The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-04-11
GRENADA, MISS, THURSDAY. APRIL


that she asked 10 be allowed TO take il
home in her carriage. The Lyceum
Theater in London was lighted with
gas in 1884, and in 1918 Westminster
bridge was lighted with coal gas for
the first time, and the next year some
OF the streets were lighteI with gas.
Some OF the gases used at this time
and earlier were made of wood. In
this country talfpw candles and oil
continued to be used much later, In
many cases until 1850 or go The first
attempts TO introduce coal gas into the
United States were made in 1916 or
1921 at Baltimore, and were said to
have proved unsuccessful at that time.
In 1922 gas was successfully introduced
into Boston, and the next year com
pany was incorporated in New York,
with capital of $1,000, OOO,' but did
not succeed in successful operation
until 1927. But these things were
wholly unknown 100 years ago; and
now coal gas is being extensively used
for warming apartments in OH ces or
houses; and wood, excepting, perhaps,
to some considerable extent in the
country towns, has largely gone out OF
use; and, in point OF fact, electrical
lights appear to be fast taking the
place Of coal gas.
So also in the homes of hundred
years ago rugs and carpets were al
most unknown, aud the floors in many
cases were sanded as matter of clean,
illness. All the water used for house
hold purposes in the larger towns and
cities was obtained from wells by
means OF pumps or old-fashioned
sweeps, as very generally in the coun-
try towns at the present time. Pumps.
it is stated, were not in use until about
1900; if this be so. there were no
pumps in use one hundred years ago
in this country. They are now OF very
rare use in cities and towns supplied
with water. works, while in the country
they have mostly superseded the use
Of the old-time well-swceps
Among other small convenionces
needed one hundred years ago, or \
much less term, was that now univer-
sal item. friction machines-made and
used at the present time in such large
quantities in our country. and import
ed In such considerable numbers from
European countries. In early times.
and DOM to q period within the re-
membrance OF many persons of the
present day, tho common means OF pro-
ducing fire was by the use OF the Hint
aud stet' striking single spark from
the flint into prepared finder, and then
lighting . sulphur match in the tinder.
"lf," as said, "the tinder proved 80 ee
damp or would not catch, the only
alternative was that OF Wadlng
through the sue" hnlf mile
or NOR and borrow brand
Of eighbor." 1t is almost
wonderful what progress has been
made In the use of friction matches
within the last forty or fifty years. ut
is a fact worthy of notice that, insigniti-
cant as matches are. IT is matter OF
importance, on account of the immense
number made that the manufactures $
should be situated in districts where
timber Is cheap" Twenty years ago it
was estimated that the quantity manu-
fuctured in the United States amounted
to seven thousand gross OF boxes, or
nearly forty millions Of matches daily.
At the present time it is doubtless very
much larger Of course, under these
circumstances, It must be admitted
that they are very great convenience
and it j. ;..uost wonderful how the
people could ever have got along and
kept house without them. At the
present time vast numbers OF friction
matches are exported from the United
States to the West Indies, South Amer
lea and other countries and even tC
Australia
There are, as is well known, many
articles and means in use at the pres
ent time to lessen the burdens and
trials of severe winter weather in thl:
part of the country, which as yet are
not in use farther north or in the far
West. And with this it would seer
that what might be called a severe
winter could be easily borne, while ii
other parts of the country, and among
the poor classes, it is usually dis
tressing trial to human nature. Bn
even among our own people a mile
winter and exemption from severe
storms is much to be appreciated as I
great relief and blessing to a large
part of every community Boston
Herald.