The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-17
YANKEE LOCAL NAMES.

'hicnardson neighborhood? Never
heard Q no such place. Guess you must
the Coop. Used to a Richardson
live there once"
1t is just this way all over New Emo.
land. Every township is subdivided into
localities and neighborhoods bearing odd
and distinctive names. Often thew are
more than odd; they are quaint and e.
centric, and sometimes laughable. This
Coop was bounded on the east by /
the Rock o Dundee, on the north by the
City, a solitary house, standing where
four roads met, and on the west by shada-
gee. And 30 it is in every town, there is
an unwritten geography Of New England.
THE HOGS GREASE.
Boston may have at one time been
blessed with queer subdivisions of this
sort, but they have nov nearly all been
swallowed up in the North End, the West
End. the South End, etc. Lynn, on the
other hand, abounds with them. There
are Rail Hill, Breeds End, Blood Swamp,
New Light Hill, Pan Swamp, Vinegar
Hill, Sadlev's Rock and Pudding Hill,
This last name came to be applied from
The fact that the father Of Preserved
Sprague, who lived in this section, was
noted for the quality Of his buildings.
What is To- Market square was once
known as Kite End. Itreceived its name
at the hands of the late Joshua G. Oliver,
who published a little sheet known as
The Tattler, and, out of spite, he nick
named the locality Kite End, and its PEG.
pie Kite Enders.
Manchester, N. H., boasts of q section
known as the Barbary Coast. q name
given it by an old sailor. Here too, are
found Jacobs Ladder, Pig Village and
Phinenton square. The city itself has
been ~variously known as Harrytown,
Tyngston, Derryfeld and Nomoskeag.
In the suburbs of Bangor. Me-, on the
line of the old veazie railroad, is a vii
lage still known as Hogtown. Years
ago, when the railroad was in full opera
ton and trains used to drag lazily along
between Bangor and Oldtown, terrible
accident occurred there one morning. A
woman living lear the track vas the
happy possessor Of a very large hog, and
the animal in its meanderings came
upon the road in front of an advancing
train. The hog had never been accus-
toned to turn out for anything, and did
not propose to commence with a ~tri1ing
thing like an engine. 1t therefore held
its ground, and a dying hog was soon
rolling down the embankment.
The train stopped, al vas its custom
upon all occasions, even to allow a pas
senger to alight and cut a twig. Out
came an angry woman, brandishing hel
arms and wildly calling ur On the con-
ductor of the train to pay for the fatally
injured porker. In those days the con
luctor Of the line was Of as much i'm
portance as the general manager. and ht
fatty refused to pay for the hog, saying
that the owner ought to have kept hin
away from the track. This settled thu
matter, and he started his train and lef1
her. When that train returned. how
ever there was sorrow on board. Thu
woman had taken the fat from the hog
and for a long distance had CREASED til
rails so that it was impossible to pass tn
place. None of the modern appliance
for surmounting such obstacles wer
then known, and the train was hopeless
" stalled. A crew vas employed to hel]
| the trainmen, and it took hours to cleal
the grease from the rails so that the trail
could proceed. Since that time the plac
has been called Hogtown.
OTHER ODD NAMES.
To everybody in the city of Portlan
the neighboring town Of Cape Efizabet|
Is known by the simpler name of Poo
duck. This is a contraction OF its ar
cient Indian name of P~urpooducl
Augusta has among its subdivision
Rotten Row, Slab City, Mud Mills an
Britt's Gully. Suburban Lewiston
made up of patches" There are til
Baby patch, the Strawberry patch, th
Bleachery Hill patch, the Foundry patel
Water street patch, and the Gas Hous
patch.
Portsmouth, N. H., has its oddly name
localities, and these have been well d
scribed in Thomas Bailey Aldrich
"Story Of a Bad Boy" One Of the be
known is Christian Shore. The name
the district is supposed to have con
from some early settler named Christian
who lived upon and owned the land {
that side Of Strawberry Bank creek,
the inlet now called the North pond w
named by the early c~olonist.
d In Providence, r. l., and its vicini
there are locations known by some
culiar names that are not to be found
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