Show ANCI ANCIENT NT AND AND MODERN NAME NAMES Writer Contends Contend That p Present Day sent Day Appellations the Lack Euphony S of the Olden Times Speaking of ot New England names the genealogical columns of the Transcript Transcript Tran Tran- I script are re reIn In Indeed teed a n standing proof that the seventeenth anti and eighteenth century names possessed much more of ot snap flavor and euphony than our twentieth century names possess Pick up the genealogical department department depart depart- ment at random random any any day and day and you will fine find such resonant names as JiS ts Betsey Keyes Patty Holbrook Susanna Su Su- Su sanna Gates Polly Arnold Darius Dewey Prudence Rand nand Thankful Sawyer Thankful Newcomb Hannah Pike Deborah Clark and Jonathan Rich all Rich all of ot which are from one recent recent recent re re- re- re cent column It Is true that the same ame column contains names names names' which are ore not exactly euphonious and and are arc indeed rather hard nuts to crack these for tor example Leafy Bullard Dullard s' a woman whence the name of Leafy Leafy Leary Hatsel HIggins Sparrow Higgins ns Abigail r a Nash h Zerulah Zeruiah Jewel and Alcy Lock Lock- wood In the previous n number of ot the same department are found the names Content Brown Tabitha Holdredge and Keturah Bass Bassett tt The Nomad once enc encountered In an on anold anold old book the name of or Camilla Camilia la SCUll SCUll- der Was IVas there ever a swifter s than that And what about the name of Hathaway of ot New Bedford Bedford Bed Bl ford found in Emerys Emery's book ou on the time Howland Heirs The HeIrs The Nomad In Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Transcript I |