Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1891 — The Hornet the First Paper-Maker. [ARTICLE]

The Hornet the First Paper-Maker.

“The nest of the hornet is the first article of paper manufacture that ever saw the light of day, "'said a papermaker recently. “The hornet takes the wood of a tree, grinds it assiduously into pulp, and forms sheets of paper, out of which he constructs his nest. Although, as you can see. the paper is gray in its present condition, it is undoubtedly paper, and one of the finest kinds.