The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-01-21
From the Hartford Courans, Ist-l
TIE PILGRIMS PROGRESS.
IseO-fs75.

1922 Lands on Plymouth Roek, and
sets up fer himself.
/ is6l-Kerp5 ThanksgiVilg-in no
danger OF OyeT-eating.
l622.-Buil Is Westinghouse.
1873. Pr claims Fast Day.
IS2S Cats down a Nay Pole st Mer-
~ Mount, ss a rebUke to vain recre-
RtiOns-
/ l635.-Is crowded for secommOda-
tIOns, aud stakes out a new farm at
/ Connecticut.
| l637.-Makes war on the Antinomians
and the PequOt Indians, and whips
both.
I6SS.-Starts College, and
164O.-Sets up Printing Press.
l643.-Goes into a COnfederacy-Tbe
first Colonial Congress.
l64S.--Lays down the Cambridge Plat
fOTm-Hsngs e witch.
l649.-Sets his face against the un-
| christian custom of wearing long
hair, ga thing uncivil and uncome-
ly."
165l.-Is rebuked for "intoIersble ex-
cess and bravery Of apparel" and is
forbidden to wear gold and silver
lace, or any such gew-gaws.
/ 1852 Coins Pine Tree shillings, and
makes the business profitable.
| 1663.-Prints Bible for the Indians.
| 16S0.-Buys a "nang-upn clock. and
occasionally carries silver watch
that helps him to guess the time of
day. About this period learns to
use forks at table, q new fashion.
1892 Is scared by Witches again at
Salem, but gets the better of them.
| I702 Pounds another College, which,
at last, settles down at New Haven.
1704 Prints his first Newspaper In
Boston.
1705.-Takcs Coffee, as a luxury, and
at his own table.
170S.-Constructs another Platform
this time at Saybrook.
171O.-Begins to sip TsG-very spar
ingly. 1t does TOt come into fami-
ly use till five and twenty years
later.
1711.-Puts letter il his first Post
Office.
172O.-Eats Potato, and takes one
home to plant in his garden IS a
curiosity.
172l.-Is LnOculdted for the Small
p0x-nOt without grave remOn-
strances from his conservative
neighbors.
Begins to Sing by note, on Sundays,
thereby encOuntering much Opposi-
tion aud opening ten years quar-
rel.
74O-Manufactures timed ware, and
starts the first Tin PsddIer on his
travels.
1742.-Sees FaneuiI Hall built. The
cradle of liberty is ready to be rock
ed.
1745.-Buiids an organ, but does not
permit it to be played in the Meet
ing-house.
1750.-Buys a bushel of Potatoes for
winters use--all his friends wonder
ing what he will do with so many.
1755-Puts up Franklin Store 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 to meeting
in Cidise, instead OF on a pilliOn,
as heretofore.
1765.--ShOws his dislike to stamped
Paper, and joins the ''Sons of Liber-
ty.u
176S. Tries his hand at Type Found
iRg-nOt yet successfully--in Con-
necticut.
1770-Buys a homemade Wooden
Cock.
1773-Waters his Tea in Boston Har-
Dor. Plants Liberty Trees wherever
he finds good soil.
1774.-Lights Boston streets with oil
Lamps novelty Though "New
Lights" have been plenty for some
years.)
1776.-BrOther JOndtbGR-as he be-
gins to be called in the family-de-
clares himself Free and Independ-
ent.
1790-Buys an "Umbrillo," for Sun
days aud whenever he shows IL is
laughed at for his effeminacy.
179l.-Starts a Cotton Spinning fac
tory.
1792.--Has been raising Silk Worms
in Connecticut and now gives his
minister mot his wife) a hcme-
made silk gown. Buys q Carpet
for the middle Of the parl0r floor.
93.-Invents the Cotton Gin and
thereby trebles the value of South
cTn plantations.
1795-1S00.-Wears I1IntdIOORS Ocea-
sionslly, but not when in full dress.
Begins to use plates on the break
fast and tea table.
1902 Has the boys and girls vncciH-
mated.
1S06.-Tries to burn a piece of hard
coal from Philadelphia. A failure.
1SO7.-Sees boat go by steam on the
Hudson.
IS15.-Holds a little convention at
Hartford, but doesn't propose to
dissolve the Union. Buys one
of Ferry's patent "Shelf Clocks" for
$50, and regulates his watch by it.
iSl7.-Sets up a stove in the meeting
house, and builds q fire in it for
Sunday an innovation which is
stOutly resisted by many.
1Sl7.-Begins to run a steamboat on
Long Island Sound, and-after ma
king his will-takes passage on 1t
to New York.
1919 Grows bolder, he crosses the
Atlantic in steamship.
1S22.-Lights gas in Boston. At last
learns how TO make hard coal burn
and sets a crate in his parlOr. Buys
a steel pen lone of GillOtt's, sold at
S33 per grOss.) Has his everyday
shirts without ruffies.
1S25.-About this time he puts per-
cttsSiOn lock on his old musket.
1S26.-Buys his wife a queer-shapsd
pair of India rubber Over-shOes.
Puts on his first false collar.
lS2S.--Tastes his first tomato, doubt
ingly. Is tsld that it ia unfashiona-
bic to feed himself with his knife,
and buys silver forks for great Oecs-
sions.
IS25.-Builds q railroad and rides on
it.
IS33.-Rubs the first friction match
then called "Lucifer," and after
ward "Iloco-Focp." Throws away
the old tinder box, with its flint
and steel.
1SS5.-Invents the rsUOluer, aud sets
about supplying the world with il
as a peace maker. Tries a gold pen
but cannot find good one till 1874.
1S37.-Gets in panic and out again,
after free use Of "shin-plasters."
1S3S.-AdOpts the new fashion Of put
ting his letters in eRUeLCpes Il FASH
lou which does not fairly prevail
till seven years later.
1S4O.-Sits for his DdguerreOtype, and
gets q fearfully and wonderfully
made picture. Begins to blow him
self up with "Camphenen aud
Burning Fluid; ;" and continues the
process for years, with changes Of
the active agents, down to and in
Guiding "Non-Expiosive Kerosene"
1S44.-Sends his first message by the
Electric Telegraph.
1S47.-Buys his wife a SeIUing Ma
inc, in the vain hope that somehow
it will keep the buttons on his
shirt-.-Begins to receive adviees
from the Esprit World"
1S55.-BegiIs to bore and be bored by
the HOOsac Tunnel.
I85S.-Celebrates laying Of the Ocean
Gable, and sends a friendly message
to John Bull. Next week, begins
to doubt whether the Cable has been
laid at all.
I861.-GOes South to help compose a
family quarrel. Takes to using pa
per money.
SGI-Is05.-Climbs the Hill OF Diff.
culty-relieyed Of his Pack, after
January l, 1864 but loses Great
Heart, at the last, April II, 1865.
1S66.-Gets his Atlantic Cable in work
ing ordar ar laat in uaasOO IN Gaud