Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-25
ANTIQUARIAN.

Delaware county, Pennsylvania, has
paper factory 81 years old: It IL cat.
led the JOY Mill FranAlin used TO
buy its paper.
The thimble, originally called
"thumbeli," aud afterwards "tnumble, '
| is a Dutch Invention, aud was unknown
in Eng land unfit the year 1903.
The first painting press set up in n
IL. was AT Portsmouth by Samuel
Fowle, Esq, OF Boston, in 1855. He
began the puai!cat.on OF the New
Hampshire Gazette, which purported
20 contain "tn. freshest advlces, Tor.
eign and domestic and wnlcn bore
TO heading cut OF a crow aud Il
fox. 4as
"SlxrEENru or DoLLAR."-A gen
ileinan has presented us some money
that looks anllquated. 1t is ano,e tor
slx-and-a quarter cents, issued by The
State OF Rhode Island nearly one hun
drcd years ago. IL is printed on paste
boa. d, and reads as follows
The Possessor OF this Bill shall be
paid, by the General Treasurer OF the
state OF Rhode Island and Provi-
dence Plantations, l-sixteenth OF a
Dollar within SIX Years from the Date
hereof. BY order of Assembly. Provi-
dence, the Fifth Day Of September,
\. ID. 1916, ,..
JAS. Congdon, Com
J. G. Wanton, m,ttee."
IL ooasocket Patriot.
Gutenberg, OF Mcntz, has the honor
OF having printed the first Bible in
Germany,-and Germany the honor
o. having sent forth the first printed
Bible INTO existance. 1t is known As
/. M,zalln Bible, from a copy hav-
ing been found i, Cardinal Ms,zarins
library, at Paris, about the middle OF
last century 1T was printed with
large cut metal types, and published
in l45O.' You will find some very III
terestlng remarks OH the subject by
Mr.. Hallam in his Literary History
OF Europe" Harper's edition, p. 1867.
Pawn BRoKER's "SiGN -Pawn-bro.
kcrage owes its origin 10 the Lom-.
bards.0 OF these there WAS a wei
known tan,ily,-name iorgo,ten-all OF
whnnls were sfoeA ecaries. Their $. sn
was tiree viii pds--vcry appropriate.
In pr6ccasof t,msNhcy began toioan.
OF her weelthtoi&s fortuna Q ones,
taking p.,rnE tor fecnrity This sec
ond Mansf ~ Business soon proved
the oresinpoftant, and eventually
thethree- pill lfiell-N ere chiefly known
as money Tenders. Dropping the drug
busine IS, they still retained the family
sign, which all their followers still
adopt, although, probably, very few
Know why. a.
Knitted Stockings were unknown,
previous TO the time ot Henry VII.
In the time OF Elizabeth they were
amos, a curiosity. Until 1889 stock
ings were knit by hand, when Viii
liam Lee, near Nottingham, invented
loom tor accomplishin. the work.
The first pair OF silk stockings,
brou. ht into England trum Spain, was
presented to Henry VIII. who highly
priced them. In The third year OF
Elizabeth's reign, her firing woman,
Mrs. Montague, presented her with u
pai.. of black silk stockings as New
Years gift. Whcreuponher majesty ask
ed ifshe could haveany more, in which
case she would wearno morecloth stock
inys. Silk stockings were equally rare
things at the coArt OF Scotland, tor il
appears that before James VI received
the ambassadors sent TO congratu ate
him on his accession to. the English
throne, he requested one Of the lords
OF his court to lend him his pair OF
slken hose, that he "mi light not appear
as scrub before strangers.
Shoes, We are informed, were worn
by the ancient Egyptians. In the
British museum are preserved sew raj
Egyptian shoes made OF the bark OF
parpyrus or Egypt burnsh. Shoes
were used by the Greeks and Romans.
although sandals Were geheraly worn,
which were merely soles fastened to
! the bottom OF the feet. Generally the
word "shoe' or shoes when occur
rang III the Scriptures, should be un-
drrs,ood in the latter sense. Shoes
consisting OF piece Of leather bound
round the foot are still. in, use in the
remote parts OF the Highlands OF Scot
lond. Shoes were pointed at the toes,
in King Edwards reign, the w.
After this time they were quite round
at the toes; but the toes We're square
| during the reign OF Charles |.