The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
UNIQUE NAMES.
Some Curious Cognomens Among the Ma.
TONS Pensioners.


Eyes, / frequently meet queer people
with queer names, said prominent
pension attorney in answer to the ques-
ton of the Star reporter.
~ can recall number of names OF
actual living persons" he continued,
(which are as significant as any to be
found in the works of John Bunyan,
Samuel Warren or Charles Dickens.
'Praise God Barebones' is not a crcum-
stance with some names l have"
"Ah," interrupted the questioner, "do
you mean names suggestive of charac-
ter or occupations"
"Yes," was the response. Persons
whose names are suggestive of colors,
as Brown or White, are often met
with; so also the names of Long and
Short, and similar cognomens are so
common as not to excite surprise, but
there are many instances where the
appellation is peculiarly pointed and
even ludicrous in its effect. For in
stance Pilgrim Crazylous' is school
teacher in Pennsylvania mining dis
trict, and his name reminds me of the
time when sat in an old district school
house on hard wooden bench, just be-
hind short-haired urchin whose head
would have been benefited by the use
of fne-tooth comb, and whose prox-
unity learned TO dread after my moth
er had made several searching investi-
cations of my scalp"
II suppose Pilgrim boards roundP"
observed the reporter.
81 don't know" laughed the attor-
hey, "but here is man who ought to
be one Of his scholars" and he handed
the reporter letter signed by I'D.
Slatecypher." While the Star man
studied the signature the lawyer pulled
from pigeon hole bundle of papers
and suddenly resumed "'Christly
Grow is colored preacher who was a
good soldier during the war and was
badly wounded. He is now fighting Sa-
tan in an Illinois city which is big and
bad, and, understand, has had consid-
cradle success as minister among his
own race. | don't wish to be irrever-
ent," continued the speaker, "but l
have met several 'Christs' in the line of
my business. "A. Christ, from Bethle-
hem, not Judea, but Pennsylvania, APP
| piled through me for a pension, while
u. Christ, who was gallant soldier,
fighting through the entire rebellion, is
now, | believe. clothing dealer in
Pennsylvania Christian Bible is an
Indiana German who ought to be good
man; but | have forgotten what he fol-
lows for livelihood.
Here the narrator paused for mo-
ment to relight his cigar, which opera
! ton having been accomplished, he took
up paper and said There is a
strange relation of names and incidents
set forth in this application.
The reporter examined the document
and found that u. S, Timberlcg" was
asking Uncle Sam to pension him be-
cause he had been mangled by splin-
ter in an engagement before Charleston
in 1864, on account of which injury am
putation was rendered necessary above
the knee, so that for the last twenty
| years his name has been peculiarly APP
| plicable. A striking coincidence in this
case was that the justice of the peace
before whom the necessary ailidavits
were made signed the name Of Isaac
Walkingstck.h
Heres another scntentiously said
the lawyer, as he hoycd second APP
plication toward his visitor, who found
that Torment Twist was suffering
the twisting torrents Of rheumatism,
contracted in the winter campaign Of
General Thomas, near Nashville. The
reporter regarded the paper in contem-
plative silence, which was broken by
the attorney exclaiming: dreams go
by contraries, and that Is true Of names
sometimes, for John Drinklager' never
drank lager or any other intoxicating
liquor in his life. He went through the
war in the same company with me, and
was wounded in the Wilderness.
know him well, and when he was here
to see about his pension he made a rat
ling temperance speech one night be-
fore a Good Templars lodge In this
city, which he visited with me- After
two or three pulls at his cigar, the
speaker went on: "Reason Twig' is
compound Of schoolboy slang, and is an
unusual name even for Vermont Yam
kee, but it is not more peculiar than
Skye Leaf, which is Indian. Another
enlisted Indian scout Is known as Ka
Nj Ye Ulster, who was disabled by frost
bites out in Montana, Notwithstanding
he protection Of his name" The
speaker here arose calmly and lit the
gas, saying as he did so, 81 have let
FER from n woman out In Cincinnati.
She Is a soldiers widow and Is entitled
to her pension, Her name is Moving
ham, which / think is just little sug-
gestive of 'Porkopolis,' don't youp'
The reporter sat helplessly dazed for
moment, but recovered sufficiently to
gasp: ~ guess I'd better be moving"
and bidding him goodnight went
down the street wondering why people
will bear such names when an applica-
ton to the legislature would secure for
them such appellations Us We're dc
Vero," or percy" or evenplain John
Smith. y Washington star.
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