Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
ARRAY OF QUEER NAMES.
Post Offices in the Country Which Are
of Record at the Department.

When a settlement is established in this
country about the first thing the inhabi-
tants petition for is a postoffice- No mat
ter how unimportant the place may be
in the opinion of the rest of world, it is
not so to the residents. They firmly be-
ueve that they have coming metropolis,
ana dignity will not permit them to do
without a place for the reception, delivery
and forwarding of mail Every country
town has the facilities of the United States
mail, for where there are no towns the
rural free delivery goes.
In naming the coming metropolis the
settler generally bids defiance to euphony
and chooses the name much as the Indian
does for his offspring. OF the latter people
it is said that when a child is born the
father steps to the door of the teepee and
chances about the immediate country, and
even the sky. The object that most foreibly
impresses itself upon his mind Is the one
that gives him the clue to his child name
Sitting Bull was thus named; so was the
famous chief Red Cloud; so were Spotted
Tail Gray Wolf, Little Bear, and all the
rest of the aborigineS.
The civilized settler names his town much
In the same fashion. for there Is a very
faint dividing line discernible between cfv-
iiized man and the savage when the envl-
ronments are similar 1t is. therefore, not
singular that there are in this country.
ard in others. for that matter, many towns
with curious names.
Some of the curiously named post offices.
selected at random. are: Tub, Pa; Robbers
Roost. l. T.; Bird In Hand Pa; Lamedeer.
Mont; Popcorn. Ind; Why Not, KY; HAT
or Ga: Sopchoppy, Fla; Jugtown. N g;
Sevenstars. Pa: Fearnot. Pa; Judyton. w.
Va; Pig, Ky. Goodnight, Ky; Red Knob.
w Va: Red Lick, Miss. Gump, Pa; Zim.
Mimi; Zif, H.: Zero. Ky: Yellowdirt, Ga;
Yellowja jacket. Idaho; Rideout. Fla; Gum
log, Ga Blue Eye, Mo; Goodwill, S. D.;
Gooseberry Oregon; Goochland. Va: Gee,
Ky; Red Key, Ind; Grip, Pa, Walkchalk,
Pa; You Bet. Cal; Good Thunder, Mimi. !:
Maidstone Vt; Congruity, Pa: Badaxe,
Mich. Two Johns Md; Rabbit Hash. KY;
Bat Cave. N. c.; -Goodwine, H.: Happy
Creek Va; Nut. Fla; Bigbug. Ariz-; Big
Moses W. Va; Nix, S. c.; Rat. Mo-; Hay
stack, KY; CoWpenS. S. c.; Dice, Mich;
Love, Va: Abiquiu. N. M; Chinese Camp,
Cal. Bonnet S. c.; Poverty Hill. S. c.; Red
Bird, KY; Job. Mo-: Loveless. Ala; Ajax,
La: Hat, Va; Red Apple. Ala; Two Licks,
Pa: Twitty, n. c.: Yellowhouse, Pa; Vel
low Rabbit Miss: Crane Eater. Ga; Too
nigh. Ga; Blue Jacket. 1. T.: Charlie Hope.
Va.
These are found in Tennessee: Peeled
Chestnut. Sewanee. Hatmaker. Chuckaluck.
Young Blood. Yell. Bonecave, Chimneytop,
Goodbye, Highhealth. Bulls Gap. Dickey.
Mug. A. B. c.. Barefoot. Wild Goose; and
these In Texas: Goats, Baby Head, Cat
spring. Lavelady. Beaukiss. Bigfoot. Mud
and Cash. Others are: Sunday, Monroe
county. Ala: Jam, Mich: Sideburn, Va;
Birds Nest. Va: Mule, Oregon; Goforth,
Pendleton county. KY; Vinegar Bend,
Ala: Rirdsong. Kinds county. Miss; Mark
ed Tree, Ark; Jakajones. Ark: Jamberee.
KY: Coltsneck. N. j.: Zinc. Ark; Zig. Mo-:
Hardpan Pa; Sugar Bush. Wis.