Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1910 — NICKNAMES OF STATER [ARTICLE]

NICKNAMES OF STATER

. T Sobriquets Applied to Various Commonwealths and Their Inhabitants. Here ‘ are the nicknames of tho States, also the nicknames of the people of the various States: * Alabama —Cotton —Lizards. Arkansas—Bear —Toothpicks. California —Golden—Gold Hunter*. Colorado—rCentennial —Rovers. Connecticut —Land of Steady Habit* or Nutmeg—Wooden Nutmegs. Delaware—Diamond or Blue Hen —- Muskrats. Florida Fteninsular Fly-up-the-C reeks. Georgia—Empire State of the Sontlk —Buzzards or Sandhillers. Illinois—Prairie or Sucker—Suckers or Egyptians. Indiana —Hoosier —Hoosiers. lowa —Hawkeye— Hawkeyes. Kansas—Garden of the West —Ja y Hawkers. Kentucky—Corncrieker, Blue Grass or Dark and Bloo&y Ground —Corncrackers or Red Horses. Louisiana—Creole or Pelican —Creoles. Maine —Lumber or Pine Tree—Foxes. Maryland— Old Line —Crawthumpers. Massachusetts—Baked Beans, BayState or 'Old Colony—Beans. Michigan—Lake or Wolverine —Wolverines. Minnesota —North Star or GopherGophers. M ississippl—Bayou—Tadpoles. Missouri—Puke or Iron—Pukes. Nebraska —Blackwater—Bugeaters. Nevada—Silver or Sage Brush —SagoHens. New Hampshire—Granite or Switzerland of America —Granite Boys. New Jersey—Garden—Clam Catchers, Jersey Blues or Foreigners an® Spaniards. New York—Empire or Excelaior— Kn lekerbockers. North Carolina —Old North or Turpentine—Tuckoes or Tarheels. Ohio—Buokeye— Buckeyes. Oregon—Webfoot Country or Beaver—Hard Cases or Web Feet. Pennsylvania Keystone.— Pennanites or Leatherheads. Rhode Island —Little Rhody—Gunflints. South Carolina—Palmetto— Weasels*. Sandhillers or Rice Birds. Tennessee Volunteer—Butternuts* Whelps or Mudheads. Texas —Lone Star —Beefheads. Vermont Green Mountain Green: Mountain Boys. Virginia Mother of Presidents* Mother of States, Old Dominion, or Ancient Dominion—Beadles. West Virginia Switzerland of America—Panhandleltes. W isconsln—Badger—Badgers.