The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-31
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

u ,
Fifty years ago the daguerreotype was
invented iD France.
Fifty years ago wooden clocks had
only been in use one year.
Fifty years ago the Massachusetts, aoo-
lition party was organized,
Fifty years ago the first Normal school
was organic I'd at Lexington, Mass.
Fifty years ago the Mormons were
driven from Missouri to Nauvoo, ILL.,
Fifty years ago John c. Fremont and
Jessie Benton were secretly married.
Fifty wears ago the banks in the
United States resumed specie payment
Fifty years ago old Black Hawk, the
noted Indian chief, died at keokuk,
Iowa.
Fifty wears ago beet sugar was first
made by David l.. Child of Northamp-
ton, Mas.
Fifty wears ago John Ericsson was al
lowed letters patent on a steam proper
Ter" boat
Fifty years ago survey was made by
John Bailey for canal across Central
| America.
Fifty years ago the first patent was
Granted 10 GOODYEAR for vulcanizsd In
dia rubber goods.
Fifty years ago David G. Burnett be
gan to serve as acting President OF the
"Rebublic of Texas"
Fifty years ago was established tne
first commercial college in America
"Comer's College" of Boston
Fifty wears ago the Cherokee Indians
were removed from Georgia and placed
west of the Mississippi River
Fiftv years ago 1000 reformed drunk
} ards marched in PROCESSION al the hts'
r anniversary of the Washington Society
F,fty-one years ago the fret steam en-
cine ever made was tested in New York
Il was invented by Captain John EFics
= son.
! Fifty years ago a law was enacted
against dueling in the District OF Coium
bia. 1t grew out of the C'lIey 'UraVe'
duel.
> Fifty wears ago the Sirius and Grea
y Western, the first ocean steamships, en-
}. tered New York harbor on their return
d trip No. /.
It Fifty years ago Frederick Douglass
famous negro orator, journalist and pol
itician, escaped from slavery at BaitI
t more. Md.
Fifty years ago the first power-locn
g. for weaving carpets was set IN motlol
% nv f. B. Bigelow of Boston. Ten yard
l. a day was its original capacity.
v F,ftv wears ago 1880 the first whea
p was shipped from Chicago, amountln
Is to seventy eight bushels. IL was sen
n eastward by the lakes to Buffalo
it Fifty years ago Joseph A, Adams, to
the first time, made use of the idea nov
e. embodied in the art of electrotyplng D
Il reproducing from wood cuts.
:" Fifty years ago the Whig party hel
x its first convention at Harrisburg, Ia
a nominating Gen. Henry Harrison
III Ohio as President of the United State
~ Fifty years ago Congress appropriate
~ 81 900 toward compiling agriculture
in statistics by the large importation
ne breadstuffs shipped to America lh'
or year. -,
ed Fifty years ago the first rallroau-spit y
ng machine was put into use, MAKING III
y a minute, forming both point ana nea'
Henry Burden of Troy was the u
i ventor. 1t ranked among the best pa.
ay ing inventions of modern times
I'M Fifty years ago the population OF IL
ne United States was only l7.69', ,42O: ~ II
RI ceusus cost the government $o33' AZ
a There were slaves in all the States e.
ey cent Maine, Massachusetts,, vermont al
ur Michigan. Iowa had sixteen slave
ed Wisconsin eleven, Ohio three, lndlar
30 nine. Illinois 331; total in all the Stat
NJ and Territories was Q, ,4S6, ,29S
=. Fifty years ago the first express III
ht was established in America by villa
We F. Rerndep, who thought he saw goo
ilu living for himself and family, hence
ru March A. 1889, he began to travel
eh tween Roston and New York for the
'he commodatiou of business men wi
ng wished to speedily and safely send sm!
~, packaees. At first he simply carried
'Sa satchel but his patrons grew lh hu"oe
'"e so rapidly that he was forced TO esta
lish an office at each end, with dal
'ne messengers each way. Previously sm
., II packages had been sent by friends w
chanced to go that way. IL was III u
no' way that our present gigantic EXPIRE
business was first organized. lhe ne
ltst wear Qs4O) Alvin Adams began runnl
''e' a similar line between Boston and M
ole York via, Norwich and Worcester
the also commenced with a single carp
hef bag. Mr.. Herndon died poor man
10, 1S45.
ing ino Il will be seen by the above that.vt
e many of the most important events
usa our country, as well as large numl
ned of the most useful and revolutionizi
y If Inventions of modern times, took pl'
yiv in the years 1888 0, or fifty years
nd now, What shall the chronicler OF II
H. years hence have TO plt
he alongside of this array Of histori
tho facts? 1t will be seen that 1888 brounl
nd TO light much Of invention, civil Ia
dis dis. moral questions, and general natio
nv advancement, such, perhaps,as no OF
ond one year in all the grand history OF
the republic has ever done.