Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
LOcOmOtiOn-Ancient and Slow Methods


The Boston Transcript, in an article
on locomotion, remarks that the canal,
turnpike, plankroad, steamboat, rail-
way, river and mountain tunnel, and
electric telegraph, are of comparatively
recent production in the Western Hem
lsphere. julius Caesar (B. G. 30 occu-
pied eight days in journeying from the
river Rhone to Rome, $50 miles. At
the commencement of the Christian era.
ffty-six miles was considered good
twelve hours journey by the cisium, or
postchaise. The news of the fall of
Maximin CA. d. 244) was carried to
Rome from Aquileia, 800 miles, in four
days.
Postchaises were introduced by Ira
jan, A. d. 100. Carriages were known
in France in 1900, when but two existed
in Paris in 1850, there were but three
in that city, and those were of rude con-
struction. Henry ". had one, but it
was without straps or springs. A strong
cob-horse (ho9uenee) was let for short
journeys later, these were harnessed
to vehicle called coche-a-haQuenee
hence the name ha"kney-coach. These
were let for hire in Paris in 1850, at the
Hotel Fiacre. They were known in En-
gland in 1856, but not the art of making
them. When first made in England,
during the reign of Elizabeth, they were
called whirlicotes. Omnibuses were
invented at Nantes in 1926, and were
introduced into London in the year
following by an enterprising coach
proprietor named Shillaber. They
were introduced into New York in
1928.
John Winthrop, the founder of New
England In 1880, and who died in 1910,
never saw stage-coach. In 1860 there
were but six in England. Two days
were occupied III passing from London
to Oxford, ffty-four miles. In 1869 it
was announced that vehicle called the
fying-coach would perform the
journey between sunrise and sunset.
1t excited as much interest as the open
ing of a new railway generation ago.
In 1877 the mail from London arrived
at Edinburgh with only one letter in it.
Even as late as 1760, it took four days
to pass from London to Liverpool, two
hundred and ten miles. 1t was not
until 1925 that the daily liue of coach
es, established between the two cities,
accomplished the distance in forty-six
hours. And even as late as 1885 there
were only seven coaches which ran dali
ly between the two cities.
In 1851 Sir Roger Saltonstsll was six
weeks upon journey from Salem to
jamestown. In 1856 Rev. Mr.. Rogers,
the second minister of Ipswich, was
twenty-four weeks on a voyage from
Gravesend to Boston. The first stage
coach in America started from the site
of No. 80 North street, Boston, for
Portsmouth, in 1861. The first line of
stage-coaches between Boston and New
York was established in 1872, coach
leaving each city once month four
teen days were required to complete the
journey. The frstline of stage-coaches
from New York for Boston started from
the Fresh Water, now the site of the
Tombs, in 1772.
In 1776 the news of the repeal of the
Stamp act was eight weeks crossing the
ocean. The first express agent from
Boston to New York carried an account
of the destruction of the tea in Boston
harbor. He left Boston on Friday af-
ternoon and arrived in New York on
Tuesday afternoon. In 1773 Josiah
Quincy, father and grandfather of the
Mayors of that name of Boston, spent
thirty-three days upon journey from
Georgetown, S. c., to Philadelphia.
In 1775 Gen. Washington was eleven
days in going from Philadelphia to Bos-
ton. Upon his arrival at WATERFOWL he
was met by a committee of citizens and
congratulated upon the speed of his
journey.
The first regular communication be-
tween Boston aud Gloucester was es-
tablished in 1888 by Jonathan Lowe,
who ran two-horse open carriage be-
tween the two places twice a week each
way. Besides the Gloucester coach,
only four stages ran into Boston at that
time. In 1902 the mail-stage started
from Boston for New York on Monday
morning at s o'clock and was due in
New York at noon on Friday. The
news of the battle of New Orleans, JAN
uary s, 1915, was twenty days
reaching Philadelphia. Sixty years ago
the regular mail-time between New
York and Albany was eight days. As
late as 1924 the United States mail was
thirty-two days in going from Portland
to New Orleans.
The news of the death of Napoleon
Bonaparte at st. Helena, May 8, 1921,
reached New York on the 18th of Au-
gust. The news of the death of Gen.
Washington at Mount Vernon, Deem
Der IA, 1899, reached Boston on the
tenth day after its occurrence. The
news of the death of Thomas Jefferson
at Monticello, July "a, 1926, reached
! Boston on the fourth dav aftervard
The news of the death of President
Harrison, on the 4th of April, 1874,
reached Boston on the third day after
ward. The news of the death of Presi-
dent Taylor, on the 9th of July, 1850,
was known in all the principal cities of
the Union within one hour after its &C.
currence.
PRESERVATION OF THE TEETH.-Bow-
ditch, in examining the teeth of forty
persons of different professions, and
living different kinds of life, found in
4 almost all vaoota hla and animal nara