The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-11-19
2 AND < pOsT OFFICES.
Some CurioHiues of Town Nomen-
ciature That Are Found in
h Postal Guide.

Did it ever occur to your" remarked
the post Office inspector, that you will
find more rs in the post office directory
than there are In the dictionary? No?
Wen, you count them and see. / never
could understand why anybody would
want to take the last letter In the al.
phabet to begin a name with, when
they had pick and choice OF all the
others; but, you know, there are some
people who always want TO be last.
And speaking Of the z post offices"
continued the official, ~ want to call
your attention to the fact that there are
III Offices in the United States whose
names begin with 2 or zedt or lizard.
according as you have been taught.
vi the Y names IL Is easy to guess
That Zion would lead the list, and 1t
does with Ia Offices to its credit. be.
side one lions, 4 lions Grove, a Ziops
Station. a lions View, a Jamestown. n
Zionshill, two Zionsvilles and two
lionvilles. There is u Zadols In south
Carolina and two Zaduks in Arkan.
sas and Missouri, which Is not the scrln.
tural spelling; though who is to blame
Tor that l do not know. There is a IN
In orange county, Va, which IA the
shortest nane Of the LOT. What II
means you will have 10 90 TO ornpo.
% hnd out. Florida and Illinois have
I'm eHch, Missouri has q Ziz and Ind.
n a Aip-relative TO Old Zipp Coon. OF
darby dnys, perhaps. Ohio has a Zuck
california a fucker and Pennsylvania
a H~ucksville, Indiana and Texas have a
nul each, and Missouri has the only
lola In tine United States. Missouri and
Colorado have the only Zebrns. There
are only three 2eros and four zenitbs
with only one Zodiac, about the most
simple name in zology 10 have selected
There r only six zoars, all but one
named from the parent zoar. In ohio
the well-known German settlement Of
peculiar s%ociologic and economic no.
lions. "
Missouri has q Zwanziv, evidently
because 20 people first settled there
Ihere are three zebulons, the Kentucky
ana Georgia zebulons being located in
Plk counties in recognition of old Cen
zebulon Pike, while Miss;ssippi n,,ts
hers In Attala county, for no p]articnlsr
reason, The largest post office begir.
ming Its name with 2 Is 2anesville. O.
a charming town, by the way, on Inc
biu Muskingum river, where all ,bo
world Is fair, or words 70 that effect.
Excuse that burst OF emotion, nlesss
was born in Ohio.
But less even than the Y nomanoI.
lure Is TINT Of X" concluded tbe H.
spee'or' and there are only nine in the
entire country, Ave Of them beIne
Aenias' one each In Illinois K,nsas
Missouri, North Carolina nnd CHI
which has the largest XepIs IN M
country and The largest town VIII an
a naine' Kentucky has a Xena. Ten.
heSsee has a %enophon and n xerxes
georgia has a Nerves and Unpcocy
county, Tenn, heads the Ilst win ,n,a
post olhces In her midst whose name
pegln With go \. As Il winder 10 thsss
remarks said the Inspector, as though
ne would say more Il properly coaxed
~ Eny that on June Of last yenr
mere were Ti,o22 post Offices in tho
"ho'o country, and. MS there canuo be
,"o OF 'hc same nnmo In any state or
,','oIy' you viii moth be surprised thai
,"e nn'pc' OF some Of them Indicate a
,ae ~ nnmes' Another thing tbat
surpriao yeu is The fact tbat Ne
ssa'e OF New York Isn't ni The head ~
pug rs, by nearly iiOo offices. pennsyI.
s"la leadlng with t,Ois, to a,6sg for
n S oos. WORK, Ohio Is third In the list with
nun 'rginia fourth, with 1894, while
WIN only 1850, Is o~ntclassed
sSn nen'aeEy' Tennessee. TEXAS, Mis-,
'V'tAapSAa X. sun.