Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
NAMES IN JERSEY.
SOME OF THE TOWNS THAT MAY BE
 FOUND IN EVERY ATLAS.

inal and Fresh From the soiI-A Native
 Jerseyman's Explanations of Some of
 the AppelIations.
 "Other states may be bigger and richer and turn i'll heavier vote, said the man with the woodbine whiskers twining gently about his face, but for picturesqueness of nomenclature New Jersey takes tho gold medal ,
 You re from Jersey, sir, suppose, ? said the man who had just come in from the smoking car
 ''I am, sir, and I'm proud of it. I como i'll on this train every day to busi- ness in the city, and in my leisure mo- ments I make study of the geography of my native state. may say, sir-I think may say with cenfidence-that few men are SO we'll informed as upon this interesting subject of New Jerseys i geographical nomenclature. You ob- serve, sir, that I say New Jersey, not Jersey, which is an undignifed behead- ing of noble title ]"
 Possibly t is because I'm q New Yorker, said the man across the aisle, but have always thought New York to be pretty strong on interesting names.
 "A great error, sir. :" declared he of l the whiskers "A very great error. Your names arc mainly corrupted In. l dian titles CT direct cribs from ancient davs-Ithaea, Marathon, Utica, Homer, Virgil, Syracuse, Sempronius, Morayia. Rome, Cato Palmyra and score of others You have borrowed the glories 1 that should have been buried with l Greece and Rome Our titles, sir, are dug up from the soil and replete with meaning Let me cite some. J
 Here he pulled a small notebook from l his pocket, and the other man, with regretful politeness, said he would be l glad to learn something on the subject
 Consider, sir, continued the Jersey. ite, .'the appropriateness of such names as Ragtown, Breakfast Point, Camp Claw, Polifiy, Radix, Pluckemin, Pock town, giilietuGelum and Succasuna D
 Some of them sound familiar, j" said the New Yorker but are all of those real names?'
 Every one of 'em on the map, sir, J replied the other warmly. ''I'H give you sl00 for any one of those that ism t real place, and they fairly reek of the soil. Now. here's another batch Bone Hill, Wickatunk, Bamber, Ateo, WoIlyfeld, Blue Anchor Blazing Star, Hockamick Jahokeyyille, Oney's Hat, Kalarama, Flyat, Fliekeryille. zings em, Wakeake and Batsto. "
 "They sound as if they were taken from Jabberwoeky, remarked the New Yorker "They're utter nonsense.
 Taken straight from the country side, , ayerred the geographer. They may not bo very strong on sense. Those names l cite merely IS instances of pure beauty of sound. If you're looking for meaning, can give that to you. For instance, there are Barley Sheaf and Wheat Sheaf, poetiealIy suggestive of 1 the agricultural riches of our beautiful state. Our domestic animals are com memorated ill such fitting titles as Goosetown, Hensfoot, Hogtown, Mon keytown, Horseneck and Peacoektown, while for other animals there are Skunk town, Pole Tavern, which used to be 1 Polecat Tavern; Postertown (if poster ain t wild animal I don't know what i is), Snake Hill, Turtletown, Frogtown, | and 1 don't know but what Batsto ought to come i'll there. Tho frogs get another show at Manunka Chunk, which is the name they gave it them- selves, singing of nights out in the swamps.
 Now, for the temperance folk there | Il F names as Whisky Lane, Gin Point, Jug town and Bum Tavern. There used to | be all innleeper in the latter place, by l the way, who sued the authorities once a year for maintaining such a title and always compromised for cents, with which he bought himself a drink and l was well satisfied One year the authori- ties started in to fight the case and the innkeeper ill disgust quit the business and Bum Tavern simultaneously. A place with q suggestive title is Naugh- right, which got its name from large farm owners sign, nailed on a tree at the roadside, No right of way here. They got calling him Old No Right, and when the village sprung up they called it after him, but a 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. Paequanac, Pequanac or Pequannock, but you can't pronounce it as the natives do, no matter which way you choose.
 ''There are some names moro sug- gestive than beautiful-Scrabbletown, Scrapetown, Slabtown, Samptown and Solitude, for instance. Some belle their names, like Recklesstown, which is as peaceful as a graveyard and in tie 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 Small Lots, with nothing but wide stretches of countryside As 1 for Pellettyille. I've heard that there