Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-26

Some OF the ouriositiss of Postoffice No-
meuclatnre.

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Once in awhile there are publisbed
curious and outre names of postofiicea
in various parts of the United states.
/ The newspaper writer's who compile
the articles generally leave Maryland
out, though the State can make a yalu-
able contribution to such list. !!
In Talbot the old postoflices at pres.
ent existing are Oxford, St Micbsel,s.
Trappe and Easton. There was an Old
/ postoffice in the Fourth election dis.
trict called Chapel, and which gave the
name to the district, but the ate and
name has been abolished as postoiiice,
the name being preserved In railroad
station. Another old postoffice was
Bay Hundred, frequently written EBAY
l00," which was the only postoilics
west of st. Michael's when the mail
came across the chesapeake in
batsean from Annapolis to Haudaway's
Ferry, and was taken ON horse back,
later in gig, over the post road from
Bay Hundred TO Snow Hill Royal
Oak is also one Of the older postofficss
in the country. as it is one of the
oldest villages The great oak decayed
and bad to be removed some years ago.
A cannon ball FREQ BY the British in
the attack on st. Michael's, in 1914,
hung suspended to one of it's limbs,
and when the tree was removed the
ball disappeared.
| A few years ago Henry @. Banning,
president of the Bank of Delaware,
whose family had their original seat in
this country about Royal Oak, insti-
tuted search for the cannon ball and
found 1t In use by an oysterman as an
anchor for his canoe. Mr.. Banning
caused it to be suspended to post he
had planted az near the site OF the
royal oak tree as was pussible, and
there it is now.
II West OF st. Michael'a there are now
six Talbot postoffices, each supplied
with daily mail. They are Whitman,
named for a merchant who was its first
postmaster; Sherwood, named in honor
of Thomas |. Sherwood, who had an
estate and built village there about;
Tilghman, on the island OF that name,
and Fairbank, on the same island,
namod for one Of its original settlers
These are 10 Bay Hundred election dis
trict. In Broak Creek Neck, a part O,
ST. Michael's election district, are
Neayitt, named for Merchant Henry
Clay Neayitt, at whose stors it was
established and who has been postmas-
ter there for "a consecutive years, and
Bozman, named for the Historian of
Maryland. Betwasn Royal Oak and
EaHton is kirkham postoifice, on a
tract of land whose original name was
kirkham. Belle Vue, a fancy name. is
or the Tired Avon river. opposite Ok
ford. Tunis Mills, named for Tunis
Brothers lumber mills, is in Miles
River Neck. There is also a Tunis
postoflce in North Carolina, named for
member of the same family, who set-
tied there.
In Talbot, on the highway between
Easton and Centreyille, are Longwood,
established when the road passed
through wood two miles long, but
which has almost entirely yielded to
the woodman; Skipton, the origin Of
whose, name is unknown, and Wye.
named for the river, which was itself
named in early colonial days, either
because it is shaped like the letter Y
or because the first. settlers we're omi :,
Egrants from the Wye region OF the old
country. On the Delaware and Cbesa-
peake Railway are Woodland. Cordova
and Queen Ammo. The last is near;
where the three counties-Talbot.
Queen Anne's and Caroline come to a
junction. Woodland tells on itself,
, and Cordova has tho melIifluous
Spanish tono about it, and was named,
fancifully, for the Spanish city.
Another Talbot postoffiGe is Hamble-
ton, in Trappe district, named for a
distinguished family that had farms
and mill seat there. The old name of
the old village before it reached the
dignity Of being post town was Hole
in-the. Wall. The antiquarian has
, never been able to ascertain the origin
l nf That MT &, "a.
route postotfice in Easton district,
named for Charles Pulaski Polk
Matthews, who was IN business there,
and Windy Hill, in Trappe district,
has recently been established ON farm
OF that name. There have been post
offices called Taverner's, Capt. John
Smith called the whole of the Eastern
Shore Tayerner's Woods, Dundee and
Manassas, but they have been abol-
ished. Through several administra-
tions lady, Miss Mary W. Stewart,
has been postmaster at Oxford. 1t is
not probable she will be removed as
long as she wishes to retain the office by
any administration. Whoever is parti.
ssn enough or selfish enough to try to
got the office from Miss Stewart would
find himself in a hopeless minority
among curious names of postollices
| w thG lJdtt6Tu hTb ARDer, q mBf-
lean Corner and Two Johns, in Caro-
line; Blueball, Risingsun and Theo.
dore, in Cecil Bestpitch, Beuah,
Bishops Head, Grape, Eldorado,
Hawkeye and Secretary, in Dorchester;
Morgnoc in Kent; Guy and Mattapex,
in Queen Anne's; Dame's Quarter,
Edwin. Hahnab. Jason, Marumsco,
Oriole, Wenona and Widgeon, in Som
erset; Bivalvs. Rockawalking, Tyaskin
and Wango, in Wicomico; Boxiron,
Girdletree, Ironshire and Kei Grange,
in Worcester; which also has Bishop
and Bishopvile postoflice.
Well To Remember.
What is good for one is not al
ways good for another. This is illus
trated in a tale told some time ago
about a French medical student.
While in London on VISIT the student
lodged in the hotel with man very
sick with a fever, who was continually
beseiged by his nurse to drink very
nauaseating liquids which were luke
warm The sick man found this almost
impossible to do, until one day he
whispered to his nurse:
bring me a salt herring and will
drink as much as you please. z"
The woman INDUCED him in his re-
quest; he ate the herring. drank the
liquids, underwent the required per-