The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-08
The Funny Names Of American Post.
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There are more than $4,000 post
offices in the United States, and the
whimsicalities of the American people
are nowhere more strongly illustrated
than in their selection of names there.
for. The Southern and Western State:
especially. furnish. many, ridiculous in
stances Of absurd mental freaks in this
regard. The following names, taken
from the United States Official Postal
Guide" for January, 1881, display al
least remarkable variety of taste:
In Alabama we find Blowhorn, Buck.
snort, Gi, Gnatville. Hubbub, Quid
Nunc, Rawhide and Shinbone. In Ari-
IONA, Bumblebee, Snow Low, Tip TOP
and Tombstone. In Arkansas, Oil
Trough, Sub Rosa and Tomahawk.
In California, Bogas, Uncle Sam. Yam
kee Jim's and Fem Fem. Colorado
boasts of Greenhorn, o. H., You Bet and
Troublesome. Baby Mine and Tender.
foot are in Dakota. Florida rejoices in
Paddock, Scrub and Sopechoppy.
Georgia has in her borders Alligators,
Cheap, Clinchem, Cracking, Crane
Eater, Dark Corner, Dirt Town, Doboy,
Hot House, Iceberg, Persimmon, Pistol,
Rock Pile and Ty Ty. Illinois turns out
with Fish Hook, Half Day, Presumption,
School and Zif. Indiana adorns the list
with Bean Blossom, Bigfoot. Buckskin,
Dice Nogo, Polk Patch, Fucker, Brash,
Soonover and Zulu. Odd, Unique, What
Cheer, Yankee and Zero are in Iowa.
Kansas furnishes Free Will, Haphazard,
Og, Rattlesnake, Terrapin and Zenith.
Kentucky produces lightweight, Sew
enty-six, Backbone, Marrowbone, Dew
ils-heel, Headquarters, Humpty, JAM
boree, Nobob, Pig, Scrabble. Scuffle-
town, Sickaway and Tip-top. Louisiana
contributes Happy Jack and Jump.
Pattagumpus is in Maine. L. b. and
Gunpowder in Maryland. In Tennes-
see are A. b. c., Dabbs, Forty-eight, U
Bet, Zed, Zero, Skull Bone and Calf
Killer. In Texas Blowout, Gunsight,
j. Bob, Jehoy, Jimtown, Nameless,
Straddle and Vox Populi. Pennsylvania
donates Nine Points, Seven Points. Six
Points, Seventy-six, Sabbath Rest, Scalp
Level and Shick-shinny. Nine Times
and Ninety-six are in South Carolina;
Seventy-six in Missouri and Fourteen is
in West Virginia. Dubbs, Bara Avis
and o. X. are in Mississippi; and Da-
kota and Michigan each have Stump.
Washington Territory prides herself on
Muck, Kumptaw and Shookenchuck;
Virginia on Chuckatauck, Non Inter-
vention, Pen Hook, Skinquarter, Tan
Yard and Wolf Trap. Antiquity is in
Ohio, Shoe Fly is in Iowa, also in North
Carolina; Sleepy Eye is in Kentucky.
None Such sin Michigan, Nix in Ala
hama, Lastin North Carolina and Last
Chance in Iowa.
Tennessee bluShingly produces Sweet
Lips TO be promptly saluted by n Buss
from Manitou County, Mich. Fillmore
County. Mimi, boasts of its Clear Grit,
while Bay, County, Mich, shows a
White Feather. Blue Eye. Clapper,
Grease, Protein. Tribulation and Zig
are in Missouri Fair Chance is in
Pennsylvania. Fair Dealing is in Ken
lucky, but she finally pleads guilty to
Trickum, and SO does Georgia. New
York and Indiana each have Big
Indian. while Nevada has nothing better
than a Sheephead. North Carolina has
a Day Book, a Hanging Dog. Meat
Camp, Old Hundred. Sandy Mush, Shoe
Heel, Short OF, Tally Ho and What
Not. Ohio comes to the Rescue with Aid
(s1so Grads,) and while her politics has
been Republican, Democracy is the
name of enc of her postoffices in X hoX
County. Monday. Roundhead and Zuck
also embellish Obio's list. With the in
ordinate desire that characteriZes Ohio
to Monopolize things, she points with
pride TO post-otfice named fSodom,
which stands alone in its glory rs the only
one Of, that name in the $1,000 in the
United States. Pee Pee and Wetmore
are also in Ohio. and so are Round
Bottom and Spanker. A Crusty Old
Bachelor is in Missouri and Blushing
Maiden in North Carolina. Bachelors
Hall is in Virginia, and we find Widows
in Alabama South Carolina furnishes
a Bachelor,s Retreat in Ocopee County,
but she equalizes things by establish
ing Lady's Island in Beaufort
County. Mamma is in Cumberland
County, Tenn, close to Daddy's Creek,
in the same county, while Bub is in
Missouri, Sis is in Pennsylvania, her
Gent in Texas, and a Horrid Boy in
Campbell County, Tenn. Ohio has an
entire Congress. of course. but the
Speaker is in Michigan. Pennsylvania
is well provided with rulers, having a
President and the King of Prussia, to
checkmate which Ohio and Mississippi
each retain a Veto.-iSt. Louis Globe
Democrat.