Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-16

there are At, 400, 900 Catholics and 80
600, 900 Professionals. In the United
States there are the following church
organizations and church sittings:
- Churca
Hem ,s Catholic ...':.-...."''sa'i = ll,ss ,sl4
Baptist (fegulsrl.s ......l ~, 1884,
christian .......s-.......,.... 3,SSs i,t0l
Splsc pal ............. 2,So 9s1,Hrl
Con 'issatopaA. 2,iSI 1,ll7,2le
Mas,s eiHn ''.'''''.. .'osa XXI,
he'Aodss.->. ..25,aI5 s,529,2 y
CoFrnE is said to have been first used
es a drink at Alden, thence introduced
into Egypt, and thence into Turkey. An
African traveller mentions that the coffee
tree was taken by the Jesuit missionaries
to the western coast Of Africa, where it
has since become naturallzed, and covers
vast spaces OF waste land. It was iutro-
duced in England in thu early part OF
the seventeenth century. f.
THE expression hulnbug" is q cor
ruption OF the word Hamburg, and origi-
mated In the following manner: During
d period when war prevailed on the c. H.
tinent, so many false reports We're manu-.
factured at Hamburg that at length,
when any one would signify his disbelief
Of . statement, lie would say "You
had that from Hamburg" which Was
soon corrupted into humbug, and has
become common expression of ncre-
duity.
THERE ie little or nothing known with
certainty in regard to the invention of
glass. Some OF the oldest specimens
are Egyptian, and are tr,toed TO about
l,500 years before Christ (by some $500
+. c. Transparent glass is believed to
have been first used about $50 years be-
fore th Oh isti n era The. Q edit <,t the
invention was given by the ancients to
the Phoenicinls. The story is familiar
one, OF the Pil@nician merchants who
rested their cooking pots On blocks Of
,.Atron f uI- carbonate OF sods) and iount
glass prouuned by the union, under heat,
u the alkali and the sand On the shore.
TIE first locomotive engine ever seen
III the United States was One imported
from England in the spring Of 1879 1t
~as built by George Stephenson VI New
castle-upon-iyne. It WIS put upon ex-
bib4ilon in the yardofE e. DUN com,, Water
street, New York, on its arrival, here.
! he first locomotive that was used On an
American road WAS one brought from
England earl y, III the summer OF 1929.
and In two or three months it was run
ming On tho Delaware and Hudson Canal
G. mpany's road. The first steam loco.
motive engine constructed in the United
mites was built By the Messrs. Ksmble.
New York city. -. :...'<-
e. Travelling in Old Times.
A careful inspection OF the vehicle of
;ormer times leads US to the conclusion
that our forefathers were lined with zinc
and lper-fastened, for nothing short
OF it co;1d have withstood the ioltings
and Earrings, the bouncings and bump
ings elltaled upon those who used any
other method of locomotion except that
which nature provides. The chario. in
which Gen. and Mrs. Washington went
to Philadelphia upon his election to the
Presidency was no doubt an instrument
of torture. To the discomforts of this
rambling old carriage may be added, for
the General, the incessant wagging of
Mrs. cWashington's tongue, for it is
we'll known fact that Martha was of
silrewish nature, and made no bones OF
giving the General her views in avery
forcible manner. The method of travel.
ing which they pursued gave publicity
to the fact that the General had cur.
tain lecture every night for night-cap.
In the course Of their journey, they ar
ranged to spend the nights OF the houses
OF the gentry scattered along between
Mount Vernon and Philadelphia, aud
Martha was often heard to nag her lord
and master until loud snore announced
that the General was safe in the land OF
dreams from all worldly annoyances.
The chariot was the acknowledged
mark of aristocraey. A Journey in these
days entailed retinue, somewhat after
the following order = vi.
1. Marster and Missis IN carriage.
2. Marsh "a hoy" on horseback,
with Il led llors, for Marster to ride when
be wished to stretch his legs. =.:. e..
, 8. a wagon containing two hair trunks
and Missis' maid. -. .-..~. -
The late Of progression was about four
miles an hour. =. -s...:, Hl%f
The habit Of carrying servants even
on neighborly visits obtained IN Virginia
and Maryland until tho abolition Of
= j =, : = .
slavery. A form CT entertaining called
= spending tue day" was the fashion.
This consisted In going to friends
houseearly Ia the morning, and staying
until late in the evening, consuming the
interval in q succession OF meals. Be.
side the visitors, the coachman and
horses, there was nsus lly . "maid, -
who sat on the rack behind the carriage,
swinging her legs in ecstatic delight at !
the prospect Of ''going abroad. u.
y Chaises were the only two-seated
vehicles IN use, and were something like I
9 modern top buggy, except that the.
had but two wheels. Conseq uently going
up hill, the occupants were being spilled
out behind, and going dtWn hill they
werespilied out before. ;,aisst re Post