Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-05-01
NINETEENTH CENTURY EPIT oMIZED.
What the Last Hundred Years Received
and Bequeathed.

and Bequeathed.
We received the horse and OK; we
bequeath the locomotive. the automo-
bile and the bicycle.
We received the goose quill; we be-
queath the fountain pen and type
writer.
We received the scythe; we be-
queath the moving machine.
We received the sickle; we be-
queath the harvester.
We received the sewing and knit
ting needle; we bequeath the sewing
and knitting machines.
We received the hand printing
press; we bequeath the cyclinder
press.
We received the typesetter; we be-
quath the linotype.
We received the sledge; we be-
queath the steam drill and hammer.
We received the fiintlock musket;
we bequeath automatic Maxims.
We received the sail ship, six weeks
to Europe; we bequeath the steam
ship. six days to Europe.
We received gunpowder; we be-
queath nitro-glycerin.
We received the hand loom; we be-
queath the cotton gin and woolen
MILL
We received the leather fire bucket;
we bequeath the steam fire engine.
We received wood and stone struc-
lures; we beQueath 20-storied steel
structures.
We received Johnson's dictionary
with 10000 words; we bequeath the
modern dictionary with 100000 words.
We received the staircase; we be-
queath the elevator.
We received 22 900 900 speaking the
English language; we bequeath 116.-
100000.
We received the painters brush and
easel; we bequeath lithography and
photography.
We received the lodestone; we be-
queath the electro-magnet.
We received the glass electric ma
chine; we bequeath the dynamo.
We received the tallow dip; we be-
queath the arc light and the incandes-
cent.
We received the four-inch achro-
matte telescope; we bequeath the
four-foot lens.
We received two dozen members
of the solar system; we bequeath 500.
We received million stars; we be-
queath 100,OOO,000.
We received the tinder box; we be-
queath the friction match.
We received ordinary light; we be-
queath Roentgen rays.
We received the beacon signal fires;
we bequeath the telegraph, the tele-
phone and wireless telegraphy.
We received the weather unan-
nounced; we bequeath the weather
bureau.
We received less than 20 known ele-
ments; we bequeath 80.
We received the products of dis
tant countries as rarities; we be-
queath them as bountiful as home
productions.
We received history as events re-
membered and recorded; we bequeath
the kinetoscope.
We received the past as SILENT we
bequeath the phonograph, and the
voices of the dead may again be
heard.
We received pain as an allotment to
man; we bequeath ether. chloroform
and cocaine.
We received gangrene; we be-
queath antiseptic surgery
We received the old oaken bucket;
we bequeath the driven well and the
water tower.
We received decomposition helpless
ly; we bequeath cold storage.
We received foods for immediate
consumption; we bequeath the can
ming industry.
We received butter solely from
milk; we bequeath .oleogargarine.
We received the pontoon; we be-
queath the Brooklyn bridge.
We received the hedgerow and the
rail fence; we bequeath the barbed
wire fence.
We received cement steel; we be-
queath Bessemer STEEL
We received unlimited dependence
upon muscles; we bequeath automatic
mechanism.