Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-11
AN INCIDENT OF WALES VISIT.

AN Uf NALkS lSll'
st. Louis Republic.
At the time of the Prince of Wales
visit to St Louis in 1860, Robert Stew
art was Governor of the State. He was
a noted character of that time, and his
eccentricities were intensified by ex-
treme fondness for "wine when it was
red" or any other color. The Governor
was posed alongside of the Prince on a
dais at one end of the ball room, to repre-
sent Missouri and her hospitality and to
make known to him all people worthy
of notice presented to him. The beau
tiful daughters of Missouri turned out
in great numbers, en- regle, decollete,
etc, and bejeweled, to see the young
scion of royalty. Singly, in couples and
in groups they were brought up and
presented to the Prince. And the Gov
ernor himself, being bachelor, became
decidedly enthusiastic and excited over
the array of beauty, even if his exuber-
ance were in no degree to be attributed
to potations. Finally, reaching out, he
gave the Prince vigorous slap on the
shoulder, and exclaimed:
"My God, Prince, don't you wish you
were Governor of the State of Missouri
UNIQUE TITLES BORNE BY NEWSPAPERS.
Printers Ink.
There is the class of aerial disturbance,
including such journals as the Cyclone,
Breeze, Zephyr, Blizzard and Hot Blast.
Closely related to this class is one
which includes Wave, Breaker, Surf,
Ocean Wave, Tide, Spray from the
Sound. Seaboard, Current Wave, Head
er, Rudder, Helm, Coast News, Coast
Mail and Canoe.
The Reporter who starts out to mold
Public Opinion, and is very Wide Awake
and a Hustler or a Rustler after News,
often degenerates into a mere Ink Fiend
or Ink Hustler.
Anna, ILL.,, appropriately has a paper
called Talk. To keep it company, else
where is found Chaff and Chat.
In the divisions of time we have a
Century, an Age, an Epoch, a Cycle, a
Day, Year, an Hour, Month and a
Week Likewise we have Dawn, Noon
tide and Daylight. Not far off are the
Watch, the Clock, the Horologer, the
Timekeeper and Dial. The above
suggests Light, Lighthouse, "a Beacon,
a Flambeau, a Torch, Lamp, a Head
light and Blazes. AK, Broadax, Toma-
hawk and Hatchet follow each other
naturally, and after the latter Chips
may be placed.
Mephisto, Lucifer and other MepEis-
tophelian characters of a Plutonian ma
ture may also be found.
When it comes to real eccentricity of
nomenclature, however, let me COM
mend you to to the Jefferson, Tex, jim
plecute; the Sedalia, Mo-, Bazoo; the
Wayback Astonisher, the Solid Muldoon
of Ouray. Col; the Moral and Scientific
Companion Tin ArizonaD, the Rip Saw,
the Deaf Mute Optic, the Wahoo, Neb.,
Wasp; the Rams Horn. the Poor Souls
Advocate, the Haw Patch, Ind: Gospel
Exhortation and Reproof, the Spirit of
Jefferson, Firm Foundation, the Or
phan's Friend, the Unterrified Democrat
Linn, Mo-, the Headblock, Thirteen
Town, Thielensien, the Bedrock Demo
crat, the Herald d-Disseminater, the Screw
Driver, the Appeal Avalanche, Ball,
Shepherds Voice, the Big Stone (Va.)
Post, the Cosmocrat, Mamma, the Chro-
notype, Car, the Times Reflex and Hop
Reporter, Conglomerate, Short Line,
Snook's Journal, Deaf Mute Pelican,
Sand Me, Why? the Growler, the Dia-
mond Telescope, Nutmegs.
There is an approach to hum0r in the
Tombstone (Ariz.) Epitaph, the Thomas
Co.. Cat of Colby, Ia; the Jamaica (Vt.)
Ginger, and Ham and Eggs (pork and
poultry of Topeka, but the pun never
gets any closer to the surface than in
these instances, and even then it hardly
can be said to exist in paying quantities.