The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-02
SPEAKING OF NAMES.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
Philologists could find much to in
terest, amuse and instruct in exploit
ing the nomenclature of every depart
ment of American life. tom" Reed
the car, used to say that Maine could
furnish more statesmen, foxes, water,
deer and peculiar names than any 9th
er state in the Union. One day at the
Shoreham, in Washington, when he
had an idle moment he wrote down
this list: Eek Smith, Hassasiah Jones,
Liberty Brown, Calvary Thomas,
Hopestill Waters, Bana Bullock, Kilah
Manley, Gallon Kirk, Summer Allfiend,
Generous Pascal, Uzza Fellowes, 70
phan Harum, Diodamia Gilmore, Mes
bach Carson, Cotton Milliken, Piram
Sproull, Deluva Dickson and Barcil-
TAI Sawyer. These men were all per-
sonally kroMn to him.
Tedcastle is not an uncommon name
in England, but we seldom hear of it
n this country. Maj. Harry Tedcastle,
desiring to perpetuate and expand II
in thoroughly original way, named
his first son, "Tedcastle No. l." BY
and by there was another son, whom
he called '"Tedcastle No. g." The pro-
cess continued until there were no less
than thirteen sons in the family, each
with his mineral, and the last Ted
castle No. 49," The name of Payne
belongs to every child of William c.
Whitney boys and girls alike, just as
IN the Stokes family all the Offspring
are christened Phelps" There is a
tradition of one Col Smith, who gave
to each Of his ten children an initial
to be worn after the patronymic in
stead of a Christian name to go be-
fore 1t, and he would address the nu-
merous and beautiful posterity as fol-
lows: Smith H., Smith W., Smith j.,
Smith r." etc.
A delighted father named his first
born alpha" He was just out of col
lege, and remembered his Greek. AS
the years rolled on and his family null.
tiplied he forgot his Greek and turned
to his Latin. The fourteenth daugh
ter he labelled "Finis," and voted
pension to his wife. But. alas for bu
man foresight! There came a storl
with a fifteenth daughter. In shee
| desperation the father named her "Ad
| dendum." / wonder what he woult
have called a sixteenth daughter? ZAP
| pendix?" Postscript" ultimate?
| "Codicil?"
Seth Brown married Nota Ben
Joies, the prettiest girl in Joplin. Their
were eleven children in his family
and twelve in hers, therefore IL wa
not unreasonable to suppose that tn,
stork would be kept busy in their new
establishment. So the first child wal
named A. C. Brown, the initials stand
ing for "Avant Courier" Singularl,
enough, or strange to relate, no 9th Il
child was born to this union, and thu
"forerunner," now IS YEARS of age, feell
that he is the butt of parental joke
His companions call him "Av' fol
short.
A Boston father named his FRS
baby Serial" and when some one
wanted to know why he chose such ar
odd and meaningless name replied, etc
be continued in our next"
He signed his warmest love letters
Yours, Vashti." When the case was
aired in court and scores of epistles
were put in evidence the lawyer in
quired abruptly what was the meaning
of "Vashti." The answer was, It'll
death US do part" 1t seems that
"Vashti' is the title of a novel by Au-
gusta Evans, and it's subtitle is, It'll
Death Us Do Part"