The evening world., 1894-05-11
FUNNY CONNECTICUT NAMES.
PcrsonnI Local and Idiomatic odd
tiles Of Title In the Nutmeg state.


The Connecticut Yankee ever has
keen epigrammatic phrases The same
natal 81. mas e&Dr, -s'G Itselt IN .'ctl
names. His odd titles sometimes apply
to school districts and delnai r. gion.
says writer In the st. Logis Post
Dispatch, sometimes to headlan !.
bay or island. but Ottt tner 10 an in.
definite region now and then marked
by somc s,ngle cntractcrisuc, am ire.
quently by no characteristic at all.
! nos" funny names us.hiiy without
rhyme or reason, All the State. and
there IL hardly a town that has not
half dozen at least: How con mon
they are let the case OF the single town
Of Stratfori attest. Within its bor-
ders are the, following local titlss:
Point 40 Point, Goose Harb,r, Ten
Cent. Gold D.ggings, skunk 5 Tavern,
WIG VAN, Hanmocks, Tins Bushes,
Devils Den. Honey Spot, Lazy Bany
and Success. Some of these names are
sound, For example, there. IL the
"Abrigatur," "A region near Waterbury,
which, on the authority of Yale pro-
i"sEur, means in opanlsh h. 'ntlie l.,t
Did ever Spaniard live there? ami
u 80 what was there ia the region TO
Justify the title he gave! Is query for
III" Waterbury. antiPuarian"
Again, not far from West Rock is
from a Wild mare uurned loose. iut
It's title is. in fact. derived from a
frcnohman, who loyal!y named II Nine
Mere, referring to the mother Of Nal o
uounccd that Rag Hollow in Cheshire
WAS changed 10 the lIUre I'peti, tue
Of Sprirg valley. lts earlier nliNe
dilnt, as mi2ht be, inferred. refer to
old factory whore rags we're used on
polishing wheels. Here ar. some OH
Puritan first names CLEANED, for the
yards; Casinlann, Harkis, NOdiCa Has
ii"gh HullyCarpus II ,peetll, Waits'ill.
Vienna, Arlotha, Jahleel. Archesa, Noi-
li'ct. Eut Tia, iunnY,st string II N
k"" names, is perhaps. that taken
from AN old insurance company's list
at Hartford. and phllished good
"hilD h-u HE on" of ihr rnp"rS tn''. ''.
tCms"y REmeey Amzi S.Popplno. Wash
Hands, Derrick y. January, Artom"sas
lau"akc. H,u"rs Sass. o. w. Hu"kle-
berry, a. Drinknr, Robert \. Crowbar
Pantaloon Roy. Reflection Pepper Lib
erty Lamb. Babetle Bopp William Nj
thercoat Rosa De!iTa Breindt, Dino
cher Dugas, Cosmos n. Smoke Cahba %
Binderup, Donatus Bitter and Frank
Here are the names of districts in
Connecticut, most of them school dis
official report or other: Above AL Ap.
pa9uag, ,Arrowanna. Ballahack, Ban
gall. Bedlam. Bitgod. BoSum, Break
r""s, Brick TOP. blrt cpr Cat $" ,uu.
Chewink, Chicken Hill Campo, Corum
ban. Den, Devils backbone. Dt vii 8
Hopyard. Dividend, Equivalent, Goes.
,n,o G,..,re li,ltc, ltl"g". ls;nf, :.
Jabbok Malmauack, Meshorasick. Ma.
yaug, Nyamrs. Nod North Brick Now
youg, Obtuse Occum. Padanarum. Pam
necha, Peaceable. Paywell,. Pegville,
Llck r!aoervou2, pinch street pn-
dunk, Plum Trees, Pitch. PoEv.auk,
Post, Potato Lane Poverty. Press Barn
Bar. Puckshire, PurgatGry, Pu ding
Hin. Puddle Town, Puffingham Pur-
chase, Quadic, Quill Trap, Queach.
Quaimbog, Ratlam, Roast. Meat Hin,
Sabtown, Samp Mortar Scotch Cap,
Scbstha. Shennecosser Shippee, Siam,
Shunixamapg, Spit Head; shoonXille
shutdown, Suffrage. Tangwank, Tater
Hill, Tobtown. Toddy Hill, Tucker Wal
lup Wnssuc, Whip Stick, Wig Hill and
Wood Tick.
a Connecticut country pastor is said
TO have made this announcement from
his pulpit: Brethren, | shall hold ser
vices of prayer on Tuesday in Hell
Hollow, on Thursday In Satan's King
dom and on Friday at Devils Kitchen" "