The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-30
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The DeShration Of Independence, with it's
"glitterinei generali,ies," was the first ma
,ional ststs paper in which the words Unit.
cd States u America were used Us the style
and title ot the nation.
The 6rt schooner ever launched in this
country 1aid to have been built at Cape
Ann, in Iva.
The first lime made IN New England was
burned in Newbury, Mass, by james
Noyes.
The ira cotton factory in the United
States, was established at beverly, Mass, in
1887. ltyontinued in operation until s02,
and then <opped, 30 per cent. Of the capital
having betn sunk in the enterprise,
The fiNt cast iron ediicc erected in
America, Hands upon the corner Of Centre
and Duansstrccts, New York.
Samuel ]. B. Morse, of tolcgraphic fame,
studied painting in Eng land, and was the
first pcrsopsto deliver course Of public Ice
lures upon Art, in America.
The hrtsucoessiul experiment Of burning
anthracite coal in an open CRATE. was 10y
Judge Jesse Fell, Of Pennsylvania, Feb. !,
1908.
The tulip wis tirs, introduced into Eu,
rope by The celebrated botanist, Conrad
Gesncr, about the year 1859 lts beauty
soon made it so much Of tavoritc, and there
was so great u desire to posscEss II, that
what Is st,Il known IA the tulip mania
sprang up a Holland One plant was re.
garded as making It's posScssor rich, and
was often given as munltccnt marriage
portion to Che bride. More than two thor
sand dollars were given for siugle plant
great sum in that country and N those
days. -
lnfiammsblc gus was first evolved from
Gal in 1895 TO 1888. A use Of the gas
d first attempted at Cornwall in 1892
Dc 6rst display Of ras lights was mndc at
Ipultm 4 Watts foundry, at birmingham
on-ibe occasion d rcjucings for pcnre in
England in 1902 Gas was permanently
M at the cotton mills IN Manchester, where
100 burners were lighted, IN 1902. Gas
lights were first introduced in London, Aug
lG,1s07. Pail Mall was lighted in ls01 +;
London generally in 1874, Gas was first
introduced at Baltimore in 1921 at New
Y@k in 1928.
Me first Methodist meeting house in New
England was erected nj in Strntlord Parish,
town OF Stratfprd, now 1rumbul. New
Iiatcn county, Conn, in September, j 1rJ,
and was called "IHrs Chapel from Rev
Jetce lee, the apostle oi New England
MeAiodism. The next was IN Lynn. Mass,
l79l, u lew months after Mr. Wesleys
death. II VIA begun Jun" l4tb, raised on
the oath, and dedIcated on the 10Th, the
ireseoiDg, carpetInp, cushlonlng, and the
putting in Of gas, and other dainty 'fixlngs, E"
being Of cOursc omitted. The first Annual
Conference nf the MctholiTta in New Eng.
land was held ~ this h0use by Bishop Ash.
bury, August lst, 1862, the precur-0r o' n
great number on the same spOt. The first
Methodist Conference in America was held
at philadelphia in 1913. u consisted O'
tenpreachcfs
The first locomotives in the United STATE,
says the Journal Of the Franklin Institute,
wers br0ugh, over from England by IIofaito
Allen OF New York. 10 the fall Of 1929, or
the spring Of 1880 and one Of them was
set up on the Delaware and Hudson Rail.
road, at Carbondae, Penn, but being found
too heavy for the track, Its usr was abaD-
d0Dsd The first locomotive constructed 10
this country was built by the West Point
foundry, at New York, in lr30, for the
South Carolina Railroad and named the
PhrDix; second engine was built the
sane year, by the same establishment ani
for o. SANE rad, and NAMED the We,
Poih. In the spring oilS3l third engine
was built by the sams estaDIishmen, TOR 'h"
Mohawk and Hudson railroad from Albany
10 Schenectady, and called the DE Wit
Clinton this was thr first locomotive run
in the State Of New York This engine
was put on the road by David Matthew
who D0w RESIDES 10 this city. and has teen
c0tnected with railroads since that time,
The srst Stephenson locomotive ever i'm
ported into this country was the E1i@r'
Fnlton. This engine was brought Out IN
the saniner of 1881 for the Mohawk and
Hphcn Railroad It was sub@eqnenlly re
b1ilt and named the John Iial.-Bos'"
7yHnV'pt..
F0ErIyYIsg rHg hIPs a letter from
suItnriaDd states, !, IL said 10 b. N IN
contemplation Of the Frneh G0vrDm"ni 10
construct a I It "a the Col dc Ia PageliI'.1 .1f
the Frrnch SIDE Il the frontier, al hSigh'
Gl 1923 mrtrs above the level of %" "a
The b. III rad from PARIS 10 Grn"va, pass
oycr y Aftsr crcesiug the territory d III
Dapysa The pr"p~ratnry plans oi ID" lnr
have D.sn already commenced by Houoe oh
orr of ebgiucers 1t Il sad tha, 'um "
5000 900 rsncs will ~ aIIOttsd ioF thI
military work