Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
NAMES IN JERSEY.
SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT MAY BE
 FOUND IN EVERY ATLAS.

the Appellatlons.
 Other states may be bigger and richer and turn in heavier vote, said the man with the woodbine whiskers twining gently atout his face, but for pieturesqueness of nomenclature New Jersey takes the gold medal a
 4on' re from Jersey, sir, l suppose, " sad the man who had just come i'll from the smoking car
 am, sir. and m proud of it. l come in on this train every day to husi ness ill the city, and in my leisure mo ments 1 make study of the geography ct my native state. 1 may say, sir-I think 1 may say with confidence-that few men are so well informed IS l upon this interesting subject of New Jersey's l geographical nomenclature. You oh- serve. sir, that say New Jersey, not Jersey, which Is an undignified behead- ing of noble title. J
 Possibly it is because I'm a New Yorker, said the man ucross the aisle, but ] have always thought New York to De pretty sflong on interesting names. ?
 \ great error, sir . declared ha ot the whiskefs "A very great eaof Your names na mainly corrupted lB. dian titles CT direct cribs from ancient days-lthac:s. Marathon, Utiea Homer, Virgil, Syracuse, =Semptonius. Meravia, Rome, Cato, Palmyra and a score of others. You have borrowed the elofies that should have been buried witt Greece and Rome Our titles. sir, a1o dug ap from the soil and replete vitl 1 meaning Let me cite some y
 Here he pulled a small notehnok from bis pocket, and the other nan, with fegIettui politeness, said he Would he glad 10 learn something on the snbiect
 Consider sir, , continued the ,je1sev. ite, "the appropriateness of such names as Ragt0Vn, Breakfast Point. Camp Cav. Poliily. EatliX. Pluekemin. Peck town, 9ii1iefueelam ard Succasuna.
 some of tlem sound familiar, 7 said the New Yorker, but are all of those real namess''
 Every one of 'em on the map sir, replied the other warmly ''I'll give ! you &l00 tor any one Of these tbat isn't a real place, and they fairly reek of the soil Now. here's another batch- Bone Hill, Mickatunk. Bamber. Ateo, l Wollyfeld. Blue Anchor, Blazing Star Hoekauick, 1ahokeyviHe, Ohey's Hat, Kalarama, Flyat, FGekeryille, Zings. e1n, Nakeake and Batsto.
 They sound as if they were taken from ]abberwocky, remarked the New Yorker They're utter nonsense
 Taken straight from the country side. averfed the aeographer "They may not he very strong on sense. Those names cite merely aS instances of pure beauty of sound. If you're looking for meaning, can give that to you For instance, there are Farley Sheaf and Wheat sheaf, poetleaay su-.at=~ ttye of the agricultural riches of our beautiful state. Our domestic animals are com memorated in such fitting titles as i Goosetown, Hensfoot, Hogtowu, Mon- keytown, Horseneek and Peacock town, while for other animals there are Skunk town. Pole Tavern. which used to be Polecat Tavern; Postertown Gil poster ain t wild animal I don't know what 10 J. ko1A0kt Alit4r iAirI0NIt4 iOH fiA 1t and 1 don't know but what Batsto ought to come in there The frogs get another show at Manunka Chunk wtich is the name they gave il them selves. singing of nights out in the s8amps.
 Now, fer inc temperance folk there are blazing signs Of warning in sach 1 tNI,4of-xF | t4e 16i. at f.tfy- town and Bnm Tavern, There used to l be an innkeeper iu the latter place, by the way, who sued the authorities once ] year for maintaining such title and l always compromised for , cents. with which he bought himself drink and was we'll satisfied One year tho authori- 1 ties started in to fight the case and the innkeeper in disgust quit the business and Bum Tavern simultaneously. A place with suggestive title is Naugli- right, which got its name from large farm owners sign, nailed on tree at the roadside. No right of way here. They got calling him Ola No Right, and when the village sprnng up they called it after him, but Il man who had spelling reform the wrong way made 1t as it now stands. Speaking of spelling, there's one village you can spell either Packnack, Pacquanac, Pequanae CT Pequannock, hut you can't pronounce it as the natives do, no matter which way you choose.
 There are some names moro sug- gestive than beantiful-Scrabbleto Scrapetown, Slahtown. Samptown and Solitude, for instance Some helie their names, like Recklesstown, which is IS peaceful as I graveyard and ill the same general line of business, keeping it's inhabitants buried far from the cares 1 of this busy world. Then there's Round. about, which is plain four corners crossing, and Smail Lots, with nothing but wide stretches of countryside As for Pellettyille. I've heard that there ism drug store theTe nut can t swear as to that not having heen there fnf