The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-12-07
NAMES.
odd Cognnmcn- Besi"wcd Upon s"m'
Srw.y-trsat~i Offices.

Odd Sognnmcn- Brsi"wcd Upon some
Srw.y-trstt~d Offices.
Naming n po-t-ofiice Is like naming
n child there Is no accounting for the
taste dislayed IN the name selected.
U-uaiiy tho p~ost-ufico Is named after
tho town. and wbcn the town is started
some cntcrpri,ing citizen Tets in his
deadly work md the town is named
after him. Others take their names
from surround ngs and often from Incl
dents which happened wher tho site
was first selected. Some are good,
others bad; some long and some short,
but there seems TO be q general disrc-
gard Of the proprietics in the selection
OF names. For instance, Happy Camp
l. the name OF u newly-crcated post
Office 10 California, and the probabili-
tic, are that the inhabitants are con-
stautly fighting, aud Tic only person
who is happy Is the undertaken, who
is growing wealthy. Mountain View
is more likely to be the name OF u
village at the bottom Of n two-hun-
drcd-foothi ii than TO DC near a mount
ain, while Marble Cliff is very reinotc
from a marble quarry.
Passing events also help decide the
names of places, and with the Johns
town horror fresh in the public mind
many smaller towns will select that
name to emphasize the Establishment
Of the place.
Pace and Cain are two villages
where po,t-oficcs have been estah-
lishcd in Alabama. viii @ Rat, Rye
and Urbanity have been di continued.
Sassafras is the name OF a spicy
hrkansus village. while people who
desire to go - a new postal station in
Alaska will have to have their letters
I'D dressed to Be,kofsky. California
has q choice collection Of now anne
Bitter Water. Gu abasa, Orosi and
Simioplis make a splendid quartette.
Tourtelotte and Bovina are Colorado
offices. Dakota. Us becomes Il ncw!y-
admitted State. is selecting names
for its row ciic,s from non those
who advocated its ADM ion, and is
p@tting rid Of It's Cd Territorial
names. la.n;pi ccut aa they were with
tine uumcs be- lowed by c~ow-punchcr-
whose idea of the ridiculous was very
keen.
The warm climate of Georgia boasts
OF an Arctic town, while Sinker is the
name Of 4 village in Idaho.
The people of Illinois were 80 glat
to get new postal facilities that they
did not stop to complete the names
and sent them out as Lis and Mac
Nail and Check arc two villages in The
Indian Territory. Fritz, Snyder an
McBrayer represent the ruling popu
lation in three kentucky places. Chin;
il located in Michigan, and Minnesot;
boasts of It's short Line Park. Mis-
souri, contains Last and Clio. Ratel
j, in Nebraska, while Redstore take
It's name from the granite Mills OF New
Hampshire. New York is provide
with Il Best. an Echo and q Jayville
stem aud Wharf are The lanes OF tw
possibilities in North Carolina, an
Sc ub, Fro and Twin have Ohio writ
tea after thom on envelopes.
A,c and JOY. while both arc in Orc
gon, are moi in the am county. an
there is no connection between tn
two. Peach Tree, EARLY, Orphan
Homo and Venus are in Texas. TX
and Joe are in the ncighboring Stat
of Virginia. and Washington has
ncwly-creatcd small post-oifice CALI
Nickel, while Fossil and Shell con
pletc the list for Wyoming.-Washin
ton Post.