The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-13

Pecuiiarities Noted In n Peru-si Of The
United states Postal Guide.


In this great and glorious" republic n
is natural 10 expect big things even in
tho names OF pOstOihcts. and there are
big pOStOiiices galore frOm Bgbug. in
Arizona, 10 Bglick. I'm Tennessee. says
kht Boston Transcript. There are rQ
less than twcnty-iOur Alphas and twelve
Omegas. There are two Angels, twenty
three Arcadas. one Aslcakc, three ALI
gators, two AskcNs, and TWO I1ckbOnr8
OF course there is only one Bar Har
Dor but II strikes the feminine reader a'
singular that there should De hut one
BargaintOwn. There is Blooming of'
fee I'm oregon. ana four Bohemias sg AFTER
cd I'm various states. There are fourteen
B0stons. but only one Bucksnort and
that is in Tennessee. There are "a dozen
or more BLUFFS and four huncgm- 3,
thirteen ClmaAos, one Cann0nndll dn0
one Coke. which, sinsularly enough
in Wood county Texas.
Catarrh is the romantic name or
South Carolina office. That there if
variety OF tastes I'm selecting tneaf
names Is shown By the following lat pi, be
ed 40 random: Birdie, Gruheulch. Polka
dotte Looneyyille. Deweyrose PuAushI
Sweet Air Spinks Corners, yum YUM
Catlett. Get ~, trisky, Halfway, INK
Jakajones Mooushlne, @. *, Shoulder
blade, Sweet Home IlppIersflle, NiaW
berry Valley. NoN Popul, rubuhuon,
MCusetail. puckorDrush, and Mud
parnassus and olympus are repeated
thrice and Paradise sixteen times. There
Is a Romulus and a Rcmus Romeo AMI
Juliet. likewise a Rip and Rat Iheis
is ore Truly and eleven kurais, but DO
coordination of both, although there IS
. LAID OF Promise, Rocky 'omioil
a Sabbath Day Point, and 1olNn lil
no GOmOrrah. There are Two otuciIp7,
one DesdcmOna. ten ovils IiliMalN'1
u Minnehala, and "A Nokumis- NIX l'
favCrite name. 80 is Oakerote, lQt thtie
are tNenty-fhreo and several oiltts are
named ohio. Georgia MAS ms fayNf'
Rhode Island. IT'S QUO nocNotihNb' h''
lucky. its Rabbit Hash. and i ennes7'''
its cute There are sixteen ColWaleis,
including enc i'm kentucky. which aiso
has a Cro8kyille. a HDncysuckle, Tar
heel a Tcatclfs Vile, Pope, "a NiNtfthi
a Santa. an AusterlitZ. "a laNyieN,
Pigeon RCOst, "a Gimlet a bohd.1t'
Celery, a Sassairas, a Maldos, "A It..o
lien "A Nazareth. IaifY, ana a 'iNIN-
we'll besides Ep. G0lorfh. Grapevine.
Troublesome. Jamboree. Waterloo N'"'
such. and Temperance.
This is a liberty-l0ving country, III eiAlf'
two postofices bearing Chat name "u9
yules falls. groves. squares, corners ana
centres are any indication iN.Ie "'
twenty-throe Offices bearing me name oi
Tndeuendoncc. also twelve Jcrcno7. anu
nine Ierrsalems. numerous Mie.'l9 h"p
one MosOu0tamia, tWeniN-'l-Nl A''''N' 70
thirty NiIways nine Nap0loonf. iMtNIF-
tv-o oufrcvs. thirty-six RiyeIs les. innu.
merabla Rainbows. forty-hfo r1iems. ih.
GLIDING vilies. depots &C., and no emo ~
Scotts with hills. dalcs, plains. ana aIa,
fions affixed. Washington is per-finai'l
I'm fortv-seyen postofhccs. and there org
one hundred and thirty-one Unions. 't
The c0untrvs famous men Lincoln seems
10 be the favorife I'm selecting town To
flea fortv-fve being thus named. 'ineii
arc jefferson Blaine. and Carried. iW'N-
tv-eix each. sheridan and sherman. tM,.-
tv-iye. Garrison. fourteen. and Nc'lei-
Ian one There are eighteen CLAD tones.
There was little imagination pnf INTO
tho name ~ Lock 80. %. printer.
Doubtless had something 10 - anon'
ctof Mo. and Stick Tom .'f' are
fev Of wide extremes. ScttendoWn ''Nn-
nowder Hun. Harmony Ounce. orchard
caltnefro Troublesome. Happy and' 't@l,
pieioultv. Neodmoro. Quif Nunc Spot
cssh Thunderholt Morning Glory ,.n.
~. Girlfown prlchnlow. SnlfNIl.f
snrfnc- Pipcstem. scufietown, SMp' 80
cietv nm. T0malos. Nhynot " llN'f'i
Haycockrun. Huckleberry, jug judy anu
0niv nine offices begin with me leiis
Y two Of them are XerNcs one IS Nr,3-
rSone and all the others are Aenia.- bal'
timore sun.