Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-31
tional point of view. Besides, the growth

tional point of view. Besides, the growth
of Illinois in population, and the access
sions to the polling strength by young
men coming to their majority, were ex-
pected to make an increase Of from 80,-
900 to 100000 in the vote. One thing
entered into the calculations of both
sides: that every person throughout the
State with the right of suffrage who
could go or be taken to the polls would
surely vote.
In those days communication between
the capital and other parts of the State
was much slower than it is now. and it
was several weeks before the result
could be fully known. Eagerness to
know how the election had gone seems a
faint term as applied to the interest of
the people, but at length it was ascer-
tanned that Buchanan had carried the
electoral vote and Bissell had been
elected Governor. The Presidential
mont, sc, l89; Fillmore, 81, 444. Buch-
anan's plurality, $3.50. The full vote
for Governor is not accessible where
this is written, but Bissell's majority
was 4,700 or Whereabouts.
1t has been stated above that Bissell
was almost helpless invalid. He had
come home from the Mexican war with a
chronic disease which carried away or
seriously impaired the health of the vol
unteers. His condition was much worse
than was generally thought, but this
was carefully concealed from the public.
At the time of the election Col. Bissell
required the attention Of nurse as
much as an infant would. He had be-
come, under his sufferings, morose and
peevish. The removal of the invalid to
the capital was accomplished laborious-
ly, but quietly, and in sitting posture
at the mansion, the Governor-elect took
the oath Of office and assumed his du-
ties During his residence there he was
perhaps as many as half a dozen times
outside the Governors house for ride,
but all knew Bissell was a dying man.
He survived till March, 1860, and died
in the mansion, being succeeded for the
remainder of his term, ten months, by
Lieut.. Gov. John Wood, of Quincy.
Names of Plants.
The number of countries which
have contributed their quota to the
nomenclature of English plants is
legion. Beginning with France we
have the dent de lion-lion's tooth
whence we derive our dandelion.
The flower-de-luce, again, which Mr..
Dyer thinks was name applied to
the iris, comes to us through the
French fleur de Louis-tradition as
serting that this plant was worn as a
device by King Louis VII. of France.
Buckwheat is derived from the Dutch
word Rockwell, and adder's tongue
from a word in the same language,
adde stong. In like manner the
name tulip is traceable to the word
thOnlyban in the Persian language
signifying a turban. So, too, our
English word lilac is nothing more
word in the Persian tongue, namely,
lilag.
A large number of plants owe their
names to those by whom they were
first discovered and introduced into
other chimes. The fuchsia stands in
debted for it's name to Leonard Fuchs,
an eminent German bOtaniSt, and the
dahlia was so named in honor of a
Swedish botanist named Dahl. A
long list of plant names might be
formed which bear what might be
termed animal and bird pretiXes-as,
for example. horse beans, horse chest
nuts, dog violets and dog roses; cats
faces, name applied to the plant
known to botanical students as the
viola tricolor; cats eyes, veronica
chamadrys; cats tails and catkins.
The goose grass is known to the
country people in Northamptonshire
as pig tail, and in Yorkshire a name
given to the fruit of the oratagus
oXyacantha is bull horns.
Many plant names have been sug-
gested by the feathered race, particu-
larly goose tongue, cuckoo buds (men-
toned by Shakspeare), cuckoo flow
ers, stork's bill and cranes bill. One
Of the popular names OF the arum is
"parson in the pulpit" and Devon
shire term for the sweet scabriosis is
"mournful widow" The campion is
not infrequently called plum pud-
ding" and in the neighborhood Of
Torquay it is not unusual to hear fir
cones spoken of as "oysters."