The Morning herald., 1876-06-03
A FAST AGE.

This is fast age. People walk faster
than they used to- spend money faster and
make it slower than they ever did before,
1t is supposed that if George Washington,
the grandfather of the nation, his son being
the father, had seen his son viewing the
wreck he had made of a cherry tree, with
quid of tobacco, giving his jaw the resem-
blance of having an abscess, he would have
proven more impatient than he did, and
given the father of his country, and son
of the old man, dressing. But we live
in a fast age now, and with boys tobacco Is
one of the least of the luxures Of life.
The boy, who fifty years ago crawled most
contentedly to his bed at sun down, with a
crust inartisticaly spread with butter, in
this advanced age would wrestle either back
or side holt, throw anything under seventy
five pounds, polish off anything his size
with the gloves, wear his hair sand-papered
and WELD a base ball bat, with as much
dexterity as an athlete. A miss of fifty
years ago washed or churned all day, and
peeled potatoes or knit socks when she
entertained her beaux. A horse that could
make mile in three minutes was one of
the wonders Of the age, and as honest old
Dobbin drew his master to the meeting
house on Sunday, in sort of dog trot, he
was thought to be showing very good
mettle. Now two minutes and fourteen
seconds are recorded for blooded stock, and
twenty-five and thirty miles an hour by
mustang ponies has very recently been ac-
complished. A train of cars has just run
from New York to Chicago in twenty-one
hours with only one stop and will make
San Francisco in eigh.y-lour hours from
the time Of starting. \ movement i,
on foot among the enterprlsing newspaper.
of this and foreign countries to make q
tour of the world in eighty days and if
they secure a train as fast aS that now on
its way to California means will no dolst
be devised by which it can be accom-
plished.
This is what really might be termed Il
fast age in many respects. The example is
taught by those who have the management
of our National Government, many of
whom have lived extremely fast, and got
ten into trouble ereby. Thus showing
that man can either profit or lose by b.
ing fast, and which o. the Two he ~lccocd>
best IL del ends altoge her upon his quail
fcatIons as grand rascal Belknap was
fast man, but he was too rapid, aud it
led to his dctcotiun Grant il fast man,
but he travels steady and does not make
spurts and there is not 81 much ouportu-
nifty to put your hand on him. b., now
that hardly anything seen. ImpOssi-
Bile to human accomplishments, it goulG
not be bad idea to advertise for talent 10
carry out a great scheme that has often
been agitatet but deserted from the lack
Of that talent which should now be adver-
tised for to carry it out. 1t il the cree
ton Of bridge across the Atlantic. 1t
would take, perhaps, some where in the
neighborhood Of a million million dollars
to accomplish the work, but in this fast age
such an amount is but as the pebble in the
sea. 1t would create a sensation to say the
the least of it, and if enough Congressman
and Senators could be found to take the
same interest that numbers did in the
Credit Mobiier business, a subsidy of two
or three hundred million could be had
and the rest could be swindled out of gull
lible English stock speculators, if We had
= minister on that side to endorse the en-
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