, 1869-03-07
A VIEW OF TOWN N0MEM
pLATURE.

has ever done betterf and in the end will 1t
make much di1erencet l. isE EAid our names !
arc often full Of. awkward pcdaoiEy. pr con-
nonplac1 OF unpleasant. sugxessson that eus
Invention Is 70 poor wo have TO borrow con. |
stantly from our old homes.
Lei any one study the matter, md hi Will !
feel That our pioneer, who msin1y gi1e the |
ratnes, do on the whole quite we'll In the
main they arc walking almost precisely In
There is subtIc law which the 1ouEa fe1-
lows obey uncouseious1y, making what "a
donc now almost 1 repettl{on OF what has
been. Here aze half 4 dozen names Of towns
and banlc!s In Southern Ohio within short
xenla, Camp Dcaniso1t fovdes,Mill Goes
Station, Springfield, Pig, II tdll lit not
fair sample Of American town names, ~ nav
ra1e the specimens nrc not oveflAvorhole.
xEniA We have heard criticised. II woold bo
ees aowA IS eoninG tso.n The pedantEJ tes
which ne arc bianed. This pedantrY we oHn
has'}eN mort tI1cea In our land .thsn else-
where. Admit 1enl& TO be Objectionable ou
this accouut, yet, sfter al. kuch names ase
far feon t1iserdftRbn. A nce would not
adopt then unlcu prutty competent school,
mAster were Abzuxd IN It. But EranttnR th1t
| the stock ia poor, Xrn1a L really = btAutlfaf
! flower from It.. 1u iuitiAl hound IL the Sufl<
| est Of Epsli1h contnusutat seundI, suggesting
the bone Of happy bees, the mellow breezy.
| btssn su the summer harmony. There II no
| eouud following that IS not soft and
! sweet Hut 1t IL more than ne1odious--its
s4ulhcatiup, friendly hospitality, L tlne; The
old pioneer who atty yeass ago baptized The
Miami, showed,by bis choice, perhaps, that
| be Akrd to hare people know he bad seen
tho -indee ofs Greek dictloua1y; stu, Be had
N CIR for muslc, and gentle heart Tor his
kind -!
to bare ths mama Camp eeem other than
peosa,c-. The oaths and mouotony, The ere ase
uN tho cooking booths. the cauyas dirty W1th
rough handling. the blue crowd In the tent
trasnpl!ng into the mlre the tcaut! Alo W1nee
al etraw-thc soldier and the soldiers vi,isor
:rcmcm5c, thcsr all too we'll. But let the
years fairly besm 70 roll IN hetS een the World
and It a. tremendous tine, giving = soEnesd
10 outlines, as intervening atmosphere EtTea
II to = bill, shen Csmp Dennssou Will become
OFT Of the most poetic Of names 70 far Is vt
know, It Is the only point Ia Ohio whose
name commemntAtea tha time Of thu great re
bcuIon. 10 this Ernerztior it's su2Sestfont
n1v be soEeKtnt rude, but the whole sor
face Of England Is dotted with names Of pre
cisely similar character. instinct with charm
Ing pocfxy. The ternir ttiona caster, chca
LEI, cestG, IT Is hardly necessary to kay, ar'
! the Latin cast1a~ and MI towns 20 n1nr
! wer once The camps Of Rouan lsgions. =
! Exeter, Lnet3ter. Douc1ster, uttoketer, ant
, cola, unhtn ding their sandals, haro bAthef
thesr teet hlIstere1 Vita marches, snd gTouns
| pp the abort swords duiled In c2mpai9u
/ ~ ezip1t Piets and IcenI. The coaSse blu
$ cost Il to be as poetic q e th
e a7M tipaA 8.s ' earned before Adsnta &C &C
= ShIlnh, md whose namc rec1ns the measure
I foot beat and the rattle oa arzn., will ht ha
lowed Crunra.
;. sn1elJ, enc 1nay s.y nsme aeziyta fcos
: not last. II II dos not,it will be an excel
r fIoa TO a general rule IN operation the woFl
l. over. 4 ni.chleyous proprietor In Eausd
n once named two townships alef hh vic
: laI-dozs, FIos and Tiny. L was nke DO
: throwing bo.7s In sport. They stuck whe.
"a con plsiut to tho House Of Commons tn
!, shey adhered 80 close 70 the aktrta Of the q
T. nadiau Territory. 4 thousand years henc1
st sou1 ghost should tAke A We ta'nsS to ~, ~
ia likely than not It viii hear The brakeman
r the period shout PoN.deE-A1ll, Just as Il
se | spot d past Nor need cns sn1lo - 10 90
Ii sta,ioa. Through phonetic decay h5 soz
i, lime VII, Te15 likely. become oesosete-ass
~ c1stions may ch,her ABOUT II and Aao1n Il,
IL ltcheps lecd grace to the rouFhncss OF
t Etope. II this II the result, 1t Fiu onlg be
Id repetition Of What his taken place In the
ii III Wild, The termination BY. 70 common
~ Enr rhud. Aod often trsnEplAnted to Aueric
Is FclI known to Ia Dal1sh, and . hsTe yc
at nearly this meaning Of station. Derby is T.
ee | etAtk1n for Der. and WINDY v Mnllo a!alol
d. Rolletpy, .OrnsbJ, Gsinsb5, s~stnso5, .
ss s1rnplc stations OF Rolf, oru, Grim. =
III sNt1c. Danish ftcebooters, The EAnk and
a. Of hc,ae Of pirates, IN coup.slsoa vi
nj Thrm the worthy Goe, y hoeScr he may /
Nv in The shadow Of the great ~hite Hatertsu
FL which Is about all one sees At GOES =
Ill ttou." is without doubt gentleman End
~ scholar OF lmmeasurab.e dinsns,on4 Hs
sis. tco, is Saxon for dwelling. md ton
nv faIm. fna has = situiht mssning- p
' hun. Hishxu, ,BasinS. Egp'nE. LelGate
ere md q hundred others, lcndiIg suinanaes
use Iapujes that have become famous -tatura'
lSe wilh lie tmeN Of hay-Sesds And dai4y-9e
von ang meadows 10 " hlch they haSe oeen 50 &c
ald nttachtd-these often are bat the eoNes
dli- nnmcs Of the old lcatherclsd sNi2enef
AT coupled With word denotin4 thelr hut4,
i 1t thows poyer,y Of lnycnt'oo, perhaps, % na q
aud town Springfield. rather taao tomesn
Inn new :. but how natural thst settler
hts h.a LETT his hes2t tn his casly hau: nsn
do him thonld giYe the name Of tha1 carly ne
to hi. new stjlaxc. Nothing Is more ~
nj, sud GeV human customs srns,, si,s
hAd england, throughout i'e4se77 -" Rso1