The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-05-01
AMERICANISMS.
FancffuI Names of LEADING
Cities of the Union, and the
Principal Geographical
Mechanics of the
United States.
written for the Gazette by 4. Ellsworth
Carey).

written for the Gazette by K. Ellsworth
Csreyl
"Queen City," and "Queen OF
the West were names given to
Cincinnati before her supremacy
was questioned by Chicago and st.
Louis. Denver, Col, is referred to
as "Oneen of the Plains" Up
ward of fifteen railroads center in
Indianapolis, from which fact It
desires the appellation "Ra,lroad
City" Right Arm of the Com
monwealth" is descriptive term
given to the peninsula OF Cape Cod,
by reason of ITS peculiar shape.
estate of Franklyn" is the original
name of Tennessee, under which
name it was organized in 1885;
the Strait City us Detroit, Mich,
being situated on strait connect
ing lakes Erie and st. Clair. "The
Sugar Loaf" is conical hill on
the Hudson river, tifty.seven miles
from New York, and the term
Switzerland of America is ap-
piled to the White Mountains, and
also to the region around Mauch
Chunk, Glen Onoko, and the
Switchback Railroad Pa. "Symme's
Hole" is an imaginary aperture in
the earth's crust near so dogs N.
L., which was imagined by Cap
tam John Cleves Symmes (ls29)
to communicate with the interior
WIS hallow. inhabited by animals
and plants, and lighted by two
subterranean suns Pluto and Pro-
serpine.
Fort Alarm, Texas, has been
named the '"Thermopylae of Amer
lea" in allusion to the heroic de.
Tense made for it in 1896, by q
small body of Texans against
horde of Mexicans under Santa
Anna. David Crocke is said to
h".o bOrn THO iast TO suecumb
before the invaders. During
the subsequent war for indepen.
dence the Texan war cry was.
Remember the Alamo" "Tre-
mont is an easy name applied to
Boston, which arose from three
hills on which the city was built;
the underground Railroad is a
popular designation given to the
various secret routes and methods
by which slaves from the South
ern States were assisted to Canada.
1t was sometimes abbreviated by
using the initials, U. G. r.. r.
"Vermilion Sea" is a name some.
times given to the Gulf OF Cali
fornia, because of the scarlet infu-
soria which infest its waters; be-
cause Dana was for 80 many years
solidIy Republican in politics it has
been termed the "Vermont of the
West" m
Utica, N. Y, has been termed
the watering pot of America" for
the following reasons: "a few
years ago the Utica Driving Park
was first opened for running and
trotting races, not yet understood,
whenever an unusually large
crowd attended, 1T ralned from first
to last. Whenever the races were
postponed the rain was likewise
put off, and as often as the horses
were called, a shower-not called
also came on. Eventually the
sun smiled on the races, and the
has been smiling ever
'ince. Yet to this day, far and
near, horsemen know Utica only as
the watering-pot Of America"
Western Saratoga" is sobriquet
'pplied occasionally to Waukesha,
Wis. The panhandle" is term pop
llarly applied to the northern ex-
remlty of the State of Virginia;
he north western portion of Texas
s also sometimes called by the
anne name.
Ito be Cont,nued.)