The Portland daily press., 1876-04-07
The New Pilgrims Progress.

Inc new edition of "Pilerims's Progress.
162O-1S75," which appeared in the Centennial
edition of the Hartford Courant Alnanac. and
is ascribed to Hon. j. Hammond Trumbull. Is
quoted at length in some of our exchanges:
1920. Lands on Plymouth Rock, and sets up
| for himself r
1921. Keeps Thanksgvng-in no danger of
| over-eating.
1922 Builds Meeting house.
1923 Proclaims Fast Day.
1873 Cuts down Maypole of Merry Mount
| as rebuke to vain recreations.
1850 Is crowded for accommodations, and
stakes out new farm at Connecticut.
1857 Makes war on the Antinomians and
| the Pequot lndians-and whips both.
$685. Starts College, and
1640 Sets up Printing Press.
1913. Goes into Confederacy-the first Colo
164S. Lays down the Cambridge Platform.
Hangs Wich.
1649 Sets his face against the unchristian
custom OF wearing long hair, "a thing unciyil
and uncomely"
1861. Is rebuked for ''intolerabIe excess and
bravery of apparel" and is forbidden to wear
| gold and silver lace, or other such gewgaws.
1862 Coins Pine Tree Shllipgs-and makes
| the business profitable.
1868 Prints Bible for the Indians.
$780, Buys "hang-up Clock, and OCCASION
ally carries a silver watch that helps him guess
| the time of day. About this period learns to
use forks at the table; new fashion.
1892 Is scared BY Wches again, at Salem;
but gets the better of them.
1701. Pounds another College, which, after
a while, settles down at New Haven.
1704. Prints bis first Newspaper, in Boston.
11O5. Tastes Coffee, as luxury, and at his
own table
1907. Constructs another Platform-this
time at Saybrook.
171O. Begins to sip Tea-very sparingly. It
does not come into family use till fve-snd-tweu-
/ tv years later.
I'LL. Puts letter into his first Post. Office.
| 1920. Eats Potato-and takes one home to
plant in his garden as curiosity.
| 1721. Is Inoculated for the Small Pox--not
without grave remonstraDce from bis conserva-
| tive Dei9hbors. Begins TO Sing by note on
Sunday, thereby encounteriDg much opposition
| and opening ten years quarrel
174O Manufactures timed ware, and starts
| the itst Tin Peddler ON bis travels.
1742 Sees Faneuil Hall built. The cradle
| OF Liberty is ready to be rocked.
1745 Builds an Organ; but does not yet per-
| init it to be played in the Westinghouse.
1850 Buys bushel of Potatoes for winters
use-all his friends wondering what he will do
with SO many
1855 Puts up Flankln Stove in his best
| room; and tries one of the newly invented
| Lightning Rods
176O. About this time begins to wear col
| lar 10 bis Shirt When he can afford 70, takes
| his wife tn meeting in Chaise, instead Of on
pI lion as heretofore.
1865 Shows bis dislike to stamped paper,
| and joins the Sons of Liberty"
1768 Tries his hand at Type Foundng-not
| yet successfully-iu COnnec ,cut
177C Buys homemade Wooden Cock.
l773 Waters his Tea in Boston Harbor.
Plants Liberty Trees, wherever be finds good
| soil.
IVA Lights Boston streets with oil Lamps;
| a novelty (thoush New Lights" had been
| plenty some years before).
1775 Shows Lord Percy how TO march TO
yankee Doodle" Calls at Ticonderoea. TO
| take lodgings for the season Sends Gen Pot
nam tuader the command Of several CoIonels)
With small party TO select site for Bunker
| Hill monument
1873 Brother Jonathan--as be begins to be
caned iu 'he family-declares himself Free
1880. Buys an 'Umbrlo" for Sundays; and
whenever he shows it, is laughed at for his
effemiDacy.
1851 Starts a Cotton Spinning factory.
1872 HAS bfen raising Silk Worms in Con-
Dectlcnt; and uow gives his minister (Dot his
wife) homemade silk gown Boys Carpet
for the mid ole of the psror floor.
1898 Invents the Cotton ,Gin-and thereby
trebles the value OF Southern plantation.
1765-18O0.-Wears Panfaloons occasionally;
but not when in full dress. Begins TO use
Pla'es on the breakfast and tea table.
1902 Has the boys and girls vacclnnated
1906. Tries to burn piece of Hard Coal
| from Philadelphia; failure.
1907 Sees boat 60 by steam on the Hud-
| SOD.
1915 Holds little Convention at Hartford,
but doesn't propose to dissolve the Union.
Buys one of Terry's patent ''Shelf Clocks" for
$4,000, and regulates his watch by 1t.
1877. Sets up Stove 10 the Westinghouse,
and builds fire in it on Sunday; an iunova-
tion which is stoutly resisted by many.
1917. Begins to run Steamboat on Long
Island Sound-and takes passage on it to New
| York, after making his will
| 1919 Grown bOlder he crosses the Atlantic
| in a steamship.
1922 Lights Gas in Boston (but doesn't
light Boston with gas till 1927. At last, learns
| how TO make Hard Coal burn, and sets crate
| in his parlCr. Buys Steel Pen Zone of Gil
| LOFTS, sold at $33 per gross) Has his every.
| day shirts made without rufies.
1925. About this time, puts Percussion Lock
on bis OLD musket
1926. Buys his wife a pair of queer-sbaped
India Rubber oveTsboes. Puts on his first False
Collar. Tries an Experimental railroad, by
horsepower.
1928. Tastes his first Tomato-doubtingly
Is told that 1t is questionable to feed himself
with kBife-and buys Silver forks, for great
occasions
1888. Rubs his first Friction Match-then
called "Lucifer," and afterwards Loco
Foco." Throws away the old Tinder Box,
with its flint and steel.
1885. Invents the Revolver, and sets about
supplying the world with it, as peace maker.
Tries Gold Pen, but cannot find a good one
yet-nor till 1874. Builds real Railroad, and
rides on it.
1887. Gets in panic-and out again, after
free use of "shn-plasters"
1888. Adopts the new fashion of putting his
letters in Envelopes Ia fashion which does not
fairly prevail till seven years later.)
1910. Sits for his Daguerreotype, and gets
picture fearfully and wonderfully made. Be-
gins to blow bimself ar with "Camphene' and
Burning Fluid' and continues the process for
years, with changes of name of the active
agent, down to, and including, 'Non-Explosivs
Kerosene.
1874 Sends his first message by the Electric
Telegraph.
1S47. Buys his wife a Sewing Machine-in
the vain hope that somehow it will keep the
buttons on his shirts. Begins to receive advices
from the "SpiritlWorld.
1855 Begins to bore aud be bored by the
Hoosac Tunnel.
1858 Celebrates the laying of the Ocean
Cable and sends friendly message to John
Bulp 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.
leved of his pack after Jan. /, 1864; but loses
Greai-Heart, April IA, 1865.
1866. Gets the Atlantic Cable 10 working
order at last, in season to send word 10 his
British cousins (wbo have been waiting for an
nvi alton to his funeral) that he "lives yet"
1866. Is reconstructiDg and talking
about resumption. Sat ds his boys to the Mu-
scum to see an old-fssbioLed Silver Dollar
1875. Goes to Bunker Hill to pay honor to
the illustrious men who commanded General I.
Putnam. Thinks be won't iDf1ate-and helps
to strapgle a Western rag-bsby Gets ready 10
celebrate his second golden wedding by grand
family reunion next year in Philadelphia.