Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-07
DESCRIPTIVE AND ExPLANA.
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Goats OF Arms Of the various states.
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We have upon the writing force of the
UNION AND AMERICAN, an individual who
has made heraldry, coats Of arms, etc.. a
| life long study, and IN order that our num-
erous readers may be able to fully Under
stand and appreciate the many beauties of
the coats OF atfns Of the various States
which are ranged around the balcony of The
Exposition building; he has been detailed
to write up the said insignia. It is his Dur.
pose to dispose Of half dozen or 80 each
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% Beginning on the left, as one stands fac.
ing eastward, we have first, the coat of
arms of North Carolina. In the foreground
are two female figures, one sitting down
| aud the other standing up. The first has
her lovely person enveloped in gorgeous
red robe, which must have cost six or seven
dollars and half per yard. In her right
hand she holds carpenters ten foot pole,
on the top Of which, in burst of playful
ness. she has hung her night cap, which is
supposed to be waving back and forth.
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second female are not so well OF in this
worlds goods as that Of her companion.
There is scantiness of covering
about the upper part Of her
body which is really distressing to mod
est-minded youth, and owing to this fact,
our reporter made his examination of this
figure yesterday with one hand placed be,
fore his eyes. In addition to the evidence
OF poverty already cited, further proof of
mis- fact is shown by the torn condition of
her skirts. She has been out In the woods
hunting daises, wild onions, buckle berries,
and things, and has torn her clothes among
the thorns. Our readers will doubtless be
pleased to learn that she has one more
dress; and that the reason she dent put it
on, is because it is in the wash. Gas
The graceful position assumed by this
young lacy, strikes the eye of
the observer al once. She leans slightly
to one side, with her right arm
resting lightly on the elevated tail of
North Carolina snail Gin the old North State,
these sprightly animals grow to an enor-
nous sze.)
Immediately behindI these maidens
dilapidated stone wall is to be seen, while
in the background and to one side, a couple
of pleasure yachts-the "Dsuntless" and
"Peerless," go fskimming 'lightly Ger the
bright blue waVs."
There Is not so much to be seen in the
next coat of arms-that of South Carolina.
There is really good deal mora in the in
sigma of this State than in that of North
Carolina, but it is out of sight, behind the
range of mountains which loom up in the
bsck ground.
Immediately in front, we have a palm
tree, which is peculiar, differing from ordi-
nary palm trees in that for fruits it bears
shields instead of dates. Indeed, it is from
this tree that all the shields used in max
ing up the coats of arms of several of the
States, have been gathered.
The next is a representation of the
United States coat of arms, which is neat,
but not gaudy. An eagle-the 'hemblem
of this blarsted country is seen carryin
in his talons shield, which he has tirsts
plucked from the shield-bearing palm of
South Carolina, has then taken to a noted
kAlsomiener and sign painter, who has de-
corated it with the stripes and
stars, and at the time we speak
OF, the eagle is soaring up
among the stars, on bis way home, bearing
his beautiful new toy to his clearinghouse.
The insignia of Georgia is principally
made up of three wooden images standing
in row, in front of which "Revolution-
airy sire and Continental dad" PAGES up and
down in the long grass, in the character of
q guard, foolishly s1pposing that some light
fingered Jack would steal his wooden i'm
ages. This r. 8. and C. d. is dressed in bril-
liant uniform, with his lower extremities
encased in huge boots. He fourIshes aloft
in his right hand a keen edged corn-knife,
and is evidently in considerable distress be-
cause, in strutting around, he has inadvert-
entity spread himself over so much
ground that the tender hearted looker-on is
tormented by fear that he will never be
able TO get his feet together again. How
ever, let us hope he may.
In the back ground is seen a comfortable
farm house, wherein the family of the war
like character, above described, resides, and
TO which he himself retires when he sees
rain storm approaching.
The coat Of arms of Alabama is almost
severe in its extreme simplicity. A huge
map representing very bleak and desolste
country, is hung to the limbs of an i'm
possible tree, the latter very much curtailed
as to branches, but extremely developed as
W AOObot NALOA AOOSSs OOSA y SAOSO
resemblance to the snakes one sees all
around him when he has an attack of the
mania potu Don't ask us how we know.)
The Internal concsit of the original Ohio
ans is fully demonstrated in the motto
with which they embellish their coat of farms
- emporium in imperio,"-"a govern
ment withina government" In addition
to this motto, we have, first, shock of
wheat (the like of which was never seen in
any wheat field in the land), standing by
the side of collection of piekets, which
the farmer who owns the wheat intends to
mend his garden fence with, as soon as
they have seasoned thoroughly. Back Of
these is seen good sized mill pond, fringed
on either side by stately poplars, and be-
hind all, a beautiful valley, about the size
of one dollar bill, stretches away in the
dim distance, while still farther back the
sun is slowly climbing over the hills, his
principal object in rising at all, being to sea-
son that stack Of pickets above referred to.