Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-03

'fesh From t!se soiI--A Nativa ans Explanations of Som. :. citations. VI
 states may be bigger and turn in q heavier vote, said with the woodbine whiskers 'ently about his face. but for ieness of nomenclature New 'es the god medal. rom Jersey, sir, I suppose. D man who had just come in ,,,,, car. =. !, sir, and l h proud of it. l lon this train every day to bust. he city, and in my leisure mo make a study of the geography &tiYe state. I may say, sir-1
 & say with confidenee-that
 10 well informed as 1 upon
 E subject of New Jersey B
 nomenclature. You ob.
 l say New Jersey, not
 is an undignified behead.
 title. ,
 is because I'm a New
 le man across the aisle,
 ys thought New York
 strong on interesting
 at error, sir" declared he of
 Zers. "A very great error.
 es aro mainly corrupted In.
 or direct cribs from ancient aca, Marathon, Utica, Homar, Eracuse. Sempronius, Morayia, zto, Palmyra and a score ct &ou have borrowed the glories 8nld have been buried with hd Rome. Our titles, sir, are Tom the soil and 1epgote with Let me cite sons
 le pulled q asmall notebook from let, and tlIe other man. with politeness, said he would be Baln something on the subject Eder, sii, " continued the Jersey. appropriateness of such names |wn Preakfast Point. Camp . l.Y ,sax, Pluckemin. Pock. and succasuna. , of them sound familiar, D said { Yorker, ebut are all of thoss ess9"
 7 one of 'em On the map, sir, '' he other warmly. "I'll give for any one of those that isn't 'lA, and they fairly reek Of Now. here's another batch Fl, Wickatunk. Bamber, Ateo, |a, Blue Anchor, Blazing Stan, |ck, Jahokeyviile. Oney's Hat. D, Flyat, Fliekerville. Zings- bake and Batsto. J
 sound as if they were taken !berwocky, remarked the New "They're utter nonsense. /" h straight from the country Ferred the geographer. '"They be very strong on sense. Those eite merely as instances of pure sound. If you're looking for l can give that to you. For
 there are Barley Sheaf and |heaf, poetically suggestive of alltural riches of our beautiful ',lr domestic animals are con- ed i'll such fitting titles as m, Hensfoot, Hogtown, Mon Horseneck and Peacocktown, other animals there are Skunk le Tavern, which used to he Tavern, Mertown If q poster id animal I don know what e Hill, Turtletown, f'rogtown& & ont know but what Batsto come in there. The frogs get show at Manunka Chunk, the name they gave it them- ringing of nights out i'll the for the temperance folk there ing signs of warning in such Whisky Lane. Gin Point, Jug Bum Tavern. There used to Keeper ii the latter place, by l%ho sued the authorities once
 maintaining such a title and fmpromised for 5 cents, with
 bought himself a drink and Eatisfed. One year the authori- ed in to fight the case and the
 ill disgust quit the business Tavern simultaneously. A
 a suggestive title is Naugh- ] ch got it's name from 8 large 1|er's sign, nailed on a tree at side, No right of way here. sFcalling him Old No Right, Ii the village sprung np they after him. but q man who had reform the wrong way made it 7 8tands. speaiing of spelling, ne village you can spell either k, Pacquanac, Peqnanac or ocA but you can't pronounce Ie natives do. no matter wbscb choose.
 Q are some names moro sag bhal beautiful-Scrabbletown wnI Slabtown, Samptown and fol instance. Some belle their iSeI Recklesstown, which is as asI a graveyard and in the lerA line of business. keeping ,italIts buried far from the cares usy world. Then there's Ronnd- ,hieA is . plain fonr corners an2 Small Lots. with nothing , str4ches of countryside. As
 nflle, I've heard that there
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