The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-12-17
SOME VERY ODD NAMES.
Dickens Outdons BY the Congressional
Record.

The singuiarity and Grotesquenees OF
the proper names IN DiCkens's novels
have been remarked by every reader and
the objection Is an old enc that the
n0velists prOverbial love ~ cartcature
carried him beyond the bounds OF nature
In his nomenclature as IL his character
drawing.
Or the other hand. II Is alleged IN his
defense that he actually got all his queer
names out OF the city directories and
street signs. However that may be a
glance through the Congressional
Records will prove that there IS
a plenty OF names In real lie that
are fully ss odd as any lmmOrtaIized by
Dickens.
They are to be found by the dozen
scattered among the host Of private re-
lief bills. executive nominations etc.
Susan Nipper Is u cognOmen Of not a
whit more individuality than JOiCy Rich
wine OF Magdellna Fonish two females
residing the one in North Carolina and
the other IN Pennsylvania. who desire
pensions from the government; and
Zephaniah Crubaugh. who halls from
Ohio, might have stood for the "shep-
nerd" IN the Pickwick papers. instead OF
StIggins.
Another Ohio petitioner Is David ".
S,ockstill which will probably prove
descriptive Of the fate or his claim. and
Anna Nation. Andrew Jackson Konkle.
Margaret Greathuus. John s. Chisum
AMI Simon J Fought. a very good name
far 4 veteran pensoneU.
Oregon has a man named George
Washington who wants q pension. and
who ought to have il If names amount TO
anything From Oregon also comes
slajm from a Mr. TuuiS SwiCk
HrLu~y yIvauia has it full quota Of
-iuuaIar Lamcs among which we may
notice JacD1 ka~tate Harrison Dingcs.
Sophia Gump George kuopenydeT, Joel
Sechrist and Hiram Fedrick
South Carolina rejoiCes III McssTs
Boston Fowler and Rudolph Lobsiger
While Tennessee matches them with an
Isaiah Sweet ana W G. Dilahunty
Milton Il Muzzy. OF Virginia. petitions
CCUgresS. bat not Tor a change OF name.
as might Ue suspected
Society in West Virginia. cne would
thILk must have bee. scLIlcLsiy oUIt-
.ateI by Mr.. DIckeLs durin- thtI repAr1-
ton or his Martin Chlz.eSIt." IC tEat
lively work a. we all r--c,i"ct. Irc-p-
ton Cc;Iuitt-e wal,s IToL tAc ii6 noTall=
E!Ir,h TuErlm. auG the sFch Sc. ~ iE-
trGIICcS the IEeU Gers to that statesman
- fellows
p. Doc,or Ginery DunkIe, sir. Mr
IodI sir Mr. Lizard sir. Mr.. Julius
Washington Merryveathcr Bib Colonel
GTpUcr SiT Professor Piper. sir. Ny
own name. sir. j. Oscar Buffun.
These extraordinary names have
distinctly West Virginia twanE. for on
thcrrIl nr petitioners from that state -wo
find MrSsrs George CuHy. Elijah {.
SupI-ra-5 JaIunS \ Dema5tuS. DaHicl
Marrar"icc Jd.,t d Gtho and An
drew Hlsririu'ham
Wisconsin fur1f- two verbal cur
io=ities in Dclil4h Nat and Jac.b l. "
Doxtater while Kansas comes to tn
front with William G ScEn1LascT. aI.d
New York Uciut7 with pride to Mrs
Wesley scripture
Mr. SAFER Sullivan. OF Indiana must
he some relation Cf the Boston cham
pion. and Felix W. RuShcr, of the same
State. is certainly " happily named,
and. asa e. claimant" will need all the
comfort he can get out of the fact.
But these are only a few specimens
among many
changes in his An erjcan Notes on
the name of George Washington Wad-
die Which aiorL5 Il page in the Con
grcssi8ual Record
or. when casting about for striking
apprlltigLs for his female characters,
how be would have rcioiccd TO read Cf
Albertine Cockrum, Margaret c. BuTp,
Agnes J. Nhlcker and Elizabeth Gcos-
tesphanl
Ard so he might have gone on down
the columns Of the Record, finding in
succession to his mingled amuz.ment
and amusement the names john F.
Stukey. William Midkin. David Harsh
barger. William BcddO, Rohert HUFF,
Micajah Joyner, John UPcraft. Isaiah
W Bunker, Hartford Motherly. NJ. A
Bickerdykc. Lewis Btlick, Thomas c.
I-Criy Ambrose Chewing, David Corn
propet. F. Courtney CochnOwer. c. &.
Coleio. S Ovenshine B. F. Ledbetter,
J. Z Clubhouse, S. NJ. Peacock, ". A.
Skunk. John Li9kabaugh. William Long
nebker. Calvin L. Knick, and J Snoddy.
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