The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-21
UNIQUE NAMES.
Some Curious cognomens Among the
Nations Pensioners,

Some Curious cognomens Among the
Nations Pensioners.
From the Washington Star.
eyes, 1 frequently meet queer peo-
pie with queer names," said a promi-
nent pension attorney in answer to the
question Of a Star reporter.
II can recall a 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 o cir
cumstance with some anne 1 have"
"Ah?" interrupted his questioner,
do you mean names suggestive of
character or occupation?
YES" was the response. Persons
whose names are associated with colors,
as Brown or White are often met
with; so, also, the name 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
example: Pilgrim Crazylous' is q
school teacher in a Pennsylvania mining
district and his name reminds me of the
time when [ sat in an old district school
house on an old wooden bench, just be-
hind a short haired urchin whose head
would have been benefited by the use
OF a fine tooth comb, and whose prox-
unity [ learned to dread after my moth
er had made several searching investi-
cations OF my scalp"
Il suppose Pilgrim boards around?"
observed the reporter.
Il don't know, laughed the attorney,
but here is a man who ought to be n
of his scholars" and he handed the re-
porter a letter signed by I'D. Slatecy-
pher." While the Star man studied
the signature the lawyer pulled from q
pigeon-hole a bundle ofpapers and sud.
denly resumed: "Clristly Crow is a
colored preacher who was a good sold
Ter in the wal and was badly wounded.
He is now fighting Satan in IN Illinois
city which is big and bad, and I under
stand has had considerable success as
a minister among his own race. / don't
wish to be irreverent," continued the
speaker, "but I have met several
'Christs' in the line of my business.
"A. Christ from Bethlehem, not Judea,
but Pennsylvania, applied through me
for a pension, while j. Christ who
was a gallant soldier, fighting through
the entire rebellion, is now, 1 think. a
clothing dealer in St. Louis. Chris
tian Bible is an Indiana German. who
ought to be a good man, but i have for
gotten what he follows for a livelihood"
Here the narrator paused for a mo-
ment to relight his cigar. which opera
ton having been accomplished, he took
up a 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 ~. s. Timberleg" was
asking Uncle Sam to pension him be-
cause he had been mangled by q splint-
er during an engagement before Char
lesion in 1864, on account of which
injury amputatlon above the knee was
rendered necessary, so that for the
last twenty years his name has been
peculiarly applicable. A striking coin
cidence in this case was that the JUS
tice of the Peace before whom the nee
essary atfiaavits were made signed the
name of "Isaac Walkingstick."
"Rere's another" sententiously said
the lawyer, as he showed a second APP
plication towards his visitor, who found
That ''Torment Twist was suffering the
visiting torlnents of rheumatism, con-
tracted in the winter campaign of Gen.
Thomas near Nashville. The reporter
regarded the paper in contemplative
silence, which was broken by the attor-
ney's exclaiming, "'Dreams go by con-
t%rarles,' 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. I
know him we'll, and when he was here
to see about his pension he made a rat
Ting temperance speech one evening
before o Good Templars Lodge in this
city, which he visited with me-" After
two or three puffs at his cigar the speak
er went on; "'Reason Twig' is a com.
pound ~schoolboy slang, and is an unus-
ual name even for a Vermont
Yankee, but is not more peculiar
thon Skye Leaf which is Indiun.
Another enlisted Indian scout is
known as Ka Nj Ye Ulster, who was
disabled by frost bites out in Montana,
notwithstanding the protection of his
name" The speaker here arose calmly
and lighted the gas, saying as he did so,
II have a letter from q out in
Cincinnati. She is a soldiers widow
and is entitled to her pension. Her
name is Nottingham which, [ think,
is just a little suggestive of Porkopolis,'
don't you?"
The reporter sat helplessly dazed for
a moment, but recovered sufficiently to
gasp, Il guess I'd better be moving"
and bidding his companion good
night" went down the street wondering
why people will bear such names when
an application to a legislature would
secure for them such appellations o.
"Vere de Vere' or Percy" or ever
plain John Smith"
DRAMATIC FRAGMENTS.
The Original Titles of shakspeare's Plays.