Show I j 0 A euBSOBEBBB wishes to know j I why and how Prince Napoleon got the nickname of FlonFton There I j are many stories entreat en the subject sub-ject and probably all have an equal I element of truth One is that it is I a diminutive of ToleonToleon that 1 might easily be contracted into t HonPlon Another is that his sloth and lack of energy and his i staying in the rear of the i battalion I oa wed him to be dubbed Plomb Is Houib Plomb being the French for lead Another story is that he was i 11 called PlenFlon from his reaem I 4 i 1 Uan e to those Email pith figures I freighted at the bottom that persist l ti J in standing up when they are laid v 1 down that being the name of these I i i i r 1 figures There nothing positive i ascertained about it and the nick J namy has probably grown out off of-f t 11 fcenmstanoes like the American j i 10 I Vn1e Sam |