Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-12
MECHANICS or STATES.
Titles Of Commonwealth That Were
Suggested by Romance.


dress before the Common Council OF re"
York City in 1884 in which he said:
Il pray that heaven may pestow us
choicest blessings on your Guy, mat ny
devastation OF war in which you lounu IL
may soon be without trace; thal Il
well regulated and beneficial commerce
may enrich your citizens and that your
statc-at present the seat of eInpIre-Hldy
ser such examples OF wisdom as shall
| have tendency to strengthen the
Union" III,
And from that day to this New YORK
! has been known as the Empire state.
Back in the early days before America
| as a nation began to make history. some
| body wrote q romance ana called IL Its
| else published 1t in 1GlD. In this tale 1
beautiful pagan queen called Calaiia, Nv
| ing In a Kingdom called California. tu!-
nished an army Of amazons to EsPiaIia-
dian. emperor Of the Greeks, to aid in de-
| feating Constantinoplc gaainst Eastern
| infdc!&. This land OF the pagan queen
! was filled with gold. ,.o
| had read and been impressed by TINS laie;
| When he set out upon his eXpeditloh "
| adventure his mind was thi1lied 1T nne
| thought of new riches he was TO acquire
| and thus he called the land which he as
| COY cred on the Pacific Coast CaltotInd.
| From that day to this 1t has been known
| as the COLDER state ana KS people hsh''
| been named gold hunters. IL,
| 1t is an interesting matter for inVeStIEa-
| ton. this OF how the States OF the Cnion
|
today. the manner in which they aG-
| nuired their various nichname5 ana Why
| their respective citizens are characterI,n'u
by the more or less ot 1aou goTds. Why are
! North Carolinians called tar heels, en-
zens Of Colorado called ''royers. mo- lnoi.
anians "hoosiers." or mlssou' '''''
| "pukeS? . A.. .,,,-x,,er
ii is recalling facts In history to an.~"i.
In the frs, place, most OF me s.a aecs,
which form this Union TOOK thc.! I'nn !, l.,
| Ia 81
| -; so,rned :, CONSPICUOUS feature OF the
territory: and these had been previously
named by the Indians. 5000, e,,.
| Tho state of Colorado was named Tor
| ,,,t ny 49, The word means red" As !
| general thing Colorado streams are Gear.
impid and reflect the blue OF the n:sa.eI IS
| tn,,n. rise there Is rolled through these
disturbed waters quantities OF red sand.
Hence the name. a., ,.,,,a
ne wear of the centennial. and hence it,
| nirknamc. the Centennial state. It's
people are called ''rovers." an epithet that
was called into being BY the Plke's PEAK
TO missouri, named for the river the In
dams called big Muddy" and her PEG
pie is attached ths reprsh"p rs ~ mex iS
the time when the Calcna lead mines
were drawing people from all over the
country. So many of these came IRON
Missouri that other Missourians who had
| gone on before remarked that the state
had taken a sudden "puhe.
| Several years previous to this time ther"
| had been a big exodus from these same
MINIS that had given rise to, the nick
name of the citizens of llionois or lIlpe
Of Men" A large party while boarding
the steamer at the Galena wharf VIA ", was
was the reply. Well was the rejotner
OF the old miner. ''yc put me IN mind OF
suckers. They 80 w the river in th'
! spring. spawn ana all return ,dsTn again
| in the fall The lllinoiSans became
suckers" The state is known as the
PraiVIe state on account OF lis sweeping
lust why Ipdianians are called "hoOSt
| crs-' is A matter that has not been entire
| " settled In the earlier days the worn
| 'hushe:'' was common Western term
fnr a bully. and this Is offered by some
| authorities ;I.i an explanation OF the term
| hoosier. Others say that II Is the result
OF a contraction of the question WHO'S
| We?
Iowans, "drowsy ones" are hawkcyes.
because an Indian chief OF that name
| once spread terror among travellers
t,yhawkers since the days Of the Ctvi!
| War when the guerilla bands inaugurated
| a lawleSS method of warfare. On the
| other hand. as II TO atone for this I'M
pleasant cpithnt the STATE has been
| dubbed the garden OF the West OH ac-
| count of its great productiveneSS.
Dcnizens OF the land where the blue
grass grows. Kentucky. are called corn
| CRACKERS" because rail with his peculiar
name is the game bird OF tina: region:
| Sometimes they are called red horses,
| but nobody seems to know why.
| VIXEN Lit Sale entered the Gulf OF
Mexico in 1852 he founded the fort Of 81.
Louis ard named il fo- Louis MY. OF
| France. and the surrounding territory he
called Louisiana. The inhabitants of this
| country originally were French and
| Spanish settlers. and their descendants
| even today are called CreOloS.
| To Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles l.
Of England and daughter of Henry ". Of
| France. both Maine and Maryland are in
dehtcd for their names The latter is
! Mary'S land. The former is derived from
| Mayne. the nam. OF the patrimontal eS-
tate of the French princess. People o.
this the lumber State ar "foNes. both
| NAL and because the lives of many were
passed in tie woods. Marylanders are
''crawthumpers." name applied to lob
'blue hills" 1t is the bay state be-
cause it was once the MASSACHUSETTS, bay
colony" and the people are beans" on
account of the favorite dish which every
one knows is theirs. To say nothing o.
their knowing considerable more than
| beans" is the popular conception.
Michigan is the lake" state and the
people are wolverines" Minnesota. the
| north star" or account of the insignia
of its seal. Its people are "gophers" THE
ailusion being to the honeycombed condi-
ton Of the state due 20 the small bodies
| of water.
| MiSSippl Is the bayou state and It's
| citizens are "tadpoles." NebraSkanS arc
called bug eaters" because a bird SO
named and believed to be of evil omen by
| the rural population freuuents that part
Of the country. People living in Nevada
are sage hens" in New Hampshire.
"gantc boys" in Vermont, Green
Mountain boys, in South Carolina.
"weasels;" in Virginia. "beadles:" in
1 Wisconsin. badgers"
\ New JerSeyiteS arc clam catcherS,"
because this is the principal occupation of
the poorer classes, Ohidaps are called
| 'SbuckeycS. because of the abundance of
! al tree by this name. the nut of which
| bears strong resemblance 10 a bucks
eye. North Carolnans are called tar
| heels" This sobriquet goes back to war
timfs. when the people came out of the
gGnsries TO fight. About the same time
Tenrpesseeans were dubbed ''butternuts'
on account of the color of the clothes
they wore Gun fints," as applied TO
the citizens of Rhode Island. goes back 10
the Do'rr rebellion of 1872. when the arms
OF this told description were pulled out
from THE garrets where they had lain I'M
used for years
Texas is the lone star" state. because
that walls the emblem of her flag before
she wasl admitted into the union and is
still UPON the state seal. "Beefheads."
the people are called. since their chief
occupati'Sn is cattle raising. Aiabamans
eliza fdS " IF T~IOri6a s8x-.,