Show STRANGELY christened some instances Ini tance of if the queer name given to nezro children it is nothing new that the colored people of the south areas fond of large names as of bright colors but bat the st louis globe democrat furnishes two or three now new and comical examples the writer says rays I 1 knew an am old negro negm in tennessee who rejoices in the name of niagara falls his companions have shortened it to falls but ant he was really christened after the groat grant cataract I 1 also knew a colored woman who proudly tells you that her name is virginia virg i nia georgia alabama south another who enjoys the cognomen of amanda june day is a schoolteacher school teacher and signs her name A june day in a mississippi town I 1 was passing along a side street when a coal black camu came out of a door sh shouting outing glory glory hallelujah I 1 she was crazy and stopped to see what she would do next nest she looke looked d around a moment and then repeated her call lanila than tw ba IV ivic time I 1 heard the answer from behind a fence yere lis 1 is maam what yo want bebber you rain what I 1 want you yon come here immediately there appeared from behind the fence one of the blackest anic s I 1 ever saw and on inquiry I 1 learned that his name was glory hallelujah jones |