Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — Choosing the Name. [ARTICLE]

Choosing the Name.

“My dear, I have been reading up within the past week, and I think I have a name for the baby,” said Mrs. Greening one day. “You have, eh? What is it?” “I read that Phoebus, the god of day, comes up bright and beautiful In the morning, that he lights the world, that without him”— “Now, look here, madam. Let’s have no foolishness here. You can’t call that child by any such name. Did Phoebus of history yell from 11 p. m. to 3 a. in. and intermittently from 3 to 7 o’clock? I myself am doing the god of day business in the matter of getting up, and I’m not going to divide the honors. If you want a mythological cognomen for that destroyer of rest, I have It.” “What Is it?” asked Mrs. Greening, with considerable asperity. “Aurora!” brutally yelled Mr. G. Then he left the house.