, 1875-07-04
NAM
The Queer People Who Live in
~ Chicago.
Representatives Of the Animal ard Veg.
etable Kingdoms.
Andrew Johnson fthe Presidential
Favorite..


An examination Of the directory OF a rrea
city like Chicago. whose population il made n,
! OF such diverse nationaltiea, reveals rnans
strange facts in regard to the nanes of peopIa
The general facts Ill regard to the amount o.
population. numerical strength Of trades sni
professions, and number of times the most com
mon names recur, have already been published
but there are many other curious facts. Oat
would naturally expect that city Of Chicago.
greatness would exhibit On the re4l OF its III.
habitants
| MANY GREAT 1lEy. :.
The expectation Will not be disappointed, 70.
Chicago contains fully George Vashiuctona.
and doubtless more are coming. There are 1
Andrew Jacksons who will probably join tho
Cosmopolitan Club while there is: one Thomas
Jefferson for the Je6ersoninns. OF all tho Tay-
lors there Is not single Zacha-y, but there aze
52 Andrew Johnsons. There an; Franklin
Pierce, Is John Adanaes, James Monroe, 6
John Quincy Adamses, 3 William Henry Ha1ri-
aons, and James Bnchanans Among the
Polks, the aladisons, the Tyfers, tho ran Burens,
the Lincolns. and the Grants, there are mono
bearing the fnil Presidential name
/ Il is frequently boaated thnt Chicago il
| COSMOPOLITAN crTY,
but probably tho full greatness OF the assertion
| has mover been realized An examination of
the directory ehows, IS might be expected. plenty
ct Deutchers, but singnla1l5 enough there ia but
one American, and he serves his country in the
police force. OF the names Of States and Terri
! tories Maine, Delaware, and Montana Appear
and although there is no Virginia it's Latin root
! appears in . M1. Virgo. Not only do we soc
| Deutscher. but also German, Austrian. and Bcr-
ffY1aN 3Nff51 $1e,
OF Teutouic or kindred na.ionaIisiea> for ne tnI
Brunswick, Baden. Flanders, Holland, Denmark,
and lane. Other nations hare also their name
sakes, for Te find Ireland and irish. Wales and
Welsh, Esnada and English. France and French
There is no Scotland but Of Scot1s there are:
plenty; no Spanish, but several Spains Ice
land does not appear. but Greenland does, and
ne tind Japp AMI Turk.
AMONG NAMES or ANotA1s
one finds such as Shark, stocktish. Swan,
Salmon sbad. Pelican. Pigeon. DUCK, Nightin-
gale, Bear, Beaver Bisou and Boar.
Taking up
THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
We find Buil Blossom, Flowcr, Garland. Ar
boz, Leaf, Stem, Branch. Bea. 1hss: Vine, Tree,
Ash, Root, Sycamore, Elm aad Osk We ind
Grass, Straw. Hay, Hayman, and Haycock It
L. but natural that We should find tbs Rake,
Spade. Sicko and Shears. With all these ptnnta
AMI implements it is 3 little surprising that We
Cherry, Almond. Fig, and last, but not least, the
ministerial Bean
or ANCIENT AND BIBLICAL rAxzs
re have fewer than some Eastern oties, but for
quality we cannot be excelled- As for ancie Mt
families who can excel our Adam and cur Noah
although the latter gentleman varlss FROM the
original spelling by dropping the s.h." Wehays
Shem and Ham but no Japhet, and We have both
Eden and Paradise. We haVe Daa1 as we'll a.
Judah, and both Sion aud Jerusalem. The He
hra nt a1f fhor t&o3
have Job and Hosea There arc twelve Christs
and bus one Piiata- Thsro Is Pantecost, and
Nestor appears to remind one Of another ancient
nation There are twcnty-three Abeis and thie
ty-nine Gains.
Chicago il maratime city, SO it is proper thai
We should have Sailors, aud scow, 5kitr, Boat,
Bark, and Ship excite no surprise.
TIE co1ons
are well represented. Besides the common
Brown, Black, Green Gray, aud White We hsve
Purple, Red, Lavender, Blue, PINK. Violet. Scarlet
Ruby, and Rose Wo hare no oil, but there is q
Varnisb. Among others We have Virgil No,1s-
eeau Berthold Aurrbsch, and Guizot Besides
theee the most prolific author OF the age resides
among u.s. whose signa:urs Of Anou will 10 found
nlii1ed to multiplicity OF productions covering
al fields Of art. literature, aud science. Her
first uar1a ig Fanny.
OF TIE o1rEAr NAMES OF HISTORY
we ha1a Nero, Hann16al, Napoleon, Ney. Gs1t-
bald, and Bismarck. Ne have one who staggen
ed backgrounds VIC have Lodi aud Waterloo
Thera il no Henry Ward Beecher nor Taeo-
aore Tilton. but we find Kiss, kissing, and Letz-
Kiss, and two Mormoas. Among names con-
Iected with religion are also found Abbey aud
Abbot Dean, aud Archdoacon, Fuar, Priest.
Monk, Bishop, Saint. anil Angel. Among Offices
u the State are Sheriff, Admiral Alderman, and
'eneschal. There ls l Mayor NomAu, md
}lanks.
N TIE WAY Or MUSIC,
rftarA fI,fAo on1w q
hough there arc Flies. There ia l Ffdd1e and
Fiddler. as to the effect OF these on tho por,-
llation We find sonRs, Hop Sing, John Sing,
am Sing, Long Sing sam, Hop Song, ami Sing
Investigating on the subject Of Temperance
70 find Hegua, Punch. Champagne, Beer, Lago7,
oderasser; aud only Dtinkwater, and one
temperance Branch.
D1ylslons OF TINE
prlng, Summer, Fall, and Winter. -Four ars
Ugh, 36 Low, Jack, but nobody has Gama.
Though s Gamble. Two are Sick, i Wall.
wo are Dull. 1-Duller. aud s billiards. There
,e many 1.s.np sh.zps' bat only Fat according to
ID casket, Eggs and Yelk, ssear ~ ani
:oga, Wench and Lady, Tickle md
ickler, Chess and ChesEman. 5 Hhitlipey
ID Pennys," Fish. Angle and Fisher: / Fins:
ID Last st New; Newer, oA; $ Do1ors snd1
uack Chick, Chicken. and Ch:cky Salt, Sahne.
.lter and Brine: Candy. Sweet and sweesmsn;
goldman and scsttergood; SaH. 6&Hins. and
swger; Lie Lies, Liebel1st; Church and Esve1
LEY aud Street: Nlck and Nickel; Blood md
Dry; Plate, Pickle. Pin, and Fork; Ill ana
ell; Flea and Filers: Clip and Clippers
j. aun. Sunday, and Friday. There are q
mems Damus. ! Dsrn, and Oath; Times
I'd Oustink- Solon il capitalist, Fate 4 con-
lctor, and lockHmith has for = uane
Sign Thare are lots Of Chris
sns and but oIy Gentle. There
9 FaEorite. Clly, Darling, Dless1ng, and Do
;hk Peter Funk ia not 3 snide auction maa,
might be supposed, and Isgo is car
nte1.
THE TRBr MAKE
the directory ia Aal, the laat zwisele. Tho
o-test namo ia Yon Ah. the longest ,s 1heoph-
% Czarnegorceoricb> The oddest oame u prob
ly Christian Dan11ow; but there ia = man
med Ditto. Thtro ara several pannea with
~ two letters, such ss Ii, Ea, and Ay. Thare
large number of nanles spelled with only
:ee letters, Of which some Of the most curious
At, AUX, Alb. Ayo, Van, Wan. Vic Ayl,
e. Zuk. Eur, 1nf*, Mat, Nix, kys, md Odd
ny Of tho longer names present
5Aw-DLsIocAI1SU AKaAT or coN3oyA1rB.
tor instance Lubezyemsky, Bchnkabschuk.
higobski, GutbYa11idsen, ,GosRchkL Gtusshum-
Iur, SdmArz, Schv'cksr. 4 fer are all CONGO
its, rs Smrsch and 3Inrz. Then, sgata, aomo
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