The Newtown bee., 1894-10-26

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 MT Editor: If you want to fad odd names, just look over the patents grant
 ed by Uncle Sam promiscuously to all, whethef citEensi ioF alieHs, whof may be endowed with the inventite' instinct. To satisfy my own curiosity I have re- gently made d search among the dusky records of the office, and think i'd would be safe to assert that's nowhere can an odder lot of names be found, Take the youthful heir of John-Johnson- we now fndsit wfitteh Jopson, ,fJ dhnson, Johnsen, Johnston, J Johnstone, Joha nsson and Jonsson, by it's different bearers. These changes were caused no doubt, by peculiarities of environment, such, as, has recently made confusion in the Klein family in New Jersey. A family. of this name came from Germhny 30 or 40 years ago and separated,y ,y the four sons going to different states and losing all trace faeach,ethsy for many years. A few years ago they m anaged to get together when it Wss found b that one brother spelled his name ''kline,v while another had retained the q Klein' I1of the Fatherland. The other tw b. had ltranslated their names into the English language and now called ther rhselyes Littlen and ss Small sres espectively.'r. ' I Clearer proof could not. be asll llxed7 of fthe fact that Uncle San is hp respector of persons in che granting M paten.s, than finding on a sing g1e page Bhd near l together, a record of the granting of patents to three men bearing the names of : -SWinscoe, rsSwogger rands Swp pboda. It was also curious ito, note that re- gently, while the, whole. eppntrg was in feverish state watching to ssed what Congress would do with the silvef pur- chasesquestioB the government granted patents to Messfs Silver, Silverberg, Sil- | verman, Silverthorn, Silvernail and Si1- I verstein. ,a, e,e. The ancient and numerous family of Smiths, of,eourse, received it's due share of attention. No less than 'l6 separate and distinct members of the clan, who in
 school-boy days answered to the name of f.sBill," received patents ina single year.
 In the genus of the 'tMc's'' or 'sMac's'' it was found that in the same year lS9l9 there were 253 species recognized, and all l rewarded for their services in promoting 1 the progress of mankind.. v a,@2s l When the race was young and names
 began to be bestowed upon men td mark
 their peculiar traits of character oi
 their apoeationsin hfe,- the cranal de, tveiopment-of that portion of the head Representing what ,phrenologists cal
 amativeness must have been prodigious, for we find here noted the fact that pat.
 ents were issued to men bearing the suggestive names of Kiss, Kissher
 Nissan, Kissel, Kisseu, Kissner, Kiss. inger, Kissling and Kissock, while Eaalsh nat1reI |d EhH Hag gaisors,
 attempt to disguise their names by
 dropping an Is" or substituting i'z.''fq l Not only do we find here old names but we find regular old flaw w-breakers'
 for the English born American, lsuch for instance,t as Zschech, ,t Yrigoyen, \ oellerfeIdt, t,Zwierzchowsk and Szkesy the last-narned individual being a citizen
 of Kruiszentmikltzi in Hungary.
 In fact, So hardened have the officials l of.the Patent Office become that they tl will not hesitate, to grant patent, t
 any person Whatever, no matter what name he may give. One was ever
 granted 2 few years ago to man. .wht
 gave his name as ssWrba'' and swdrea tt -i-it tYyry..- @ stS Os-ns ~4a siS
 The modern fad of writing an- initia . first has given the office gfeat dea tof trouble, as the authorities have held
 that an1an' real Christian name lis hi, J first one, and the middle name i. <. l merely ornamental.'' r Acco condihgIy,, 2 when J. Sinclair Jones asks for a patenl on new kind of hair dye he is informed l that he must diyulge the secret If hi Christian name. This be does reludtant- X iyseaying that is .John;' ' or he oollj as&eals that It IS and , sal oll ysa' .ss' II aT
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