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Show Anglo-Saxon Poetry. An English morchant who has been visiting a friend In Philadelphia dur- S lng tho present summer was contending contend-ing that Matthew Arnold was In the right when ho condemned ae vulgar and unplciuresque tho American nam-: nam-: lng of towns. "Certainly you give odd names to your towns here In the stateB," said the Ilrlton. "Juit consider Weehaw-1 Weehaw-1 ken, Poughkcepsle, Hoboken, and ever so many others, you know!" "No doubt they do sound itransely in English ears," admitted tho Phlla-delphlan. Phlla-delphlan. Then, after a pause, ho Inquired: "Do you llvo in London the year round?" , "Oh, no," responded- the unwary rirltlnhcr, "I spend a good bit ot my tlmo at Chipping Norton, I sometimes visit In .Upper Tooting, and I'va also a place at Wlglnoro Terraco." Harper's Har-per's Weekly. |