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New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
Other Misconceptions

IoINGLASS" has nothing to do either with
L icing or with glass II Is the Dutch
"huizcnblas,' meaning sturgeon bladder
Blunderbuss Is a corruption OF the Dutch
"douicrbus' or thunder gun. shame
faced should be "shamefast' literally fast
in shame '); and the verb biindfold' should
be blindteu' (literally strike blind }. Gil
lvtlower" or ' Iulyflower" has no connection
with Julv," nor vet with " flower It Is .
dcrivative of the Greek 'karyophyllon' or
So called because 1t Is a piece IN the front OF
the book, as might be imagined; but the word
Is from the Latin "frOntispICIum,' literally a
front view Preface is not connected with
face but comes from prctdtio, a speak
ing before " Righteous appears TO have the
-ufix "-eous'; but it Is really corruption OF
rIhtwJs,' meaning wise As to what Is right.
Parchment does not contain the SutrN
"-rHent y; but comes from the Latin name per
gamena," given because the inventor of parch-
ment lived At PergamoS. "OyeZ, the word
with (which the cricr opens court, Is some
times written "oves,' as though a compound
Of . and yes 1t Is really the second person
plural imperative of the French verb oyer.
e. TO hear. Widow bird Is a corruption OF
"whidIh- bird" -" the blunder has been made
permanent in the semitic name OF the genus
the Latin word "vitua." meaning widow"
\ large number of words have been so cor
rupted as to disguise their origin without the
influence of false ctymology. Bishop and
episcopal are from a single source % Priest
Is a contraction of "preSbyter.' Palsy Is a
corruption of paralysis" McgrIm, the
name applied to a headache affecting only one
side Of the head, Is a compound of the Greek
" hemi-,' half ) and kranIon.' (''SIuH }.
" Surgeon Is a comparatively recent corrup-
ton of ChrurgeOn. u Greek dcrIvatIve mean
ing literally one who works with his hands ~
literally water Of life. a parallel OF the French
cau-de-vIe.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

A Sk an educated English BY u. "
~ speaking person If he uses -
such uugrammatIcal expressions
as double c1mparatives and superlatlvcs, and
everyone who peaks English uses them to a
more or less extent. Lesser Is well known
as a double comparative Furthermore Is
a double comparative Of fore " Near Is
really the comparative OF nigh , and so
nearer is literally uigh-cr-cr,' and near
est" Is 'nigh-cr-est" UttermOSt consists
II the positive out" the comparative suttN
"-cr," and the double ,uperlauve suitiX
most containing the two forms ma and
.-sst" Former" consists Of fore the
supcrl4tivc ma. ." and the comparative -er.'
This usage. moreover j. hy nr means confined
10 English. or even TO the I-ut1UIC languages;
for in classic Greek the ordinary sut'>c7 tor
both the comparative and the suPerlatlve were
double. and the regular supcrlatIve suttIN III
Latin WIS triple
\ number Of Irregularities IN the lenses OF
verbs have also crept into good usage 1t is
claimed that will Is really past tense and
means literally TO have selected Shall
Is known To be a past tense and perhaps its
literal meaning IS to have offended hence.
TO be under Il penalty Must" though
now used regularly as a present tense, Is really
the past tense of the Anglo-SuXon mot
Ought" i a dcriyItIvc of the Auglp-N4Npn
"dhtc.' past tense of "ah, which was itself
originally past tense. This and must are
really ungrlmmatcsl: the others are merely
the result of putting the causing action to rep
resent the resulting condition. Tins pracjicc
Is found to a more or less extent N al Ian
gcagcs. The Romans frequently used have
learned 90 for d" | know and the Greeks said
have acquired for possess. an almost
exact parallel of our much nalIguet coHoquidl
expression d" have got
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
Corruptions m Place Names

SUCH corruptionS as these frequently occur
- in place names Jersey Is CRsarea.
where ga means island Boston Is Bo-
tolph Town. named for Saint Botolph. Dur
ham does not contain the word ham. ~
('home ~. as Is usually the case with names
ending IN ham but Is a corruption of " Dun
holm, C. hill-islaud'D. Other names, like Dur
ham" have assumed forms that seem to point
to origins entirely different from the true ones
"Chedpside' means simply trading quarter "
though our cheap is from the same source
Shotover" the name of hill in Oxfordshire
Is a corruption of the French Chateau Vert
{" green castle'O. Cork" and Man have
of course no connection with the common
English words of the same forms. Man " Is
a corruption of the Mdnx word for middle g"
referring TO the islands position in the middle
of the Irish Sea, Cork Is from an Irish
word signifying marsh" Such Corruptious
are even more numerous on the Continent than
in the British Isles. In Germany. we have the
tribe name "Catti Melboci" transformed into
"katzenelnbogcn,' literally "Cat'S-eIbow +;
and the Latin Alta Ripa." meaning high
bank has become "Altrlppen c. old ribs -
"AiX-la-ChIpelle Is a compound of two en-
tircly different names: AK" Is the Latin
"Aque C'waters j, referring to the famous
springs; and "la-Chapelle" Is a later French
addition referring to the chapel in the palace
Orange the name of a former European
prinCipalty, is a corruption of "ArausIon" ."
&" SaragoSSa was the Roman C5eSarea
Augusta named in honor Of Cesar Augustus.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
Derivatious Obscure

IN many cases the true origin Of a word is
obScured by some peculiar change IN meaning
rather than by a modification in form SCru-
pie Is from the Latin "sCrupuluS - Ga small
sharp stone >. BY extension. it came To mean
a stone that got into a man S shoe and hindered
him in walking, and a tgurative application of
this has resulted IN our modern sense of "a
doubt or - reluctance to act One who Is
"deliriouS IS literally one who goes out of
the furrow when blowing" - grocer was
originally wholesale dealer, i.s one who sold
things in bulk or gross Bombast' Is liter
ally cotton palmcd off on the public for silk 20
The name chapel" was first applied only to
the sanctuary where the "cdppa' or cope of
Saint Martin preserved. "Tribulation " Is
from the Latin "tribulum ('threshing
sledge y. Chap" is short for chapman"
merchant ,, where chap" is the same as
cheap III "CheapSide" Fellow" Is from
the lcelandic 'felag" 'companiouship y, lit
orally " a putting together of cattle" As here.
the word for cattle was very frequently used
TO designate any kind of property In our
modern fee" 1t has assumed the meaning of
money as also in "pecuniary" from the
cognate Latin "pecus.' On the other hand,
our cattle which Is quite the same word as
"chattei,' has come to its recent meaning Jv
the reverse of this process
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
By @. w. Hodekin

. Hodekln cIgn : Y IN ag1lst- gH1|t-y,.
and ghost, 3 IN "crumb. d"
limb numb" and thumb
G. in scent" and -scythe -; and S in aisle 4"
and island" 1t was thought that island
was a compound of the French isle - "a cor
ruption of the Latin "insula y and the English
land; hence, its spelling. II Is really, how
ever, derivative Of the Anglo-Saxon 'Igland,"
meaning lind in water
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

exact ptiIllit OF our llliltli ilt.i
expression have got"
A Graspine Word
THE verb have" originally meant To-
grasp and 1t does not belle this definition.
for there Is certainly no more graspIng word
in the whole English language When our an
CeStors SAID " We have house built, thcE
meant that they possessed finished house
which they may or may not have built them
selves. Then, by a process OF reasoning from
the result to the causing action, the expression
came to mean that they had built the house
they possessed; and finally the sense Of pos
session was entirely superseded by the other
From this small beginning has been woven the
entire fabric of our perfect tense. BY some
what different twist of meaning, the eNpreN-
sion came to mean also that they were causing
a house to be built. For tins sense we preserve
the original order of words. while we put the
paruclpc Immediately after have Tor the
other.
In English we have no future participle.
This gap fill by either the proposition t"
and the intinitIvc, the proposition for
and the verbal noun IN ing lhe sentence
" | have a book to read, or d" have book Tor
reading" means simply that ] have book
that | will or can read. But by process SIM
lar to that which has produced our perfect
tense. there has been evolved from the iirSt
of these two constructions a whole conJugd-
ton expressing necessity or obligation; rs,
have to read a book meaning that / am
obliged To read a book. This method of ex-
preston is used to fill out, and even to super
sedc the defective verb must.
The most unstable sound in our spoken
language is probably II but IN the number OF
irregularities that appear IN written English,
II IS surpassed by n. An, none mine"
and thine - have all partly dropped the final
NJ and, indeed, we now generally look upon
"A" mo. my" and thy as the regular
forms. While this change was going on. mis-
takes were sometimes made in dividing these
words from the following nouns, and mum
ber of these blunders have been perpctuated
in the written language. An ewt was trans
formed INTO - 4 newt A.; a mistaken division of
e an eile-name (hterally AN also-name y has
given us the word nickname and from an
mgot has been produced " II ningOt, or, as
we use it to-day. q" a nugget" The word nun
Gle, by which the professional testers addressed
their masters, was the result of putting my
nuncle" " for "mine uncle" The phrase for
the nonce" should be for then once" in
which then" IS the dative case of the article
the"
On the other hand, number of words have
lost an initial by a reversal of this process
Thus have " a numpire transformed into
an umpire" a 'nauger' into "an auger"
" a nadder' into an adder" and "a napron
into an apron Orange" has also suffered
the loss of an initial N; but the corruption
took place before the word became English.
Didn't Know Their Origin
MANY English words have come to their
A'A present forms through erroneous ideas
about their etymology Orange" the Arabian
'u5rlDI'' and the Italian 80 .rIuCIa-' first ar
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
THIS LANGUAGE OF OURS

A oK an educated English
n speaking person If he uses
such ,,rr. r,7rr14tf,-.tI .Nr1rrs-itrl-
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
didn't Know Their Origin

MANY English words have come to their
w present forms through erroneous ideas
about their etymology Orange" the Arabian
naranj and the Italian "arancio." first ap-
peared in French as "arenge.' This form was
later changed to "orenge.' or. as We find it to-
day, orange because 1t was thought that the
name was connected with the word "or,
meaning gold IN reference 10 the color of
the fruit The Old English rime and axe
were changed to rhyme and ache through
fancied connections with the Greek. Sover
eign Is from the Latin adjective "superanuS.
meaning chief or principal; the G was
enormously inserted because Of a supposed con-
necton with the verb reign" G has also been
enormously inserted in campaign" and for
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

Clifton S. Arnold, one of Rusk coun-
ty's newest settlers, was up from Flam-
beau last Friday. Mr.. Arnold brings
with him bunch of enthusiasm which
will go long way toward making
things go in his new location. In Wal
worth county, where he halls from, Mr..
Arnold was an active citizen, having
many interests besides his thorough
bred Red Polled cattle-he was at the
time of moving here president of the
Y. M. C. A. Sunday school superin-
tendent, chairman Of the town board,
treasurer of the school district and sup
erintendent of the cattle and sheep
department of the Walworth County
Fair. These are the kind of citizens
Rusk county welcomes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Beavers Have Class of SO to Initiate

w. H. Woodwork of Neillsville, dis
t.ict manager of the Beaver society,
has been here several weeks endeavor-
ing to increase the membership of the
Ladysmith colony. He has succeeded
very materially. and Monday night,
July IL, class of so will be initiated
into the mysteries of the order, which
more than doubles the present mem
bership. The local lodge is two years
old. 1t is expected that Ben E. Waite
of Stoughton, Grand Secretary, will be
present. The Wisconsin order of the
Beavers is years old, and is steadily
growing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Corbett Mill Sold

Last week a deal was closed, in
which Mr.. Hughey of Belleville,
louisiana, member of the firm of
Hughey & Mitchell of this city, be-
came the owner of the Corbett mill.
Mr.. Hughey will take possession Of the
property as soon as the Corbett log cut
is through. A four year option was
also secured by the firm on all land adj
joining the mill. Mr.. Mitchell is busy
now, preparing for winter operations
at this MILL 1t is understood that Mr..
Corbett is preparing to move to the
Pacific slope country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Is U. S. JURORS
FROM RUSK COUNTY
This County will be Well Represent
ed at Federal Court at Sup
erior Next Week

The annual term of the federal court
will open in Superior on the second
Tuesday of this month, July 13. The
new local clerk of the court, H. B..
Ticknor, and Carl M. Wilson, federal
court jury commissioner, held meet
ing this morning and selected the list
of petit jurymen for the opening Of the
term. The new United States mar
shall, Ed. MCKinnon will summon the
jurors.
There will be no grand jury at this
term of court as the United States Dis
trict Attorney for this district has no
business to be brought before the grand
jurors. The petit jury calendar is not
large and a rather light term is expect
ed. Judge Sanborn will preside over
the session of the court.
Following is the list of jurymen Sc
lected to serve during the term of
court: U. G. Blood, S. M. Alvey, J.
M. Bassbach, VIM. Adams, John A.
Martin, Eugene Hayden, VIM. Biegler,
Paul E. Olson, C. c. Kile, VIM. Giblin,
C. j. Kjororstad, John Peterson, Isaac
Amermann, w. M. Vaughn, w. A. Rob-
inson, Ben G. Lee, Erin Garmich, Robt.
Corbett, D. F. Manley, Andrew Stall,
Chas. B. Carlson, C. G. Engstrand, J.
A. Speich, w. A. Blackburn, Geo. w.
Fuller, F. J. Meehan, ]. w. Fritz, H.
L. Jewett, w. S. Carr, E. w. Hill, D.
L. jackson, c. P. Ellingson, N. Erick-
son, Frank Helm, l. P. Lord, Charles
Chaffee. Superior Telegram.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
EIGHT Saloons Licensed

At meeting of the Common Council
Tuesday evening, July 6, the following
business other than the routine. was
transacted:
E. C. Kiefer was appointed to fill the
vacancy on the Library Board, to sue
ceed Rev. Thos. Barker
Frank Whiteaker was appointed
weed commissioner, and Martin Grover
was appointed sexton, to care for the
cemetery.
The bonds were accepted and licenses
granted to eight saloons and two brew
ing companies: F. Landig, S. Har-
mony, O. E. Anderson, R. Laveille, G.
Lehay, Volkman Bros, H. Decker, A.
Chriske, Leinenkugel Brwg. Co., Wal
ters Bros. Brwg. Co.
The bond of Tom Baker was ap-
proved and his application for license
granted, but the license has not yet
been issued.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

S. L. CHECKER and family are visiting
in Pierce county.
F. D. Strader of Ingram was in the
city on business Tuesday.
A. C. Cowell of Port Arthur had bus
mess in the city Thursday.
Born Monday, July 5, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Olson, a son.
Byron Welpton of st. Paul spent the
Fourth with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Welpton of this city.
For SALE-A small stock of grocer
les, also hotel furniture.-C A. Kir-
van, 32O E. Wordon Ave-, Lock Box
73. l4-2
C. H. Lowry left Monday for the
southern part of the state, where he is
selling Rusk county land for Gerhard
Moe.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Martin returned
to their home at Waldo Thursday, after
a few weeks visit with their son, F. E.
Martin.
Rev. J. e. Watson went to Hawkins
Wednesday to attend meeting of the
M. E. Church there at which several
new members were admitted.
C. A. King and F. Caldwell of Ingram
were county seat visitors Monday, re-
turning home in time for the afternoon
program of their celebration.
Mrs. w. l. Keegan and children re-
turned Thursday from visit at Miner
al Point. Mrs. Keegan's sister, Miss
Bertha Short, accompanied her home.
Prof. r. H. Burns went to Stoughton
Tuesday to be present at the monthly
meeting of the board of directors of the
Beaver lodge, of which he is member.
Mrs. j. B. Welpton and daughter
Katherine went to ST. Paul Wednesday
morning to visit. Mrs. Welpton stayed
only a few days, but Miss Katherine
will remain for two or three weeks.
N. Bornhofen sold his residence neaf
the First ward school to G. Volkman,
and left with his family Tuesday for
Tomahawk, where they will make their
home. Mr.. Bornhofen has been an en-
ployee of the Menasha Paper Co. for
the past three years.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Tournament Winners Reception

The Fort Atkinson Firemen were
greeted on their return home from
Ladysmith by great ovation. They
had for the third successive year won
the championship hose race and there
by gained permanent possession of the
silver trumpet, which has heretofore
been passed around from year to year.
The Jefferson County Union gives
the following account Of the demon
stration:
On their return home from the tour
nament, Saturday evening the boys
were given an ovation by one thousand
citizens who assembled at the North
western depot. AS the train pulled in,
cheers rent the air, red fire was touched
off and the band played stirring music.
A large procession headed by the
Military Band accompanied the fire
laddies through the business streets of
the city. AS they passed along Main
street red fire blazed on every side, fire
works were set off and everyone did
their best to give them royal recep-
ton. AS the procession neared the
Main street bridge the big fire whistle
at the electric light plant footed loud
and strong for several minutes. The
factory whistles chimed in and made
the echoes ring. A mob of hilarious
men and boys followed the band and
made things merry for several hours.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
BUT ONE TELE-
PHONE EXCHANGE
Farmers Lines OF Rusk County Rur-
al to Run Into Switchboard
OF Chippewa Valley Co.

Under present conditions Ladysmith
ana Bruce are to be congratulated upon
the probability of a permanent COM
pact between the Rusk County Rural
telephone GO. and the Chippewa Valley
Co., whereby the country lines of the
Iofmer Will be run into the switch
boards OF the latter in this city and
Bruce. The officers of the two COM
panles are also to be complimented for
exercising so much BUSINESS sagacity
as to get together" and thus avoid a
telephone war, which would result in
duplicate systems in both towns, which
Tor some time at least would be opera
ated at loss to the companies and
be nuisance to their patrons.
The agreement was entered into at
the meeting of the stockholders of the
Rusk County Rural Telephone Co. held
at the court house last Friday, at which
representatives of the Chippewa Valley
Go. were present. The agreement has
received the sanction of the Wisconsin
Telephone Co. BELL system), which is
now lessee of the Chippewa Valley
system.
This arrangement will enable the
Rusk County Rural to extend its
country lines over the county, and the
connections thus obtained by the Chip
peWa Valley will make it's service of
that much more value to its patrons.
The following are the agreements
which are entered into for one year:
l. Chippewa Valley Telephone Co.
agrees to give Is cent toll rate from
Ladysrnith to Bruce and Tony for two
minute conversations.
2. Rusk County Rural Telephone Co.
agrees not to build any telephone line
within territory reserved for Island
Lake and Weyerhauser line without
consent of their company or at least
without sixty days notice.
3. Chippewa Valley Co. will give en-
tire switching for the Rusk County
Rural Telephone Co. onto any of the
local lines or anywhere in city for Is
cents per month per phone.
A. Rusk County Rural may con-
meet with competing lines, but not
carry messages from competing points.
5. Rusk County Rural is to use
phones already purchased and contract
ed for, but where consistent with uni
formity to use Western Electric re-
ceivers, transmitters and induction
coils.
6. The Chippewa Valley Co. is to
meet Rusk County Rural lines at near
est point where their pole lines come
7. Chippewa Valley Co.'S subscribers
to get free service over the Rusk
County Rural lines, but for message
from other than subscribers the latter
is to receive a 10 cent terminal charge.
8. The Rusk County Rural is to re-
cieve 10 per cent of the Chippewa Val
ley toll charges, originating on the
formers lines.
9. The books of each company are to
be open to the other company.
10. This contract may be terminated
by either company by giving 80 days
notice.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
The HMayflower" is Launched

Tuesday afternoon the Alden bro
theirs launched stheirss new launch, the
"Mayfower." The boat is of rather
large dimensions compared to the other
launches on the river, being 22 feet
long with 4 foot 8 inch beam. A 6
horsepower engine puts her through
the water at pretty good clip, even
when the boat is loaded to it's utmost
capacity15 persons. Frank and Ar
thur Alden built it themselves, and
therefore have considerable pride in
the boat.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
tiadk erWay.
WARRANTY DEED

The oldest named country home IS
in Jackson county. according to Co.
Iumbian who is a friend OF the owner
The name as it appears at the front
gates is "Hadherway," and never fails
to attract attention from passersby.
For wears the wife wanted to leave
Kansas City and go to farm. When
the family finally moved they named
the home "Hadherway."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
A LADYSMITH
MAN HON0RED
c. c. Newman Appointed by Gov.
Davidson as Delegate to Nation
al Irrigation Congress.

Wisconsin will be represented by IL
delegates at the 18th session of the
National Irrigation Congress in Spo-
kane, Wash, August 8 to Ia, and if it
is possible for him to arrange his
affairs Governor Davidson will also be
present to participate in the delibera-
tions and attend the meeting of gov
ernors called by Governor Hay of
Washington for Aug. 13. The Badger
club of Spokane will assist in enter
tanning the visitors while in the city.
Governor Davidson has appointed the
following delegates to represent the
state: DR.. Clark Gapen, Elmer A.
Pierce, E. M. Griffith and Alec Cobban,
Madison; w. w. Strickland, Superior;
w. E. Lewis, Racine; A. Decker,
Grand Rapids; r. c. Faulds, Abrams;
G. J. Seamans, Reedsburg; F. F. Nc
Dermitt, Rhinelander; w. w. Patten,
Chippewa Falls, and G.. E. Newman,
Ladysmith.
Wisconsin will also be represented
on the program by Charles w. Mott of
Milwaukee, general emigration agent
of the Northern Pacific Railway, who
will speak on "What Has Become of
the Great American Desert?"
There will be from A, 500 to 5000 del
egates representing practically every
state in the Union, Great Britain and
Europe, China, Japan and South Amer
lean republics, and among the speakers
will be experts in reclamation of swamp
and arid lands, forestry, deep water
ways, good roads and home-building.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
w. 0. kinq Goes West

By the departure Tuesday of Rev.
W. 0. King and family, Ladysmith
loses one of her best citizens, and
Quinn, S. OAK, gains thereby. Mr.
King has lived here for ten years and
has always worked for the physical
and moral growth of Ladysmith, and
at various times has occupied the pull
pit of the Christian church of this city.
Last Saturday night farewell re-
ception was held in their honor at the
Trecartin home.