The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-18

lone Weed Patch Hin. Potato Creek
steam Center Wakeup Needmore. no.
| Eine, Nm Buckskin. Bud. Dooirtle. snacks
| Vile c. lie, Retreai. GaG, Tulip. Mixers
| BushN Prairie. Gay Bank. Yankeetown
Bear Branch. Buck Creek. Dark Hollow
| t,9pi,l "aee. Cross Roads, Dogwood. osle.
VllIe, Spraytown, PlumIree Needham
1ouhs America, Sleeth. Dugeer Mul.
| perry, Rsccoon. Brdseye Rony. odd
9HSker. Wild Cat Buckstown, Chestnut
nlhook or kdglcSNille.
" - me-honored tradition among
hlsintormed lndis mans that Strawfown,
III hhmllton county. came within one
vote or being selected the state capital
~ ~ an assured fact that people who had
10 hght the name "Ioosier' would never
nave stood for Strawtown as their seat of
existence TO the rest of the world The
hfst thing that would be done would be
TO change the name OF the postofyice If "A
boom should settle down on Piketown.
MMewStxiiie; MnStii Nine Mill; Fourteen Mile,
pscco Landing. Long Run. Marble Corner,
,ire~nbriar. Floyd Knobs, Crooked Creek
IiNntown. Nulltown. Scalesvils Pieon
Gessie, or twenty or thirty more town
sites that are Invested with names that
would be positive detriment 10 institu-
Mons seeking a recosuition through ad-
Ntfusins IN the commercial markets
u is not however until one has cut
loose from names that strive in the de-
scriptive that one encounters the real
gems OF the collection They would Gll
a column. bat here are few: AzAe
Azalia, Aboite. Apolous. Bippus Corre-
goro. Churubusco, Cleona. Clunette. Co
esse. Corunns. Cresco, Cunot Crunks
Diego. Delgonia Delcorbo. Devore. Fulda
Giro Gcssie. Cling. Gl-uzen. Glidas Glovd
codsey. Goglein. Getchel Helix, IIy-
meria. Iona. Jadden. Jalspa Juliettee.
kewenna. Loco. Looggootee, Loree Lu-
ray. lasca, Leota. Lippe. Ma jenica Mar
nng, Metea. Miffin. Modesto. Modoc Myo-
ma. Nabb, Nails Narrows Noveltown.
NoNid, Oceolla. OtlsCo. Oxiona. Owasco,
omega, Olean, Olp. Okslla. Obi, Pcoge.
Pelzer, Pleona. Poneta. Patoka. Prospero.
Quercus. Rego. Sasah. sylvanis. Swalls.
Slvan, Stips. Stoke. Stohl. Staser. spiker.
Soest, Snacks. smiley. Smooley. Shock.
Silks Sink. Sleeth, Selvn. Scio, Talma
rassimong. Tefft Tiosa. Toto. Trash.
Yeddo, Ielma, Zenas. Zoar. Zulu and
Iipp.
IN every county In the state there are
hamlets that have been blasted in their
infancy. Jefferson county. which protests
against fastening freak names to growing
communities. can be taken a. an example
OF what Will be found over the state. and
especially In southern Indiana.
In that county are Carpet Alley. The
Dump. Chicken Run, Turkey Trot. Crow
Falls, Gentrys Blur. Rat Row. Doe Run.
Devils Back Bone Goat Hollow Pin
Hook. Hoe Trough. Happy Valley, Tin
Town. Mud Lick Five Points Lonesome
Bush Fork. Schnappv's Creek. Irish Hol-
low. Wash Board. Murphy's Point. iiell's
Hair Acre Indian Sofa. kilsonia Wolf
Run. Rabbit cent. Last Chance. Sweet
Gum, PollyNog. Eagle Hollow Pee camp
Olive Branch. Pix Eve, Jenny Lind Grip
pie Creek and Sausage Row.
Indiana town manners have been consid-
crate iu immortaliking all the classics
from ovid. Cicero. Homer and Plato down
through Sha keSpeares. Byron. Hugo Ten
nyson 10 Dana aud Ollphant. Noah. Bud
dha and John Wickline have also been
pat on the list Then come the merry
dogs ~ war from Titus 10 Schley. and the
A. rule. these are good names. Every
politician that has over had the distri-
button 81 postoffice patronage has been
honored. Biblical lands have been drawn
on for over one hundred towns. the names
starting with Jordan and ending with
Canaan. Every country from Alaska and
Iceland 10 the South has been grouped
IN the state. Most of them make good
town names. Cincinnati Tribune.