The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-04-29
AMERICANISMS.
Fanciful Names Of LEADING
Cities of the Union, and the
Principal Geographical
Nicknames of the
United States.
written for the Gazette by e. Ellsworth
Careyl

written for the Gazette by e. Ellsworth
Careyl.
Louisville, Ky, on account Of 80
situation on the falls of the Ohio
river is termed The Falls City !"
the epithet Father Of Waters" is
applied to Mississippi, on account OF
its size and importance. The term
father" has frequently been applied
in the past to great rivers, especially
when city OF Importance 10 situ-
ated on them, as much OF the
growth and commercial advantages
of such cities is due to the river.
Macaulay makes Horatius say, be-
fore be commends his body to the
Tiber,
o Tber, Father Tiber, to whom the
Romans pray.
Rochester, N. Y, is noted for ito
many -four mills, and has been
nicknamed the "Flour City,"
Springfield, ILL.,, is also "Flower
City," being noted for the beauty
and attractiveness of it's envirops.
Cleveland, O., Portland, Me-, and
Savannah, Ga, have each been
designated as the !" Forest City"
each of these cities having q profu-
sion Of shade and ornamental trees.
"Free State of Patrick I" is .
nickname given to the County of
Patrick, Va, because, being situ-
ated in the south east corner of the
State, its people have bat little
communication with the rest of the
commonwealth.
Owing to the fertile country sur
rounding it, Chicago has been
called the Garden City," this
term is also frequently applied to
San Jose, Cal being situated in .
beautiful and fertile valley. Eden
Park, Cincinnati, o., is often called
the Garden Of Eden," and Bour-
bon County, KY. is termed the
Garden of Kentucky" Garden
| of the West and Garden of the
World" are appelln tons often be-
slowed on the vast fertile region
drained by the Mississippi and its
tributaries. The first name 10 some
times restricted to the State of
Kansas. Keokuk, Iowa, being
situated at the foot of the lower
rapids on the Mississippi, is termed
the Gate City," Atlanta, Ga, was
also 80 called during the Civil War
by Jefferson Davis, as It was the
most important inland military
position in the South. Quebec,
Canada, being situated on a high
river bluff, approached only on one
side, is almost impregnable, being
the most securely fortified city on
the continent, and is consequently
called the +" Gibraltar OF America."
Gotham" is q colloqual term
for New York, and first appeared
in this connection in "Salmagundi,"
by Washington Irving and James
X. Paulding; the term is supposed
to satirically hint at the worldly
instincts Of the people. This term
was originally applied to parish
of Nottinghamshire, England
whose people were noted for their
stupidity and simplicity, for which
reason they were sarcastically re.
ferred to as the "wise mem oil
Gotham" The novelist Cooper
applied the name Horizon to
Lake George, and the " hey Of the
Gulf means the island of Cuba, so
named as its location commands
the entrance to the Gulf Of Mexico.
"Laconia was q name given to
tract of land granted by royal
patent to Gorges and Mason In
colonial times. The present State oi
New Hampshire formed q large
portion of this tract.
"LIlliput," name taken from
Gulliver's Travels, Is sometimes
loosely applied to Rhode Island
and very scenic and productlv,
section of southwest Virginia il
called Little Tennessee" Swamp
scott, resort thirteen miles north
east of Boston, is called the Lonl
Branch Of Boston," and " Man
haitian" is another pet name fol
New York, the city being built OF
an island to which the Indians hat
applied this term.
i. Ito be Cont,nued.)