Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1901 — It's Ernest Thompson Seaton Now. [ARTICLE]

It's Ernest Thompson Seaton Now.

Ernest Seton-Thompson, tho well known writer and lecturer on birds and animals, has just had a surgical operation performed on his double jointed name by a New York court The joint was dielocated and then removed, and the Thompson part yanked around into the middle of the name. Henoe he will hereafter be known as Ernest Thompson Seton. The hyphen that connected the Seton and the Thompson parts was entirely lost in the shuffle. Ernest says Seton is his right family name anyhow, but that the then head push of the Seton clan turned out and helped Prince Charley, in Scotland in the rebellion of 1745, and that the Thompson was then tacked on as a sort of family disguise, to bide them from the wrath of the British government. Since the present Seton has made friends with the American Grizzley he is no longer scared of the British Lion, and so he boldly takes back the name of Seton. 24 choice varieties winter apples all No. 1 stock, free from worms, just received, $3 to $4 per barrel. Chicago Bargain Store.