A home geography of New York city . ^T=f =^ yWiiiit., 1 * /u 1 [/?---? Morses First TelegraphInstrument CHAPTER XLIV PETER COOPER The Founder of Cooper Union Who gives himself with his alms, feeds three,Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me. During his life Peter Cooper was known to a large number ofmen, women, and children of all classes, and was loved more thanany citizen of New York has everbeen. Whenever he drove aroundthe busiest and most crowdedparts of New York wagons andcarriages were turned aside tomake room for the plain, old-fashioned carriage of the manwho was the first citizen o
A home geography of New York city . ^T=f =^ yWiiiit., 1 * /u 1 [/?---? Morses First TelegraphInstrument CHAPTER XLIV PETER COOPER The Founder of Cooper Union Who gives himself with his alms, feeds three,Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me. During his life Peter Cooper was known to a large number ofmen, women, and children of all classes, and was loved more thanany citizen of New York has everbeen. Whenever he drove aroundthe busiest and most crowdedparts of New York wagons andcarriages were turned aside tomake room for the plain, old-fashioned carriage of the manwho was the first citizen of ourcity in the hearts of the people. Why was Peter Cooper loved,honored, and respected by allclasses ? Because he loved his fel-low-men and helped them in everyway he could to improve their con-dition. Because he was a goodman, an honest man, an unselfishman, and a patriotic citizen. 207. Peter Cooper 208 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY Peter Cooper was born in Water street when Washington wasPresident of the United States. The fashionable part of the citywas then near the Battery. North of Chambers street there werefarms and country homes. Ways of Living. The people in those days wore clothes madeof homespun. Wood fires were used for cooking and for heating the houses. Matches hadnot been invented; flintand steel and the tinderbox were used to start afire. People knew noth-ing of the use of keroseneoil, and lamps in which itcould be burned had notbeen invented. CuATiiAiM Square (181:2) /^ ti t p ^ Candles were used tor light. Many families burned them only on Sundays, holidays, andwhen they had comioany. They saved the pine knots to burn onother nights for light as well as for heat. When some of our greatmen were boys they studied their lessons by the light of pine knotsbecause their parents could not afford to burn candles. During Peter Coopers life he saw great chan
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