The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-23
QUEERLY NAMED PLACES.
What is Shown in Postal
Directory.
Odd Names that are Found in Various
Parts Of the Country.

Odd Names that are Found in Various
Parts Of the Country.
This great country has now over
$4,000 postofiices for its over 50,0O0,-
BOO people, or about one for each 1000
persons. There are some curious facts
connected with the administration of
so large an institution as this. The
employees of the department number
over hundred thousand. OF course
the sum required to run so large an
establishment is something enormous.
The salaries of postmasters alone
amount to nearly siO,OOO,OOO, and the
sum paid for transportation Of mails
b25,000,000. The number of postoffi-
ses is increasing steadily at the rate of
over 1000 a year. The task of the
fellow who fixes names for all these is
pretty serious one. Of course the
people of the section where the offices
are to be located are allowed to fix a
name so far as possible. but in many
cases they select name already given
to some office in the State, and of
course it cannot be used. Then they
are permitted to make some other Sc
lection, and so on almost indefinitely.
1t often happens, however, that the
postoflice officials are finally compelled
to select, or that, in their despair, the
citizens who have the selecting o. ."
name, by having frequently ct
some name already in use in the S
Jump at some ridiculous name
gether unheard of before, or select .-.O
suggested by some peculiar surround
ings.
Some of the odd names are as fol
lows: Dismal, Thump, Daybook, Bad
AK, Calico, Rocks, Windfall, Rara Avis,
Seven Stars, Leap Year, Haphazard'
Boy, Odd, Rawhide, Difficult, Baby
Mine, Bean Blossom, Yankee, Pay Up,
Hard Money, Happy Home, Wide
Awake, Alligator, Needy, Moon, Pad
lock, Gnatville, Blowhorn. Lubbub,
Cloudland, Butterfly, lib, Quidnunc,
Rainbow, Scrub, Ty Ty, Fucker, Bush,
Soonover, Bundle Bee, Zulu, Sopchop-
py, Zero, Jamboree, Marrowbone,
Slickaway, Negro Foot, Jump. You
Bet, Greenhorn, Tenderfoot, Sunshine,
Muck, Shoody, Kumtax, Oil Trough,
Nine Times, Blowout, Gunpowder,
Patagumpus, Last Chance, Clear Grit,
Greasy, Taila-Ho, Mary Esther, Why
Not, Samper, Veto. Round Bottom,
King Of Russia, Gil, Joy, Hayfork,
Picnic, Land Of Promise, Squak, Snail
lope, Mouse Tail, Pocket, Port Wine,
Side View, Good Luck, Bug Hill,
Due West, Fair Play, Coin, Coal, Fire,
Sodoin, Hurt, Sleepy Eye, Drone, Bird
Song, Black Bear, Pinafore, Butter
cup, Unique, Sunhower, Wormwood
The South and West have the much
greater number of unique names, al
though many may be found in New
England and the Middle States. In
Texas is an office named 81. Bob," the
familiar cognomen of a citizen in the
community. BALD Hornet" an Office
in Tennessee, is the suggestive nick
name of gentleman residing in the
county. Chicago's mayor, Hon. Car
ter Harrison, is honored in Kansas
with an office called "Our Carter.'
"Best," "Cloudy," "Cutlips," 'Dulp
and "Toadrine" are other offices bear
ing names of individuals.
Initial letters sometimes form the
name of an office, like that of "T. b.
in Maryland. When the first house in
the place was erected these initials
were found on a stone near by, and
were probably those of a very early
settler and owner. "Oh. H." in Colo
RADIO, is taken from brand used for
marking cattle, and 80. K, in South
Carolina, from the humorous sugges-
tions of an interested gentleman. The
people of Sugar Grove, in Tennessee,
refused to suggest other names after
their own had been rejected, and the
department established the Office
under the initials "a. B. c." There is
"Buss" in Michigan to match Sweet
Lips" in Tennessee, but there is a
maiden" in North Carolina, "Bach-
elor" in Mississippi, and "Widows"
may be found in Alabama There is
Comfort" in North Carolina and also
in Texas, and "Tribulation" in Ten
nessee. The tribulation was in select
Ing a name acceptable to the depart
ment, and they ended their tribulation
by making it "Tribulation." "Chari-
ty" is found in North Carolina and
Tennessee, and Hope is also known,
as well as "Adversity." There are
"Wells" in several States, but only one
"Cistern" in Texas. They have
Concert in Iowa, and Louisiana
contributes "Violin," Minnesota a
"Cornet," Iowa "Horn," Pennsylva-
nia "Drums." and Ohio and Virginia
aFifes." There is Ozark Corner" in
Georgia, but Dawn" appears in Mich
igan and Ohio, followed by DAY" in
Michigan and New York.-St. Louis
Post Dis
1t is a strange if not solemn
thought that the American Of the age
may, at any time, be laughing at jokes
an. h.rlIr La,-o ha.,,