Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. [ARTICLE]

HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY.

Thoafh Father of the Baby, in Naming It He Did Not Count. The father thought he should have something to say in regard to the name the child should bear, and when his wife proposed George Augustus he accepted the first part, but rejected the last—that is, tried to reject it, says the Chicago Post. “Make it George William,” he said. “William is a better name than Augustus, and then it will please Uncle Bill.” “Yes, and every one will call him Bill,” she protested. “I don’t like the name. Augustus is better.” “You won t make the change?” “I don’t see why I should. ” “Very well,” he said as he started for his hat and coatr “I’m going to the office.” The next morning, as he was putting on his coat, he asked: “How about that name?” “Why, we’ll call him George Augustus," she returned in surprise. “Good day,” he said, as he went out ind slammed the door. When he came home that night he asked: “Is it still Gussie?” “Augustus,” she corrected. After supper he remarked, sneeringly: ‘Gussie! Gussie! That's a nice kind of ‘a name, isn’t it?” “Augustus is a very nice name,” she replied, calmly. Before going to church for the baptism the following morning he asked, sarcastically: “Do you still stick to Gussie?” “George Augustus,” she said, sweetly. He shut himself in his room for a few minutes and wrote plainly on a sheet of paper, “George William.” Then he put it and a #lO bill in an envelope and joined the baptismal party. Once at the church he slipped l off to one side and handed the clergyman the envelope. “Thank you for the fee,” said the latter, “but I already have the name. Your wife gave it to me.” “I thought you might maxe a mistake in it,” suggested the father. “Oh, no. It’s written very plainly ‘George Augustus.’ ” The father sighed and gave up the struggle, but he is getting his revenge now by informing admiring friends in his wife’s presence that th.e baby’s name is “Gussie. ”