The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-07-08

| eqnake lN6seE1pP.. She Unnamed Yltp
her friend, cok 6fting Der 70 de BEST of
her ability out iCjf'6ef CW q harf6G expert.
eAc6s, until the last rites he'd been paid
to the last ,vieti@. .Nf oihst doAped he0se-
bold. And sooD Aper she 6Ade farewell
| to the stricken woman, who returned, to
England to end the lew Wfetched davs
thatS ct FemaiAsd 70 her aHab6g che fbisnas
esd the sosasa Of her ypnths q CAurtney
Hal bad beceme to her only a tomb, and
she gladly turned from it forever. ~,
S66n afterwards The houss was torn
down BY Mrs.. 0ouftuey'S orders, sad the
es1ats divided ipAo krms and aOA, ,and hr
loNg JeAsS enly the psH9Fy ef the Court
ney's has survived ip Chichester.
Many years afterwards 4 strange for
eign woman, Of advanced years, died IN
an obscure street in Boston, confessed in
her last mOweRts 0lmost gleefully, that
abe had destroyed an entire family which
had incurred her vengeance. She was
supposed to be the murderess of the
COurtneys; but nothing was proved, nor
will it ever now be known by what means
she achieved. her savage and mysterious
purpose. 't
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF STATES. Maine
was first called ''Marvooshen," but about
1880, took tha- name it now bears from
Maine, q province in the western part CI
France. The name Is originally derived
from the CenOmanni, and ancient Gallo
people. '..
New Hampshire was the name given
to the territory granted by tho Plymouth
Company to Captain John Mason, by
the patent, iD 1889, and was derived from
patentee, who was the Governor Of Ports
mouth, in Hampshire, England.
Vermont is from verd, green, and mon
mountain. ............
Massachusetts, was named from tribt
Of Indians in the vicinity Of Boston. -
Roger Williams says the word signi6e'
blue hills. %F
Rhode Island Was so called in 1914, il
relation to the Island Of Rhodes, in tn,
Mediterranean.
New York was named in honor Of tn
Duke Of York to whom this territory wa
granted. .o.--.
Pennsylvania was named after William
Penn.
II 1854, the Duke Of York made
grant Of ~hat Is now the State Of NeV
Jersey to Lord Berkeley and Sir GeOrg
Carteret, and it received its name in CON
pliment to the latter, who had been Gov
ernor Of the island Of Jersey.
Delaware was so called In 1909, afte
Lord De La Ware.
Maryland was named in honor OF Her
rietta Maria. Queen of Charles ], in hi
patent to Lord Baltimore, June Sd, 1863!
Virginia was called after the virgi
Queen Of England, Elizabeth.
The Carolinas were named by th
French in honor of Charles TX of France
J Georgia was called,i in 1896, after GeOrg
II, of England.
Louisiana was n1med after Louis XI'
Of France. ---..
Florida received its name from Ponc
de Leon, in 1919, while on bis voyage i
search OF the fountain Of youth. He dis
covered 1t on Easter Sunday-in Spanisl
called PasqGe Florida.
The States of Alabama, Mississippi
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana
Arkansas, Ohio, and Missouri, are al
named from their principal rivers, an,
their names are Of Indian origin-except
ing, perhaps, Kentucky-and their mean
ings involved in some obscurity. Ten
nesses Is said 10 signify Curved Spoon
Illinois, the River Of Men; Mississippi
the Whole River, or . river formed b.
the union Of many. ..-,
Michigan is named from the lake OF
the borders.
Iowa is 40 Indian name; also Texas
| signifying "beautiful."
California vas thus named by th
Spaniards at an early day.