Show FIRST r FIST T THINGS ri I as The Earliest Earlest r Tho Tho Original Corn Popper Corn Popper American third Bird Cages c i was first adein made in this country coun try in il the town of K If Kensington now Berlin Ct which became famous at a avery avery very early carly day for or its manufactures in that line lino lne About 1740 an Irishman named Edward or William Wilam Patt Patterson sette settled in that place being a n tinsmith tinsmith tinsmith tin tin- smith by trade introduced the time industry industry indus indus- try and be began an taking apprentices apprentices- For Jor years he lie and others peddled tin tn- tn ware in baskets carried carrie 1 by hand ham and then thenon on horses Later wagons wagon with one two and even en four sour horses were employed for this tilis purpose The rhe trade finally extended all al over the tile land and formed the time first o of those industries which have made Berlin s so widely known I After was introduced the time I manufacture of br bra ex exten n- n IY ln ri eS especially the tile making of sleigh h Then followed fol fol- fol lowed brass andirons andirons' and harness barness ane buckles As a matter of course alt all al these articles were produced by hand but hut now machinery produces immense immense im im- mense quantities that find a sale asale in all al parts of tho the world word Corn poppers Cot poppers owe their ori origin in to the inventive e genius of a New ew Hampshire man named Francis P. P Know Knowlton ton who in in 1857 made the fist first popper in ill n existence He used wire wiro netting the time various of the time cutting parts r re required le shape and sew ing n them together er with small smal wire Thinking he saw sawa a field fEld of usefulness for his invention he made mad several and tok them to a astore astore store in Concord where o he lie expected lie be would be able tc introduce to i public notice a n useful and atthe at atthe at the same time time improve his financial francial I condition The rhe he venture ventu e proved very vary unsuccessful tho the proprietors n of the i store ridiculing his 1 Deduction and ind refusing to have anything to do with it J Unwilling to be thus thua thus thwarted he ime proposed leavin leaving the toppers poppers to besold bo ho bosold sold on commission and was told that he imo mi might ht do so with one or two if he would pay storage storage This he lie was unable to agree to and lie took them ngee back to Hopkinton little thinking that in a comparatively short time timo timothey they thier would be found in in almost every New England home s As far fr as can be he this tills inv invention was wa never p patented tented The original popper Dopper is is now now in the possession possession pos pos- session of f the Antiquarian Society at N II H. IL I In 1848 1818 the first bird cages were manufactured in the United States Previous to this they imported from Germany G. G Gunther ns the first to fco make them in this country in New NewY NewYork NewYork Y York rk City There are arc nine niDe manufacturers manufacturers of bird cases in the United United States Of late years the prices of these articles have been po o cut that 10 the profits are so limited that in some SOle cases caes the tho cages are sold b below low the cost coat of production Several attempts havo haye been made to form a combination or trust Eight of tho the manufacturers are aro willing to join the tile combination but ant the tho ninth manufacturer will wi not listen isten to any terms term claiming ng to beable beable be bo able to meet any cut in hi price that the time others make Timo The h House louse Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing Fur Fur- Review |