The sun., 1896-02-02
THE LEEK BELT.
CattarauEus Nomenclature and UniQu0
Area in the Allegheny Valley.


SALAMANCA. y. V. Feb. 1.--Hanging in Tho
express office at the Erie station in this place
is a large card on which is printed list of To-
calitics and towns in the far West bearing wild
and fantastic names suggested by their sur
roundinEs or the rolicking humor of the pio-
neer settlers. Until It's novelty wore off, this
list was great curiosity to the people Of Sala-
manca and other parts Of Cattaraugus county,
and a source of much amusement Tho people
evidently did not think that n native Of old Cat
taraugus itself emigratinG West years ago, had
remembered the nomenclature that had been
popular with the settlers of the county long
before the far West was known to emigrants,
and had transplnnted 1t there to make things
seem more homclikc. They did not realize,
pcrhaps, that n list of Cattaraugus county
names of places. If seen elsewhere, might bs
Just as curious and amusing there as the wild
West list has been here. Thus they have in tho
county and near it, borders Crazytown. Hem
PG,ck Bnck22h 2l Horse peay.. Heaven. shinbqns.
Hsns H Eday;, Sllscry;s S@n. y@ Jam FSrks.
Tuhblebugtown:, Sptbox. Poor and Needy.
Burnt Cir Gr'dale de- &corneEs' and Lsek City. vIa. Leek
=, Whatever may have prompted the naming Of
the others, there can be no doubt rs to what
portions Of the counties of Cnttaraugus. Alle-
Sany. and Stcuben, and the northern portions
these three. may be called aptly the leek belt
q 1hs cogntry In that part Of the Allegheny
were there when the first settlers came, a cent
ury and more ago. and they are there yet. II
the pioneer days. for until the newcomers had
been there l"nG. enough to gather their first
@ rtwt , r.'v 'rS n .,G hSpt ht W
diary ot one pioneer that the main sustenance
of the family Tor long time Was wild iecks."
~ descendants n a. nj
to cXtecnIi.atc them have been entirely un-
awaiting; Cultivation Of the ground. in fact,
has tcidcl to Increase them
Iho iaNoritc growing places Of the leeks are
in the. meadows. The lce.s come up tender
pastuinge. Tic cows would he compelled to
.roa then ever II thr% Ia NOT Ike them. as
nad new butter "f the lrck hc!t nr" imprcgnated
70 strongly with the vic onion flavor that
viii Viz a" M H." @ "H "yF @ m IN rhy! oa TIE he snnsns @%slsrs
the "n'i:" lruaa't "f th, ir dnlres at :at time
3, year M TI @ d E @ 81 h "' lex E''im lSrs rr' aS ars
l"vlr near hy E".@hhug- IN" he flavor of their
m!lk ana utter, and now ana th"n outsiders
product "i the Mou l""ky meadows. and buys
them, nnl sTri m-" f%w Ihr ar Of spring IN
"y L. - >irOHglN r"Lu"nl of the l"ck that when
IL" season is nj itN hcignt II reaches even 10 the
Tht- dhnnu,yc wilt onton hGs a flavor sone-
"h"rc hctwccn that .! Earli" and the cultivated
",Mi"n, and il On" j. nnnndmi Of IN the ,s effect
Tie lcet l"li IT = i"ttrr raw tnai, "a new cult
lai,d onion. and lul"l. runt hnh all. the
iIlrs declare Il knr. As hoi.ri onions clear out
Of thu pp.. Ihr .""S !'"nlY in evidence fort
might or sp lll"n II gpr' 10 seed and quickly
saap.d ulia. i'""i,l" nutS.'i" of the lceh belt
G".lHr" tlla' tlr farmer, within II, whenever
iur, itar Ihrir Wl't. ab"orl. wear imple-
I0ti.i iu-irn''I - tic!" u"DtS which they call IA
lrn,, h"ua, and Win thi, la"y scoop lcexs from
H." .r"3nI aa ll'"y "aiH, bIt his IS probably
l,ul '"!r,
II ever ,c"f hrcpun n marketable commodity
III" :; .lr maid Forum" win Nit down among
t." i"r6 Ir.i HrnriH and, holding her nose.
p"rnais, Lc tA";r innE ;,!Hc aurst.