The leader., 1905-09-02
HAVE ODD NAMES.
TOWNS IN THE UNITED STATES
sINGULARLY AFFLICTED.
Not Far from sDan' to .sBeersheba''
and But Short Jog Between
whisky Buttes" to
ssSeven Devils

whisky Buttes" to
''Seven Devils"
The names of some towns in the
United States probably cause their in
habitants considerable yexations when
away from home. These names have
certain peculiar meanings In everyday
talk, and as soon as they are mentioned
they are apt to prompt troublesome ques-
tions by funmakers, says the New York
Tribune.
For example, the man from Alone.
KY, might have to explain to astranger
living in New York how he~eould do
business if he were the only inhabitant
and how the excise laws were enforced
if the barkeeper, the topper, the police
man and the magistrate were all one
and the same; and, in case there we're
more than one person in Alone, Il all
were bachelors and old maids.
Citizens of Lonely, N. c., and Lone
some, KY, would encounter much the
same sort of questions, and all of
course would finally be asked if they
were once Jersey commuters.
If man hailed from Affinity, N, c.,
he would naturally be supposed tc be
married, and his home life an unpunctu-
ated chapter of bliss. He would be ex-
pected to wear as wide smile as the
citizen of JOY, or Happy, Tex, or Para
disc, Col, with a temper as subdued as
the inhabitants of Purity, MINI.
What would happen, however, if the
man from Affinity should meet man
from Peace, Ala, would indeed be prob
lematical They might, after the fash
ion of some westerners, boom the mer-
its of their respective towns with such
ardor that at least these representatives
of Peace and Affinity would come to
blows.
They might at last develop as much
disrelish for each other as the citizen of
Cream, Wis, who should chance to take
dinner with citizen of Caviar, N. ].
On the other hand, they might become
as chummy as the townsmen of those
three towns, in the states of Colorado,
Oregon, and West Virginia, which all
bear the name of Crook.
If he said he was from Sodom, o.. he
could hardly expect to join the New York
police force and find things congenial
If he was a native of Lax, Ala, or Blind
Bay, La, en- the contrary, his duties as
a metropolitan bluecoat might prove
congenial.
If he said he was from Sodom, o., he
would most likely be told that his own
town must need his services more. II
he replied that it didn't he might be
recommended to try to get a position
in Pluto, Miss.
Near the Greene river, in Kentucky
there is town by the name of Pig. II
has never been recorded in any history
of the United States whether the char.
acteristics of the people of Pig are any
different from those of the people oi
Lamb, ILL.,, or Chickies, Pa. This is
certainly to be regretted.
Should woman from Big Foot, Tex.
or Antiquity, O., advertise for a hus-
band, it is safe to say she would not get
as many answers as a woman from
Beauty, w. Va.
The man who hailed from jug, Ala.
might have more difficulty in being
elected to the white house society
than his contemporary from Dry Town
Cal.
The native of Magic, Ala, would nc
doubt be welcomed by certain Wal
street officers, where citizen from Faif
play, Wis, would find the door shut.
Should the woman from Alamode, Mo.
or Fashion, Ca. meet a woman from
Jaysville, o., the two might get into
such controversy that at the end they
would both be believed to be natives OF
Looneyville, N. Y.
The citizen of Fosset, Ore, unlike the
citizen from Quick. Neb, would no doubt
feel very much at home in Philadelphia
and for much the same reasons the rep
resentative from Fact, Kan, would fine
a congenial atmosphere in Boston. Veg
etarians should go to Grass, S. d.
A jury made up of men half of whom
were born in Japan, Mo-, and the Other
half in Russia, N. Y, would be pretty
sure to disagree. At any rate they
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Tenn, for peacemaker.
Should the girl from Leapyear, Tenn.
become dissatisfied with things at home
there is little danger of her settling IL
Bachelor, Mich Neither would the mar
from Langor, Mimi, think of moving
to Jump, o.
man may travel from Dan to Beer
sheba, nowadays, and think it very
short journey. There is Dan in Ken
lucky and Beersheba over the line in
Tennessee. Neither is the trip from
London to Peking long one in the Unit
ed States. Ohio contains both Pekine
and London, and it is not long jour.
ney from Whiskey Buttes, Mont. tc
Seven Devils. Idaho