Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-12-16
A Chapter On First Things.

az ptsb lldtIdi OptId ever pcItOfill9u
in England was presented January 9TH,
lGi7, under the auspices of Catharina
Braganla. Queen of Charles II.
The creed, the Lords prayer and the
commandments, were first translated in.
to the Saxon language by Alfred. in
-6l-the first Translation of any portion
OF the Bible into English.
Inverted commits were first used BY
Monsieur Gllemont. a French printer
and were intended by him to supcrce3,
tie use of Naiic letters, and French
printers now call them by that name.
The fist Arab newspaper ever pub
ljshcd in the Turkish empire and ont of
Constantinople has been commenced a.
b yr1n'.
The first book published on the sub
ject Of genealogv was Kclton's Chron-
Gle. printed in l5t1, with a gcncaIoey of
Elwarl u.
The first newspaper in India was es'ab-
l.saed in l.so by Mr.. Hicky; it reflected
the morals Of the society for whose
amusement it was inten led, being full OF
infamous scandal and coarse PERSONAL.
ties
Tic earliest celebration of marriages
in churches, was ordained by Pope lnno-
cent, \. D, ll89.
The first mission Of Pratcstants was
that of the lIaIuenots to Rio Janciro in
l556, when was broken up in l55f.-
The enterprise was concerted by John
Calvin, and G,spar;l de Cologni the me-
bic leader Of the iEngunots and the most
dis s'in5uished victim of the st. Bartholo-
new massacre.
Paper money was first made by Mas
sachusetts in 1920; by Connecticut,
,70o; Pennsylvania, 1928; Maryland,
l74O; Rhode Island, l74t, and in
l752 almost every province issued PAPER
currency. It was first issued 10y Con
grcss in l11115.
The earliest magazine issued in Amer
lea. was the "General Magazine and
monthly Chronicle for the British Plan
tatons in America" 1t was published
in Philadelphia, by Benjamin Franklin.
The first number appeared in January
l71l. A few successive numbers of the
work are owned BY the Philadelphia
Library Company.
1t was in the first week Of November,
l4J2, that Europeans first noted the In
dian custom of tobacco-smoking. The
two sailors sent by Columbus to explore
Cuba returned to the ships of their great
commander, and told this among other
things new and strange. They found
the natives carried with them a lighted
iirebgand, and pulled smoke from their
mouths and noses; this their European
notions led them to conclude was some
mode OF rerfuming themselves.
The first mention of the Kings poet.
under the appcllatlon Of laureate, was
John Kay, who was appointed poet lau-
reate to Edward ". 1t is eXtraordina-
ry that he should have left no pieces of
poetry to prove his pretens;ons IN some
degree to this office. which he is said to
have been invested by the King, at his
return from Italy. The only compost
ton he has lett to pcstcrity is prose
English translation OF Latin history et
the siege OF Rhodes.
The first muster ever held in Massachu-
setts was in the year 1922. The Nara
gansett tribe threatened to make war
upon the colonists.and as Plymouth was
lily prepared for the attack. Captain
Standish ha! four bulwarks or ''jettles, y
made outside of the temporary palinSs OF
the town. He divided his forces into
four companies, and ordered a general
training, when the men and officers
we're taught their places, in case of at
tack.
In the narrative of the second voyage OF
Columbus in l494. we arc informed by
Roman Pane, the friar who accompanied
him, that tobacco was reduced to pow
der, which ''the natives take through a
cane half cubit long; one end OF this
they place in the nose ana the other
upon the powder. and SO draw it up,
which purges them very much. y This
is the earliest notice Of snuff-taking; and
its effects upon the Indians in both in
stances seem to have been more violent
and peculiar than upon Europeans since.