Jug Handle (all to one side) (1822); In God We Trust (1807)

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JUG HANDLE (ALL TO ONE SIDE)

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(OED)
to a floating ‘jug’ or bottle (Cent. Dict.); jug handle, the handle of a jug; also attrib. and fig., shaped like a jug handle; hence jug-handled a., (a) lit. placed on one side, as the handle of a jug; (b) fig. (U.S.) unilateral, one-sided, unbalanced.

1846 S. F. SMITH Theatr. Apprenticeship 118 Not perceiving the entire justice of this arrangement, it being somewhat on the *jug-handle principle, all on one side. 1900 E. GLYN Visits of Elizabeth 245 She has a jug-handle chignon. 1955 M. E. B. BANKS Commando Climber iii. 38 A final wall, almost vertical but amply provided with the largest of jug-handles, remained. 1961 L. MUMFORD City in Hist. xvi. 506 To ensure the continuous flow of traffic,..immense clover leaves and jug handles are designed. 1967 R. J. SERLING President's Plane is Missing (1968) ii. 27 He was one of those homely men whose virile masculinity masked such features as a big nose and jug-handle ears. 1970 A. BLACKSHAW Mountaineering (rev. ed.) vi. 163 A large incut hold (a ‘jug-handle’) in good rock is the most secure of all holds.

 1881 Congress. Rec. 8 Dec. 60/2 English reciprocity in pleasure travel,..like their often proposed commercial reciprocity, is comparatively *jug-handled. 1904 Boston Herald 28 Sept. 6 The trade between Canada and the United States is..jug-handled.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
"The rule of right."
Anonymous. Niles' Weekly Register (1814-1837). Baltimore: Mar 2, 1822. Vol. 22, Iss. 1; p. 2 (4 pages)
Pg. 4, col. 2: To use a vulgar saying, the whole matter is "like the handle of a jug--all on one side."


STATISTICS--STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The Cultivator (1834-1865). Albany: May 1842. Vol. 9, Iss. 5; p. 76 (2 pages)
Pg. 76, col. 3: Confident in our capabilities and our resources, we have pushed out free trade principles to the verge of absurdity, if not of ruin; we have found that the free trade of the old world is like the handle of a jug--all on one side;...


(LITERATURE ONLINE)
 Glover, Stephen, 1812-1870 [Author Page]
The Cradle of Liberty; or, Boston in 1775 (1857)  186Kb
THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY; OR, BOSTON IN 1775. WRITTEN AND ADAPTED BY CAPT. STEPHEN E. GLOVER, From J. Fenimore Cooper's celebrated Novel of "Lionel Lincoln; Or, The Leaguer Of Boston." WITH ORIGINAL CASTS, COSTUMES, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS, CORRECTLY MARKED AND ARRANGED, BY MR. J. B. WRIGHT, ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE BOSTON THEATRE.   [URL for this text]
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...battle will be like the handle of a jug, all on...


(MAKING OF AMERICA-MICHIGAN)
Author: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836.
Title: Life of Col. David Crockett, written by himself. Comprising his early life, hunting adventures, services under General Jackson in the Creek War, electioneering speeches, career in Congress, triumphal tour in the northern states, and services in the Texan war. To which is added an account of Colonel Crockett's glorious death at the Alamo, while fighting in defense of Texan independence, by the editor.
Publication date: 1860.
Collection: Making of America Books
Page 247  - 1 term matching "handle of a jug"
Such judges, I should take it, are like the handle of a jug; all on one side;...


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
  Guernsey Jeffersonian  Friday, November 22, 1844 Washington, Ohio
...from this Slate seem to be pretty much JUG-HANDLE fashion all on one side. The.....to begin at the tail) using that as a HANDLE, and strip it clean over the the..

  Daily Alton Telegraph  Saturday, April 14, 1855 Alton, Illinois
...of election In Kansas tt went on tbe JUG HANDLE all side. i craws retorts Ml..

  Janesville Daily Gazette  Thursday, January 28, 1864 Janesville, Wisconsin
...Thu thing heretofore has been like a JUG .HANDLE all on one side. It needs..

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IN GOD WE TRUST

I checked this on Early American Newspapers.


Paper: The New Hampshire Gazette;   Date: 1807-06-23;   Vol: LII;   Iss: 29;   Page: [4];
(The blest remains now sleep in dust.)
Ah! what remains? In God we trust!