The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21
5flisttIIanenns.
TsEE ORTCtT OF SOME
NAMES.

FocAnoNrAs.
Her original name was Tipsy Becson.
meaning q whoelbarrov, and her Welt
known name is pretty way ofexpres.
sing Poke and hunt u.s." She used to
come to Jamestown and had passion
for PLAYING with the boys One of their
plays was called Poke and hunt us
A lot would run OIL, leaving Powhat-
on's daughter hiding her eyes,"
When she counted fifty, she would i'm.
mediatcly hunt tho boys, who would
be found in promiscuous heap in some
dark alley. Armed with a stick, she
punched a boy and called nQmc. If
she guessed him, she rode him to tho
base if not vice versa Hence her
name, Poke and hunt US.
| PENN
His fathers name was Judkins At
the tender age of six, William was de.
tected stealing q penny. He was then
nicEnamed Penny" but as he grew up
the letter was dropped, and into his.
tory and his grave he has gone undor
the name Of Penn, the reward for
petty theft
OATES
This parsonage was no relation ofthe
Fence or Bar families, as is generally
supposed His parents made stir in
their State under the macroccphalus
name of Bighcad One night the fu-
ture general stole somo gates belong
ing to a neighbor he was arrested for
the offence and fined thirty shilings
and costs. lie fell into disodcr in the
ueighborhood, and was nicknamed
Gates, Eame which survived him.
1t is said that, to get fight out ofhim,
even when he was general, it was or
ly necessary to say gates T"
; BACON
| The origin Of this nano is not very
satisfactory, but tho purloining Of n
piece Of bacon seems to have some.
thing to DO with it. Francis great.
great grandmother was uicknemcd Br.
con- and her progeny was known by
that greasy cognomen.
NILES sTANDIsH.
This old Puritan gallant, the lover
of Priscilla, gained his Christian namc
by running sixteen miles, ono night
with bull dog at his heels. he par
eut Of a gal, who diglikcd the sui,or
urged on the canine. This happened
in England For his extraordinary feat
of pedcsrianism, he was thus dubbed
"Miles," and this is the namo which
stands on the marriage register.
SHERIDAN
mot Phil but the other one) lii
groat-fathcr was an iTeclaimablo to
per, and the inn he frequcntcd wa.
kept by ono Dan Watson. The topper
whose name was Gespypo, would stride
into the inn~to be salUtcd with, "Well
; what'll ye ave, Sam p Cooking hii
hat to one side and strutting pomp
{ ously up to tho bar, he would sing out
/ 'Shcrry, Dan !" He said that abou
twenty times n week, and soon his rea
name was dropped, and he was Sherr!
Dan. His children liked the sound o
the name, and adopted it, writing i
= Sheridan
BoYAPARTB.
Ills grandfather's great-grandfathe
= was tho disliked child Of the family %
The other children were petted bu
Jean had TO be content with the bones
One day, at dinner, in the presence @
visitors, Jean was asked what part q
the capon he would have Without
moments hesitation, he stammere
" out, 81 R-g-guess Ill t-t.take the b-t
u bony p-p-p-part" The people laugheC
70 hut the parents were affected, and eve
- afterward Jean was the pet of the fan
!. lily. His wit gave him name whic
a he kept, and by which one of his d,
+. scendants is known as the creates
. conquerer Of modern times Bon
parte. II was, until the time of Nap
Icons father, spelled "Bonypart."