Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-06
VERBAL OFFENSES.
4 D,SAGReEAele HABIT THAT iS
CONSTANTLY GROWING WORSE
sasg N>mes Used n the Arny-PSsasss
Heard Among ths People - Woodsrfai
Word Twisttay Fssts II The
Wsst-Worst Of AL

1t b In embryons and childhood. and
among the iiliterste. We always find the
groundwork and start of the science of
language. and its noblest products What
n re let most people seem to have in speak
ing Of man not by his srue and formal
name. with Mister to II. but by some
odd or honey appelative The propensity
TO approach q meaning not directly and
squarely. but by circuitous styles Of ex-
preston. seems indeed born ,uality Of
the common people everywhere. evi-
denced by nicknames and the inveterate
determination of the masses to sbestow
sub titles. sometimes rid .culous somtimes
very apt Always among the soldiers dur
Ing the secession war one heard of Litt e
Mac" (Gen Nc lellan,, or of 81 ncle
BILLY" Gen Sherma,. THE old man
was. of coarse. very common
Among the rank and file. both armies. ii
was very general to speak of the di er.
ent states they came from by their slang
namea Those from Maine were called
foAes: New Hampshire Granite Boys
Massachusetts. Bay Staters: Vermont
Green Mountain Bows; khode lsls nd.
un Glints; Connecticut Wooden Nut
megs. New York. knickerbockers: New
Jersey. lam Caichers: ennsylvania.
Logher Heads Delaware. Muskrats.
Maryland. Claw Thumpers; Virginia.
Beas e,; North Carolina, Tar Boilers;
souih Carolina Weave 9. Georgia, Buz
Ear IS; louisiana. CreoIes: Alabama. Liz.
zards: Kentucky. Corn Crackers. Ohio;
buckeyes: Michigan. Wolverine. Indiana,
Hoosiers; Illinois, Suckers; Missouri.
luAes; Mississippi. Tad oles; Florida.
Fly p the Creeks; Wisconsin Badgers
Iowa Hswkeyes; Oregon. Hard Gases
Indeed. l am not sure but slang names
have more than once made presidents.
Id Hickory" Gen. Jackson is one case
in point -Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
is another.
SLANG AMONG THE PEOPLE.
The same rule will he found in the peo
pies conversations everywhere heard
this among the men of the city horse
cars where the conductor is often called
-snatcher" l. g because his character.
istic duty is to constantly pull or snatch
the bell strap. TO stop or 20 on. Two
young fellows are having . friendly
talk. amid which. says first conductor
snatcler." Answered. second conductor:
Mailed translation of answer: Il
worked a. carpenter y What is Q -boom?"
says one editor to another. Esteemed
contemporary" says the other. "a boom
IL bulge barefoot whisky" Is the
Tennessee name foo the undiluted stimu
liant In the slang of the New York
common restaurant walters plate Of ham
and beans is known as stars and stripes.
Goldfish balls IS .slesve- buttons. 4" and hash
- mystery.
The western states Of the Union are,
however, as may be supposed. the special
areas of slang. not only in conversation,
but in names Of localities, towns, rivera,
etc. A late Oregon traveller says:
"On your way to Olympia by rail you
cross . river called the Shookum Chuck;
your train stops at places named New
sukum. Tumwater. and Toutle. and IL
you seek further YOU will hear of whole
counties labeled Wahkiakum, or Sno.
homish or kitsar, or N hlikatat. and Cow.
litz. Hookium, and Nenolelops greet and
offend you. They complain in
Olympia that Washington territory
gets but little immigration: but
what wonder! What man. having the
whole American continent TO choose
from. would " illingly date his letters
from the county of snohomish. or bring
up his children in the city of Nenolelops.
The village of Tumwater Is. as am
ready to bear witness. very pretty. in
deed; but surely N emigrant would think
twice before he established himself either
there or at TOutle Seattle 10 sufficiently
barbarous. Stellicoom 10 no better: and l
suspect that the Northern Pacific railroad
terminus has been fixed at Tacoma. be.
cause 1t is one of the few places on Puget
sound whose name does not inspire hor-
rOr.
JOURNALS IC JIM-JANS
Thus Nevada paper chronicles the de-
parturc Of q mining party from Reno:
The toughest set Of roosters that ever
shook the dust Of any town left Reno
yesterday for the new mining district of
CornucopiA They came here from Viz
ginia Among the crowd were four New
York cock fighters. Two Chicago murder
ers. three baltimore bruisers. one Phiia-
delphia prize tighter. four San Francisco
hoodlumA. three Virginia beats, two
Union Pacific roughs. and two check
guerrilas. Among the far west news
papers have been. or are. I he Fsiryplay
(Coio) Flume. The Solid Muldoon. Of
Oury. The Tombstone fpitaph.
Of Nevada. The Jimplecute Of
Texas, and The Bazoa of Mis-
souri, shirt tail Bend. Whisky
Flat Puppytown. Wild Yankee anch.
Squaw Fiat havhide Ran b. Loafer's Ia
vine. Squitch Gulch. Toenail Lake arc
few Of the names Of places in Butte
county. California
Oklahoma is proposed in congress
for the name Of one of our new terrific
ries. hog.eye. Lick-skir,'I Rake
pocket and stealeasy are tie names Of
some Texan towns Miss Bremen found