Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-05-13
From the Index Universit tits.

From the Index Universit tits.
About the year 1885 black leg by
the name OF Borchese did large busi-
ness in the way OF supplying the West
and Southwest with counterfeit bills
and bills on fictitious banks. His name
beng passed from mouth to mouth
was soon corrupted into Bogus, and
his bills were called by his own name
bogus currency. The report OF so great
a fraud spread over the whole country
aud the term bogus soon became a
name tor any counterfeit.
The term uilG cat, used to denote
unsound banking Institutions, has .
somewhat similar origin. A bank in
Michigan had large vignette on its
notes representing vs.S est This
bank tailed while its notes tor large
amount were still in circulation These
notes were afterwards called wild cat
money and the bank issuing them the
wild cat bank. OF course other banks
were soon compelled to stop payment
on account OF the want of confidence
in them. and the term wild cat was ap-
Piled to all such without distinction
aud as such a general term it has de-
scended to us.
The origin of Brother Jonathan. AZ an
appellation tor America, is given in a
number OF the Norwich Courier. a
gentleman, who was an active partici-
pater in the scenes OF the Revolution
related the story, which is IS follows
50 the editor of that paper:
when Gen. Washington, after be-
ing appointed commander OF the ARM
OF the Revolutionary war, came to
Massachusetts to organise II, and to
make preparations for the defence of
the country, he found great want o!
ammunition and other means neces-
sary to meet the powerful foe he had
to contend with. and great difficult.
to obtain them. II attacked il, such
condition, the cause at once might be
hopeless. On one occasion, 81 tha;
anxious period, q consultation OF the
officers and others was had, when il
seemed no way could be devised to
make such preparation rs was neces-
cary. His Excilency Jonathan Trum
bull, the elder. was then Governor oi
the State of Connecticut. on whose
Judgment and aid the General placed
the greatest reliance, and remarked:
1--WE must consult Brother .osstAan on
the subject" The General did 50, and
the Governor was successful in SUP
plying many o; the wants OF she army
When difficulties afterwards arose
aud the army was spread over the
country, it became byword, We
must consult Brother Jonathan Tbs
term Yankee is still applied to pcr
tion. but Brother Jonathan has now
become designation OF the whole
country, as John Bull has tor Eng
land"
Brother Jonathan" naturally re-
minds US Of his tavoiite and character
istic sorg, Tanls. Doodle. Numerous
stories are ateat concerning the real
origin of this name. a. we'll as the tune
which bears L The whole matter
seems shrcndcl ir oblivion, and its
author will probably only be known
by his production. I: is said that the
song was first composed by the Brit
ish during the Rev oiutionary War As
take of upon the Yankees, aud that
the latter, taxing the Joke soodns
turedly, Immediately adopted the song
Is 8 national AR. Itthis story is true,
We should be glad to give our fore
fathers due honor tor their indspen-
dence in adopting As their pride what
was written for their shame, but to us
it seems very Improbable. The sir OF
the song has been traced back in Eng
land to the TINA ot Charles l., and
probably the song j. nearly as vcnera
bic with age, as the air to which it is
sung. More than this, the air seems
to belong TO numerous countries, SO
that it is impossibls even to name its
iatherlsnd While it is said TO be
identical with one sung by the agri-
cultural laborers in the Netherlands,
kcssuth and his fellow Hunsarians,
when in this country, recognized it rs
one Of their own native airs, and. more
recently, Mr.. Buckingham Smith, At
one time Secretary of Legation At