NAMES THAT FIT.
o ■ You can scarcely invent a name, says the “Weekly Scotsman.” Even when you think you have succeeded you may find that some person has already forestalled you, and that a being answering to that name really exists. And curious coincidences are frequently found in names. AMr Fatman recently married a’ lady whose Christian name was Lena. A Miss Strong married a Mr Fearing. Edward S. Post is employed in the post office. Mr Creak is fittingly a shoemaker, and T. J. J. See is an astronomer. A meeting of a creamery company was lately presided over by aMr Cheeseman. AMr Testament who died not long ago left no will. A grocer some years ago had on his bill-heads the device of a pair of scales against a blazing sun, with the motto, “Justice to all.” Unfortunately his name was spelled Henry Lieth. One of the foundlings in a London institution was named Victoria Queen; singularly enough, she was years later courted and married by a carpenter whose name was Albert Edward. According to an American paper there used to be in Memphis a Mr Piety, an insurance agent, and a Rev Mr Sinn who flourished in Eureka, and one is inclined to think, in several other places. A Dr. Leavitt left the denomination in which he had been a minister for many years and joined another. There is a jeweller named Gold. A family named Corpse not long ago had a narrow escape from death by eating’ bad brawn. Mr Gallup was charged at the Police Court with furious riding'. AMr Devol is a declared enemy of Satan, a missionary preacher. There is a house agent named Mr Houser.
Two coloured men quarrelled til one pulled out his knife and cut the other whose name happened to be James Cuttenhalf. A Justice Brewer caused a great uproar by his decisions in some liquor licensing cases. Mr Drinker is chairman of a water company. There is a football team named the Kickham Club. There used to be in Edinburgh, a Mr Slater, who was a slater, and lived in Slater’s Court.
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 300, 25 August 1908, Page 2
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354NAMES THAT FIT. Waipukurau Press, Issue 300, 25 August 1908, Page 2
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