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Show The ff In ffarlnrjton. Mra. ffarliigton, who la engaged tn Mr. Tom Curtis, la the widow of the lute Mr. W. K ffariiigion of Worden. I.ancahhlro. Tho apelllng of thla nn cli'iit name wltb tho small "ff" found In old inanuHcrlpia Is merely tho retention reten-tion of the old form of capital "K" llccdri of conveyiiuce In the (hue f deorge II. und III. recllo; "tieorge ol (Ileal llrltulii (fiuiiru anil In lnnl King." etc.; Ihe form could not there, fore be lne to Ignorance, aa ban bei-u said, lur In days when M'lite-tin-n ol I'stnto were gentlemen of quality surli a spelling In dei da rnuld hardly arise from lark of knowledge of spelling The Ifarlngtona of WorJcn ball, l.nn-cashlre, l.nn-cashlre, prefer, like reveral oilier wi ll known families. Including Ihe ffolkei and ffrencbuB. tn retain Ihe archaic cnpltul "ff." The family trace their descent fmiu Hugo du Meolla, who ( riime lo Kugland with tha Conqueror, i and they hove been asuorlnled for gen- i erallona with the court, army and church, und with public life. Krom tho Court Journal |