El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-30
Friday Americas Lucky Day
Columbus Sailed, Washington Was
Born, Pilgrims Landed
on Friday.
By Madison {. Peters--

On FRIDAY, August 8, 1892. Columbus
sailed forth in search Of another world,
where creation should be reborn; on
Friday, October u 1892 he discovered
land. and the mainland of South Amer
lea he discovered June II 1894 On
Friday, March ), 1896, Henry VIII is
sued to John CabOtshis commission to
pursue the discovery Of America, which
resulted in the finding of North Amer
leo. On Friday, December >, 1920. the
Pilgrim fathers landed at Plymouth
ROCK. ashlnStOn was born Friday.
February %. 1882. On Friday, October
L. 1tIL BuTgoync surrendered at Sara
tOSa- Friday, September % 1850 Ben
edict ArnOlds treason was discovered.
Friday, September 19, 1871, CORVALLIS
surrendered at Yorktown On Friday,
July Z, l146, John Adams moved in the
continental congress that the United
States are and ought to be independ-
emit Instances might be multiplied
showing that Friday is really Ameri-
cas- lucky day.
Brother Jonathan.
Brother Jonathan" was Jonathan
Trum5uI, governor OF Connecticut IN
der George " ashingtOn who. when in
doubt or difficulty, was wont to say:
Il must consult brother Jonathan" and
thencetorth, when the army was spread
over the country, we must consult
brother Jonathan became a by-phrase
and the name became a designation for
America, as John Bull" for England
In God We Trust.
In God We trust stamped upon our
coins, was the suggestion Of a Mary
lander, who in a letter in 1861, urged
the secretary % the treasury, Salmon
p. Chase. that a suitable recognition
be made on our coin that this was a
Christian nation. The letter was re-
ferred to the director of the mint.
James Pollock who later became gov
ernOr of PenuSyl Pollock was an
old Scotch Presbyterian and his propO-
sitiOn. to introduce In God we trust"
taken from the star Spangled Banner"
was finally adopted by congress, after
Chase suggested it a second time and
made a strong statement for adopting
it. The time was prOpitiOus- 1t was
the hour Of national peril and danger
that our coinage was made to declare
our trust in God, and the first coin
bearing our reverent acknOWle dgement
of His sovereignty was 2-cent
bronze piece, authorized to be coined
congress, March 8. 1865 the director Of
the mint was authorized to place upon
al the gold and silver coins of the
United States, susceptible Of such adj
diuOn. thereafter to be issued, the mot
to, In God we trust''
Uncle Sam
Uncle SAM fayorite pseudOnym for
the American government, arose dur
ing the war of 1872 Samuel Wilson
was inspector of provisions for our
casks, being unfamiliar to the people.
some one in sport said it must mean
Uncle Sam The JOKE spread through
all the armies in the field. and u. s"
stood for Uncle Sam" until finally
Uncle sam came to stand for the United
States government
yankee
American indians in their endeavOr
to initiate the name OF the English,
pronounced it "Yeng ees." and Yen
gees" in time was applied by the IN
dams TO all New EnElanders. who
themselves finally adopted it with a
slight alteration as Yankees" It was
first applied extensively by the Brit
ish sOldiers.in 1775.