The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-25
Aaron Burr Said TO Have Been
Author of Father of His
Country
TITLE OF OLD HICKORY
Names Bestowed on Various States
and Cities During the Past
Century.

century given me a good deal OF IN
terest and innumerable. hours NJ -
search; although. or course. fl Womb
be impossible for anyone to present an
article on such a complex subject with
completeness.
We are all aware that Washinrto,
became known early after the revoln-
tionary war as the Father o. EJis
/ Country" but how few OF ms o..
aware or the fact that Aaron pprr
/ the man who killed Alexander Rarnii-
I ton in duel at Weehawlyen- y
/ about hundred years ago. vas fhS
/ author or the appellatlon2 We en-
I KNOW that Andrew Jackson received
/ the nickname or old Hickory eari,-
/ On the '20s. but how many peop1e b,,,-.
traced the hestOwal or The nf~<Dar,o 4
/ 10 an old New Hampshire Denooree
/ named Isaac Hill?
Or that Jackson bestowed the nIolr-
/ name or "Martie" on Martin Var Pm
/ rem We are all on affectionats ts~una
Win 'Old Abe" but not many a..
aware OF the fact that Il was stenb.1
A Douglass who referred first 10 7
Abraham Lincoln IN that WAY. ana Q
/ mat II was George Alfred Townsend /,
I VINO accompanied Mr. Lincoln from .
springfield 20 Washington IN Febru- r
! 1Iy. 1871, as correspondent OF the
the term OF Father Abraham" IN -
newspaper. And # was President Tfn-A
conn., after Andrew Johnson had made
one or his last Union speeches IN the .
United states Senate. I'm February.
letZ, who called the great Teunca-
seean the Andrew Jackson OF the
/ war. who was afterwards eenera iI- &
known ms "Old Andy or fusf Main
Andy Johnson"
What Presidents Wen, -.r,..t
Many OF our Presidents were Give,
nicknames. John Quincy Adams vas
known ~ the Great Commence %
Monroe viii always be remembered nv
tne Doctrine that is connected witt, Z
ms name. William Henry Harrison
/ vas llppecanoc.' on account Of HIS
splendid Indian Victories in indiana
lin the late '36s And benjamin. T4or-
rlSon was widely cartoooned aud re-
l'Ired To by Democrats as NV Grand
Iathers Hat" President Zarhariab
Iallor earned the sobriquct OF
! Rough and Ready during the Nex-
lcan war. Buchanan was known "a.
/ odd Buck and as Jimmy Rucba-
nan Andrew johnson was orton
referred 20 by his enemies as Wis Ar-
ICiH'ncN. Grant earned his nickuau1cr
during tho war. the best OF tber,
nelnE Unconditional Surrender
Grant Dana of the sun called
rn NJ
gr names none of which followed the
President 60 his grave. Arthur was
"llen Prince Arthur" MCKINLEY was
either Major or "RiU Mckinley. -
cleveland was just Grover" Roose-
welt Teddy and Taft Bill"
/ Regarding the niCknames OF our
cities and states. 7 will not attenpt 10
present them all. as they arc too ru-
|merous and varied and too obscur.
ana local But we all known that Viz
Einia was early called the Mother o.
|freSidents.' New York was given the
name or the Empire State" nv
, Washington fin. speech made by the
men eN-Fresident on certain occa-
sion, Maine was Tor long tirna
known as the pine Tree State New
, Hampshire is the white Mountain
state Vermont IS the Green Noun
: tain state. Massachusetts IS the "Old
P Bay state Rhode Island IS Little
i,nody. and Connecticut r. tho
{ wooden Nutmeg state" or the
Land OF Steady Habits" Pennsvl-
b vania perpetustes the name OF VIII
liam Penn. Maryland Is the "Oriols
state and Delaware IS the Blue Hen
I and Chickens"
The Buckley State.
Ohio Is the Buckley state" q, 80
count or the tree that IS Indigenous In
, many or its parts: the first settlers in
England and New York called II fhr
Western Reserve" Illinois. for so0n.
/, reason unknown. f. the Sucker
state Just as Indiana r. the Hoo
sier state. Michigan is the badger
state. and Kentucky has long been
, referred 20 as the Dark and BiooeT
/. Ground" not on account OF fra NAM
and tragic political vendettas. but BE-
cause or the Indian murders thsrs
nearly zoo years ago Kansas was
, bleeding Kansas away back IN the
. '5Os, but 10 is now the 'Suufloyver
, state Texas was once the Lone Star
state Mississippi was the Bowie
Knife state. or "1azoo.' Florida was
. SO called on account OF its flowers
and long before the civil war GeorVfa.
. was called the Empire state OF tho
South" California is the Golden
: state" Nevada the silver" state -
OrgOn the "Webfoot state" and Utah
the Mormon state" Colorado is the
centennial state" because fl was adj
mitted into the Union I'm 1876.
, Whether or not New Jersey IS yet
recognized as "a member OF our Union
, 1 am not competent To set forth.
SO FAR as some OF our principal
= cities are concerned, no one dares
deny that Boston is the Hub" and
we all admit that New York is the
metropolis. Hartford is still called the
. Elm CITY" and Philadelphia is she
Quaker CITY" "City Of Brotherly
b Love- Baltimore is still known as
. the Monument CITY" although there
: are few monuments there compared
with many other places. and Wash
: ington still maintains that IL IS the
Z CITY Of Magnificent Distances" New
! orleans is the Crescent City" aud
san Francisco is the Golden Gate"
- and is known the world over as dear
: old Frisco" Cleveland is the Lake
7 City" and Cincinnati many years ego
earned its beautiful title OF the
, queen City OF the West" And don't
! let US forget that Pasadena is the
: Grown of the valley" that Los An
geles is the CITY OF the Augels."-I.os
. Angeles Times.
s can be no doubt. when a man can get
e cents FOR a good skin he will not
- mind stealing "A cat to obtain 10.