Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-02-04
Posr.oeElos nAMks.
Odd CoEnomsns Bestowsd Upon Som
NeWly- Created OfIices.


odd CoGnomsns Bestowsd Upon Some
Newly Created oflices.
Naming post-offloe is like naming
child.-thero Is no accounting for the
taste dislayed in the name selected.
Usually the post-ollice Is named after
tho town, and when tho town is started
some enterprising citizen gets In his
deadly work and the town is named
after him. Others take their names
from surroundings and often from incl
dents which happened when the site
was first selected. Some arc good,
others bad; some long and some short,
but there seems to be general disre-
gard of the proprleties in the selection
of names. For instance, Happy Camp
is the name OF newly-creatod post
Office in California, and tho prcbabili'
ties are that the inhabitants are con
stantly fighting, and the only person
who is happy is tho undertaken. who
is growing wealthy. Mountain View
is moro likely to be the namo OF a
village at the bottom OF a two-hun'
dred- foot hill than to be near n mount.
ain. while Marble CHI is very remote
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 tho establishment
Of the place.
Peace and Cain are two villages
where post-offices have been estab-
lished in Alabama while Rat, Rye
and Urbanity have been discontinued.
Sassafras is the name OF n spicy
Arkansas village, while people who
desire to go to n new postal station in
Alaska will have to have thelr letters
addressed to Belkofsky. California
has a choice collection OF new names.
Bitter Water. Calabass, Orosi and
Simioplis make q splendid quartette.
Tourtelotte and Bovina are Colorado
offices. Dakota, as becomes q newly
admitted State, is selecting names
for Its new offices from among those
who advocated Its admission, and Is
getting rid OF Its old Territorial
names. reminiscent as they were with
the names bestowed by cow-punchers
whose idea OF the ridiculous was very
keen.
The warm climate OF Georgia boasts
OF an Arctic town. while Sinker 10 the
mare OF q village In Idaho.
The people OF Illinois wero so glad
to get new postal facilities that they
did not stop to complete the names,
and sent them out as Lis and Mac
Nail and Cheek arc two villages in the
Indian Territory. Fritz, Snyder and
McBrayer represent the ruling popu-
lation In three Kentucky places. China
is located in Michigan, and Minnesota
boasts OF Its short Line Park. Mis-
souricontains Last and Clio. Raten
is In Nebraska, while Redstone takes
Its name from the granite hills Of New
Hampshire. New York is provided
with Best an Echo and Jayville.
Stem and Wharf are the names OF two
post-offices In North Carolina, and
Scrub. Ego and Twin have Ohio writ
ten after them on envelopes.
Ale and Joy, while both are In Ore
gon. are not in the same county. and
there is no connection between tho
two. Peach Tree, Early, Orphans
Home and Venus are In Texas. Exit
and Joe are in the neighboring State
OF Virginia. and Washington has a
newly-created small post-office called
Nickel. while Fossil and She'll COM
plete the list for MISUNDERSTANDING
tnn Pns.