University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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e mcliname of p Connecticut is the g5Wooden pNutrneg n ate 01' pNutmeg State, from a trick played by one of S its cute ones, who sold imitation nutmegs made of wood as real nutmegs, and realizedby his dishonesty a pot of money. Q + The Historic N otebook 1 The Empire State is your gf t AI grant it hard to' mate beg i l ly. Yet still 'give me Nutrnegi State? he y by Where shall We iindpiaigreaterl i A iw lyi.' is fp i SfAllin's'iYankeeBallads' i is 'Nutmeg State. Connecticut, because- its inhabitants havef yu the reputation of being so ingenious and shrewd that it iffbieeri said ' of them iythyeyp-earns' makeynutrnegs out ofiyxfovodfjanid iyi' isellftheml to unsuspecting purchasers. s t'i S 'V ' I ii A. p y Q l A l is , -International Cyclopedia S The Nutmepg1tStateQptthe .Gonnecticutj 'so called in A 3 allusion il'i to -the ,alleged rptp pufmQgsMt,tin that Statef ll i',1 'iiy i i ii A ieii i i I i if ylvi ++ThetCentury Dictionary A fNU1lffliC3 -'ii- S-fel-PC-i .QGbUnC9liF3Ut+fItSi S011S'i5ossCSS ftaiioh for shrewd i habits 'thai 0165? i'112iv'5tbCC'ii j5CLi1?i1flY? Cihargedi fyQ1w1fhQtmgnufaQturingandlatsellingsingfrmegs ii1i,adefjbf,ywi6bid:3l'aneI it coloredto imitate the real article, fm l,'i Q t , ' i i jjp ' Q 3, f g 2 r r d me i i'yi, EF-id, SFEUICV'and1iIfii5,?i0F1fi,tii 9 ,' ,. ,, i- :., , - 'l'lIE NIITM E F C E V 7 . - 'Z'3ik 'f1 V-' -' -ta. ,, .'

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THOMAS HENRY SUTLIFFE Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Sports Editor IAMES I OSEPH CREAN EDWIN FLAGG POLAND, IR. Photography Editor E3 X. Y as ft! 'fi Y Y fi- I M I X F WILLIAM ALFRED NOTHNAGLE, IR. Associate Editor KATHLEEN ANNE BERGIN Associate Editor FRANKLYN ARTHUR GRAFF HOWARD COMSTOCK DUNN Alanaging Editor ' , VICTOR PATRICK CONFORTI Feature Editor THEODORE WILLIAM NOWLAN Circulation Mariager' SIDNEY PERCY MARLAND, IR. Advertising Manager 'Nik

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vkfcwhigh way are you from, Mr. Slick, this bitchy, 'gWh5f W saYS I c'I've been awaY UP South 3 Speculating in nutmegs? P 7 , - - na HI hopg H Says the professor, 'cthey were a good article, the real right down genuine thing. J UNO mistake says I Uno mistake, PYORTSSOTS thCY were all Prime: HrSt'C1aSS5 but Why do you ax 3 7 . that 'ere question? '4Wh ff Says he, that eternal scoundrel, Captain John Allspice of Nahant, he used to trade to I Charlestown and he carried a cargo once there of fifty bushels of nutmegs. Well, he put halfa bushel of good ones into each end of the barrel, and the rest he filled with wooden ones so like the real thing no soul could tell the differe until he was first bit himself. Well, it's been a standing joke with them Southerners agin us ever nce until he bit one with his teeth, and that he never thought of doing since.'7 'cWhat's that?,' says I, looking as pleased all the time as a gal that's tickled. Why,', says he, 'fthe afacture of wooden nutmegs, that's a cap sheaf that bangs the bush, itas a real Yankee patent invention. With that all the gentlemen set up a laugh you might have heard away down to Sandy Hook, and the general gig-gobbled like a great turkey-cock-the half-nigger, the half alligator-like looking villain as he is. ' 'CI tell you what, Mr. Slick,', says the professor, I wish with all my heart them ,ere damned nutmegs were on the bottom of the sea. Whether this wooden nutmeg story was a pure invention of judge Halliburton or whether he resurrected for use in his fun-poking at the New Englanders some story of years before, it is impossible to say. It is the impression, however, that nothing of the kind appeared in print earlier than Judge Halliburton's story. While the origin of the story is fairly well established, we are left in doubt as to how it came to be applied to Connecticut rather than any other of the six New England States. judge Halliburton makes a Massachusetts sea captain the trader who sold wooden nutmegs and Massachusetts might, as well as Connecticut, have received the credit of manufacturing them. We may hazard the theory that Connecticut eventually received the credit because of the inventive and manufacturing abilities for which her people were noted in those days as now. Whatever the reason for connecting the State with its queer nickname, the people of Connecticut not only do not object but are rather proud of it, and for the novelty, wooden nutmegs are not in- frequently made for and used on public occasions. Thousands were sold as souvenirs during the centennial exhibition at Philadelphia and they have been made for like use on other occasions since. As to whether wooden nutmegs are to be used as souvenirs this year or not we do not know but we have with the coming of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-live the three hundredth anniver- sary of the settlement of Connecticut. For several years the State has been looking forward to this celebration and plans have been formulated for its observance. In several instances these plans have been carried through to completion. Historical pamphlets have been issued, pamphlets for use in schools have been published, a prize essay contest in the schools is nearing completion, va Tercentenary medal has been issued, commemorative coins and stamps have been authorized, Tercentenary auto- mobile plates are in use, arrangements have been made for other souvenirs Qwooden nutmegs?j, for exhibitions, concerts and observances, and plans for local celebrations. The Tercentenary Commis- sion has been most active and efficient and everything is being done to present to the state and to the nation, this coming spring and summer, a most appropriate observance of this important anniversary. .-lli, :'The Hartford Times, October, 1901. I0