| Show ANCIENT AND MODERN NAMES writer contend that present day appellations Appel lations lack the euphony of the olden time speaking of new england the columns of the tran i script are indeed a standing proof that the and eighteenth century names possessed much more of snap flavor and euphony lhnn our twentieth century names possess pick up the genealogical department at random any day and yoa will find such fine and resonant names as betsey keyes patty holbrook so sanna gates polly arnold darius dewey prudence hand thankful sawyer thankful newcomb hannah alk deborah clark and jonathan rich all of which are from one recent column it Is true that the same column contains names which are cot partly euphonious and are indeed rather hard nuts to crack these for example leafy bullard a woman clience the name of leafy hatsel higgans sparrow abigail nash zerulah jewel and accy lock wood in the previous number of the same department are found the name content brown tabatha and keturah bassett the nomad once encountered in an old book the name of camilla saml der was there ever a swifter name than that and what about the amna of bathaway Uatha way of new bed ford found in emerys book on lowland heirs the nomad in bos ton transcript |
