Delaware after Lord De La Ware. New Jersey, so called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the British Channel. Maine was called after the province of Maine in France, in compliment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned that province. Vermont, from the French word Vert Mont, signifying Green Mountain. New Hampshire, from Hampshire county in England. formerly called Laconia. It was The little State of Rhode Island owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said to greatly resemble. Texas is the American word for the Mexican name by which all that section of the country was called before it was ceded to the United States. Improved PRODUCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, BY COUNTIES.-1870. COUNTIES. Total.. Adams. Alexander Number. NumberNumber. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels Bushels. Oats. Bushels. 1,452,905 759.074 Bond... 244,220 21,627 6,240 1,064.052 461,097 599 35.871 466.985 579.127 25.608 70,832 987.426 26.231 |