Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — Want te Be Dignified. [ARTICLE]

Want te Be Dignified.

The inhabitants of Rat Portage, Ont., are very anxious tq have the name of their town changed. Its growing importance, they think, demands for it a more dignified and delicate name, and their pride and cultured ears are hurt by the appellation of Rat-Portagers, by which they are known. Petitions for a change have been sent to the authorities, and the names suggested by the petitioners include Van Horn, Sylvana, Minnesobia and Sultana. The latter is much favored, but the Rat-Porta-gers evidently do not see the danger of their staid citizens being known as Sultanas.