The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-21

is confined to one name unless To-
historical or local reasons the raj,
is waived Short names are preferred
The great colleges have not beer
| overlooked. as there are tweenty-ons
Yaies. seven Harvsrds and twenty
SIX Prsncesons. In Ccvington county
Mississippi. the people must be easy
going, for they named an once Yavn
Old salts in Georgia and Virginia dub
bed their ONCE Yacht There are but
two ofices named Yankee-ia Colo
RADIO and Iowa They are lively PEG
PIE out in Idaho. because they have
an ONCE named YelIovjacket. while
in Tennessee they exercise their hung
in q hell o. So
Strange as Il may seem. there Is
but one Yonkers-in New York In
addressing The Star out-ostovn sub
scribers should be particular to add
d. c. after Washington. for there are
thirty four post Offices of the same
name There are nine Philadelphias
five New Yorks. four Chicagos. fifteen
Bostons and three Baltimores.
They have q charitable population
in Butler county. Ohio. and they
named their once Philanthropy. Mon
tana people. believe in good resolu-
tons. They have an Office named
New Year. Our original progenitors
have added fame in one Adam in West
Virginia and four Eyes-a four to one
bet on Eve. which is rather hard on
the old man.
The Fair Sex the Favorise.
ITO generalixe a subject which en-
braces of 70.500 words. the first names
of women appear to be the most po-
pular. About every known Christian
appellation of the fair sex is used over
again For instance, IL your best
girls name is Alice remember that
there are seventeen post offices named
after her. Helen OF Troy mot New
York is honored not at all, but there
are twenty-one Helenas.
There are four Amandas. fourteen
Adas. only one Adaline. six Albertas.
one Annie. one Carrie. fifteen Mays.
sixteen Mauds. one Maudetta. nine
Marthas. two Mary's one Mary Esther.
nine Beatricees. five Bellies, eight Ber-
thas, eight Bessies. nine Clos. thir-
teen Elizabeths. three Fannies, twelve
Ediths, eight Doras. ten Dots, fifteen
Coras. FIVE Sophias. seven EIlens and
six Maggies, and scores of others.
Catfish is about as inappropriate
name as could be suggested for a
post Office. yet there are three bear
ing the title. Some communities were
hard up financially as well as for
name. for there are ten states which
selected Cash. Two communities
needed a tonic. and got it in Elixir.
The island upon which Napoleon died
is commemsrated fifteen times. Tween
ty-eight communities considered that
they had struck the right spot on
earth and named it Edeu. There are
two post offices named Maryland
That the victory at Manila was popu-
lar is emphasized by the adoption OF
twentyone Manilas. There are ten
Havanas and nineteen cubas. West
Virginia has Beauty. Pennsylvania
Beautiful. while six states have found
what We all are looking for-Utopia-
One need not seek heaven for Para
disc. as it may be found in nineteen
states. Perfection may be found In
North Carolina and Tennessee.
Odd conceits in Names.
"The people of Trumbull county,
Ohio. were so stuck upon their loca-
ton that they called it Delightful
There are five Offices named Delight,
two Content. three Happy and one
Happy Jack. the last in Louisiana.
Two cautious villages named their |
office Prudence. Down In Georgia |
they thought they would be on the |
safe side in case of trouble. and hung |
out the shingle with Alibi on It. |
associates the rapids in |
the East river at its junction with |
Long Island sound with the name Hell
gate, but the post office Is in Wash |
lngton. 5000 miles away.
Freaks in Names.
Il know you will think | am joking |
when I tell you that Raubitt Hash Is |
the name Of post Office in Kentucky.
Here are few other freaks in names |
in the same state: Fishtrap, Blood. |
Backbone, Ginseng. Grit, Gum, Ice,
Habit, Bar. Raccoon. Taffy, Slusher.
Salt. River, Wax, waupum, whynot.
Viper. Tongs. Seven Guns, Seventy
six. Knuckles, Oddville. Ono. Pig, Pom
and Pomp
You will find Aconite and Black
lack in North Carolina Arniea In |
Missouri. jug and Activity In Alabma. |
and Nobility and Poetry In Texas. |
There are six Noahs and four Arks |
The three graces are represented BY |
Hopes eight Faiths /
md eight Charitys- The little green
sic across the sea is remembered in /
several Erins. Pats and Patsys. There |
ire over 800 post Offices with the pre-
TX New and 400 with Nc
Il viii give you few of the more |
'reakish names which have come IN |
Ter my observation Some may ap-
pear fictitious, but such IS not the /
,ase, as all are post Offices in this /
Nogo. Crow. Rattlesnake. /
Virtue. Regret. Sink, Solo. Sublime.
Rural Shade, fatigue. Sfumpknot. Oh |
10. Ditto. Cyclone, Doublshorn. Dus-
.er- Nus. Nix. Coal. Mud. Cele. Re. |
Fate. Tanbark, Anchorage. Energy.
Hare, Sweetlips. Morg. Blossom, Burn |
corn. Coaifre, Enitachopeo. Hat. |
Hatchechubbee. Or. Ino. Ink. wildcat.
Sew Moon. Quidnunc. Monday. Gum |
og. Nail. Oiltrough- Skylight. Twilight |
Tomato. Turnip. Snapfnger, Stop, |
Thunder. Thunderbolf. Youth, Rising /
Fawn. Recovery. Plentitude. Payup. |
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