Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-02-08
tJaIoUs NAMESoN PENSION CHECKS.
Odd Specimens of Nomenclature Seen at
the Subtreasury In New York.

Odd Specimens of Nomenclature Seen at
the Subtreasury In New York.
This is a big country, and there is a
big variety in the names its residents
carry through life with them. No
better 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 gets q
wider range of novelties in nomen-
clature than the subtreasury in this
city.
The subtreasury does a tremendous
business in pension checks, and some
very curious Endorsements appear
upon these bits of paper, which, as a
matter of fact, give more conclusive
evidence than do the majority of the
other financial documents sent in that
the ways of the American christen-
ers r past finding out. A collec-
ton of some of the curious names
under which persons no doubt man
age to lead respectable lives has to
include those of a good many In
dams, but the most novel of their ID
ties are fully matched by some of
the appellations of whites. The col
ored brother, too, is no doubt respon-
sibie for his share of the queer
names.
AS to the pious antecedents of
Christian Scripture, there should be
no doubt, and Christian Bible should
be equally above reproach. John
the Baptist Theophilus Ploof can do
nc less than live up to his name,
while Anna Ketchabaptist may find
in hers a reminder of some old fam
lily romance. Abel Cain has to thank
Biblical source evidently for the
way he writes his autograph.
Christian is a favorite. There are
Christian Canary and Christian Gall,
while Christian Finger also figures
in the list. Lizzie Barefoot, Charity
Tom, Peter Menagerie, Clean Berry,
Brazil Pepper, John Duck. Mile
Drake. John Chicken, Rose Cardinal,
Winter Green, John Roselip, Joseph
GooGpasture, Eliza Stonecipher,
Amelia A. Turnipseed, Sandy Beard,
Bad Temper, Adarl Apple and Pleas
ant Ladd offer examples of rather
curious combinations.
There are others which are still
more unusual. Lone Liar. for in
stance, is certainly an oddity. George
Washington Ananias suggests an in
c~ongruity. So does Temperance
Rumy, while Day Knight and Au-
gust Blizzard are not far behind.
Smith Corns, Lean Redman, G. w.
Heavystride. Daniel Death, Henry
Fivecoats, Birdsong Grow, Henry
Pancake and Fred Coldsnow are all
names to attract attention on a sign
board.
Geography evidently was respect
ed in the family of Tennessee Texas
Bowman, while patriotism must have
assisted in the selection of America
Cannon, America England and
America Patrick. Adam Skunk would
naturally ask to have his name
spoken with the accents in the right
place. Welcome Home is pleasing
title, while there is something curl
Gus about the sound of Seneca Sly
and Betsy Bump. Ripus Uptheback
should run no danger of having his
mail delivered to somebody else.
James Necessary, James Walking
stick, L. w. Cashdollar, Peggy Way,
Mary Tickle, Elizabeth Scalp, Hugh
Hash, Simon Pure, Edward Daddys-
man, Diamond Stone, Peter Pence
and John Unsold are certainly far
from common names. Madison
Square and Asbury Park should be
well known and popular New York
Times