Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-15
NOMENCLATURE.
same Of the Names of our Neighb0rs
Classified by origin.

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some Of the Names of our Neighbors
Classified by origin.
The new directory of Los Angeles pre-
sents large an interesting field for the
study of nomenclature. Among the 3d.
500 names in the directory many were
evidently taken from objects Of nature in
the beginning.
In the vegetable kingdom is found
six apples, two cherries, one peach,
eighteen berries, one mayberry, three
beans, three citrons, six pease, three
peppers, sage, one Glove, coffee, farina,
cotton, lots of rice, wheat, hay, grass,
many reeds, twelve roots, six rushes and
two nettles all of which are grown in
many fields. Supplementing three
forests are an ash, one chest
nut, elms. two oaks, palm,
q palmetto and larch. All of these have
but one branch. The fora is represented
by one garden with plant with one leaf
and one flower, and one pink, a whole
bunch Of roses and one SNOWFALL. There
are plenty of woods and wood,a woodroof,
q woodward and woodman.
In the animal kingdom the domesticated
ones found are two bulls, mares, six
lambs, nine brakes, nine swans, six
chicks, bee and bat. In the field
fauna are eight wolves, four lions, fifteen
foxes, nine bucks, four hares, two coons,
seven hawks, five cranes, four crows,
four partridges, two nigAtingales, one
teal, one dove and one wren. These
birds are accompanied by four wings and
but one eyrie. The reptilians are but
two, a blackadder and worm.
The piscatorial world is we'll repre-
sented. There are three bass, two had
docks, one oyster, four pike, three sal
mon, and seals; yet the directory shows
that there are but six fishes, although
many fishers.
In the way of provisions there are nine
bacons, nine hams and two roes. The
only potable is champagne.
The mechanical and industrial arts are
represented by one bench, one belt. four
brushes, one brazier, two files, ivory,
junk, one knob, irons, leather, five mills,
one nail, one nipple, one reel, two stills,
one tag, one till and one brick; three
farmers have one plough, five
brands, two posts, gravel, a grange,
and one drought; the grocers have
q sack, one cone and a pair of
scales, while the housekeepers have four
houses with one gable, one lease, three
kitchens, one range, one lamp, three
lights, six wicks, two sheets with one
hem, two buttons, one spoon and Sarah
Milks; the printers have place and two
hicks; the seamen have five hulls, one
raft, two cables, one stay, two charts,
two piers, one breeze and four gales.
In the occupations there are four
drapers, two falconers, one glazier, six
goldsmiths, one graver, three dressers,
seven dyers, three cutters, one consul
man, thirty-five cooks, twenty. two COOP
ers, eleven butchers, twenty-four buffers,
nine harpers, two millers, seventeen
masons, one packer, four painters, one
paster, plenty OF porters, two shoemakers,
one subrette, three tinkers and many
weavers. There is also one crook, one
crank, one corker, one craven and one
buster.
The nobility is represented by Rex
George, one peer, eight earls, two dukes,
four lords, eleven MOBILES, one tiara and
two maces.
The army has one battle, Mars, one
major, five ensigns, four pipers, one
lance, one hilt, seven canons, three
darts, two champions and four camps.
There is one diamond, one crystal,
two pearls and four fints.
The Church is most fully represented
There are only two Christians, but one
Christ, one priest, one monk, thirteen
parsons, two diyines, two creeds, four
parishes, three chapels, FOUR temples,
four towers, one nave, one organ, sixteen
crosses, one crozier, one Sunday, three
Lents and one Zion. Pray is found but
once.
The Court record has one Judge, law
and four wills.
Nature is represented by several foods,
an ocean, four BAYS, six beaches, five
rivers, three ponds, one spring, four
lakes, two clouds, one moon and two
parks.
There is but one sex, one body and
one craw in the directory, but still there
is a benedict, a husband, STRIPPING,
marry, an heir, two molls, one dandy,
five darlings, one good fellow; also there
are the French, Danes, English and
Irish also one Mick, two Moors, one
Negro, one Savage and two Romans one
Hagar, Puck, Pythian and
q Damon.
Among the miscellaneous names are
found two LIMOGES, three curls, two
boards, three lashes, three lips and one
look; there is hunger, hope and hiss /;
two hacks, one halter and one hand four
streets and seventeen lanes one papa
and one life; six guests, three welcomes
and one chat; one case Of gore; two
fortunes seven graves and two coffins !;
six weeks, twenty-five days, thirteen
summers, one fall and five winters; two
odors and one savory; five parcels, one
mill, two rings and one search one tour,
one cane and one strife.
The hardest name in the directory is
Wiskotschill, the easiest Off, and the
strangest ones Sven Mo, Ann LIE Won
and Mary Burst.
He Kicks Back.
EDITORS HERALD-Under the caption
of "Ought to be Kicked Out" the Times
of this date pl1hlishes q statenant which