Middletown transcript., 1870-03-12
CHAPTER OF FIRST THINGS.

CHAPTER OF FIRST THINGS.
The first savings bank was instituted
in 1916
The first auction in England took place
in 100.
The first English Parliament convened
on November 18th, 1918.
Violins were invented in 1877, and in
troduced into England by Charles III.
The first attempts to establish fire in
surance were made during the reign of
Charles II.
The first life-boat was invented by NJ.
Berniers, director of the bridges and cause
ways In France, in 1777.
Gas was first introduced for lighting
the public streets about the year 1916.
1t was first used in Birmingham.
The coach is French invention. The
first coach seen in England was about
1868. In 1926 the vehicle was fist Piled
for hire.
The. first bonnet worn in England was
brought from Italy, in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and its form was compromise
between the present round Italian peasant
hat and the French hood.
Hats appear to have been first used
about the year 1400.
Ihe earliest mention of forks occurs
IN book of travels published in 1911.
The first composer who set an opera to
music was francesca Barbarini, an Italian
artist; and the piece to which he gave
the garb of harmony was 1.-The Conyer-
sion of st, Paul" 1t was brought out
in Rome in 1860.
The first steamboat used in Great Bri.
tain was the Comet, small vessel of
forty feet keel, and ten feet and a half
beam, with an engine of three horse
power, which carried passengers on the
River Clyde, in Scotland, 1914.
Steel needles came first into England
from Spain and Germany They were
hrst manufactured in London by Ger
man, in 1865. English needles arc now
accounted the best that are made.
lhe first horse ever seen in Canada
was brought to that country from France.
n ship which arrived at Tadoussac, on
he 10th of June, 1647.
Gov. Joseph Dudley, who was born al
Roxbury, in Massachusetts, September
I'D, 1647, was the first native of Amer
ca that held a seat in the British House
# Commons
The first use of the oath upon the Cos
'els is dated 52S. Oaths were used by
he Saxons in judicial proceedings in 600.
he oath OF supremacy was ratified by
'arliament in 1885. Till 1850 the COM
lon oath ended with the words, :" SO help
ne God and all saints"
The first medical degrees conferred in
america were by Kings College. New
.ork, in 1863. The first medical work
ublished in America, was "a Brief Guide
n Small-pox and Measles" by Thomas
667. ' ~
The first book of principles of political
,onomy was the treatise of North. in
j9l, entitled " Discourse on Trade y
othing of Importance appeared in Eng
nd from that time till the publication of
,cwart's Principles of Political Econo.
y, which was superseded by Smiths
Wealth of Nations
The first book stereotyped in America
as The Larger Westminster Catechism.'
vised by a. M'Leod, d. d. New York
'reotyped and printed by j. Watts &
}. for Whiting g. Watson, June, 1913,
mo. Two copies of this work are in
New York State Library
The gathering of autographs originated
Germany, about the year 1850, when
rsons OF quality took about with them
giant blank books for the signatures. of
lnent persons or valued friends.
The first " Kings Speech" ever deliy-
ID was by Henry l. in 1107. Exactly
century later King John first assumed
royal "we;" it had never before been
ployed in England The same mon
h has the credit of being the first Rn-
sh king who claimed for England the
ereignty of the seas. Grace" and
Wy Liege," were the ordinary titles bv
ich Henry V. was addressed. "Ex,
lent Grace" was given to Henry VI.
was not the one, nor yet had the
er. Edward ". was Most Hipb
Mighty Prince" Henry VII. was
first English f" Highness. Henry
II. was the first complimented by the
of T" Majesty" and James T. profixed
he last title " Sacred and Most Excel