The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-05-15

Na0ee 81 TWINS N To1os.
A correspondent Of the Ciseia.
astsi Commercial concludes . letter
from Marshall. Texas, with the fol-
lowing
Upon arriving in this State |
was impressed with the fertility os
imagination displayed by the inhab.
itAnts, As set forth 10 the names be.
slowed by them on their villages and
towns. I Immediately commenced
making list Of the mos. peculiar,
and send you al that I have col
leotcd, with the assurance that I am
indebted for none Of them 10 my
own Imagination. Here is the liz.
Lick Skillet, Buck Snort, Nip aud
Tuck, Jim,own, Rake Pocket, Hog
Eye, Fair Play, Horn Hill, Seven
League, Steal Easy, Po.sum Trot,
Flat Heel, Frog Level, Short Poae,
Gourd Neck, Shake Rag, Poverty
Slant, Black Ankle.
In the village of Henderson |
was introduced TO buxom school
girl Of fourteen years who possessed
the following names Dyonisia
Boadicea Jehalindi Jacobina Chris.
tiana Buckiana Caledonia Sassnnah
Emily Wyatt wilkinson Moore
Wynne, % Sophonisba, sophonis-
bs, O..
"This young lady ia cousin of a
young man Of that village who, In
the short span Of bis life Of twenty
two years, has done and suffered the
following things lie has had over
= hundred personal encounters has
sho, MORALLY three men not NOR
tally eight, is now resting under
seven bail bonds has been through
the war from the beginning mar
ried buried an infan. daughter, and
separated from the wdc, whc is now
going to school and il nov living
on his fathers substance, IN posscs.
sion Of pair OF fine boots, spsv.
med horse, q Mexican saddle, silver
watch, three revolvcrs aud a nerrin.
ger, and one dollar 10 specie All
this he told mo himself, with much,
apparen, satisfaction. He expects
to attend the Waco races, bu, does
not expect to lay hcsvy wagcrs."
Upon this paragraph, the Hender
son (Texas) Times comments as fol
lows
The correspondent Of the Cincin
natti Commercial was at this place,
aud was doubtless told all be reports,
aud in part his report is literally
true. As to the names Of places
mentioned, there ia, respectively, an
origin perhaps not much on the
classic order, bus significant
Many years ago, some wsgoners
eamped for the night At the little vii
lage of Bethany, in Harrison county.
To secure an early start on their trip
the following morning, they cooked
their rations overnight, leaving some
in tho skillet. On waking up in the
morning, ono Of the party discovered
another licking the skillet, having
already dsnolishsd the victuals.
From that day 70 this, Bethany has
goss BY tho name Of Lick Skillet"
" Buck Saort," tho proper nsme Of
which 10 Bucss Vista, in Shelby
county, number - .,sS.n,rv choroh.
A couple Of divinss we're holding
protracted meeting with good pros
psct for the conversion Of many citi-
nens Of the neighborhood, tho major
ity Of whom wcrc deer huntsss.'
In the midst Of = telling sermon,
mischicvous fellow concluded 10 have
little fun BY bounding through an
adjoining thicket snorting like .
buck. he wa successful in brsakisg
up tho meeting, and would have ~.
ccived . sound .hEashing from the
preacher whom he had interrupted,
had not third parties interfsrsd. he
il said to The credit Of Shelby cssnty,
however, that this fellow was isdiet.
cd and convicted for describing
religious worship, but Busss Vista,
a lovely little village, hes sever bssn
able to recover from the Beck
Snort"
In the days Of the Republic, ono
Mitchell, headed a ;iuls colony. in
WIN, il now the county Of Asessina
II VA. !" rip and tuck T. for the colo.
nv 10 get along Mitchell beating
any of them in the " nip and tuck "
line. aud contributing literally TO
the others was, by common consent.
1t, Ird the King Of Nip sna Tack "
Fonr or 1--WE a the i.mi'ics sftsyward
reu.,sd i, WIN, j. nov tho pleasant
li,,lu village of Harmony fill, in
Rask county. aud in honor 70 their
cid "kinsdon," called tAS.. settle
meat . Mn and Tuck Itroes By
Tia. name 10 hi. dsy.
The village Of Jnmo.towa ssd saT.
rounding neighborhood, IL Smith
county, va. princilslly settled by
wealthy Alshaaians in 1851. They
gave name to the village. Some Of
The older Texans in the ssighbor-
hood thought james was rather
too sristocrsiic. and hence The con.
,r,ct;on q .Jimtovn"
Rake Pocket pine Hin in
Rusk county, took its name from the
facility with which pockets were
raked Of their contents at = certain
public house somc years ago. II is
now ~ pleasant villsgs, 70 its size,
ss can 30 found anywhsrc.
Hog Eye for farming purposes,
IL one Of The most desirable neaghbor'
h00k2 In h01k county. = The early