National Republican., 1883-05-23
WHIMSICAL NOMENCLATURE.
The Funny Names OF American Post
Offices.
Globe Democrat.

Gi0be- Democrat.
There are moro than forty-three thousand
postofiices in the United States, and the whim-
sicalitics Of the American people are nowhere
more strongly illustrated than in their selec-
tion of names therefor. The southern and
western states especially furnish many ridic-
ulous instances of absurd mental freaks in
this regard. The following names, taken
from the Omitted States Official Postal
Guide" for January, 1881, display at least a
remarkable variety of taste:
In Alabama we find Blowhorn, Bucksnort,
Gil, Gnatville, Hubbub, Quid Nunc, Rawhide,
and Shinbone. In Arizona, Bumblebee, Snow
Low, Tip Top, and Tombstone. In Arkansas,
Oil Trough Sub Rosa, and Tomahawk. In
California, Bogas, Uncle Sam, Yankee Jim's.
and Fem zem Colorado boasts Of Green
horn, o. H., You Bet, and Troublesome.
Baby Mine and Tenderfoot are in Dakota.
Florida rejoices in Paddock, Scrub and
Sopechoppy. Georgia has in her borders AL
ligators, 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 aud 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 Fee VIII, Hap
hazard, Og, Rattlesnake, Terrapin, and 70.
NTH. Kentucky produces Eighty-eight Sew
entNtBix, Backbone, Marrowbono, Deviis-heel,
Headquarters, Humpty, Jamboree, Nobob,
Pig, Scrabble, Scufiletown, Sickaway, and
Tiptop. Louisiana contributes Happy Jack
and Jump. Pattagumpus is in Maine, L.
B. and Gunpowder in Maryland. In Tennes-
see are A. Is. G., DabDs, Forty-eight, U. Bet,
Zed, Zero, Skull Bone, and Calf-Killer. In
Texas, Blowout, Gunsight, j. Bob, Jehoy,
Jimtown, Namcless, 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; Sew
enty-six in Missouri, and Fourteen Is in West
Virginia. Dubbs Rara Avis, and o. X. are In
Mississippi; and Dakota and Michigan each
have q Stump. Washington territory pridos
herself on Muck, Kumptaw, and Shookem-
chuch Virginia on Chuckatuck, Non Inter
vontion, Pen Hook, Skinquarter, Tan Yard,
aud Wolf Trap. Antiquity is in Ohio, Shoe
Fly is in Iowa, also in North Carolina; Sleepy
Eye is in kentucky. None Such is in Michi-
gan, Nix in Alabama, Last in North Carolina,
and Last Chance in Iowa.
Tennessee blushingly produces Sweet Lips
to be promptly saluted by u Buss from Mani
tou county, Mich. Fillmore county, Mimi,
boasts of its Clear Grit, while Bay county,
Mich, shows White Feather. Blue Eye,
Clapper, Grease, Protein, Tribulation and
Zig are in Missouri. Fair Chance is in Penn
sylvania. Fair dealing is in kentucky, but
she finally pleads guilty to Trickum, aud SO
does Georgia. New York and Indiana each
have a Big Indian, while Nevada has nothing
better than II oheephead. North Carolina has
q Day Book, a Hanging Dog, a Meat Camp,
Old Hundred Sandy Mush, Shoe Heel, Short
OF, Tally Ho, and What Not. Ohio comes To
the Rescue with Aid (also Gratis), and while
her politics is republican, Democracy Is the
name of one of her postofiices in Knox county
Monday Roundhead and Zuck also embellish
Ohio's list. With the inordinate desire that
characterizes Ohio to monopoliZe things, she
points with pride to q postotiice named Sodom
which stands alone in its glory as the only
one of that name in the forty-three thousand
in the United States. Pee Pee and Wetmort
are also in Ohio, and so are Round Bottom
and Spanker. Crusty Old Bachelor
is in Missouri and Blushing Nader
in North Carolina. Bachelors Hal
is in Virginia, and we find Widows in Ala
bama. South Carolina furnishes a bachelors
retreat in 0copee county, but she equalize'
things by establishing a Lady's Island in
Beaufort county. Mamma is in Cumberland
county, Tenn, close to Daddy's Creek, In, tb'
same county, while Bub is in Missouri, Sis II
in Pennsylvania, her Gent in Texas, and |
Horrid Boy in Campbell county, Tenn 0hi'
has an entire Congress, of course, but thu
Speaker is in Michigan. Pennsylvania is wei
provided with rulers, havinga President ant
the King Of Prussia, TO checkmate which Ohit
and Mississippi each retain Veto.