Smyrna times., 1869-05-19
FancipS OcHoxI,ooA

driven ~, idIher, StOrekcepCr or n sta rn
nrrf,ro,ol nc last honorable business had the
when th,,a.I ~ our mlnd. Yet there were dav,
tL: 'lle other named pursuits STRONGLY, ,,.l,
' vnelI attractions. We reflected tbat ~. - - -.
and fno' o should not have to drive the cows r.
70 a. l'o"i :: II Che Pastures but should have Lou
nnJo' Jto - LOT US; we should have men to wori
70 US ana not, as then, be obliged onr.ol,.nl
,3 WITS under them. We could rest whnn yvo
ihoe' h,C'seu' ana no one could scoM us, In sbort
D. i"0lIohS OF II farmer 5 life were manifnId
= huC however attractive. we nevor ro+,,r,,i
from an errand down town witbnn, c,I;. iT.'l ncu
PeierehceS shaken. A stor. was to o,'.
80 mystery OF sights and sweets AL =,
~ 'toiekeeper, put my fingers whonnvo. I
p.IdSeu INTO the candy jar or prpnermint dra,
~ cat falSlnS and fgS every d,v ! r, ,rot 1''
iInI niu 'lic counter Whenever [ chose. and orn,,
.i".',, ioio "'lq iook Under the counter which was
" pace Ot Imaginary treasures Rn.
II ,;I4 Ju' 'IiIS was secret and enviou, thourbt
HiShj' 10y using pOmatum and bv dilionI,o
"Ill brush and glass; become as smooth a,,i
A. "s that da>hlns clerk, Jim Velyetton
Lan' my brown checks would only Iook rs
I;"'iu?oiiie I;'i'd:e as his smooth face But of tbgt
uiIap'i.Gu every time | looked into the IittIa
5n1, J.Ht served purposes Of humiliation in
ny pDtuioonl. eS, a merchant would he
al DIt 't Que ripping blast on the stage horn nu+
th ia 'neac laiGles to an utter route There camn
''tN - dl Itu SCaHe-tulI of M
SHerH-Oaggagc behind and piled on TON IIira,n
barnes on The drivers seat rorJ,'na,P oP -" "'h
1H' IoW-crowned, jaunty hat, in one ban,l ~,
i iouI rGltS anu IN the other the wbin whnso
loh8 laSh Was perfectly enchanting to NV nov,
noou' always excepting the occasions whnn i
Was Was swung around to give a "cut bnL;nJ ;;
put on That hnal dash Of the team Evrrv
; ioIoe ha9 saved up little steam, and ON com,
JGnu 'ne corner the pace which had been
;n'r ,' ocIoIe Dust INTO royal run, round
llS up before the tavern in stvle that ca,lt;
Vateu every boy of the least spirit. NJ otbor.
"IlSht De farmers and merchants. but onr MIL
Vas maze up, and stage driver we would bo
WI was the charm lost when, on GOING towards |
nome we PASSED Mr.. Parker'S STAGE sJ"%ruS 'bornI
ana an saw the smoking horses under IilvsIoS,
freeman hands Cato and Cadace were his |
parents while driver Hiram summed himself
VIII VIII diL the superb airs OF dandy of the barn
y1,,I ~ was 100 much Why were some
men born to luck, and others to luckloss snnIn
SION! Here were those happy fellows iiv;nr
among horses whenever they nleasrd-tbo IL
mlratl0n OF all the boys in town. while I .bnt
up In the door-yard, only let out to drive tbo
COWS, run OF errands, or Saddest Of All 70 90 =.
''nooi' seemed doomed to be spiritless life.
One HUNDRED YEARS AGo.-ODe bnndrod
| "hu zen years ago, there was no: single white
M - DH'c' iANlI tchy, Inlianl and Illinois
men, what Is now the most Hourisbing mart ~
America was as little known as the cnnntr,
around the mountains of the moon. If w,v nnt
uhtll l'6' that Boone left his home in Vortb
Iarollna to become the first settler in Krntu,.tT
! he frSt pioneers Of Ohio dill not SETTLE nnf;j
twenty years after that time. 4 bnnJraJ
years ago Canada belonged to France. and the
Wn"ie population did not exceed a million ,nI
a hail OF people. \ hundred wears aro tha l
great Frederick Of Prussia was pcrformin@ tbnso |
great exploits that have made him immortal in '
military annals, and with his little monarchy t
W was sustaining single handed contest witI v
kuSSla, Austria and France, the three great a
powers OF Europe combined A hundred vnorS o
iSo, Napoleon was not born and Wasbington e
Vas modest Nirgnian Colonel. and the graat "
events IN history Of the two worlds, in which y
hese great but diSsimlar men took lcoJin+ h
parts, were then scarcely forcsbadowcd / e.
hundred years ago the United States was tL1 v
most loyal part Of the British empire. and on II
ne political horizon no spcck indicated the d
trugg!e which within a score of voars tbnrn Of
liter established the great repubIic of rho d.
World A hundred years ago there were but W
our newspapers IN America. Steam engines G;
lad not been imagined and railroads and tele. 1
raphS had not entered into the lemotest con.
eptlon OF man. When we look back At i
hfough the vista of history, We find that the lii
entury passed has been allotted more imnort- al
nt events, In their bearing upon the happiness
the world, than almost any other which has W
apScd since the creation. tn