The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-01-24
"NOTs" IN UNITED STATES
HISTORY.

From Mr.. Malcolm Townsend's uni.
que collection Of facts regarding the
! history aud composition Of the United
| States, and to which he has given the
comprehensive title ~. S., we CLEAN
the following 'curios =
| The dismal swamp is not swamp,
neither is it dismal nor unhealthy. it
is beautiful stretch of pure water
and F'the kealthiest place on the AM
erican continent"
The East river, flowing between
New York and Brooklyn is nat river,
but sea strait connecting Long Is
land Sound and the ocean.
Manhattan is not the Indian name
of New York island, but is directly
traceable to a Spanish original: aao'as,
"Reminiscences ;" neondGos, nla7eod0s,
naanotoes, ''the place of drunkenness" "
Manhattan is but the Indian form of
tine word
| The Declaration of independence
was not signed on July 4 by the rep
iSSCil IdLIf fGo "llooC lihliiSo ii.tN5 Z DCtoitic
historic. 1t was given to the world
on Monday, July s, 1776, with but
two signatures John Hancock, presi-
dent Of the Congress, and Charles
Thompson, secretary. The signatures
Of forty-five delegates were affixed to
q copy of the original paper on Tues
day, Aug. 2, 1716.
There was nota bearded face among
all the signers of the Declaration
"All the signers," says the record,
chad smooth faces
The word God" does not appear in
the Constitution Of the United States,
nor is there any reference to creeds or
church beliefs.
Three delegates to the convention
would not sign the Constitution. These
were: EIblidge Gerry Of Massachu-
setts George Mason and Edward J.
Randolph Of Virginia, Gerry feared
a civil war; Mason, a monarchy, and
Randolph objected to the powers con-
ferred on the President.
Benedict Arnold was not the first Or
only traitor during the Revolution.
His predecessor in that Judas" office
was DR.. Benjamin Church of Rayn-
ham, Mass, arrested, tried, and i'm
prisoned at Cambridge, Mass, in 1775.
He had been an active member Of the
provincial congress, and was trusted
as an ardent patriot. He was released
from prison in 1875 because Of failing
health, embarked for the West Indies,
and he and the vessel in which he
sailed were never afterward heard of.
The following States have not a
State motto Indiana, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Carolina, Ohio and Texas.
The dollar sign (s) is not a mono
gram of "U. S. bat dates from the
days when the transfer was made from
Spanish to American dollars, and ac-
counts were kept equally in dollars
and reals. Thus: one dollar eight
reals american or Spanish parall el
accounts.) Later the eight was placed
between the cancellation mark l8 /;
then the perpendicular lines crossed
the s, and finally the 5 shaded into
an S and combined with the cancella-
ton lines evolved the present sign (s).
The head of a man does not appear
on any COIN of the United States.
Eight States do not observe New
Years Day as legal holiday; seven
States do not class Washington's birth
day as legal holiday.
Friday is not an "unlucky' day for
the United States. At least forty
great events in the United States his
tory fell on Friday.
| The American Indian is not a evan
ishing race" There is very nearly as
large an Indian population in the
United States to-day as at the time Of
! Columbus.