The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-14

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did II eyer occur 70 your remarked
the post Office inspector, that you viii
find more rs in the post Office directory
than there are ID the dictionary? NO?
Well. you count them and see Ineyer
cculd understand why anybody would
want 10 take the last letter In the all
phabet to begin q name with. when
they had pick and choice Of all the
others; but, yoa know, there are some
people who always want to be last
@And speaking of the 2 post offices" !"
continued the official, Il want to call
your attention to the fact that there are
III Offices in the United States whose
names begin with z, or Zedt or lizard,
according as you have been taught.
Z AOf the 2 names it is easy to guess
that Zion would lead the list. and it
does with IA Offices to its credit, be-
side one lions, Zions Grove, Zions
Station. a lions View, a Zionstown, a
Zionshill. two Zionsyilles and two
zionvilles- There is Zadok in South
Carolina and two Zadoks in Arkan-
sas and Missouri, which is not the Scrip
fural spelling; though who is TO blame
for that ! do not know. There is a Ia
in Orange county, Va, which is the
shortest name Of the lot. What 1t
means you win have to go to Orange
10 find out Florida and Illinois have q
Zih Zach, Missouri has a Ziz and Indi-
ana Zip-relative to Old Zipp Coon, of
darky days, perhaps. Ohio has Zuclx,
California Fucker and Pennsylvania
q Zucksville, Indiana and Texas have a
Zulu each, and Missouri has the only
Zols In the United States. Missouri and
Colorado have the only Zebras. There
are only three Zeros and four Zeniths,
with only one Zodiac, about the most
simple name In zology to have selected.
There are only ak Zoars, all but one
named from the parent Zoar, in Ohio,
the well-known German settlement of
peculiar sociologic and economic no
fions-
missouri has q Zwanxig, evidently
because 20 people first settled there. !
There are three Zebuions, the Kentucky |
and Georgia Zebulons being located in |
Pike counties In recognition Of old Gen. |
zebufon Pike, while Mississippi puts |
hers In Attala county, for no particular |
reason. The largest post Office begin |
ming It's name with 2 is GAINESVILLE, O.,
. charming town, by the way, on the |
Blne Muskfngum river. where all the
world ie fair, or words TO that effect |
Excuse that burst Of emotion, please.
was born In Ohio.
But less even than the z nomencla-
:ure is that OF x" concluded the in
'pector, ~and there are only nine In the
,ntire country, FIVE of them being
Kenias, one each in Illinois, Kansas,
Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio,
which has the largest Xenia in the
country and the largest town with an
name Kentucky has Xena. Ten
lessee has Xenophon and a Xerxes,
ieorgia has a Xernes and Hancock
ounty, Tenn, heads the list with two
'ost offices In her midst whose names
,egin with an K. As q winder to these
said the inspector, as though !
o would say more If properly coaxed,
I may say that on June Of last year
here we're 71,O22 post offices IN the
Shole country, and, as there cannot be
wo of the same name in any state or
srritory, you win not be surprised that
be names of some Of them indicate a |
anime In names. Another thing that
light surprise you is the fact that the
tate of New York isn't at the head of
he list by nearly 1,4o0 offices, Pennsyl- :
ania leading with 5,015, to 3,653 for
lew York. Ohio is third in the list with +,
e03; Virginia fourth, with 3, ,2234, while
linois, with only 2,5s6, is outclasaed
Y Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Mis-
,uri and North Carolina.-N. Y. Sun.
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