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#â€" TWEED AND ITS HISTORY :é -â€". 1860. The first drug store was established in 1876 by Dr. Leslie Tuttle, and G. F. Wright was the first dentist. The first house painter and paper hanger was Charles M. Way in 1877. The first cheese factory was established in 1867, the year of confederation, the first president being J. C. Jamieson. The first dynamite factory was erected by Larkin Carroll, contractors on the C.P.R. in 1885. It is now managed by the Ontario Powder Works. The first railroad to enter Tweed was the C. P. H. in 1884, and the Bay of Quinte reached Tweed in 1889. The first banking house in Tweed was established in 1890 by McLennon Falconer, the business now being conducted by Murphy Gordon Company. The first brick house in Tweed was built by Nartin Countryman in 1875, and the first brick butcher shop by Robert McGowan in 1882. The first brick business block was built in 1884 by William white for a hardware establishment. The first newspaper printed in Tweed was The Tweed Hews, established in 1887 by Orr Little, who sold out to G. J. rhite, who conducted it until 1895 when he sold it to the present proprietor, W. J. Taylor. The paper now has a circulation of 2000 copies weekly, and has the name of being one of the best country newspapers in .he Dominion. The first schoolhouse in Tweed was built in 1855, on the . where the residence of Rev. C. T. Lewis now stands, the first teacher being James Hairs. The trustees were J. H. hoCamon, James 8. Downing 03 ON and George Wheeler. This first building burned in 1 8, and in the that time being d" same year another was built of stone, the trustees a William White, Chairman; James Reid, Secretary-Treasurer; and Adah MCGowan. The present new brick school was built in 1897, the rueen's Diamond Jubilee year. The trustees were J. M. McCamon, Chairman; C-JQ White, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer; and Jeremiah Porritt. The first church built was the Bible Christian in 1852, the an fiethodist Church pastor being Rev. John Williams. The first Jesley Was built in 1856, with Rev. John Baxter as pastor. It was a frame ______uâ€"