A similar pitcher is in the adjoining church tower of Garboldisham, Norfolk. At the Mackworth Arms, at Swansea, a similar kind of jug may be seen in a niche on the staircase, but the colour is light yellow, and the workmanship of a superior order, it has but one handle, and the following inscription in two lines:-- Come fill me well with liquor sweet, and that is good when friends do meet, When I am full then drink about, I ne'er will fail till all is out. Underneath were representations of flowers, birds, and fishes. There is in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum a large jug, which was presented in July, 1831, by the Rev. G. R. Leathes, of Shrophan. It is of brown earth, glazed, dated 1676, and inscribed:-- John Wayman, J.F. Come Brother, shall we join? Give me your twopence--here is mine. This most likely belonged to a company of Shrophan ringers. It has but one handle, and is rather curiously ornamented. NOTE.--This article was written about twenty-five years ago.--EDITOR. Customs and Superstitions of Baptism. BY THE REV. CANON BENHAM, B.D., F.S.A. The present paper is, of course, in no sense a discussion of the _doctrine_ of Christian Baptism. The names by which this Sacrament has been called, however, express, to some degree, the views which have been taken of it in the Christian Church, and these names must be briefly recounted. One of the earliest titles was _Indulgentia_, "remission of sin." This is a title as old as the third century, and the idea has found expression in the Nicene Creed. _Palingenesia_, "new birth," is an expression equally old. It will be remembered that one of the earliest symbolical names of our Lord Jesus Christ was _Ichthus_, "Fish;" it is found on the walls of the Roman Catacombs. Now this is really an acrostic, the letters which made it up are the initial letters of the sentence, "Jesus Christ, Son of God, our Saviour," and Tertullian, the first writer of the Latin Church, says, "We are fishes, born in water, conformable to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ichthus." Justin Martyr (middle of the second century) speaks of the baptismal water as "the water of life," and Cassiodorus (fifth century) calls it _fons divinus_, "the divine fountain," whence comes our name "Font." S. Chrysostom and other Greek fathers use the name "Illumination," (_Photismos_,) and S. Augustine calls it _Salus_, "Salvation," as he calls the Lord's Supper "Life." Another word was _Sphragis_, "Seal," because it was the seal of a covenant made between God and man. This title is as old as the second century. The same idea is conveyed in Augustine's expression, _Character Dominicus_, "the Divine, _i.e._, stamp mark."