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Show A Peculiar Name. There Is a post hamlet in Cass county, Missouri, with nothing peculiar pe-culiar about it except Its name, and that Is Peculiar. Its origin, accord Ing to local tradition, was as follows: When the settlement had become sufficiently populous to need a post office, one of the prominent citizens sent a petition to Washington to have one established. In due course the petition was granted, and he was asked to suggest a name that would please the people. He replied: "The people are not particular so long as the name Is peculiar." Thereupon the post office was christened chris-tened Peculiar, and the name has never been dhanged. Sunday Magazine. |