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Tolman—English Surnames , 
In Scott’s “Peveril of the Peak” we are told of a cross Mrs. 
Cress well who bequeathed 1(B. to be paid for a funeral sermon 
in which nothing ill-natured was to be said of her. The Duke of 
Buckingham wrote the following brief but pointed discourse: 
‘‘All I shall say of her is this: she was born well, she married 
well, she lived well, and she died well; for she was born at 
Shadwell, married to Cresswell, lived at Clerkenwell, and died 
in Bridewell. ” 
Praise-G-od Barebone, who gave his name to Barebone’s Parlia¬ 
ment, had a brother who is said to have chosen for himself the 
title: If-Christ-had-not-died-for-you-you-had-been-damned Bare¬ 
bone. His acquaintances cut this first name down to the last 
syllable, thus securing in “Damned Barebone” a designation at 
once brief, scriptural, and unambiguous. 
A certain Dr. Mountain, chaplain to Charles II., was asked by 
the king if he could recommend a suitable man for a vacant 
bishopric. “Sire,” he replied, “if you had faith but as a grain 
of mustard-seed, the matter could be settled at once.” “How?” 
inquired the astonished monarch. “Why, my liege, you could 
then say unto this Mountain, ‘Be thou removed into that see,’ 
and it should be done.” The witty chaplain secured the bish¬ 
opric. 
Chicago , III. 
