Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-02
SOME FUNNY NAMES.
Some Curious Designations Gs!aDesi
Er0m the POstOftice Directory.
St. Louis Glohe.Democrat.


There are more than $1,000 post-ofiCes
( in he United States, and the whimsicali~
ties of the American people are nowhere
more strongly illustrated than in their
selection of names therefor. TIE Southern
ana Western States especially furnish
many ridiculous instances of absurd men
tai freaks in this regard. The following
names taken from the United States Off
cial Postal Guide for January, 1881, dis
In Alabama We find Blowhorn, Buck
snort, Gi, Gnatvile. Lubbub, QQid Nunc,
Rawhide, and Shinbone. In Arizona,
Bundle Bee, Snow Low, Tip Top and
Tombstone. In Arkansas, Oil Trough,
Sub Rosa. and Tomahawk. II California.
Rogas, Uncle Sam, Yankee .im's, and
Zem Lam. Colorado boasts Of Grcenhorn,
0. T., You Bet, and Troublesome. Baby
Mine and Ttnderfoot are ia Dakota
Florida rejoices in Paddock, Scrub, and
Sopchoppy. Georgia has in her borders
Alligator, Cheap, Clinchem, Ora, king,
Crane Eater, Dark Corner, Dirt Town
Doboy, Hot House, Iceberg, Persjmmon,
Pi,tol, Rock Pill, and Ty Ty. Illinois
turns out with Fish Hook, Half Day, Pre-
the list with Bean Blossom, Bigfoot,
Buckskin, Dice. Nogo. Polk Patch,
Fucker Brush, Soonover, and Zulu. Odd,
| Unique, What Cheer, Yankee and Zero
are ia Iowa. Kansas furnishes Free Will,
Haphazard, Og, Ratlesnake, Terrapin,
and Zenith. Kentucky produces Eighty
eight, Seventy-six, Backbone, Marrow
Jamboree, Nobob, Pig, Scrabble, Scuffle-
| town, Slickaway, and Tiptop. Louisiana
contributes Happy Jack and Jump.
Pattagumpus is IN Maine. T. B. and Gun
powder in Maryland. In Thnnessee are A.
| B. G., Dabbs, Forty eight, U Bet, Zed,
Zero, Skull Bone, and Calf Killer. In
| Texas, Blowout Gunsight, j, Bob, Johoy,
Jimtown. Nameless, 5traddle, and Vox
Popuh. Pennsylvania donates Nine Points,
Seven Points, Six Points, Seventy six,
! Sabbath Rest, Scalp Level, end Shinz~
! shiny. Nine Times and Ninety-six arc
iii South Carolina; Seyonty~six in Missouri,
! ana Fourteen is ia West Virginia. Du5bs,
| and Dakota and Michigan each haYe Il
I Stump. Washington Territory prides
| herself on Muck. kumptaw, and Shock
| emchuck. Virginia on Chuck8luck, Non
Intervention, Penhook. Skinquarter, Tan
Yard, and Wolf Trap Antiquity is in
| Ohio, Shoe Fly is in Iowa, also in North
Carolina, Sleepy Eye is in Minnesota, and
Wide Awake in Kentucky. None Such is
/ in Michigan, Nix ia Alabama, La in
/ North Carolina, and Last Chance il. owe.
! Tennessee blushingly produces Swe t
Lips to be promptly soluted by Buss from
Manitou County, Michigan. fillmore
J County, Minnesota boasts of its Clear
Gri5. while Bay County. Michigan. shows
White Feather, Blue Eye, Clapper,
| in Missouri. Fair Chance is in Pennsyl-
vana. Fair Dealing is in Kentucky, but
she finally pleads guilty to a TTickum, and
| so does Georgia. New York and Indiana
| each have Big Iodian, while Nevada
has nothing better than Sheaphesd.
! North Carolina has Day Book, Hang
i ing Dog, Meat Camp, old Hundred,
! Ho, and Why Not. Ohio comes to tho
rc,cue with Aid (also Gratis), and while
her politics is r publican, Democracy is
/ the name of one other Postofices in Knox
| County. Monday, Roundhead, and Zuck
also emballish Ohio's list. With the inor
!, dinate desire that characterizes Ohio 10
monopolize things, she points with pride
alone in its glory as the only one Of that
! name in the 5000 in the United States
I T Pee and Wetmore are also in Ohio,
I SO are Round Bottom and Sranker
a lstv old Bachelor is in Missouri, and
b ushing Maiden in North Carolina
B telor's Hall is in Firgi ia, and we find
| Widows in Alabama. South Carolina
furnishes a Bachelors Retreat in Ocopee
County but abe equal zes things by estab-
fishing Ladys Island in auford Coun>
ty. uamma is in Cumberland County,
Tenne zee, close to Daddy Greek, in th .
same county, while Bud is in Missouri,
Sis in Pennsylvania, her Gent in Texas,
and horrid Boy in Campbell County
Tennessee. Ohio has an entire Congress, of
course, but the Speaker is in Michigan.
| Pennsylvania is we'll provided with Iulers
having q President and the King Ct
| Prussia. to checkmate which Ohio and
Mississippi each retain Veto.