, 1900-01-20
UNITED STATES FIRST THINGS.

The first telegraph wire was hung in
1886.
The first scientific periodical was is
sued in 1897.
Tinware was first made in this coun-
try in ITO.
In 1641 the first rope was manufactur-
ed at Boston.
The first stereotyptng was done in
1913 in New York.
Houses We're first numbered in Phila-
delphia in 1911.
The first omnibus piled to and fro in
New York in 1880.
The first United States piano was
made in Boston in 1923.
The first sewing silk was patented
by an American in 1916.
The first stone paving for streets was
laid in New York in 1868.
Tobacco was first grown for export
in this country in 1916.
Umbrellas were introduced into
America from England in 1872.
The first public schools were opened
in 1645 in Massachusetts.
Salt was first boiled In this country
at Syracuse, n. Y, in 1887.
The first observatory was located at
Williamstown, Mass, in 1886.
The first steam stationary engine
was put up in Philadelphia in 1873.
The first anti-slavery society was or
ganized in 1775 at Philadelphia.
The first publ. library was establish
ed in New York in the year 1900.
The first paper mill was put in opera
ton at Ro%xsborough, Pa, in 1890.
The first straw paper made in this
country was manufactured in 1928.
The first street lighting in this coun-
try was done in New York in 1897.
Rice was first grown in 1895 from
seed brought from the East Indies.
The first gold pens were made by
hand in 1910 in the City of New York.
The first submarine cable was laid
from this country to Europe in 1857.
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in position at Yale college in 1890.
The first Lombardy poplar in Ameri-
ca was planted by MichauX in 1875.
The first American theater was open
ed in 1850 in the city of New York.
The first turnpike road was laid be-
tween Lancaster and Philadelphia in
1894. -
The first night watchmen were IL
censed by me New York Common
Council in 1897.
Brass pins were first made in New
York by English machinery in the year
1912.
The first sugar manufactured in this
country was made in New Orleans in
1896.
United States was in Greenfield, Mass,
in 1884.
The first temperance society in the
United States was organized in Sara
toga, N. Y, in 1908.
The first religious journal in this
country was The Recorder" at Chilli
| Gothic, O., in 1914.
Philadelphia was the first city to
issue a directory, its edition coming out
in 1855.
The first patent was issued to Sam
| uel Hopkins in 1890 for making pot
or pearl ashes"
The first fire engine used in this
| country was brought from England to
New York in 1881.
America was located at Raynham in
the year 1862.
The first agricultural newspaper was
THE American Farmer" begun at Bal
timore in 1919.
The first iron nails made in this
country were hammered into shape at
Cumberland, r. l., in 1777.
The first Sunday paper in this coun-
try was the Sunday Courier begun
at New York in 1926.
The first factory for the manufacture
Of cotton sewing thread was located
at Pawtucket in 1894.
The first cotton gin in this country
was put in operation by Eli Whitney,
the inventor, in 1898.
The first glass made in this country
was manufactured at jamestown by the
English colonists in 1909.
The first post Office in this country
was that of New York, established by
act of parliament in 1710.
The first street railroad was laid in
New York in 1882, between the City
Hall and Fourteenth street.
The first telephone wire was stretch
ed between Boston and Somerville, a
distance of three miles, in 1877.
The first stage line was between New
York and Philadelphia, and bimonthly
trips were made in 1880.
Tea was first brought to this coun-
try in 1913, a consignment arriving at
Boston in the summer of that year.
The first mill for manufacturing cot
ton yarns was located in North Provi-
dence, R. l., by Samuel Slater, in 1898.
Gas was first used as a street illumi-
nant in Baltimore, gas lamps being in
troduced in that city in the year 1861,
The first insurance company to begin
business in this country opened its
doors in Philadelphia in the year 1894.
The first submarine telegraph wire in