The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

from A to P found a town in which such
a firm does business.
Once in a while the name of the writer
is not given, even when a dollar bill Is in
closed to pay for the paper and In such
case nothing can be done, usually, bur
file the letter and wait for a complaint
from a subscriber.
But in perhaps a majority of cases
where there is a lack of necessary infor.
nation, 1t is in reference TO the address
of the writer. and if the lack can be sup
Piled at all the chances are that the DOS.
tai guide will supply 1t.
such information is interesting enough
to the man in need of it, but exceedingly
dry to every one else, and the average
reader would never so much as dream OF
going to the postal guide for anythins
fresh and sparkling or or general interest
It is fact. however, that the man who
goes to it daily for needed inform alton fire.
Quenuy digs up huge chunks of humor
and is ever and anon at his wits ends II
he takes time to stop and think how a
town came to receive such a name as the
one before him.
Why, for instance should such an I'M
desirable cognomen as "Bumblebee."
''Bumpville" or "Bughall'' ever hang as
a milestone around the neck of any viii
lage? How can any loyal citizen consent
to having his chosen abiding place bur-
dened by such name as "Buckswamp,"
fined young lady upon going off to school
would be willing to give her home address
as 'Squirejim, w. Va" Brandy Camp,
Pa" or "Squaw Jack county, Tex. %
Imagine the feelings of a college professor,
who carries half dozen degrees, when
called upon to give his place of residence
as "A. b. c., Sumner county, Tenn"
Yet those are the names of pos toffices,
and there are scores-yes, hundreds-of
others just as odd.
This class of names has one significant
withholding unlike anything else. oonfu-
sion is avoided. Offices of the same name
in different states or of similar names in
the same state are the cause, when the
writing Is hardly legible, of a good many
letters going astray. There is an Omaha
in Illinois, but Omaha, Neb is so much
better known that correspondents some
times, from force of habit write Nebraska
when they mean Illinois, and the letter
goes to the wrong office. Genoa and &C.
neva, both in Nebraska, look so nearly
alike when the writing is not very plain
that mail for the one frequently goes to
the other.
Down in Nemaha county a number of
years ago there was a country postoffice
and trading place called Howard" but
the name so closely resembled Harvard"
even when the writing was quite legible,
that It gave the postmaster no end of
the name changed to "Podunk' not very
pretty, to be sure, but a name on which
1.-The village could claim a monopoly, and
for that reason desirable. When the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad was built through
the town few years later the name graft
ed harshly on the cultured ears of the
railway officials, and through their infiu-
ence 1t was again changed to Brock"
Calf Killer" is the peculiar name of a
postoffice in Putnam county, Texas. Ala
bama has it's "Brickyard" and Oregon its
Bridal Veil,'' "Breadloaf' is in Vermont,
"Bobtown' in North Dakota, Beehive" in
Georgia, and Autumn Leaves in Wayne
county, Penn.
'Allsup" is the significant name of an
Alabama town
There is a "Cistern'' in Texas. Rain
in Nebraska and Pump in North Caro-
lima. 1t seems unfortunate enough to
stop at that but the postal guide goes fur
Their and gives California as the only place
TO Wash" and Illinois or Minnesota to
Iron AT this rate when can the Man"
whom we find only in West Virginia ever
get his fine shirt Numbered?
Indian Territory has Cheek" Ohio
Gall"
Cash" can be obtained in eight states,
but Kentucky and Virginia are the only
ones giving a Check" and when you get
1t you are compelled to go all the way to
Maryland or Tennessee to find a Bank
at which IL can be deposited.
The ladies are supposed to have a spe-
ciaI fondness for "Bargaintown." There
is only one in the United States. 1t is
in New Jersey.
Tennessee and Indian Territory each has
Bob" but there is no Robert any
where.
Five different postoffices claim the
Best postoffice.
North Carolina has the trinity of Chris
tian graces, Faith" Hope" and Char
ity.'
Our own ..ebraska is the only state in
which you can find Best" Stand up for
Nebraska.
) For Benefit" go to Virginia. You will
also find a "Chum' there.
The CLOUD" is in Michigan and the
Thunder" in Georgia, but the storm
RACES in Arizona.
The postal guide Is surely democratic.
as it reports Confidence" in only two
states-Missouri and West Virginia.
Kentucky is satisfied with only
"Crum." ny4fs, -i
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He Gndignantly)-'You father said