The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-25
Sidesu0lk Pencilings
Naming of Montgonery,

tHat AiSl1Ty lhllS idiuChtabAS sAAyN nationallties.2 History does not record accurately the events, nor yet. does 1t altogether please in its definitions and
 The Colonel paused for breathing space, He looked around to see II his audience was paying the respect to his words that he knew they mer,tea' The audience was, and with the Colo nel this was half of the battle.
 For instance" he said. historians have not yet reSofdsd # trIthinlly sne They. have searched into the nation g archives and records and have trumped up fairly interesting story Of the city mind you. which is to say, that they have taken into consideration none or the traditions of this superb and glori- ous old commonwelath m Wnien i. we we preside and which we love with Ter
 Twas a good beginning, and the Colonel knew 1t. He had the knack of judgment to always retain it.
 Hand me that cigar in your vest pocket, Joe," he said to one or the the orsn oi the name w of Ffs5e MoagoHery S
 take no stock in what the historians say about the name descending Tom gallant gentlemen of centuries ago, Us I'll tell you the story as it came to me learned 1t from his uncle who was one
 The smoke from the Colonel's cigar wreathed around the heads of the group Two things the Colonel knew how to do well,,-teil story and smoke nc, < knowing how to make it coll grace fully as If 10th to depart from the crowns of those standing near by.
 It's name from a pair of lovers of I se9t- Ss tish descent. He was Highlander about 25 years of age, and his lassie scarcely had turned her 18th summer !. Capital City It's name, and, shame upon us all, We have even forgotten 1t.
 When the sitSupon which we stand of the forest, there came to this region. not immediately here, but about twen- ty-five miles from this very spot, a Scottish chief with his family. There for the wife, made all of the Amily. and she, to use. the common vernacu- lar. was the whole durn show; My sic until my tears. unbidden. flowed. in rhythmic beating with his own ln7 E ceSsant sobs. s,5 ... tz.-za
 This lassie had soon, won. by her gallant within hundreds of miles. She was described as light of manner, wil- iowy as a shadow and as pretty as the day. Her voice was said to be of the
 
 winsome and as cooing and delight some as the sunlit rills. Her eyes were brown and iqufd, mellow like her most distinguished features. was brown. like the chestnut. and as wavy as the sea. She was of light build, though handsomely rounded out and- in love with the maiden. and he ought
 "she was the belle of the forest. the day she was the lover to this, and tine next to that pne.I while. in truth, her heart was pledged to another or her sissippi wilds. And the boys knew 1t. and in his absence they sought to make the best of the days intervening be- tween his depature and his return.
 "The young gallants of the section all fiocked around her, paying her every attention that could be administered. She was the queen, the heir of the ages and the ruler of all hearts. l dare not tell you her name, for her descent is even now in Montgomery, and wot not of the romance.
 of this State. as I have said. rallied around the lassie, each, in his turn, offering. a heart andh so many acres hogs and sheep and cows; all in fact, wealth. But tf@ protestations of none of them were of avail, for the eyes of the maiden were still bright with love, and the love was for the bright High lander.
 one day the American galIants got together to give forest dinner in a shady nook somewhere around where We are now standing. Twas spot decidedly favored of nature, the coolest and most pleasant place on the banks of the river which wound from the the great and yawning gulf The gal lants invited all of the girls to be found in the vicinity, and when the number was counted it was seen that there were fifteen of each sex, with a few -stags- in for good measure,
 This was to be the plan of the gal lants: Each had agreed to take the Princess. for such they called her, out longer than a space of fifteen minutes, so that each could get chance to speak his love and offer heart and hand. That. to be sure. was crude way of making love, as you readily see, but the Princess was at stake. and then they preferred an American groom 10 a Highlander husband.
 Well, the day for the event came, and the party was gathered on the banks of the river. laughing and talk ing and making jolly. Every now and Princess out for a row. and then and there he would explain to her his love and receive his answer. The boys thought that they had worked out a nice plot, and little suspected that the Princess would suspect their ruse. when that each made love in his own cheerful manner and inherent style.
 When the boys assembled together after the dismissal of the party, each of whom wore upon his face the hue of death. The meeting was called to order by president pro tenn and each direct answer that he received from the maiden when the loving query was put. A secretary was elected to read InVaf1 crowded around him to see who had come nearer to proving the winner.
 you not; l luf you not; but mon. go There were fifteen messages to be read and with the reading of the first. the crowd gave start and crowded near CT. The secretary read. Nav, l lut merrie, go merrie and win a luve.'
 ''To. end the story and the Colonel looked around with approval, those had told all the boys the same thing having, evidently, caught on to the game that they tried to play upon her Mon, go merrie. she had said, and this used to be the greetings of the boys when they passed one another. Soon they had gotten 1t to Mongomerrie and from the last contraction it has been reduced to Montgomery That, then | accounts for the name of our city, and l know it to be the true story"
 The crowd was silent. After while one of them said:
 Oh" he answered. "she married he1 Highlander, and ever afterwards lived in Mongomerrie, the cherished of all the cherished and the toast. still of the State."
 - Women and Horses.
 Montgomery has two characteris- l tics which are supposed to Ro with q