Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-03
NAMES OF ALL SORTS.
Strange Applications Borne by
Some Post-Ofdces.
Wild Western Fancies and Eastern Lido.
syncrasies Names Short, Long and
M1ddling-Town Personalities-Hu.
NOR OF the Postal Guide.

Hhiooiine-IoWn Personalif1es-du.
NOR OF the Postal Guide.
| 1t is impossible to glance over the pages
| OF the United States Official Postal Guide
for 1889 without becoming interested and
specializing upon the reasons for be-
/ slowing the numerous whimsical, historic,
personal and ridiculous appellatlons upon a
number of the SIS 900 post-ofices contained
/ therein. The origin of some Of the names
/ is plain, and the nationality of the settlers
/ of other towns readily determined, but the
selection of many modern titles is both
amusing and surprising, says the Phiia-
delphia Press.
How trippingly from the tongue fall such
names as Bywy, Yum Yum, Fem Fem,
Mahwah, DO Bo, Dodo, Walla Walla, Chocco-
locco, Pee Wee, Wawa, Mills Mills, Pc Ell,
Ty Ty, Easta Boga, Mono and Succasunna
while in marked contrast to these are the
following over which the lingual facilities
are apt to halt and stumble: Aquashicola,
Wapwallopen, Passadumkeag, Punxsutaw-
ney, Damariscotta, Saccarappa, Wytopit-
lock, Daguscahonda, Mattawumkeag,
Kishacoquillas Wanepashemet, Quiiotoa,
Skaneateles, Quonochontaug, Aqua Cali
ente, or fatigue.
Men OF letters evidently prompted the in
itlal title Of o. K and P. K. in Mississippi,
A. b. G. and Y. q. in Tennessee, B. ID
Indiana, o. z. in Colorado and T. B. in
Maryland And did desire to save time in
speech dictate Al, Re, Ep, Ur, Ho, Ka and
Uz, one or two of which are found IN a num-
Der of Statesl OF peculiar three-letter
names there are hundreds, the following
being selected as specimens: BEN, Boz,
Bue, Cid, Cos, Dee, Egs, Flo, Cad, Hix,
Hye, leo, Kew, Leb, Loo, Mid, Ney, Nix,
OH, Ono, Opp, Ord, Ost, Pax, Phi, Pou, Pye,
Rep, Rue, Rux, Seq, Sim, Taw, Nil, Eek,
Uhl, Vox, Voy, Wea, Wen, Oty, Rea, Zeb
and Zif.
There is marked feature of personality
about the names of these post-offices: Al
bert Lea and Frank Hill, IN Minnesota; Pc
ter Cooper and Ben Davis, in Indiana |;
Ben Franklin and Tom Bean, in Texas /;
Jenny Lind and John Adams, in Califor-
MA; John Day, in Oregon; Nat Moore, in
North Carolina; Paul Smith, in New York /;
Frank Pierce, in Iowa; Walter Hill, in
Tennes see, and appropriately, William
Penn, Wanamakers and Quay, in Pennsyl-
vania.
The ''can't be- beat" "go-ahead" spirit Of
the average American breathes forth in
Excelsior, Number One, Fair Play, Onward,
Never Fail, Tip Top, Best, Upward, Eureka
and Triumphant, and fondness for the
principles for which our forefathers fought
is shown by nineteen towns bearing the
name of Independence, twenty-six that of
Liberty, tWenty-seven Unions and twelve
Freedoms Enthusiasm for public men and
heroes is shown by the choice Of the name
of Washington for thirty-three towns, Lin
coin twenty-seven, Grant seventeen, Car
field twenty-four, Cleveland twenty-five,
Harrison seventeen, Blaine eighteen, Logan
nineteen, Sherman tweIty-three, Hancock
nineteen and Sheridan twenty.
Blue Eyes, Dew Drop, Baby Head, De-
light, Early Dawn, Sweet Lips, Bridal Veil,
Matrimony, Rose Bud, Daisy Dell, Sweet
Home, Dell Delight, Keep Tryst, Little Su-
gar Loaf, Mary's Home, May Day, Prairie
Queen show the romantic bent of the minds
responsible for the naming The gallant
nature of the early settlers and rough pio-
ncers, and the fact that they thought of the
dear ones left behind them is atIested by
the Berthas, Medoras, Idas, Enmas, Joseph
ines, Ethels, Clsras. Adelaldes. Nauds, Han
nahs, MaheIs. Nellies, lsabals, Sarahs,
Noras, Editus and other female names which
are found in many, especially tie Western
States.
Doubtless "a rose by any other name
wou smell as sweet" but what poor taste
it is to saddle Il town with such ridiculous
names as B-retoot, Beef Hide, Big Isaac,
Big Shan,y, Back Mingo, Buck Snort,
Burnt Corn, CaUb &c Farm, Cabln John,
Calf Killer, CL4I Level, Chug Water,
Colt S Neck, Crum e. bow, Cut Of, Dead
Level, Dry Bones, Dug Spur, Emigrants
Gap, Flynn's Lick, Fancy Farm, Forty Fort,
French Hay, Funny Louis, Garry Owen,
Happy Jack, Hanging Dog, Hat Of, Horse
Gall. Hump Back, Irish Ripple, jug Tavern,
Little Chucky, Mouse Tai, Negro Foot, Nj
Wat, Oaky Streak Painted Post, Parch
Corn, Patties Gap, Pay Up, Pink Bed, Quid
Nunc, Rabbit Hash, Rough and Ready, Rye
Patch, Sal Soda, Scalp Level, Shoe Fly,
Short Off Show Low, Smoky Ordinary,
Soon Over, Sop Choppy, Stump Knob,
Tumblng Shoals, Turkey Foot, Two Tav-
ems, I Bet, Wady Petra, Wake Up, Walk
Chalk, What Cheer, Why Not, Wide Awake,
Wild goose, Yankee Jim's, Y elbow Rabbit,
You Bet, Saw Tooth, Pigeon Roost, Gee
Lick, Good Thunder or Paddy's Run.
Who would not be content to dwell in
Angels Camp. Blissvllle, Bountiful, Home,
Delightful, Good Luck, Comfort, Orderville,
Pleasant Home, Prosperity. Pure Air, Re-
pose, Quiet Dell, Society Hill, Sweet Air,
Rest, Tranquility, Travellers Repose, Happy
Land, harmony, Fair Weather or Pleasant
SItei While on the other hand who would
choose as an abiding place a town bearing
the ill-omened name of Alone, Blowout, Dis
NAL, Breezy Point, Burnt Cabins, Defeated,
Grayball, Desolation, Fussvllle, Gallows,
Little Rest, Ill viii, Nameless, Needy, Pain
vile, Useless, Little Row, Poverty Hill,
Purga DRY, Solitude, Yell, Worry, State
Prison, Turnback, Notime, Tribulation or
Troublesome!
A terpsichorean devotee would be inter-
ested in Waltz, Mich; Harp, Ky; Violin,
La; Flies, O., and Fiddle Pond, S. c., while
the undertaken is remembered at Tomb
stone, A t; Collins Summit, n. Z;
Graves, Kan, and Dyall, Fla. North Caro-
lima has both Noise and Quiet. Several
States have the beginning and the end
in Alpha and Omega Virginia is the
only State with both Sun Rise and Sun Set.
A number of the States have all three
of the graces, Faith, Hope and Char
ity Illinois has a Roland for an Oliver.
Virginia has Maidens; Alabama, Widows;
North Carolina, Matrimony, and Tennessee,
a Bride.
1t may surprise most people to learn that
England is in Pennsylvania, Ireland in Min
nesota, Scotland IN Connecticut Wales in
Iowa, France IN Tennessee, Germany ID
Ohio Russia in New York, Italy in Texas