Show HOW STATES COT liOT fOT THU NICKNAMES Curious Origin of Bestowed on the Com Corn SIGNIFICANCE OF NUTMEG Popular Is N Not Flattering Historical I Jaton Ja- Ja ton of or Old OId Oll Dominion The fhe popular names immes be bestowed on the stales of ot the Union have havo had bal varied origin The reason for the sobriquet Empire state bestowed on tho the theone one containing the he most population an anthe and the greatest wealth with wih the l Us of ot the country countr nn and the most extensive extensive ex ex- 1 commerce of an any seaport J s Is apparent Like Its It motto moto of or excelsIor excelsior excelsior excel aiming at higher achievements achievements achieve e ments monts the name of ot Empire state has ha peculiar significance and ane the constant aim of at all al her public spirited citizens Is to keep her In the forefront or Of widely different significance and anda a origin Is the name of or Nutmeg state applied to the land lan of stead steady habits It I harks back to the tho days of the thrifty progenitors of at the present ent Yankees of Connecticut whose number Is slowly yielding to the Inv invasion lon of or foreign Immigrants Im tin- migrants In nil all al parts of or the t farming territory as a well veli wel as of ot the lie fe few o cities L of at the tho last Jast of or the New England states as the they arc are commonly enumerated The Yankee peddler who devoted dc hII ht energy eners' eners to tanking making wooden copies caples of or ortho the tho nutmegs brought from the East Indies b by the tho sailing e vessels eels els In the carl early years year of the colony and palmed them oft off or on the unsuspecting rural t public was much like the spice manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- of ot toda today who grinds up co- co l shells to tn adulterate pepper nutmeg an and cinnamon when sold In Inthe Inthe inthe the ground round form fUl fully as much wooden nutmeg Is consumed in this wa way now as when the Imitation spices were sold as ns original To the same period belonged the trick of the Yankee Yan Yan- kee who had hat several fe eral bushels of wOO wooden wood wood- 1 en shoe pegs which were exposed to the lie rain and became useless for or their thel their's contemplated purpose The veracious historian asserts that the owner oner sharpened sharpened sharp sharp- ened the tho other ends and then sole sold them for fir oats thus putting adulterated adulterate food up to horses In these days cas ca's tIre the would doubtless s have ha e been heen manufactured into breakfast rood Keystone e Sta State tc i. The Tho name given Iven to Pennsylvania anla o othe of the lie Keystone state was c derived from the fuel fact that when the original thirteen thir thir- teen states were arranged In the he form torm of ot an arch the one bearing the tho name of the lie Quaker William Ienn formed the keystone 2 So too foo no the fam name of Hay state was vas applied to M ch from Crom tic the fact that It was wan originally known leown as the Massachusetts ets Bay Buy colony Dr DI JosIah G. G Holland named one ono of oC his works of fiction The rIte Bay Path from frum the tue old highway which led from tm the Connecticut Cornice Cornice- vale valley alicy to the tho la bay on which the Puritans built bui their capital city talc tak taking talc talc- tn lag ing Its 18 name from the old Boston Buslon in c England Of Ot the original states made out of the lie thirteen colonies none has hus a more mOc interesting name siame lame of historical associations tons than the Old Olti Dominion The TIre colon colony on the James river rl er named both Its Is first town and the tire stream on which It stood for fOI the tire reigning sovereign 60 01 eign James VI VI of Scotland mid add James I. I 1 of England son of Mary ary Queen of or Sots Scots and arid the lie royal pupil pupi whom his tutor George GeOge Buchanan the tIre mOt most learned leanel man Scotland ever pro produced and whose picture adorns the cover er co of 1 0 every issue Isue of Black Blackl woods wood's Magazine soundly for misdemeanors in the tire class claB room The TIre colon colony received the name Virginia Vir h ginia glriia from the Virgin Queen whose foot was protected from the tire mud by hy the tho cloak which the gallant galant Sir SI Walter aler Raleigh laid down The name nanie Virginia was vas fl first l a n general one for or oral nil all al the tIre English settlements on this Iris side of ot the tho ocean Captain Captin John Smith in his Iris History of Virginia which first frt appeared In 1629 had a a. map of ot Jire he settlements of Virginia Including New cw England as well ell wel as the settlements further fur south The Faerie J QU Queen en was vas dedicated b by l Edmund Spenser to Elizabeth Queen of ot England France and Ireland Ire Ire- land and Sovereign of the Dominion of ot Virginia Up to the Ire time of the lie Revolution Virginia was wa referred to In all al official documents as Tire The Colony Colony Col Col- ony orry and anti Dominion of Virginia Cap Cap- Capi taint tain tall Smith also speaks in his history of or if old Virginia Virginia and new Virginia the latter being belnE the New England Colon colony Tho The Old Dominion Virginia refused reused to recognize Oliver Ol er Cromwell l and the Protectorate after after- aCer Charles I. I I was be be- loved and transferred Its Is allegiance to Charles II hi I who was In exile exie on the Continent Cromwell Cromwel l sent nt a fleet feet to bring the Insurgent province Into sub sub- but as soon toon as the death of the lie Protector was vas made mad known the tire cavaliers renewed their allegiance to Charles Churles II I. I and he Ire was proclaimed In Inthe Inthe the lie colony as King of ot Great Britain Ireland and Virginia h before Coro ho lie assumed assumed as- as as as- the crown In London In gratitude gratitude tude for fOI the loyalty shown the King caused Ca the tho arms arins of oC Virginia to be le quartered with wih those of or England Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land and anti Scotland a as part of or the tho Old Dominion and they thus appeared 1 on nn coins struck b by King Charles an and andr r his successors When hen in Civil Civi war days dars West ct Virginia Vir Vir- ginia was cut off or from front tho the 01 Old Dominion Domin ion Jon It was proposed to bestow tire tho tw k name annie of Virginia even oven with wih the tire prefix prefix pre pre- fix tx West est cst and now man many of ot them hear call cal the tire of tho lie part palt territory that seceded 11 with the other othel Southern states Old Virginia I was us bon in Ole OIo Vir- Vir ginn proudly proud I said sult the tire aged negro who 8 served out nut liquid health at a mineral unit min I eral rl spring in West cst Virginia d by the writer rIter a few fe years ears ago Tho The popular sobriquet for Cor West est Virginia Is 19 the Panhandle state slate In allusion to the portion porton of ot the tire state which sticks up ui along the Ohio river between Pennsylvania and Ohio and contains I the tho former capital Wheeling the tho i largest city In lit n the state tate The Tho name t. t Panhandle Is also als given hIn to a a railroad I that lint traversing ta territory T Green Mountain Pine Tree ree From phY physical peculiarities other nato h have vt v derived derl cd t their thair clr nicknames The Tho Green n Mountain State Stalo I 1 is ao 0 iO nam named d tom from th the a which d I its scenery sc and Is only a translation of ot tho the French Vermont Maine laine Is called caled tho Pine Tree State Stale from the tine ma massive pine which appears on I ti her hel coat of at arms and was sas transferred to the tire Pin Tree Tret Shilling a a coin which h 1 t rare rire rn enough ugh to o 0 bring a cod Rhode Rhod Island In Is It called caled Little Rhody In al cil al- 4 lusion to her size Ize and anti especially t to the thc fact that there Is a Rhode Island Iland In tho tIre waters water of Narragansett ba bay baj from froni which the he tt tn tiny state took It Is its name In allusion to Its Is size the stor stor storI I In is told of n a l man who refused the tire nomination for 01 governor Jo on the tire ground that he was accustomed to long walks before breakfast and aird wa was afraid he ire would not riot have room enough e to stretch his legs properly without going beyond the tire borders ant anti and sc rc leaving the state without an executive lye tive hea head Kentucky Is known as tho the Blue BlueGrass BlueGrass Grass Gra State from front Its Is peculiar agricultural agricultural tural turl product which grows gros In Inn luxuriance anco ance on un Its Is limestone fields felds an and Is ls sale said to contrIbute to the lie superiority of Its Is IshO hO horses cs Alabama Is pre pre eminently tine the Cotton Collon Coton Stats State Colorado Colorato dates ates back to 1 as aR tho tIre Centennial State California Call Cali Cal Cal- fornia l Is the Golden State ever eyer since it I formation after aCer the stirring days das of ot 49 Ohio's horse hor e chestnut h trees roes give s1 e her the tire name of or Buckeye State Stale Texas Is the tire Ln Lone Star Stat State from the days das when It I was an Independent republic after ner Its Is secession from Mexico before lefore the war between this irIs country and Old Mexico growing out of o the tire annexation of oC the tine Lone Lonc Star republic Delaware's sobriquet of ot Blue lien len State Is JR attributed to the story of ot the he Blue mut Hens Hen's Chickens Captain Caldwel Cald- Cald wel well an of the he First Delaware 1 regiment In the War ar of the Revolution tion ton was Co fond 11 of cock fighting and maintained that lint no gamecock was wa worth anything unless it I w was wa's s a chicken of ot a blue hen Inca So his regiment was called caled the tire Blue mue Hens Hen's Chickens nl and crud he tine name namo was transferred to tire the entire entire en en- i tire state tre In Iii II ibm n s. s u Arkansas is known as tho tiro Dear Beam state from rain the frequency of ursine animal animals ani nfl mals mal In certain parts In the he early carl days ays of oC the lie Southwest Her neighbor MisSisSippi Mississippi Mis Mis- 8 1 Is dubbed the tire Bayou state an and Louisiana lana tire the Pelican state Georgia Is the lie Cracker CIncel state from flom its Is i who are called Crackers Crack ers s. er Florida is Js the Peninsular stale state for 01 or geo geographic reasons and Tennessee Tennesee t he the Big BIS Bend DeIl state from Crom the tortuous course of or the tire stream whose name she sire hears barR North Carolina is 18 called caled theOld the theOld Old OIt North state stale to differentiate It I from Crom tire the other othel Carolina Carona whose name the lie state state state-is Is derived from t he the palmetto trees treos on our the tire state glate seal seal The he The other south stale state state-ne state state-oure one of ot tIre the Da- Da Da- Da kolas kotas kotas-Js Is called clet the Swing Cat stale state North Dakota Dakota is the tire s state tate late from Crom the number of ot jacka Jackass rb- rb rab- rab bits bIt found there by early seters settlers It I was vas suggested that Instead of nt f North and amid South Dalta Dakota the latter latler later should be 30 cal called Cheyenne leaving Jea Dakota for rOl or the tine former but the lie matter mailer mater was not put through h in that way ay when tire the tw s tales states were welo formed Michigan Is called caled tire the Wolverine s tate state n as Wisconsin I Is the Badger Badge s tate state for their helP thel natural inhabitants inhabitant virile Minnesota is the tire Gopher state stale Is the Chinook state slate from i Is ts prevailing wind from the he Pacific and nl Ore Oregon on 1 Is the tho Beaver er s state late Neada Nevada Ne- Ne vada ada Is the tire Sliver Silver Siver state stale as s California i Is s Golden while Mr Bryans Bryan's ha a J Is tire the Blackwater state and arid Kans Kan's Kansas Kan Kan- sas ma s 's the Sunflower tate state Montana fontana hashe has hashe t he the homely homel designation of Stub Toe s tate lale As Indiana is the Hoosier state stale s so o Illinois Is the Sucker Sticker state stale from t heir their as Iowa is the tH I state stale Maryland Mariand Is the tire Old Oldine LG L Line ine state New Hampshire is the Lire G Granite state and New Jel Jersey e tIre the Jerse Jer- Jer S se C ey Blue c New York Tribune |