Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-28
The keE Dire story.

puNs AND PLEAsANrRIEs ON THE NAMES IT CON-
TAINs.
The following are few of the names hastily
collected from the new directory, the origin of
which can be readily traced, and which admit Of
the following pleasantries
or marksmen there are but Archers, and the
only weapons we can find belonging to gunnery
are % Oannons. There are no swords, but two
Steels; the only coats Of mail mentioned are
Armours The only divisions OF time are months
and days there being Augusts Mays with
only Days Besides the scattered collections
Of s Ash, Elm and Beach, there is a general
variety OF % Woods 10 Forests and l Maple
There are 6 Bacons, Hamm and Hoggs.
OF occupations, there are 20 Bakers, 3 BARRIERS.
Butchers, 20 Carpenters, Is Carters 16 Cham
dlers, 81 Cooks, 25 Goopers Drapers is FISH
ers. 5 Fowlers, II Masons, 81 Millers, (with only
16 Mills) 1874 Smiths, and "A Turner's.
OF Musical instruments there are but Bells,
Horns and Harp but there are Harpers, 8
Horners, and only one Singer This, of course,
does not include our excellent Mendelssohn
Choral Union.
OF the products Of the water. we have but
Bass Haddocks, 9 Seals, Pixies, and no Shad
but one Shaddinger or all our names there is
but Bent As might be expected there is but
l that is Best but 2 that are Good. 1t is
to tho credit of Wilmington that there is but
Bills m it, while there are Moneys, Silvers,
and Fipps.
or the feathered tribe we have 6 Birds, 26
Martins, Peacocks. 8 Oanarys, 1 Robins, 2
Haws, / Chick 5 Crows, 81 brakes, with only
Gosus.
OF colors. there are t3 Blacks, Brights S5
Browns, Dunns 16 Grays, SO Greens and Al
Whites Many OF the Whites are Black, and
many of the Blacks are White. Two OF our most
worthy citizens are called Blanks, and notwith-
standing the pious character of our people there
are only Blessings and Blest
OF the parts of the human body, there are
Boddys Fist, 2 Foots, Hand and Leggs,
Our people are well educated and yet there is
but Book. and although the cholera is coming
there is / Broom. There is only one Brick, and
Stones for building enterprises.
OF the Animal Kingdom there are Bucks,
Bull 8 Bulocks, Colt, Hares, II Harts, IL
Foxes and Squirrel.
There are 81 Chambers, 81 Halls, 2 Kitchens,
Walls, 81 Wards, with Chairs, Frames. and
only Guest. For all our people there are but
Chances and with all the boasted fruit of Del
aware there is but Cherry and Berrys in Will
mingCon.
There is only Child, notwith standing our
rapid growth in population, and we can find only
Combs sincs the appearance of cbignoDs For
25 Clouds, 16 Wells, Fountains Fogg we have
but Rains, but this is considered quite sufficient
for only Fields. We also may enumerate in
this connection, 8 Dales, Dells, Moss. IL
Groves 81 Hills, Shades. II Lanes and Park
(upon which there is no iniunction).
Our people are we'll educated, ard yet there is
there is but Broom. There is only Brick and
Stones for building enterprises
Our mother country is represented by Eng
lands Ireland and Wales, while there are
also Frances.
There are 5 Gales but we do not know how
pleasant they are, and Gass, but we not know
that he is a great talker. There are only 8
Graves.
OF cooking utensils we have but Kettle. AL
though we have q Republican government, there
are 10 Kings and Lords but not single
Queen.
There are II Longs and Shorts, but some of
the Shorts are very long and some of the Longs
very ehort.
OF measures there is but l Peck, and although
our people are honest dealers there are 43 Prices.
There are 6 Pickes, but not so sonr as the name
might imply
Amidst all our display OF fashion there are
| Prides but only really Proud
We have but Sell, unless this article may be
so considered We have Sharps bat only 8
Sharpers; and Squibb that will prove entirely
harmless on the Fourth Of July. We have l
Town, and Temples, but it would be sad re-
Election if, as the Directory informs us, there are
! but Virtues.