The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
CHE 8utlana 1ailu Globe
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1874
fifty Years Ago.
WHERE WILL THE CHANGES END.

WHERE WILL THE CHANGES END.
"Oh, yes, we had an elegant time" sal
MISS Geneva WILDER as she settled he
rufiles and puiTs. awe secured priyat
room in palace car, and were Just as re
tired and as much at ease as though we ha
been travelling in our own drawing.room
1t was furnished magnifcently, all in scar
let and gold. with panels of polished rose
wood and mahogany, and a lovely Wiltoi
carpet The windows were of French plate
glass, with curtains and lamberquins al
complete. Then there were luxurious easy
chairs and sofas. great mirrors, an uprigh
piano, and lunch tables and card-tables
and er-erV thing one could devise for com
fort. And it all seemed so much like an
Arabian Nights table that fancied / had
only to rub one Of the silver plated lamp.
which hung from the ceiling to make a
gem appear who would execute my bid.
ding. All, it was superb?"
'Seems to me times have changed lit.
Tie since | was young" said old uncle
Ezekiel, taking advantage of the momentary
pause Miss Genevra made. "Thcn peoplo
couldn't go scooting about the country IN a
parlor, they had to put up with good many
inconvenience, not to say priva,ions, fthey
wanted to travel; but then / guess they
took just as much comfort on the whole,
as they do nowadays At any rate they
looked enough sight more healthy and
wholesome than the young folks of this
| generation do with their airs and their
graces, their foldcrols and their pinched-
looking forms and faces. Now, when
was rising one-and-twenty | took notion
that L should like to see little of the world
on see, l had always stuck close at home.
age to "mustcr or To- trade re- IV off ss some s
Piles or butter. So I smoke TO father about
it, and he said that after having and bar-
vestng might take the three. vear-old colt
l broke in the spring and 90 IN and visit
my relations in Vermont. 1t was called
the New State then, and before they let it
into the Union they called it the Future
state. Well, this idea suited me nightly.
and I'll warrant set more store by il than
boys nowadays would by a trip to Cali.
fornia. There didn't much grass grow un-
der my feet for the next few weeks, l can
tell you, and we got our last load of grain
in uncommon early, so that one morning
in September | was all ready to start. /
got up early and fed nv pony. and motbnr
baked a short cake before the fire and made
good cup of tea for my breakfast: thpn
NenGTnns
ance of dougbnuts and cheese in NV boy
and showed me the new crayot and socks
she hal got ready for me. Mother YEAS
always thoughtful for us. and, besides. She
wanted me to make handsome apnear-
ance up country: and 50 She had n taiInross
in the house for d week. making mo n suit
of the pepper-and-salt ho,ne-snun whicl,
she had lust taken from the ioom. The
sun was rising over the harm whom 7 snr,ng
onto nv PONY and waived n rood-hve To NV
nam6ei OF sne young ineufUI my own age
stepping towards ther barns Win 'heil .hiih
pals upon their arms, anu they stopped ana
stared well to see me setting oil so carry III
my new clothes; but enjoyed tnelr sur
prise TOO much 10 stop ana give 'heth any
information on the SUBJECT. Inc AR was
fresh and braclng, and was so earned
away with the idea of holiday, that l
wanted to whistle anu shout ana sing 10
work Off my extra spirits: 'brutus
seemed to feel as Keen as l ana, and lie
cantered along pretty brlskly ior the nrst
few miles. Then he began 10 take II NJ
tle slower ior 'i'c roau was ee''ihs ULTRA
bly, billy, and by the time we reached
Gainesborough' he was cohsiueraoiy luck
cred out. knew ny the locks OF inc su"
to the nearest tavern and asked them to
bait him. AS Tor myself, sat down uhuer
big elm tree That grew III inc yaru, aau
took out my doughnuts and cheese. The
long ride mad sharpeneu my appet,'e as wen
as Brutuss, ana l never rehsheI anything
better than dld those cakes. Mother al
ways did have the name OF being an excel
lent cook, but thought she had fairly out
done herself that time. After had eaten
all l cared for, | went to the well and drank
some clear, cold water, right from the buck
ct. / have always thought l should like
to 60 back and drink once more from that
well, for l never found water anywhere
else that tasted just as that did After
that felt just as well satisfied as though l
had been in an inn and paid out shilling
or twenty-five cents Tor dlnner, ana l
laid down IN the sha'e ior an hour or so I'LL
| thought the pony had had good chance
to get rested, then concluded L might as
well push along, for ! meant to stop that
night with my mothers cousin, who lived
about ten miles further on AS was put
ting on the saddle the tayern-k keeper came
out.
II wouldn't be too quick about starring
young man, said he, "its going to rain.
'Rcckon you are mistaken there said
/.
"Guess not, replied ne We lINeu mere
these five and forty years, and never heart
the looms scream over the pond and saw
the clouds hang below the mountain the wa,
they do now without our getting rain afor'
night
''However, was sure could get to my
cousins in time, so | started in spite OF hi
warning; but l hadn't got more than mat
ter of two or three miles when it grew s.
| 10 chat | lppw | had hotter max n for elpl
ter, and as hadn't passed house since
left the tavern, l calculated that the hes
thing could do was to go right back. TIL
rnad was down hill all the way. and WASH