The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-04

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= rsrlhexl sksfe. Tie feneraHy -
exrfe.} reasun for this l. the fzrs thxf
Moth Czrczina's produces ine1zs<te ros-
il. r5tek. t1rpentsne and tar IN Large
auanfjtsks. especixI1y ~ the Ndr1h Jar
eksnans are called : TarboiJers- n
Though the f1Ilswing issz1irrosas story =
told fhereabyzf. tine u the f1v0rife
pasfzuses Ia North Carolina ased 10 be
r<tchsnx PENNIES the oid-fAshaoned
heary copper pennies II vas nof1cedr
| 20 the story es5cs, that The pennies used
! for rlzying disappeared N = marked
/ bst mysterious way Then some po-
srryAnf man noticed that every game
vas attended By . certain dzfkey Who
was very enthusiasts over evexy PITCH
and who made il practice 70 rush ~
over the pennies % Sc the disfexenf
positions OF the coins He had great
! naked stlay-fest. AMI this o;s-ervanf
byx1znsicr one day eaussst Mr. Darker
and turned the soie= Of these feet up
to view. There on each long heel Was
= .iab of tar. and stuck IN the tar
vas . penny. The mystery Was ex-
planned, and the name Tar-heei Was
originated.
| south Carolina Is known as the
:. Palmetto state either because II
bears the palmetto on ifs coat OF arms
or because the tree Is prominent among
its vegetable productions The people
Of the STATE are sometimes eaiied
:. weaseIz,- though Why y not clear.
unless II be that South Carolina was
AT one time infested with these agile
hunters.
Ohio is popularity known a. the
/" Backeye State and tne peepse -
l.. BUCKEYES - both because OF the
number OF buckeye trees which abound
there. Ohio. according to the gener-
ally accepted idea, i an Indian WORD;
meaning beautiful or beautiful
| river
a Spanish word. oregano, signifying
= Wild THYME and was given 70 i on
account III the abundance of the herb
found by the early explorers There
are those. though, who hold that II was
80 namei by Carver, from an Indian
word meaning river OF the west .
| The State Il called the . Websoot state
and the people :. Webseet.' because OF
the whimsical fable that so much rain
falls In Oregon that the people become
webfootel and paddle about IN the
water
Pennsylvania was named after the
grantee. William Penn, who settled
the coast IN 1851. IL was the fashion
TO be classical then, and 50, instead
of calling il :. PENIS wood, the PROV
liuce was named Pennsylvania The
popular name OF Pennsylvania is the
IL kevxtone state" so called from its
having been the central State of the
Union at the time of the formation OF
1.-The Constitution. Ii the names OF the
thirteen original States are arranged IN
the forfn of an arch, Pennsylvania will
occupy the place Of the keystone. The
pepuit OF Pennsylvania are sometimes
called Pennies and sometimes
+" Leatnerheais, from their settled
convictions-
Rhode Island was 80 named. II ~
said. because of q fancied resemblance
TO the island in the Mediterranean IL
iis popsiIariy and half afiectionately
known as q Little Rhody." being the
SMALLEST State in the Union, while the
Islanders have been called "Gunfiints.
presumably ON account OF their love OF
old customs and things.
| Tennessee gets its name from the
Indian name Tannassee, signiiying
the :. Big Bend river" For the same
reason il is known as the /" Big Bend
state. The people. OF Tennessee
we're once nicknamed the Cotton
maniaes.
Texas is known as the Lone Star
state but whether this name was de-
rived from its coat OF arms. which
Ibears a single star, OF whether the her
aIdic symbol was adopted because OF
some Indian legend or tribe i not def
niteIy known. Concerning the name
Texas there are also two or three sto-
ries. One account SAYS that on visit
OF Alonzo de Leon, about 1853, 10 this
region, the Indians there received hlm
with great kindness and called him
and his followers Texas, which in their
Language signiiied friends. Another
account states it to have been from
some petty tribe OF Indians in Eastern
Texas, while vet another says il refers
10 the light structure of the Indians
and il from the Spanish teja, roof tile,
plural tejas. in allusion TO the covering
OF their wigwams.
Concerning the derivation of Yer
Imont there Is no difficulty; the two
French words forming it being verde
I(greeu) and mont ,tmountain)t the green
hills OF the State instantly attracting
the admiring attention of the French
settlers. By the same token. as the
IIrishman would say. Vermont is popu-
Harry known as the Green Mountain
state" and the people as the Green
Mountain Boys"
Virginia received its name in COM
piimentarv allusion 10 Queen Eliza
beth, the Virgin Queen in whose
lreign Sir Waiter Raleigh made the first
attempt 70 eclonize this region. 1t Is
tvarionsiy known rs "oid Dominion
and Mother of Presidents the lat
ter in allusien to the fact that George
| Washington was Virginian. and that
Monroe. Madison aud Jefferson were
also from that state, The origin OF
the other term has been differently ac-
counted for by different writers. The
| following explanation, taken from the
Uissaricai Hggaziae, is the most plansi-
bIe nj any and is probably the true
one: In Captain John Smiths His
tory IL Virginia. edition OF l61a, there
| i a mapof the settlements of Virginia,
which a that time included New Eng
land n well rs every other part OF the
British settlements in America. He
there calls our present Virginia ould
l Virginia the word q old being so
speiled az that time--in eontradIstinc-
ton to the New England colony, which
Is called a New Virginia Here. then,
We have the word "ouid y the distine-
tive word of the title. Now, We know
that from the settlement OF the colony
10 the Revolution every act of Parlia-
ment. every letter OF the King to the
Governor. always designated Virginia
as the Colony and Dominion" Of Nir-
giuia. Here is found the other word
and the change In common talk from
"Ouid Virginia . 90 old Dominion
was easy. imperceptihie and almost in
evitabie. The people OF Virginia are
occasionally STYLED Beadles or
" Reagies. !" probably either because the
State was once renowned for that breed
OF small hound or because OF the idea
that the inhabitants of that State pos
sessci the qualities of that untiring
lqua.iraped.
| West Virginia Is composed OF the
northern and western counties of the
Original State Of Virginia. the origin Of
whose name has been given. ltiscalled
( the " Panhandle state because Of its
/ coniigaration. the eastern portion jut
ting oui in a taneifni resemblance TO
such an object.
1 The st'sssiV stream which enfpfses
into the Mississippi at Lancaster was
| called tg the Indians Wisconsin, a