The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-04-06
One Hundred Years Ago.
One hundred years ago, wedding

One hundred years ago, wedding
tours were not fashinable.
One hundred years ago, the gin
best known was not the cotton gin.
One hundred years ago, There were
no Confederate q enerals in Congress
One hundred years ago, farmers
did not cut their legs with moving
machines.
One hundred years ago, our mo-
theirs did not worry over disordered
sewing machines.
One hundred years ago, horses
which could trot n mile in 2li were
somewhat scarce.
One hundred years ago. there were
no disputes about tho impoliteness
of street car drivers.
Ono hundred years ago people
did not enjoy tho incstimable plea~
sure OF growing about gas bills.
Ono hundred years ago, time and
tide waited for nobody, and now no.
body waits for tle time and tide.
One hundred years ago, crooked
whisky was not known. Our fore-
fathers took theirs straight.
Ono hundred years ago, every
young man was not an applicant FOR
II position NJ clerk or book-kccpcr
Ono hundred years ago, false
teeth were not considered very much
preferable to tho original grinders.
Ono hundred years ago, university
boat clubs were not entered ut pool
sales like fighting cocks in pit
One hundred years ago, Kerosene
lamps did not explode aud assist wo-
mon TO shuttle off their mortal coil.
One hundred years ago, there were
no Turkish hareins ut Salt Lake, and
no Ann Elias suing for u nineteenth
part of n divorce.
Ono hundred years ago, England
was not very far behind the United
State in all that goos to make ma
ton powerful and progressive.
One hundred years ago, II young
woman did not loso caste by wctting
her hands in dislwater or rubbing
the skin OF hcr nucklcs on wash
board.
Ona hundred years ago, wounded
patriots were not driven from the
public soup-housos to make room
for men who took up arms against
the Nations life,
One hundred years ago, there was
no Boss Tweed TO steal the funds OF
New York city with ono hand and
hold the rcins of the Democratic
party with the other.
One hundred years ago, the ply
sician who would not draw every
form Of disease from the system 10y
tapping large vein in the arm, was
not much of Il doctor.
One hundred years ago, our ia
theirs did not light their pipes with
matches, but carried fire in their
pockets in tho shape OF II piece OF
punk, piece Of steel, and flint.
One hundred years ago, tho pro.
ducer carried his surplus products
to market Oh his horse, the products
being placed in one end Of tho bag
and the jug in the other ond
One hundred years ago, tho righ,
of the schoolmpster to whip" was
net questioned; u deeper and more
lasting impression was often made
than with the blackboard,
One hundred years ago, there were
70 real black negroes in Congress-
none darker than tho New Orleans
Democratic Congressman were adj
mitted to the first class.
Ono hundred years ago, the con-
dition Of the weather, on the first oI
January, was not telcgraphed al
over the continent on the evening OF
December 3lst. Things have chang
ed.
Ono hundred years ago, peopl,
did not worry about rapid transit
and cheap transportation, but threw
their grain across tho backs of thcil
horses aud uncomplainingly event
to mill IOiedo Biade.