The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-07-12
American NIeknames.

! t444IE4 a. " E<Ds tut AuiGEu Ntdtt-s anu
Its occupiers nothing more or less than
Goid-huAteFs.
Connecticut, a every reader Of
Sam S}ici must well know is the
Nutmeg State. Il is also the Free
stone State and The Land oi Steady
Habits. The natives are designated
Wooden Nuimegs, but whether
they like the name or not We cannot
say.
Delaware Is The Blue-hen or Dia-
mond State bus for some reason. in-
explicable to Us, The natives are Musk
rats
Florida is tue Peninsular State, and
The people who live in it are iy-up-
the-creeks; both terms sufficiently ex-
plain themselves.
Illinois rejoiees in three names,
which are severally poetieal, ridieu-
lous and practical Garden Of the
West, Sucker State and Prairie State.
Suckers, wbatever they may b., dwell
therein.
Indiana is the Hoosier State, in
habited by Hoosiers, whatever they
may be.
Iowa, being Hawk-eye State, az
fords local hsbitation for Hawk
eyes
Kansas is another Garden of the
West, but, unlike its namesake, llli-
nois, is occupied by Jayhawkers,
which may be, however, only another
name for suckers
Kentucky, in words suggestive OF
strife in bygone DAYS, is the Dark
and Bloody Ground but the ire
pressible for fun having afterward
cropped up, it has latterly become
known as Corn-cracker State, and
Corn-crackers people it.
Louisiana is a cotton growing
State. is called the Creole State, and
is inhabited by Creoes, who are IA
cetiousIv called Creeowls
Maine Is Lumber or Pine-tree State.
The law associated with its name
does not seem to have yet resolved
itself into q title, but no doubt it will
in course Of time. Foxes live in this
State.
Massachusetts is the Bay State, and
Bay Staters reside iu it.
Michigan is Lake State or VOL
VERNE state Wolverines, not LAX
ers, have there a habitation.
Mississippi is the Bayou State, and
its residents are recognized as Tad
poles.
New Hampshire is :he Granite
State; the natives thereof are Gran
tie Boys
New York is proudly called the
Empire State; LongielIowishly, the
Excelsior state; and having CRATE
ful remembrance Of its obligations to
the Dutch, also the New Netherlands
In honor Of its historian, however,
the natives prefer to be called Kniek-
abockers.
North Carolina is the Old North
state. or turpentine state, to those
who prefer it; and for the same rea-
son, its natives are either Tuckoes or
Tar-boilers.
Ohio is the Buckeye State, and is
specially retained for Buckeyes only.
Pennsylvania is honorably desig-
mated the Keystone State. After its
founder, those who live in it are Penna-
mits, or after modern maners, Leath-
erbeads.
Rhode Island is loyeingly called
Little Rhode, although the eompli
ment is somewhat married, when the
term Gundints is applied TO the sons
of the said Island.
South Carolina is Palmetto state,
and the natives are Weasels.
Tennessee is Big Bend state, ana
is the home of Whelps or Cotton
mauies
Texas is POLITICALLY termed Lone
star state. 1t is tenanted by Beet
heads
Vermont as the name implies, i
the Green Mountain state, and Green
Mountain Boys are TO be found there.
Virginia is, as a matter Of course,
the Old Dominion, the mother Of the
State, and also the mother of the
Presidents. Notwithstanding all
these proud designations, no one but
Beadies or Beagles live in it.
Wisconsin is Badger state, and is
the home of Badgers
In addition to the foregoing, the iu-
hrbitants Of several states and ter
ritories have already had names be-
slowed upon them, although their
respective places Of abode" have
not vet been uuoilicially recorded, to
wit, the inhabitants Of Alabama are
Lizards; Colorado, Rovers; Georgia,
Buzzards Maryland, Crawtumpers
Minnesota, Gophers; Missouri,
Pukes Nebraska, Bug-eaters; Neva-
da, Sagehens New Jersey. Blues, or
Clam-catchers Oregon, Hard cases.
or Web-feet.
Many of the cities of the United
States have also names Of their own.
a few of the more important are here
given. Atlanta Ga, is the Gate city;
Baltimore, Nd, the Monumental city;
Boston, the capital of Massachusetts,
is as the comprehensive expression
has it, not only whole team and a
horse to spare" but "big dog under
the wagon as well.n 1t is the Athens
of America, the City of Notions, the
Hub of the Universe, the Modern
the Puritan city and it is |
also fremont or Trimountain, Brook. |
lyp, y. Y, is the City cf Churches /; !
Buffalo, y. Y, the Queen City Of the |
Lakes; Chicago, Ill, the Garden |
city. 1t is possible, however, that a /
certain recent disastrous event may
alter this name by and by. Cincin-
natl, Ohio, is a big" place and re-
oices in a number of names: it is
Losaotville, Qaeen city,
Or Queen of the West Cleveland, /
Ohio, 5 the Forest city; Detroit
Mich, the Citv of the Strates; Han
1ibal, Bluff city; Indianapolis, Ind.
Railroad city; Louisville. Ky, Falls
,ity Lowell, Mass, the City OF
spindles; Nashville, Tenn the City
of Rocks; New Haven, the City Of