We also find among Vi
goodiy army of patriarchs and prophets
three Aarons five Abrahams, twenty-fou
Adams, and five Abels; one Benjamin
eight Jacobs, seven Matthews, seventeen
Peters, six Johns, eight Phillips and on'
Panl.
We also rejoice in ten Samsons, and hav,
many noted historical characters among us
Jacksons, four Hogarths, nine Marions, on,
Douglass, twenty three Campbells, thre
Brrees and Duncan five Fausts, six Bar
tholomews, two Alexanders, twenty eigh
Arnolds, three Rollands, in fact such
mixture Of great men CT different kinds tha
we are surprised that any one Darenkamp
and yet there are four OF them, though only
one Dare.
There is also Bradycamp, and only tel
Rradys. We are surprised to note only tw,
II
Brick manufacturers is called to two VIII,
Beyerbrick. Strange to say we have
Boardman and Barkdoll in town, also thre,
Boxleitners, and two BorrgesserS TIL,
author hopes they will not guess his identity
and bring upon him the vengeonce of one
Blizzard, two Fates, three Newswsrgers, on,
SPankers, Whipper, three Witches ant
fifteen Stoners.
From three Bialkowskis, a Musk etnuss
and q Caerowitzki, We turn with pleasure tc
nf,I licxtt tvSnr IL
man. But we regret that there are only
thirty-six Young in town, and only two are
White, and twelve Wise Most of these
: must belong to the gentler sex, because
Wiseman only appear twice. Clsyman is
found twice, and so, also, is Carman, and
Coulman; Coleman and Spellman once
There are ten Cars, but only one Cole, and
four Ciaya Hillman nandHackman each appear
three times, Oferman nc 9, and Goodman
only six times but there are eighteen Goods
one Bright citizen.
There are thirteen Blacks recorded here
and no less than sixty Browns; only twenty.
one Whites, but nine Grays and seven
Green's
There are two Pages, i've Palmers, a Piper
We deny the assertion of this book that
We have but three Bells, and four Dance.
while seven Waltz. There are six Balls /,
seems strange that Bellmsn Is only found
three Hills and one Cliff Hillman only ap,
pears three times.
TR AIDES AND CALLINGs.
We find three Saddlers, and the same
number OF Shoemakers and Buffers, thirteen
Slsymakers, ninety five Smiths and only one
Smithson, seventeen Tsylors and Of Coates,
but one. one Halter and thirteen Hatz,
thirty-six Weavers, twenty-five Bakers,
eleven Carriers, twenty-five Carpenters, two
Mssons, nineteen Coopers, four Cooks and
one Roast, six Ellmakers, four Overs, a
Workman, a Barber, a Butcher, a Bank ar
and Bank. This latter institution must be
In q bad way, as we can only find five
Nickela
There are two Gardens and twenty.ti va
Gardeners, who have but three Acres Tbey
have eleven Barns, eight Winnowers, two
Sowess, Mower, and one Coulter.
Hay, Rice, and Rye, are the staples, though
fifteen Hoses, one Roseberry, and Rosetr ee
(Rosenbaum), show that flowers are appre.
ctated. There Is Hoe, but only one Digps,
and to one Mill and five Mills, there are i8i
Millers.
There are five Milleysacks and three Mobr,
Marshbank and twenty Moores There
e Porter, Potter and eight Potts, twenty
Heed1 one Plank, six Beams, one Block.
three Males, sixteen Nagl es and only one
rePresentative OF the Artz, though there are
Aax Painters.
USEFUL CITIZENS, DC.
There are i've Morningstars in German
and English, ono Starr, q Place, q Spott, a
fosfi four StallA Seven Gruels, one Coffee
qQe 6laaA i've Sourbeers, q Smoker, twenty.
1re Barn and twenty-five Benders, one
Oess ms tnree Dodges and Risk.