The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
A NEW p1LaRIM, $ PROGRESS.

A NEW PILGRIMS s PROGRESS.
Mile stones In His Journey from GAO to
/ the Present New Year.
1920 Lands on Plymouth Rock, and sets up
for himsele.
1621-Keeps Thanksgiving-in no danger Of
ever eating.
1622-Buids Meeting House
| 1623-Proclaims Fast Day.
| 1628-Cuts down May Pole at Merry Mount,
a rebuke to vain recreations.
| 1635-Is crowded for accommodations, and
stakes out a new farm at Connecticut
1637-Makes war on tho Antinomians, and the
PequoJ Indians. and whips both.
1638-Starts q College.
1640-Sets up q Printing Press.
1643-Goes into Confederacy-The first Co
| 164S-Lays down the Cambridge Platform
Hangs Witch.
1649-Sets his face againss the unchristian
custom of wearing long hair, "a thing un-
1651-Is rebuked for ''intolorable excess and
bravery of apparel" aud is forbidden to
wear gold and silver lace, or other such gew-
1652-Coins Pine Tree Shillings-apd makes
the business profitable.
1663-Prnts Bble for the Indians.
16S0-Buys "hang-up" Clock and OCCASION
ally carries silver watch that helps him
euess the time of day. About Ahis period
learns to Forks. at table new fashion.
Ss sts tbe betier py WGs5 Of ths
1702-Founds another College, which, at last
| settles down at New Haven.
| 17G4-Prints his first Newspaper. in Boston.
1705-Tastes Coffee as luxury, and at his own
| table.
170s Constructs another Platforna-this tmo
at Saybrook.
| 1711-Puts letter in his first Postofce.
1720-Eats a Potato and takes one home to
plant in his garden as curiosity.
| 1721-Is InocuIated for the Small Pox-not
| without grave remonstrance from his con-
ssrvative neighhors. Begins to Sing by
| note on Suuday5 thereby encountering
| quarrel.
Observation-Disclosures timed ware, and starts
the first Tin Peddtr on his travels.
1742-Sees Faneuil Hall built The cradle of
Liberty is ready to be rocked.
1745-Buids an argan; but does not permit it
to no p layed in the Meeting House.
| 175G-Buys q bTlshel of Potatoes for Winters
use-all his friends won dering what he will
do with many.
1755-Puts up Franklin SoUe in the best
room and tries one of the newly-invented
| Lightning Rods.
1760-About this time begins to wear collar
to his shirt When he can afford it. takes
his wife 20 meeting in G haiSe instead OF
on pilisn, heretofore.
1765-shows his dislike to slammed Paper,
and joins the '' Sons of Liberty
176S- Tries his hand at Type Founding-no
vet successfu fully-in Connecticut. t
i770-Buvs q homemade Wooden Clock.
1773-Waters his Tea in Boston harbor.
Plants L>ibe'-ty Trees wherever he finds
1774-Lights B rston streets with oil lamps.
novelty (though 9 New Lights" have been
plenty for some years).
1776-B Brother Jonatton-as he begins to be
called in the family-declares himself Free
and Iudepen dent.
1780-Buys sn g Umbrillo.'' for Sundays; and
whenever he sh oWs it is laughed at for his
effeminacy.
1791-Starts a Cotton Spinning factory.
1T92-Has been raising Silk Worms, in Con-
and Tanx CyfUol n II 1afnr (nnt
| his wife) homemade silk gown. Buys
Carpet. for the middle of the parlor floor.
1793-Invents the Cotton Gin, and thereby
trebles the value OF Southern plantations.
| 1795-1800-Wears PdntdloonS occasional ly,
bnt not when in full dress. Begins to u Sc
Plates On the breakfast and tea-table.
1832-Has the boys and girls U0ccindted.
| 1S06-Trys to burn piece of Hard Coal from
Philadelphia. A failure
1807-Sees boat go by Steam on the Hud-
1815-Holds little ConUe1tion al II arteord,
| but doesn't propose to dissolve the Union.
Buys one OF Terry's patent " Shelf Clocks
for $50, and regulates his watch by it.
1817-Sets up q Stove in the Nee ting House,
and builds fire in it for Sunday; lnno-
vation which is stoutly resisted by many.
18i7-Begins to run Steamboat on Long
Island Sound, and-after making his will
takes passage on it to New York.
1819-Grown bolder, he crosses the Atlantic
in a steamship.
| 1822-Lights Gas in Beston. At last. learns
| how to make Hard Coal burn. and sets a
Srat0 IN niS paclOr. Is Tvs q St6es zen tone
of Gillotts, sold at $33 per ross). Has
his everyday Shirts made without Ru6qes
| 1825-About this time puts a Percussion Lock
on his old musket.
1826-Buys his wife a pair of oueer-shaped
India Rubber overshoes. Puts on his first
False Collar.
1s28-Tastes his first Tonadto-doubtingly
| Is told that it is nnfashionable to feed him
self with his knife-and buys silver forks,
for great occasions.
1s32-Builds Railroad. and rides it.
1s33-Rubs the first Friction Match then
| called - tLucifer" :" and afterwards Loco
Foco." Throws away the old finder Box,
| with it's flint and steel.
| 1835-Invents tie Rerolcer. and sets about
supplying the world with it as peare-
maker.-rries Gold Pen, but cannot
find good one yet, nor till 1874.
1837-Gets in Panic-and out again, after
free use of 50 shin-plasters."
1838-Adopts the new fashion of putting his
letter in Envelopes J; Ca fashion which does
not fairly prevail till seven years later)-
1910 Sits for his DdgueTrotype and gets
fearfully and wonderfully made picEure-
Begins to burn himself up with Cam
phene" and Burning Fluid; ~ and con-
tinues the process for years, with change of
names of the active age nts, down to and in
Guiding Non-Exploaive Kerosene"
l844ISends his first message by the Electric
Telegraph.
1s47-Buys his wife se,otng machine in the
vain hope that somehew it will keep the
buttons on his shirts.-Begins to receive
advices from the Esprit World"
855-Begins to bore and be bored by the
HooRac Tunnel.
1858-Ceiebrates the laying of tho Ocean Ca
bic, and sends friendly message to John
Bull. Next week begins to doubt whether
the Cable has been laid at all.
1861-Goes South TO help compose family
quarrel. Takes to using Paper Money.
1861-18s5-Climbs the Hill Dificuity-relieved
of his Pack after Jan. /, 1884, but loses
GREAT-HEART at the last, April IA. 1865.
1865-Gets the Atlantic Gable in working or
der at lastin season to send word to his Brit
ish cousins, who have been waiting for an
invitation to his funeral. that he lives
yet"
1865-75-Is demonstrating and talking about
Resumption. Sends his boys to the mu-
seum to see old-fashioned Silver Dollar.
Hartford Courdnt.