ODDITIES IN NAMES

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 June 1891, Page 4

ODDITIES IN NAMES

-Oxi; ; of ('tie; »iSrsf.«thingß which;. 'strikes. ■hangers in London is the quaint and oft^n; 'nJierous names to he secu on door-plates, ;.ijj;n-boiuds, vans, drays, and otherxpnveyaiiceu. Of course, Hie polyglot nature -of ihe items' which liiako up London life ba£ imidi to do with this. ■'■■ ■ (**<* •:•-■■ • : Without- seeking 'to acconnt for the .oddityof names, let us take a few strange 'sped' mens picked up almost' at raudom iaihe course of rambles about London. -I - will no*, promido that all of thorn- shall be xtartlingly uncommon, but, taken in conneo- ' tioa either with the bearers of them or with; t lie trades with which they, were associated, . ihey 'provoked, at least iv the first instance^ : \ great deal of amusement. Meatbone, the oiitcher ; John. Booty "& Son, bootmakers:; : lohn iM-i&sr >&. Coi.'iea merchants; and ; John Heil, shoemaker; iwere allsuggestiiM enough in their way, and seemed curious , coincidences; but more embarrassing appellations were*- Neighbour, Marriage, Christ- • mas^Yabsley'^anesjYovngl»ushand,, White- ; >hatr, Matierface*, Watmbugh, and Kiridriess. ' \ • Think of 'the^eriirtess funny -situations which could be made-out of these names skilfiHry>ni4nipu\ated/;Thinltof intrpdiicing ,' Miss" Marriage to Mr.' 'Ybunghu'sbana; or | ; aiigisMatfftrfdce.fX beauty) to Mr./.^hitehair (a masher . .witl^an ebon moustache); : and fancy Mr. 'Christmas' making his bow I • in. the odd company on a stifling July Sfteradofl;:/: i- ■;■'.-■'■■■- ..i :.■,■'(,!: I»u: f ■Dickons ..wfiujd:iiov« reyelled; amongst such names ; and, l hawenodoubUha^ many of the curious and quaint personages wpich fill the-pk^iiafi tl T^d.vT^e:6^rfib\d, >i^ " Dombey & Son," or the " Pickwick Eai^iVirtivdithoirdintinc.tJve,i!iud Maf<*get- \ able names to the strange cqmtyuaUonssepn over London shi /doors." /Indeed^ 1 naw; been tojd that .the great noveiisti^e4 to be I , constantly^ 4>n'> outlook when passing along the street for useful hints qf;thip; ' description, ard- ; that, if ,-the narpe/wM not . ' sufficiently, fl'u*.*t, he wouicf give'^anew; .' iand^ndicrdns turn by interchanging the! ; : vowels, or iv some cases reversing the word ' : 'altogether. I noticed the name of v David: " : CjSp^erfli^d) over a -tobacconist's shop ; S\id ; , DfcfiiiteV fC_ Son-;aiie, if L^ujptakapot, tepre-; ' sebfea oy a^resp^qt^ie fit m? ©f kutpip ! ;.: : Aname^rhich jineyitabl^ suggests sneering | '' > is; .TisschaxtTf -aajc^ £ 'coribttS/yDevonSliire : '■ app?llation~is-,Ej;, whicJbLwif brevity be tfae! ; soul of wit, ought~'{cT be associatett«wi^h a, ' very comical family. Hole is a cognomen not .so curious in itself, but associat'ed'in my mjii& ' \\)ilha pjinma^usase' wlu'ch used » to puzzle the friends of the gentleman who ' bore it not a..lUtl<iK'..His; Christian name ; was, let us say, JQluu.and he insisted on • ; signing jhimgeM/sov and • dashing luß.»p^n ihroi^irihe' ■paper i:t'ij^ediaTdy"aftef, 1 thus; tacitly' 1 coHveyhi^ '^h^ • J ( sHirnkm£. ■'"■ Other. uatnis \vhLchi;of:<?Ktcmp'tiii>« opjwrt unities ; to the punsturs are Bloor and Hea! ; Docnin & Co. ; Pfylzer ; Jdly,BJow.,& Co, : riig«ias, • : Eagles. St €6. ; Cir>h»fort, Slunte'r, & Co.; ; M'irVG»nt*y l.Coeks^yr.B^nai^r^^ate;; Creke ; Bcrshom, &c^t &c. 'I he concluding ■ examples of this' lislwere picked up in tliej f I cla&sSc'dtotrlet rifvWliHtacMt^i: 'Utevitfteii , J we hear the disduiniul query, \' What's in a. ", name ?'* : bu'i:lhGyeHvlA>Wvo'hiie^'O for sucli i I jlp^s^nil and as- I, .have 'ins^auaqdj frequently. 'find .mupl^Jwth to juidiest and amuse "thchr 'when' "passing 'through tho streets of 3. stv-apge city.'. „. ■_„ \ A member ot a School Board visited ' 9, school under his jurisdiction. When asked. • to make some 1 remav&H lfe said — " Wellj 1 children, you spells we' l and reads well, but yon hadn't sot still."