Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
AAFfs IN JERSEY.
SOME aF THE TOWNS THAT MAY Bg
 FouH9 iN EVERY ATLAS.

S5 tAaE A0k8aS9 tffAf MAY 6E
 FoQH9 IN EVERY ATLAS.
 pietaresaae Nomenclature That rs orie.
 iaaI aud Fresh HFesa tiae soii-A Native
 Jesse2maa's Explanations of some qs
 the Apnenagfoas
 9HheH ssaaH my be bigger and riehenaad ann il 2 heavier vote. " sad tAe man H5gh tHe Woodbine whiskers tWiniDg gently about his face but for pietaeasaaeHess af HomeHelature Now Jersey takes the gold medal"
 4oa't from Jersey, sir, ! suppose, !" said the man who had just come in from che smoking ear
 I am, sir, and In proud of it. come in en tl4is train every day to bust. hess iH fi6e eiI9, and ln my leisure mo mea@ ] maka study ef fhe geography of my native state. l may say, sir-I think j may say WiGh coHGdeuoe-that few men a9a sa seIl informed as l upon 5his interesting saHiaet of New Jersey 5 geographical nomenclature. Nou ob servo. slf. t5at sg New Jersey not Jetsey, Hh3ea E aa aadignifed behead- i9g oe Ha5le 9.sle
 Pas5ig # is aecaHso I'm 8 New Yorker said tha man Deross tho aisle, bet have always thaHghs New York to be pgettg strong un lutoIeating names.
 A sfaat 5EEoTs sir. declared ho of the Hlfil lse.a Yerg great error. YouT nH5aes aIe tnaialY corrupted In. dian titles ea alsaet cribs from ancient aaFs=-IFhaaa. aa#aeheB. Usiea, Homer Virgil ssraeusa. 4ampaaiips, Aorayia. Rome, Gafa. Iaalzaaaa and q score el others Xeu have borrowed the glories that should hare been buried with Greece and Rome. Our titles, sir, are dug eB from tha ee# aHd replota with meaning. Let mo eise soma.
 Here he pulled $ saali foteboola from his pocket. aud dHo other man. with fegretfaH pelitenesa. said he would be glad te learn something OH the subject
 Consider sir, continued the Jersey ile the appropriateness of such names aa RagtoHu, Breakfast Point. Camp GaW5 Poll1iJ, Eadix, Plaokemin, Pock town. 9Tfsie6u6eIum and Gueoasuna.
 se7ae of tl4eaa sealia familiar, said the GeH Yorker, bat are all of those real names2
 Every one of .em oa the map, sir, 4 replied the other warmly SIll give yeu S400 for any one of thoso that isn ( q real place. and they fairly reek of the soil Now. kefaaa another bateh- Bone Hill. NielsatuHk Bamber, Ateo, #ollgGeIa. Blue Anchor, Blazing Star. Hoelzemick 5ahoieVyiIle, 0ney's Hat, Kalafama, Flgat. Fliekeryille, ziDgs- em, Nakeake and Batslo :,
 They sound as if they were taken from jahbeHHaeRy, remarked the New Worker. They fe utter nonsense.
 Taken straight from the country side, 2 a9eFTed fhe gedgrapher. They nay na9 be Ye4g strong on sense. Those names ] cite merely as instances of pure beauty oH sound. if you re looking for meaning, ] can giyo that to you. Tor instance, there aro Barley shoaf and Wheat sHeaf, poetiaaily suggestive of the agricultural riches of our beautiful state. Cur dome s anieals are cou- memorated in sach s titles as Goosetown, Hensfoot. Hogtown, Mon keytoWns Horseneek and Peaeoektown, while for other animals there are Skunk town, Pole Tavern, which used to be Poleeat Tavern; Postertown (if poster ain a wild animal ] don't know what is)g Snake Hill, Gartletown, Frogtown, and ! don't know but what Batsto ought to como jn there. Tho frogs get another show at Manunka Chunk. which is the name they gave # them solves, singing ef nights out in the swamps.
 Now. fer the temperance folk there mo blazing signs of warning in such names as Whisky Lane, Gin Point, Jug 4y-,e,ss.,l4a 6lnd Bum Tavern. There used to be an inpis959ef r v! the latter place, by the way who sued fag a5se, ig,5s15s ,,s o3eo q year fer maintaining such a tit4> d.. aisals' always compromised fer 5 cents ritii which llo bought himself drink and was well satisfied. One year the authori- ties s1ar5ed in to fight the case and the Ian asAeer ln disgust quit the business ana Bum Tavern simultaneously A plaeo with q suggestive title is Naugh- night, which sQf lss name from a large farm owners sign, nailed on . tree at the roadside, No right of way here. They got calling him Old No Right, and when tha fillago sprung up they called t affer hinl, but q man who had spelling reform the wrong way made it as 1t now stands. Speaking of spelling, there's one village you can spoil either Paelnack, paequanae, pequanao or Pequannoclz, bat you can't pgonounco ii as the natives do, DO matter which way you choose.
 There are some names moro sag gestiyo than -Scrabbletown, sorapetoWH, siabtown, Samptown and Solitude, for instance. Some belle their l names, like Recklesssown, which is as as graveyard and in the | same general line of business, keeping | is inhabitants bariea fal from the cares of this busy world. Then there's Roand- l about, which is plain four corners crossing, and snail Lots, with nothing E f914f Y4f7TIs a esesr15F5 f,5a