Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-29
NAEiES or NtlnOeS.
Curious Nomenclature That originated
In Tao ulI plgatution life.

Curious NomrnUlnturr That Originated
In tao uld rI9atIti"n life.
Ofcoursp. CA every ptaliation there
were several ne.ru.sui the Samename,
and tie negroes, who are app at such
things, used various and peculiar so
briqucts la di,tiu-uisA them. On my
fathers place there MS an Taller
Liza, an Black llEl and an Pop Eyed
Liza, AN Tinker Bic Jake, tnkcr Lit
tie Jake m. tn1'. Knock kneed
Jake, There wcre jnuuc family three
generation uf l'"rS. I'll possessed of a
mental or physical ~lninmity. The old
man. who had been kicked inthc head
by a mule, was crazy. He spent his
days and pretty nearly all his nights
standing under a broad China tree
preaching Of the judgment day. He
was Tinker Fool Ben. His son. a mid
die aged man, afflicted with an ulcer
that made him lame. was Tinker Hop
pin Ben. The grandson who trem-
bled with the palsy and besides was
simple minded, was Unker Chilly
Ben. Though able boliei, he was
never required TO do any work and
wandered about the place without let
or hindrance.
At the close of the war a large ma
jority of the southern negroes assumed
the name Of the family 10 which they
belonged. getting it fearfully twisted
sometimes, as, for instance, Grim for
Graham. Buskey for Arowbuski, etc.
Some went back in search of names to
their former owners in Virginia or
Carolina, who had lost them either
through debt or raised them to be sold
to the negro SPECTATOR, who brought
them further south to 5e.sold again to
work the cotton AID rice plantations.
In this way you will now find the
grandfather of a family bearing the
name of his old master in Virginia.
J his son l!.aG ul las owner II The close
Of the war, while the grandson as.
slmoS some fanciful name suggested
by circumstances. So | know an old
man calling himself jim Sanders. His
son is Jim James, Jr. There is not nor
ever has been "a Jim James, sr. His
son, again. is Jim Grandson. Upon
the plantations you still occasionally
come across the once familiar names
of Sambo, Cutfee. Dinah, Sukey, etc,
but very rarely eve there. Grandi.
sons, Mortimers, Leilas, Nathalies,
ETC., have taken their places.
Bible names, with explanatory pre-
fixes and suffixes, are great favorites
among the devout portion of the ne
gro community. The man who works
my garden is King David Jonsing.
My woodcutter is Rev. Solermon
Wiseman, who, like st. Paul, does not
! disdain with his own hands to min
ister to hisuecessities. Besides these,
l number among my acquaintance
Rev. Simon Surrender and Holy Tab
ernacle, Brother John the Baptist
Tubbs. Among the more secular are
Mr.. Jack Hyena and Prince Albert
Hardtimes, a happy equality between
The aristocrat and the plebeian. The
lusty young negro man who. with
Webster's spelling book and hickory,
teaches the colored idea how to shoot,
has chosen the name of Professor Sam
Cape of Good Hope. A black vulcan,
hammering sparks from his anvil,
dubs himself Sampson Lightning. The
butchers boy, who ONE whistling
into the yard with his basket upon his
arm and has a face as black as ebony,
answers to the name of Ivory Temple.
A little colored female tramp from the
country, who comes TO me once a
week, totin' a bundle of ligther'd on
her head, which she offers to ex.
change. announces herself as Miss
Annerlizer Purse. An empty purse.
evidently, for she never fails to wind
up the trade by asking: Amt yer got
nuthin' t'eat yer kin give mei'-Cor.
Philadelphia Times.