Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-11
NOTICES OF STATES.
HOW MANY OF THEM, WITH THEIR
MEANINGS, DO YOU KNOW?

The Great seal of the United states
Was Designed by an EnsIishman.
Who Also Suggested the Motto
Adopted. "E PIuribus Unum."
If you desire to have fun with n
learned acquaintance, ask him simple
questions about his country, its histo-
nv. financial condition. political divi-
sions. geographical lines. climatology,
topography, etc, Questions that any
schoolboy can answer DR. knowall will
stumble clumsily over, often getting
bad fall. There is one question that
have never heard any one answer
namely, What are the notices of the
several states of the Union and their
meaning" 4 clever man may name
that of his own state and guess at
those of three or four of the more inn
portant sister states, but he is unlikely
10 know the meanings of any that are
in the original Latin. Try some able
professor in q crowd and see him floun-
der
Ask the professor if he knows that
the great seal Of the United States was
designed by an Englishman, Sir John
Prestwich who also suggested the mot
10, "E Pluvibus Unum:' Our ablest
men had failed to propose anything ac-
ceptable, franklin, jefferson, Adams,
Lowell, Scott. Houston and others vast
ing nearly -four years on the task.
Franklin proposed Moses dividing the
Red sea with this motto, Rebellion 10
Tyrants If Obedience TO Cod" Adams
proposed the choice Of Hercules and
Jefferson tile children of Israel in the
wilderness. Doesn't it seem funny?
Some of tire suggested notices were
"Bello vel Face dor War or Peace.
"Semper" Forever). "Dco Fayente"
with Gods Fayor). "Virtus Soda In
victa' Virtue Alone Invincible). etc.
After six years the Englishman's de-
vice was adopted, and il vet remains
the arms of The United States
If the professor is familiar with the
diverse of the great seal. ask him
what he has 70 say of the reverse, and
the chances are 100 to / that he can
not recollect the unfinished pyramid.
the eye in the triangle, the glory prop
er, the motto over the eye, "Annuit
Cpptis" God Has Favored the Under
taking, ana that under all. "Novus
Ordo Secuorun' q New Series Of
Ages. Tie diverse of the great seal
with its splendid eagle, the bundle Of
arrows, the Olive branch. the 13 stripes.
the 13 stars, tile glory breaking from
the clou.s and the II Pluribus Cuum"
is masmGcently American, but the
pyramid the desert. the forMdding
Egyptian sky and the eve in the tri-
angle On the reverse are simply bar
barouS
The great seal of the Confederacy
by a strange arbitrament of fate was
never used. 1t was made in England
and reached Richmond about the time
of its evacuation by the armies of the
lost cause and the Confederate gov
eminent Its motto was Dec Nindice"
God Maintains. The seal is a hand
some silver die about three inches in
diameter, hearing an equestrian por-
trait Of Washington (after the statue
in Richmond, surrounded with
wreath composed Of cotton, tobacco
sugar cane. corn, wheat and rice-the
principal products Of the Confederate
states. 1t cost In England about 5000,
with press. waters. seal papers. wax,
silk cords etc. Ii was presented 10 the
state If South Carolina about 1857 and
is kept in the office Of the secretary OF
state
ASK the professor if he remembers
that Minnesota founded by Americans,
is the only state in the Union that has
a French motto The one originally Sc
lccted and ordered engraved was Latin.
but the die was spoiled and the French
substitute was adopted. "I.Etoile du
Nord" CThe Star Of the North. Does
the professor recall that Montana Is the
only state with a Spanish motto?
Strange that far traders should have
adopted 'Oro Plata" (Gold ana Sill
vera. If you say that one state has a
Greek motto. be probably VIII do some
pretty bard thinking before answering
that il is California. Eureka" is be-
lieved to be Greek for II have found .
The only Italian motto belongs 10 Ma.
ryland and il originally belonged 10 tile
calvert family. "Fatti MaSchi, Parole
Fer inc" deeds Are Males. Words
Females. To BE- a trifle palmer, Man
~ Deeds, Womanly Words" ASK the
professor if lie knows that Washington
is the only state with an Indian motto.
"Al-KT' is pure Chinook for by and 10y,
in the future or hereafter Exchange
Cured.
"No" said the man in the mackin-