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Show GAVE VILLAGE SECOND NAME Boy's Rejoinder to Puzzled Tourist Responsible for Distinction Enjoyed En-joyed by Kentucky Hamlet. "A village In my state," says a Kentucky Ken-tucky representative, "had for many years the unique distinction of possessing pos-sessing two names. It received the second but more popular name In this way : "A stranger who had lost, or thought he had lost, his way, found himself at a point on the turnpike where two ramshackle cottages, a' blacksmith and an incognito postoftice stood. The only human being In sight was the traditional barefooted boy. " 'Boy,' said the xtrunger, 'can you lei! me how far It Is to Orangeburg?' "'Mister,' said the youngster, with admirable sententlousness, 'you're plum sock In it.' "And Plum Sock It became and remained." re-mained." Exchange. |