The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-03-01
Name Your Home.

whether line iarm or an unpretentl-
Gus town cottage, should give the place
a name-not necessarily high sound |
ing title but some name appropriate
distinctive and based ou some peculiar
ity or distinctive feature Of the place
There are many such names as for
instande Hill Crest" the farm home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lcwing, north OF
Ozark; Glover Hill" farm, home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Robbins, north
Of town, Fair View" home Of DR..
and Mrs. Giehl, southeast Of town;
Daisy Dell" home Of Miss Loretta
Bryant and her mother, in southeast |
part Of town. Each OF these titles is
self explanatory and each is distinct
i've and appropriate,
Likewise "Woodbine Cottage" the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barrett, so
called because Of the luxuriant growth
Of woodbine at the porch; The Ter
race" home Of Dr.. and Mr.. Robertson
on account ol the teuaced hill on
which the house is situated; and the
humble hillside place Of the Demo
crat folks, called "EImhurst" in refer
ence to the elmn trees on the hillside
hurst" being an O,d English term for
little grove or thicket. And number
OF other places in and around Ozark
which are named Tor some peculiar or
distinctive feature.
In Missouri there is a statutory law
which permits the owner OF farm or
residence property to have the name
registered 10 the Office OF the county
clerk on payment Of one dollar and to
receive a certificate to that effect. and
thereafter no other place in the same
county may be registered under that
exact name. OI course you do not
have to register your home name un-
less you wish to do 50. You can name
whatever you please and call it by
that name, but unless you have the
name recorded ia the Office OF the
county clerk any other person any
where in the county, even your neigh
Dor adjoining you or across the Ioad
could call his place by the same tam,
if he wished, and il he should have the
name registered for his place you could
not then have it registered for your
place.
Having selected your name for your
home, neat little sign board with the
painted on it should be placed where
1t can be seen By paSsers, so that peo-
pie may become familiar with the name
as applied to your place. 1t is quite
wonderful how much easier it is 10 dir
ect a traveller to a farm the name ol
which is displayed on a post or build
ing or over the entry gate. Aud it is
even more wonderful how the name
and the home will grow into the ahec'
= tions oil the owners, the family occupy.
ing the premises We doubt if there
" is any other one thing that will tend
u more to inculate commendable pride
in home than this custom OF naming
a place and calling it by the name.
Il Also every family ought to use stat
II ionery with the name Of the home prin
ted on notepaper and envelopes. Now
. you may at first think we are writing
. this part from selfish motives because
We run wrinting Office, but yo-r SET
5 ond thought will convince you that il
not true, because we are advising al
/; our readers everywhere TO do this --anc
there are printing Offices everywhere
And besides let US whisper to you ;
= little secret. which is tha. !! eacn family
! would once start keeping and using
their own printed stationery, they
I would soon find it so cheap and Sc
'e satisfactory that they would never will
e ingly 90 back 10 the old custom o
'e picking up stray sheets Of soiled papei
% on which to write letters and mailing
al them in any kind Of poor envelope, anc
- because oI not having proper return
~ address on the envelope run a risk Q
L the letter delayed on account oi SOM
II has,y error in addressing it or becaus
the person addressed could not b.