Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10

go git 'em. - He was gone a long time
and returned dragging by tho hand
very small weeping and unwilling victim
and said, Parson, this is the onliest
one could ketch ~
But TO leave baptismal and resume
geographical names. On Chester River,
not far from Csntrerille, is a famous
cunning point, with clubhouse. and
in the duckiug season Jacobs Nose,"
as the place is called, is often visited
by the local sportsmsn, not all Of whom
know the faut that the property once
belonged to Jacob Snow and that the
cunning place was Jacob Shows
Point Them people went to Jacob
Snuw's aud now 10 Jacobs Nose, and
next it will possibly he Jayxnuze. The
best harhor on Kent Island is called by
tho hoatmen who frequent it Hollicky-
snuoze, name which for long time
was a puzzle TO those who, like the
writer, believe there is always some
reason for natns. Only by an acci-
dent, while looking up another matter,
" as il discovered that one of the urigi,
nal settlers on this harbor as an Eng
lishnan named Ilullicutt, and that he
named his plantation lIoliicutt's News,
in imitation, perhaps, of Sir Christie,
pher Newport's Newport News 1t
ls TO be hoped that the people of Prince
George's county will boycott any news
paper which prints more than one time
"Oxen Hill" for Oxon Hill. This
corruption has already been begun. Let
il ne checked at ouce and forever. And
the people of beautiful Westminster
should tar and feather tho man who
calls tho town Westminster. Who
writes it West Minister should be ap
plauded.
The name of Kent's beautiful seat
was written invariably Chester Town,
which is right, until within the last SO
years. Now it is written Chestertown,
which, like Towson for Towson Town.
is wrong, but is at the same time made
obligatory by postotiice edict. The
venerable and wealth Thomas W. Ella
SOD, who died few years ago, kept TO
| the old form of Chester Town as long
as he lived. The Queen Annese have
been more particular about maintaining
the old orthography OF their shire town,
| Centreville, which it was, before Noah
Webster changed the spelling of centre
20 center, and 60 it will remain. About
| "a years ago Boruley and Cheezurn es.
| tablished Newspaper there. the first
number or which bDre tho title THE
| Centerpille"--bu this is the only ono
that ever did. Remonstrancea poured
in thick and fast and strong that in the
second issued the apologized for Center
vile, explained it as an accident and
promptly and properly changed it to
Centreville.
! There is an old family of Llyods in
| Trappe district of Talbot county. Tho
Marylaud settler was a Welshman, who
took up big body of land undar a
provincial survey. One of tine base lines
Of the tract was u very long straight
line aud in the record paper it was
written " "Iiierdier Lloyd" ur Llyod's 8
long line. This line has many times
since been called in the deeds that fol-
lowed the many subdivisions OF the
Welshman's original tract, and also in
advertisements for the salo Of real estate
abutting upon Lloyd'a Long Line. -
After awhile the question arose who
was this Lloyd with the praonomen Of
| Hier Dier? And there is letter
extant from an old resident who saws
that in his Youth he knuw an old man
who was we'll acquainted with "Iiyel
Dyer Lloyd. "