Things Not Generally Known

A mint tor coming silver was cstabhshou iu Boston in 1652. lïears were very numerous within two miles of Boston in 1725. Horse-raoing on Boston comuion was complained of in 1769, The first duel in the United StatOH was fbught at l'lynioutli, Massaohusetts, in 1021. Capt. Kidd, the pirato, was arrested in Boston and sent to England in lfi'J'J. The Egyptians uiado glass and oolored it jeautifulTy 3,0()0year8 before Christ. For nearly 800 years London bridge was tho only one over the Thames. Tho first child in NuW England was bom n rivmouth colony in 1020, and his namo was Peregrine White Tho epoèt o!' Abraham may bo fixed by tliat of Jos. ph, wlui wont to Egyit 1,730 ;ears before tliu timo of Christ. Tho original namoof Alhany, N. Y., was {(¦averdyok. It was f'oundcd by tho Dutob ii l23. ¦ ¦ traifl the 1 ¦ H tliel ¦ ¦ I iacM thel thrfl ,en mul ¦ darfl H I is ¦ ¦ ¦ l ¦ I ¦ H ¦ ¦ ¦ are I ¦ or si ingB I ¦ ¦ as H ourH ¦ I as ¦ I I ¦ ntsl r,m I ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ levfl ¦ ¦ I bafl toni on I tiotH H I wclfl thcB ¦ dral I darfl ¦ an I lORtB tactfl ot'fl aodH lunfl .iuril at cM m ¦ the! ¦ dcpB ¦ I I I ¦ we I whiH ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ in ¦ VCIlH I I I I th-M I ¦ I ¦ ¦ I : I u s ¦ ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ uaaH I ¦ ¦ I ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ I