place
intended, and the squads and companies of sleighs with their closely
packed loads of laughing girls, and well filled baskets of good things
would begin to marshal on the several roads that lead towards the
trysting place; and when the merry-makers reach the well trimmed
walnut grove from which the farm takes its name, and march up to the
dwelling, instead of shouting: Mrs. Brown, we greet you, or Uncle
Brown, etc., it would be: "Walnut Hill" we greet you, which would
include all the Browns, old and young.
One of the brightest spots in my memory is the remembrance of "Rose
Valley" my childhood's happy home. Every pleasant occurrence of my
boyhood clusters around that never-to-be forgotten name. It has acted
like a guide, a land mark for me through my life; and my great aim in
life has been to make my own home just like dear "Rose Valley." To
begin the work, I have set my own house in order; and the following
names given to the farms under my care will practically illustrate my
plan.
-----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------
FORMER OWNERS. | FARM NAMES. | PRESENT TENANTS.
-----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------
Thompson Place | Hickory Ridge | A. Maddox Home " | Elmwood | Mr.
Houck's home Doutey " | South Elmwood | D.Q. Renfrue Horroll " |
Gravel Hill | T.H. Miller Conran " | Cedar Grove | A. Miller Casebolt " |
Millbrook | C. Blettner Harness " | Burnside | A. Tunge Heller " |
Pleasant Hill | J.H. Kempf Lewis " | Woodlawn | W. Lewis Oaks' " |
Castle Rock | Noah Neff Held " | The Glade | W. Reubelman Jackson " |
Beechwald | G. Edwards Bottom " | Deerfield | . . . . . . . . . . . . Benna " |
The Mound | R. Oliver Williams " | Blacklands | W. Mitchel McGee " |
Lone Tree | Tom Miller Johnson " | South Park | Owen Bush New Land
| Cedar Cliff | Peter Heller " " | Cypress Grove | Geo. Surlett Old
Homestead | Middle Park | Johd Meintz West of City | West Park |
Dave Meintz East of R. By. | Spring Park | Jas. Ballinger Manning
Place | Longview | Aug. Klemme Cox " | Meadow Hill | H. Stinehoff
Davis " | Lilypond | Chas. Davis Renfroe " | Beechfield | I. Renfroe
Ruble " | Sycamore Springs | Mrs. Sarah Miller Bair | Clover Hill | W.
Gunter Edmonson " | Riverside | J.H. Relley New " | Cotton Grove |
W.H. Henson Garaghty " | Wheatland | J.H. Relley Price " | Roundpond
| W. Miller Jordan " | Parsonage | Wm. Jackson Bird " | Richwood | Mrs.
Jackson Laseley " | Richland | W. Lackey New " | Lakeside | D.
Edmunson New " | The Island | Geo. Laseley Sexton " | Beech Hill | J.H.
Irving Martin " | Creekfield | Joe Bair Miss Co " | Catalpa Grove | Geo.
Burns Cramer " | Hubbleside | . . . . . . . . . . . . Miller " | Spring Grove |
A. Miller Brown " | East Gravel Hill | J.H. Miller
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I give these as samples to guide my brother farmers in selecting names
for their homes. Every one of those farms can be identified by some
local peculiarity, prominent and visible. For instance, Davis place is
situated close to a large pond covered with white lilies. Standing on the
doorsteps of the Manning place you can view a ten-mile stretch of the
Mississippi river, while Mr. Relley's place is situated on the banks of
that great stream. Such names can be multiplied to an indefinite extent,
and duplicated in each county.
If such names were generally in use, it would greatly assist postmasters
in their difficult task of knowing which Smith or Brown was intended.
Now brother farmers, I have moved the adoption of appropriate names
for every farm in the land; who will second the motion? Give your
wives and daughters a chance to name the homestead, and my word for
it, it will be both musical and appropriate. Let us give our children
something pleasant to think of after they have left the dear old home.
To afix the name, paint it on a large board and nail it over your front
gate.
ALEX ROSS, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.
DIOGENES IN HIS TUB.
Allow me, Messrs. Editors, to give you notes of what I see, and hear,
and learn, and cogitate, and endeavor to inculcate, from my snug little
home in my Tub--will you not?
Well--having your assent, I begin by wishing you all--editors,
correspondents, typos, and "devils"--a Happy New Year, and your
excellent paper unlimited success in
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