Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-29
NAMES K JERSEY.
SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT MAY BE
 FOUND IN EVERY ATLAS.


 richer and ruTn in a heavier yote. - said the man with the wooabine whiskers t0inng gently about his face, but for pictaresqucness of nomerclature New | Jersey tuk5s the gold medal
 You' 'rt ffem .ielsey, sir, l suppose, said ihe man who had just come iii E frcm the smoking ear
 Il am. sir. and n proud of it. l f come iu en his train every day 10 lusi liess in tie city, and in ny leisure mo i aneug. make d study of the geography | of ny native state. l may say. sir-l i think may say with eenhdenee-that few lrCu are S0well informed IS l upon this Interesting subject ef New Jersey s geographical uomenclatute. You ob- serve, sir. tmt I say New Jersey, not Jelsev, which is all undia' j. i.t41: iHg ff noble t.tie '
 Possibly il is hecaase Ia t Ae's Yorker, said the man acloss the aisle, but have always thegsht New Yolb to be pretty sIong OH interesting names.
 "A great erler, sir. declared he oi the whiskela "A very great error Your names are mainly corrupted In. dian titles c, direct cribs from ancient davs-Ithaca, Marathon, Utica, Homer, Virgil, Syracuse. Semplonius, Mofayia, Rome, Cato, Palmyra and q score of others Yon have borrowed the glories that should have been buried with Greece and Rome. Our titles, sir, ae dug mp from the seil and replete with meaning Elet me cite some
 llole he pulled small notebook from his Iceket, and the other rau, with regleltul rolileness, said he would be glad to leafn something on the subject
 fConsifief, sir, continued the Jersey ite, otAe appropriateness of such names as Ragtovn Breakfast Point Camp Cav. PoHhy, Eadix, Pluekenlin, Pock town, Tillietuaelnm and Succasuna.
 some Of them sound familiar, said the New Yorker, "but are all of those Geal names"
 Every one of em on tue map, sir, , replied the other warmly "t'll give you SI00 for any one of these that isn t a real place, and they fairly reek of the soil Now, heres mether batch Bone Hill, Wickatunk. Bamber, Atco, WollyGeld, Blue Anchor, Blazing Star. H0ekamick, ,laho6eyvillo, 0ney's Hat, Kalarama, Flyat, Fliekeyille zings em. Wakeake and Batsta.
 s.They sound as if they were taken from labberwoeky, remarked the New Yorker They re utter nonsense.
 Taken straight from the country side. ave1Ied fhe geographer They may net ha very strong on sense. Those names l cite merely as instances of pure beauty of sound If youle looking for meaning l can givo that 10 you. For instance, there arc Barley Sheaf and Wheat Sheof, poeticaNy suggestive of the agricultural riches of our beautiful state. Cur domestic animals are com memorWed in such fitting titles as GoosetaWn, HUnsfg0t, Hogtown, Mon kevtoWn Horsnneck and Peacocktown, while for other Ruimals there are skunk town Pole Tavern, which used to be Polecat Tavern; PnstertOwn If poster ain wild animal | don t know what is), Snake Hill, Iartletown, Fiogtown, Ailtt l tANtt huOA HGt N idt 190kSAO ought to como in there The frogs get another show at Manunka Chunk, which is tho name tbey gave it them selves singing of nights ont in the swamps.
 Now, fer the temperance folk there are blazing signs of warning in such names as Whisky Lane, Gin Point, Jug town and Bum Tavern There used to he an innSeeper in the latter place, hy the way. who sued the authorities once 2 year for maintaining such a title and always compromised for cents, with which be bought himself drink and was well satisfied. One year the authori- ties started ill to fight the case and the innkeeper in disgust quit the business and Bum Tavern simultaneously 4 place with a suggestive title is Naugh- right which get it's name from a large farm owners sign, nailed on a treo at the roadside, No right of way hele. They got calling him Old No Right and when the village sprung up they called 1t after him. hut man who had spelling reform the wrong way made it as it now stands. Speaking of spelling, there's one village you can spell either Packnack, Parquanac, Pequanac er Pequannoek, but you cant pronounce it as the natives do, no matter which way you choose.
 There are some names moro sue- gestiye than heauiful-Scrabbleto Scrapetown, slabtown, Samptown and Solitude, fer instance Some belle their names, like Recklesstown, which is as peaceful as q graveyard and in the same general line of business, keeping it's Inhabitants buried far from the cares of this busy world Then there's Round. about, which Is plain four corners crossing, and Smai Lots. with nothing but wide stretches of countryside. AS for PeletYille, I've heard that there ism 'ta drug store there. but can t swear as to that. net having heen there foI many years :"
 Look here, put in the New York CT. T believe you're the man who writes the suburban stories in the comic papers and you'r practicine names on me
 Ton do me great injustieer cried the geog1apher Every name has it's 4re-s 1. H-