New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-25

IONA and Tennessee furnish most Of the devti-rnay-
expressions of the Union. there being sucn as
blebee. Chuckaluck. Gassaway Ripshin, Skull VAL
That this is a commercial nation is fully illus
trated by such postOffice names as the following;
Change Fan Dealng and Trickem Fully as much
so are Bank Shop Store. Factory. Mil. Deposit.
Ledger Day Book = Payment settiemsnt Profit.
lars, Quarter. Greenback Dime, Nickel and Penny.
Again, there are Money. Mint. Million. Bill. Check
There is yet one class Of names remainine-ths
humorous one The class is distinctvely American.
good nature that even in its matter of fact post
once ono names rehsct mirth and jouity. Even staid
stately Virginia to a Lightfoot- This humorous
ways. The rougher element pieases themselves in
slang. never elegant. but forcibe. Thus we find
Edge Pulltght and Blowout There are mo. Tno
Stamping Ground is expressive. as is also Red Eve
me vie stun that enables a certain set Of tough
Of men have also been given in Jugtovrn Spree
t tand; SIaptown and Jamboree: and their smoking
town and Chewsvilie. ---O'-
Leaving slang. there is the quaintest expression
The disappointed prospector has named his town
that he who runs NAV read Tot hs o So PLAINLY ny
and Getaway. are as full Of advice sucker starVe1
press strong disgust. This droII hurnor gives us Us
catcha Ncstow GOforth and sm fhfS turnout Tngg
..7be Po.ta, hr5son IS also wei represented in
postof1ces whose names begin with Horse The ~
is Horsehead. Horseneck. Horseshoe, Horsen1an
ana others; ire COW IS -e3reSanted a COv-1e-s
CoWrun Cowskin, well Cowsprfng. there ia
zig and many Pigeon: there is a Roost and
chickens. DogtOoth Ducktown. Bullhead RIyIIOCJ<
sheepIanch' Sheepshead Ok, OxIfp, Oxbow and
Oxfords. seemingly endless. ~
IL must not always be supposed that there IS only
one Russia and that over which the car
presiGeS, or one Germany, OF which Emperor VIII
IAN IS the head or one England or one France
etc Ihere is not merely Russia within the
DcrderS or this country. but there are MANY Of
them: there are a number Of Germanys: we have
raj fix-a T1rrLr r.
kestan, eleven MaCedOnias. one Australia two
irelands- fourteen Srotands. and more WaIeSe9
than all England Ireland and Scotland frcIIIin@
wales. could hold There Edward Vy-fIIior,
Francis and Joseph; also Alexander and Nicholas
as Wei as Ferdinand; in fact. The Postal Cyrf1a
not only records the traits characteristfcs %
the American people, the scenery and s1Jrro1,,s
ings and historical significance OF the co1In-rI r.
rivers, GALES and mountains. but it also fnr1or-
talizes foreign potentates. Ot
The familiarity Of early border life gives s-,ch
bonhomfe names 0eaf Smith Courtv T3fo
Isaac. Yankee Jim. Johns Creek etc The pe-
ennial jokes about love and lovers have effysr
Love, Lover, Loves Level. Caress BeauEfss and
hlSsefrlee. SmackOVeT. very appropriately is IN
Arkansas. Where they have the sub ross onr,o-
tunity dear to lovers. probably meeting by the C>,
Log or Marked Tree in the Green Forest ~ rbs
same state. Snow and Ice found IN the Sou-b-
ern states. and Magnolia and Olive in the frost
bound North " so --NSe
There are several Big Foots but not in Chicago
In Kentucky, and so. also IS Rive Bitter Greek is
IN Sweetwater County. Wyo. Windswept Kansas
confesses to having Air. and Michigan bosSfs 90
Frost and a Snowflake. %