The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-05
ODDITIES I'M NAMES.
ssran4e Cognoneiis Unfortunate Psrears
Have Had 70 Garry.

S00IttcS TN NAMES.
ssranSe Cognotnaiis Unfortunate Psrscrs
Have Had TO Garry.
The erratic Mr.. Rose, who named his
daughter Wild. lad probably nercr
imagined the possibility of her marry
ing q man named Bull. as we are told
she did, but this Is only one OF many
peculiar cases Of tie whats in q
nalns?' philosophy. Royalty indulges
III number of cognomens, End this
example has been copied in Alabama.
where pretty colored girl bears this
euphonious string Of titles: Fair Rose
Beauty Spot Temptation Touch Me
Not This is only exceeded by the
ingenuity OF Mr.. Pepper, who
named lbs unfortunate daughter after
every letter in tie rlphabet, so
that she has twenty-six mares, Ann
Bertha Celia Diana Emily Fanny Cert,
rude Typatla lncz Jsne Este Louise
Maud Ncra ophelia Qrigley Rehecco
Strapge Teresa Ulysia Venus Tinifred
Senoplon Yctty Zcsls Pepper.
1t was an EDglishn,an who named
his son Arthur Wellesley Wellington
Waterloo Victory Cox, and his counter
part is found in anothcr parent who
christered small and fragile daugh-
ter Fanny Amelia Lucy Ann Rebecca
| Frost O'Connor Dowall Luck Iiclberry
Duffy CASTER Hi, which d;atribe has
! a Chartist flavor ia It's nomenclature
| due to certain period in English polit,
zeal history.
| There are names that havea personal
! significance such as Gne-Too Many
John, or Who'd Have Expected It llar'
! ry, which seem to reflect upon the own.
| crs rs If they had been indiscrcet II
| coming iuto The world and demanding
a name at all. Not Wanted James. fol
example. must be Il young nan very
sensitive to his condition in sifa.-tha!
of the supertiuous man. Happy Gc
! lucky Smith will inspire warmer
sentiment Of welcome when he an
nounccs iri,nseli by name. but Forever
After Jones has eot a,neh III his name
! to recommend him.
In Wisconsin young woman hatt;ed
liayd married a Mr.. Wyffe. lie died
and his successor. was & Mr.. Widow,
| the young wofnsn having accomplished
the whole destiny Of sso;nan in being
maid. wife and widow by due process
| Of matrimonial law.
The man named Jordan, who had his
son baptized River was more pious than
| wise, but he i,a.I more reason for his
| peculiar choice ia the etylnology OF
names than the man named lleW. who
| called his offspring Morning.
! The Welsh have many peculiar names
| in their nomenclature, or possibly pc
| culiar way of using names, as in the
case Of Welsh stoeekeepcr, who had
! on his sign the names john Aiafy VII
lian,s. This is relic Of an old custon'
| when Maria was q name shared by boti,
sexes, as jean Maria Farina. 1t ap'
pearcd that 81 Mr.. Williams, man OF
| position, bad In his household woman
servant named Mary who ,yas .saown
by her masters family name, Williams.
When the woman married She kept the
names by which She was best known,
| and added to them her husbands Chris
tan name John, bit Of diplomacy In
! the way of trade. Her husband was
always alluded to as John Mary Vii
| liams.
In ancient times the Welsh were
| known by personal pcculiaritics as the
| American Indians are at the present
! time, Hook Nose Sqrint Eyes, Black
Beard, Crooked Tooth and Fast Foot,
being the only cogEomens bestowed on
them. Then come the Hebrew names,
which the Welsh people employ III their
most poetic form, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and David, being softened and
sublimated by this ancient Welsh spell
ing and pronunciation. These people
are very fond OF the Old Testament
characters, and, although a purely Gel
! tic race, they love tho grand old names
| of Gods chosen people, and bestow
| them on their children from generation
to generation.
There arc fcw Welsh names thst
IRE favoritcs with people OF all coun-
! tries. Llewellyn, for example, or Hugh,
which is not 80 distinctivcly Welsh
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