Arizona silver belt., 1888-01-07
soME CoMIcAL NAMES.
RecOllectiOns of Queer Things Discovered
 in English Parrish RegisLers.

| New Englander of a century aT1, anI | which still distinguish him from all the eSher inhabitants of the Unitel States, y said q prominent citizen of St. Louis ! who was born and reared within the i sacred precincts of Boston, "are not native to the soil, but came over in the Mayhower along with the strange cuS- toms and stern religious principles of the Puritans. A Boston preacher is sued a book some time last fall giving the result of his researches into the old chronicles and church records of towns like Old Boston, Blnbury and other Puritan strongholds during a summers
 sojourn in England, and he found that nearly all the phrases, expressions and names peculiar to New England were in common use there three hundred years ago. And have myself found in studying English nomenclature, which, by the way, is hobby of mine,
 that many of the names, family and bap- tismal, of to-day are but cOntractions
 of the extravagant titles given by the earlier Puritans. It is true we do not call our children 'Zeal-of-the-Land Jones' or 'Search-the-Scriptures Thompson, but we have plenty of such baptismal names as Grace, Patience, Constance, Faith, Hope, Beulah, Justice or Mercy. In surnames Farwell is derived from the old Puritan Christian name Fare Well; Hopewell, now surname, was once Hopc-Well Tiffany comes from Epiphany, Truhart from True-Heart, and so on. The names peculiar to the Puritans, such as scriptural phrases, pious ejaculations or godly admonitions, began to prevail in England south of the Trent, and particularly in and around Banbury, about the time of Queen Elizabeth's reign. It was not the mere result of cranky notions, but the practice was instituted with de- liberate purpose, the intention being to separate, as far as possible, the Puri- tans from the goddess, and make them distinctive in name as well as in habits and religious Belief. Scripture names they would gladly have taken, but the publication of the Geneva Bible had long before flooded the country with Hebrew names, and so, instead of Ne hemiah or Zerubbabel, they took Good Work and Hate-Evil. For upward of century they gave no other names to their children, and the combina- tions were sometimes very comi- cal. For instance, 'Praise-God Bare bone, the head of Cromwell's Par lament, is said to have had three brothers named Fear-God Barebone, Jesus Christ Came-IntO-the-W World-to- Save Barebone, and If-Christ-Had-Not- Died . for Thee Thou Hadst- Been Damned Barebone. Fancy sitting down to dinner with a brother with such a name and having to say, H-Christ-Had- Not Died -for-Thee- -Thou-Hadst-Been- Damned, please pass the butter This gentleman, however, was never called by his full name, but was familiarity called Dr. Damned Barebone Such titles as Fight-the-Gool-Fight-of-F Faith, Help-on-High, Learn-Wisdom, What Goodwill and Zeal-for-God were com mon. The virtues were especial favor ties. Sir Thomas Carew, Speaker of the House of Commons in James and Charles reign, had four daughters Patience, Temperance, Silence and Pru- dence. The name Silence was es- pecially popular as a feminine title, and it was u:el probably to stand as constant reminder of woman's great failing. Diligence, Obedience, Perse- verancc. II initiation anal Repentance were in common uSc, the latter grow ing so monotonous that Sorrow-for-Sin was sonatimeS usel by way of change. Another class of names were exhorta- tory sentences, pious cjaculations, or professions of sorrow for sin, such as Re- joicc, Give Thanks, Be-Strong, Sin Deny, Bc-Stcadfast or Do Good. A man named Sllyes is said to have had four sons named Love-Well, Do-Wcll, Die Well and Flre-Wcll. Strange to say, Fare-Well Skycs was drowned, and Live-Well, Do-Well and Die-Well were the chief mourners. In an old register at BiShopSgate is an entry that reads something like this: Sept. l, 161l.-I Job-Rakt-Oat-of-the-Ashes, being borne the last of August in the lane going to Sir John Spencer's back gate, and there laide in a hcape of asshes, was baptized the 1st day of September following, and dyed the next day after If he had lived he would probably have been called Ashes for short. The name Dancell- Dallphebo- Marke-Antony-Dal- lery-Gallery-Ces which appears in the parish register at Old Sevenford, is probably hit at Puritan eccentricity. A Sussex jury of about the time of the Restoration contained the following names: Accepted Trevor, Redeemed Compton, Faint-Not Hewet, Make-Peace HeatOn, God-Rewartl Smart, Stand-Fast- on-High Stringer, Earth Adams, Called Lower, KilI-Sin Pimple, Return Spel- man, Be-Faithful Joiner, Fly-Debate Roberts, Fight-the-Good-Fight-of-Faith White, More-Fruit Fowler, Hope-For Binding, Graceful Harding. Weep-Not BelIing and Meek Brewer. "-,St Louis Rcpu6Lican.
 Killed by His Own Medicine.