The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-23
Early Printing in America.

The first work known to have been
printed in America was sort OF hand
hook for the Spanish priests, issued in
1MO. having the following title:
"Christophorous Cabrera Burgensis adj
lectorem. facet baptismi ministr. Eco
lon Icastichon."
The author was Christopher Cabrera,
of Burgos, Old CASTLE. The latter por-
ton of the book is translated as follows:
This Manual for adults was printed
in the great city of Mexico. by the
command and at the expense of the
most reverend men, Bishops of New
Spain. Mt the house of Juan Cromber-
ger. in the year of the nativity of our
Lord Jesus Christ one thousand five
hundred and forty. On the 18th day of
the month of December"
But one copy of this work, and that
sadly mutilated, is known to be in ex-
istence; it is in private library at Mad
rid. Cromberger, who has thus achieved
immortality as being the first printer in
America. died in Mexico about A. ID.
1914. Before leaving Spain, he chad
been the proprietor of large printing
office at Seville. After his death his
foreman, Juan Pablos, who had follow
ed his master to Mexico, succeeded to
the proprietorship of the first Ameri-
can press
The first book known to have been
printed in South America was a vocabu-
larry, issued at Lima, Peru, 1856.
The first printing office in the Eng
fish colonies was established at Cam
bridge, Mass, in January. 1859. Among
its early issues was the Bay Psalm Book.
"a most barbarOus metrical version of
the Psalms of David printed by Ste
phen Daye. Isaiah Thomas History of
Printing notes, as singularity i'll this
book, that Eat the head of every left
hand page the word Psalm is spelled as
it should be; while at the head of every
right hand page it has an final, thus
'Psalme.'" Copies of the book are rare,
and it is said that perfect one would
now bring five hundred dollars.
The browning achievement of the
Cambridge press was the production of
Elliot's Indian Bible, in 1868. This is
now book that no man can read, the
nation in whose tongue it is written hav-
ing long since passed away, leaving no
trace of their language save in this
book and in the euphonious names they
have bestowed upon certain localities in
the Empire State.
A WOMAN Who HAS KILLED 500
fractions in the Kansas State building,
or in that part Of it reserved for Colo
RADIO, is lady-like woman Of less than
the ordinary stature, and comparatively
slight physical development, known as
Mrs. Maxwell, the Rocky Mountain hun
tress. This lady is reported to have
killed, with her own hands, 500 wild
animals, and specimens of these, stuffed
by herself, have been forwarded to the
Colorado display, and they are now on
exhibition. Among these are several
large bisons, a number of deer. includ-
ing the red deer, a pair of Rocky Noun
tain sheep, ferocious puma, a number
of wild cats, two elk, three bears-griz-
zly, cinnamon and black-a wolverine.
said to be the most dangerous animal
in the West; many varieties Of rabbit,
including the rare cony rabbit, found
only on mountain peaks, above the tim
Der line, and many specimens of mar
mot squirrel, mountain rats, a black
footed ferrit, etc. The last mentioned
animal is rare specimen, the one own
ed by the Smithsonian Institute being
the only other known to have been shot
and preserved. The collection also in
cludes a family of prairie dogs, owls and
snakes, which the huntress has often
seen in the same burrow, and to these
are added cases of birds, water fowl,
snakes, ETC., besides two exhibitions of
live prairie dogs and rattlesnakes, the
entire display Of over 300 animals be-
ing very artistically arranged.
SCARED TO DEATH BY Coon S1GN.-
A young lady in Reading, Pennsylva-
MIA, has just died, most injudiciously
and indiscreetly, of fright, caused by
misunderstanding natural phenome-
non of the most consolatory character.
She had her photograph taken and
showed the picture to her mother, who
examined it and then said in German,
"Why, this picture has deaths head
on it." She pointed to the tie worn