The Kanzas news., 1859-07-23
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II u s.dG First Things asU- ssEoo
Benjamin Franklin gave this advice,
which We have followed with the results
given below: az would advise you to read
with'a pen IN your hand. and enter in q
httle book short hints of what sou find that
IS cnriotis Or may be useful.nss4 g.3l sza9o es
Ihes shrst carriage said to be built IN
America was made in Dorchester. Mass,
by a man named White, for private gen
tlemaf IN Boston, II was copied from an
English. chariot. .zthoagh much lighter, and
was credit TO its maker, it.was however.
found that from the difficulty of procuring
material, and high wages, il was expediept
and cheaper to order them from England
and II rance.go ~ TfaJs % s4i!Es - $40
ahe frst stage coach to Boston from NeSs
York started TO Gath of June, 1879, from
the 'tFresh Warer-" 1t was, to leaye.eaoh
terminus once fortnight, The fare was
I'D, New York currency, per mile. Il
reached Hartford, Conn, in two days. and
Boston in two more. The, proprietoEs
promised a weekley stage. eff encouraged" !"
The, first grand jury in America met al
Boston, September 1st.. 1885, and presen-
ted one hundred officers. - -
The first Insurance Office in New Eng
land was established at Boston in 1874.
The earliest institution for savings of any
kind was established in .Berpe, Switzerland,
| in 1897 t'fS'g &c -
The first attempt TO esstsblisha a post Office
system in the American colonies was made
lin 1898 by one Thomas Neal, to whom q
royal patent for this purpose had beenjis.
sued. but his arrangements were very limit;
ed and imperfect. The utmost eontempla:
ted BY Neal was a post-offce in each, coun'
ty, and his actual operations came far Short
| of this .l'"
Henry Cruger wasathe first American
who sat in the British. House of Commons
In 1874 he was elected one of the two rep
resentatiyes of Liverpool in Parliament, hi:
colleague being Edmund Burke. He de
Tended America. during the revolutionary
war, and upon his return to New York af
ter the peace was elected to the State Senate
while he was still a member of the British
House of Commons, his term of service mo-
having expired.
The first Methodist chapel erected in the
world, was built. in Bristol, England, il
May. 1889.
The first mint in the United States was
put IN operation in 1879, and from tha
time until 1857 the whole amount of gelc
coined was valued at $481 ,422, ,978 10
value of silver coinage '$1O7, ,527, ,917 53
value of copper coins s1,662. 1928. 55; ma
king the valuation of the whole coinage
$3.50, ,619,819 78. The whole number 0
pieces coined in this time was 623. $40, 499
The first iron rails for road bed wer,
laid down at Whiteheaven, England, il
1888. This cast iron road was called
''plate wey," from the plate-like form il
which the rails were cast.
The first actual model of steam car
rage of which we have any written accoun
was constructed by Frenchman named
/ Cugnot,. who exhibited it before the Mar
shall de SAKE in 1898. The FIRST Englisl
model of a steam carriage was made il
1884 by William Murdoch, the friend ant
assistant of Watt.
The first Normal school on this side o
the Atlantic, was established at Lexington
in 1889. .t..a
The first degree Of doctor of divinity wa.
conferred at Harvard was conferred upor
I Rev. Increase Mather, in 16O2, then Presi
dent of the University. ie ~
/ The first agricultural association which
was formed in this country, was known a:
philadelphia Society for promoting Agri
culture" established in 1885. Premium:
were awarded for the improvement. of GER
tain articles of domestic manufacture, anC
a Mr.. Matthewson. of Rhode Island, receiv
ed a gold medal for the best sample anc
greatest quantity of cheese exhibited.
The first cattle show held in this country
was held in Pitts6eld, Mass, in October
1910. aud from this era sprang the system
of agricultural societies, and shows, as they
exis. at present, in most parts of the Uni
/ ted States.-Boston Transcript.