The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-15
NEW PILGRIM s PROGRESS.


for himself.
162i-Keeps Thanksgiving-in no danger o.
over eating.
I622-Builds Meeting House.
l623-proclalms n Fast Day.
1628-Cnts down May Pole at Merry Mount
as rebuke to vain recreations.
1635-Is crowded for accommodations and
stakes ont q nos farm at Connecticut.
1637-Makes war on the Antinomians, and the
peouot Indians. and whips BOTH
163s-Starts College.
16iO-Sets up Printing Press.
16I3-Goes into Confederacy-The first Co
lonial Congress.
164s-Lsys down the Cambridge Platform
Hangs Witch.
l649-Sets his face against tho unchristian
custom of wearing long hair, "a thing I'M
civil and uncomely."
165l-Is rebuked for " intolerable excess and
bravery of apparel" and il forbidden 10
wear gold and silver lace, or other such gew-
gaws.
1652-Coins Pine Tree Shillinge-and makes
the business profitable.
166S-Prints Bible for tho Indians.
l6SO-Buys "hang-up" Clock and occasion
ally carries q silver watch that helps him
guess the time Of dav About this period
learns TO use Fork. at table a new fashion
1692-Is scared by Witches again, at Salem ;
but gets the better OF them.
l702-Founds another College, which, at last
settles down ut New Haven.
1704-Prints his first Newspaper, in Boston.
1705-Ta 3tes Cotse as luxury, and at his own
table.
Constructs another Platform this time
at Saybrook.
171O-Begins to sip Ted-very sparngly.
1711-Puts a letter in his first Posto6ice.
1720-Ests 3 Potato, and takes one homo to
plant in his garden as curiosity.
172l-Is Inocltldted for the Small Pox-not
without grave remonstrance from his con.
servative neghbors. Begins to Sing by
note on Sundays, thereby encountering
much opposition and opening ten-years
quarrel.
Observation-Disclosures timed ware and starts
the first Tin Pedilcr on his travels
1742-Sees Faneuil Hall built. The cradle OF
Liberty is ready to be rocked.
1745-Build4 an organ; bat does not permit il
to he p layed in the Meeting House.
1T50-Buys bushel of Potatoes for Winter
use-al his friends won dering what he will
do with 30 many.
1755-Puts up Franklin StoUe in the best
room and tries one of the newly -invented
lightning Rods.
TO his shirt. When no can afford it, takes
his wife to meeting in q @ hdiSe instead OF
on a pillion, heretofore.
1765-Shows his dislike to stamped Paper,
and joins the " s ,ns of Liberty"
1863 Tries his hand at Type Founding-no
Ntb fllCCcbS uliN--lu OOllDtCLlCuL.
1770-Blvs a homemade Wooden Clock.
1773-Waters his Tea in Boston harbor.
Plauts Liberty Trees, wherever he finds
good soil.
1774-Lghts B1ston streets with oil Lamps:
novelty (thoagh New Lights " have been
plenty for some yesrs)
I776- Brother Jonnttnn-ss he bsgins to be
called in the family-declares himself Free
aud Indepen dent.
1780-Buys sn " Umbrillo," for Sundays; and
whenever he shows it is laughed at for his
effeminasv.
1791-Stsrts q Cotton Spinning factory.
1792-Has been raising Silk Worms, in Con.
necticut; and now gives his minister (not
his wife) a homemade silk gown. Buys q
Carpet, for the middle Of the parlor floor.
1898 -Invents the Cotton Gin, and thereby
trebles the value of Southern plantations.
1795-l800-wesrs PdntdlOons occasional ly
but not when in full dress. Begins to 81
Plates on the breakfast aud tea-tsble.
1S12-Has the boys aud girls Udccindted.
1806-Trys to burn piece of Hard Coal from
Philadelphia. failure.
1SO7-Sees boat go by Steam on the Hud-
ROD.
1S15-Holds a little Convention a. Hartford
but doesn't propose to dissolve the Union
Buys one Of Terry's patent " Shelf Clocks, "
for $50, and regulates his watch by it.
18l7-Sets mp Stove in the Nee ting House
and builds nre in it for Sunday; an limo
18i7-BeRins to run a Steamboat on Long
Island Sound, and-after making his will
takes passage on it to New York.
18l9-Grown holder, he crosses the Atlantic
in a steamship.
1S22-Lights Gas in Boston. At last. learns
how to make Hard Coal burn and sets
CRATE in his parlor. Buys Steel Pen Gone
of Gillott'S sold at $33 per ross). Ha
his everyday Shirts made without lfu1ies
1825-About this time puts Percussion Loci
on his old musket.
1S26-Buys his wife pair of queer-shnpet
Indtd Rubber overshoes. Puts on his first
1S28-Tastes his first TOmdto-doubtingl
Is told that it is UNREASONABLE to feed him
self with his knife-and buys silver forks
for great occasions.
1882 Builds Railroad and rides on it,
1S33-Rubs tho first Friction Match-thel
called "Lncifer and afterwards "LocC
Foco." Throws away the old finder Box
with it's flint and steel.
1835-Iuvents tie RepOlUer, and sets abou
supplying the world with it al a peace
maker Tries Gold Pen. but canno
find good one yet, nor till 1874.
1S37-Gets in Panic-and out again, afte
free use Of " SHIN lasters"
1S38-Adopts the new fashion Of putting hi
letter in Eaoelopes Ga fashion which doe
not fairy prevail till seven years later).
I840-S Sits for his D01ueTrotvDe and gets
fearfully and wonderfully made picture
Begins 10 burn himself up with ''Cam
phene " and Burning Fluid 4" and con
tlnues the process for years, with change o
names OF the active age nts, down to and in
Guiding Non-Expo-ive Kerosene"
1Slf-Sends his first message by the Electri
Telegraph.
1S47-Buys his wife a Se,oing machine in tn,
vain hope that somehow it will keep the
buttons on his shirts.-Begins to receive
advices from the esprit World"
855-Beg ins to bore and be bored by the
Hoossc Tunnel.
1855-Cslebrates the laying OF the Ocean Ca
bic, and sends friendly message to Joh
Bull. Next week begins to doubt vhethe
the Cable has been laid at all.
186l-Goes South TO help compose a famil
quarrel. Takes TO using Paper Money.
186l-18f5-Climbst the Hill Difficulty-relievo
OF his Pack after Jan. 1, 1861 but lose
GREAT HEART at the last, April a. 1865
1865-Gets the Atlantic Cable in working or
der az last in season to send word to his Brit
ish cousins, who have been whiting for a
invitation to his funeral, that he Live
vet"
1S65-75-Is demonstrating aud taLtinq dbou
Resumption. Sends his boys to the mu
seum TO see an old-fashioned Silver Dolla
Hartford COurdnt.
CAPT. EDMUND BURKE, who had mad
over fifty voyages from Boston to Faya