Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1909 — Some Brief Proper Names. [ARTICLE]

Some Brief Proper Names.

In the Zuyder Zee there is a bay called Y. and Amsterdam has the river Y. while, strange to say, In quite another part of the earth, In China, the same brief name Is given to a town. Elsewhere In the Flowery Kingdom, In the province of Honan, there Is a .c'lty called U. ami In France there is a river and In Sweden a town rejoicing In the name of A. \ Proper names of this brief nature are not, however, monopolized by places, instances are on record where Individuals have been similarly named. Some years ago there was a shop kept on the Rue de Louvan, Brussels, by Theresa O, and there Is a Mme. O In Paris, who Is well known as the proprietor of a.popular case. An amusing Incident Is recounted In conection with the impressment Into the military service of the son of this Mme. O. The young man could not write and so signed his name on the military papers with a cross. It not occurring to him nor to any of the officials how easily he could have written his name.—Boston Post.