University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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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

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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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To put it in the words of Dr. George M. Dutcher, member and historian of the Tercentenary Commission, as he states it in his Three Centuries of Connecticut Achievementf, It is an event when an American commonwealth is able to celebrate its three hundredth birthday. Connecticut is about to enjoy that privilege. A Tercentenary Commission, authorized by the state legislature and appointed by the governor, is planning the celebration for the summer and early autumn of 1935. Connecticut is a daughter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony whence settlers came to found the three river towns of Wethersiield, Windsor, and I-Iartford. Except for a few pioneers, this migration began in 1635, and by the end of that year there were, for the first time, settlers living in each of these three towns, and, furthermore, a fort had been established at Saybrook. Hence, 1635 has been selected as the year to be generally commemorated. Today Connecticut is a little state with an area of less than live thousand square miles. In the early days, however, settlements from as far north as Springfield to those on the southern shore of Long Island were reckoned as belonging to Connecticut. To the eastward the colony at one time claimed as far as Narragansett Bay, and to the westward, it included Rye in New York. Later the charter from Charles II named the South Sea as the western limit of the colony and, as a consequence, over a century later Connecticut people migrating westward into Pennsylvania and Ohio presumed to act under Connecticut authority. It was as late as 1800 before the state became definitely limited to the boundaries substantially as they now exist. ' At first the population grew slowly and at the end of the first century amounted to only about 85,ooo. By the conclusion of the second hundred years, it had barely reached 3oo,ooo, but in the third century it has expanded rapidly to over 1,6oo,ooo. During the first two hundred years the colonists, with rare exceptions, were of English origin. In the last century, however, vast numbers from many other nations have been making Connecticut their home. The pioneer instinct seems to have been strong in Connecticut blood, since throughout the last one hundred and fifty years natives of the state have been moving westward and southward to open new lands. Consequently, today numerous citizens in every state of the Union look back to Connecticut as the old home. The adoption of the Fundamental Orders in 1639 will ever be reckoned one of Connecticut's noblest achievements. This famous document not only laid securely the foundations of self- government in the colony, but also began the practice of government under a constitution established in the name of the people themselves, which has spread throughout the American Union. Roger Sherman of Connecticut served with Jefferson on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and he and his three colleagues were among the signers of that epoch-making docu- ment. Eleven years later Sherman and two other Connecticut delegates had an important share in the task of framing the Federal Constitution. As citizens of other states, natives of Connecticut have not only risen to the most important offices in those states but have represented them in the national government. During the Hrst century under the Constitution only twelve states in the Union had not been indebted to Connecticut for at least one senator or representative. In that period three natives of Connecticut served as senators and ninety-two as representatives from New York, nine as senators and sixteen as representatives from Vermont, four as senators and twenty-two as representatives from Chio. The fertile soil that lured the first settlers to the Connecticut valley still ranks among the most productive and valuable agricultural lands of the nation. The abundant water power of Connecticut streams which turned the mill wheels for the first colonists is now transformed into the hydro-electric energy that lights the homes and highways and turns the machinery of hundreds of factories in the state. The colonial craftsmen who made Connecticut famous for its clocks and guns in the eighteenth The 1935 NUTMEG wishes to thank Dr. George M. Dutcher most kindly for the use of his article Three Centuries of Connecticut Achievement? II . - - . W... . 7-.--s -.- .- -- L ., V. . -- - .,.-. . 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