Arizona republican., 1893-06-25
SOME ODD NAMES.
Curious Specimens of Nomencla'
 ture Among Pensioners.
Some of Them Are Strongly Suggestive oi a Tendency to Iunary on the Part of the Persons Who sug-
 gested Them,

This is big country and there is a big variety in the names it's residents carry through life with them. No bet ter opportunity to get an idea of the oddities in family and given names can be had than at one of the treasury branches, where checks from all parts of the country come in, and none of these offices get wider range of nov cities in nomenclature than the sub treasury in Cincinnati, says the Com mercial-Gazette. The subtreasury does a tremendous business in pension checks, and some very curious indorse- ments appear upon the bits of paper, which. as a matter of fact, give more conclusive evidence than do the ma jority of the other financial docu. ments sent in that the ways of the American christcncrs are past finding out. A collection of some of the curi- ous names under which persons no doubt manage to lead respectable lives has to include those of good many Indians, but the most novel oi their ti- ties arc fully matched by some of the appellations of whites. T'he colored brother, too, is no doubt responsible for his share of the queer names.
 As to the piuas antcceden5s oi Chris tian Scripture there should be no doubt, and Christian Bible should be equally above reprcach, John the Baptist Thcophilus Ploof can do no les, than live up to bis name, while Anna KctcliabaDtisi nlay lnd in hers re- nindcr of some cd family romance. Abel Gain has to thank Biblical sources evidently for inc way he writes his aus tosTepa ClFigtiGr i favorite. There are Christian Canary and Christian Gall while Clls'i5aina Finger also figures in the iiGt. l.isa,c Barefoot, Charity Tom, Peter 1Icna~crie, Clean Berry, Brazil Pcprc,E John Duck, Millie Drake, John Chicken, Rose Cardinal, Winter Green, John Roselip, Joseph Goodpastprc, f.liza stonccipher, Amelia A. Turnipseea, Sandy Beard, Bad Temper. Adam Apple and Pleasant Ladd offer examples of rather curi- ous combinations, There are others which arc still moro unusual. Lone Liar, for instance. is certainly an od- dity. George Washington Ananias sug- gcsts on incongruity. So does Temper. ancc Rumy, while Day Knight and Au- gust Blizzard are not far behind, Smith Corns, Lean Rednan, c ". Heavy stride, Daniel Death, Henry Fivecoats, BirdGong Crow, Henry Pancake and Fred Coldsnow gro all names to attract attention on Q siGnboard. Geography was evidently respected in the family of Tennessee Te.;a1 Bowman, while patriotism must have assisted in the selection of America Cannon, America ERgland and America Patrick. Adam Skunk would naturally ask to have his name spoken with the accents in the right place WclecTpc Home is pleas. ing title, while there, is issornething curi oas abort the sound of Seneca Sly ant Betsy Lump Ripus Uptheback should run no danger of having his mail de lvercd to somebody else James Nee essary, James Walkingstick. l.. "
 Cashdollar, Peggy Way, Mary Tickle Elizabeth Scalp. Hugh Hash, Simor Pure, Edward Daddysman, Diamond Stone, Peter Pence and John Unsolt are certainly far from common names Madison Square and Asbrry Parl should be we'll known and popular.