St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
Some Things that were not One Hun
dred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago. Wedding tour,
were not fashionable.
One hundred Years ago. the gip best
known was not the cotton gin.
One hundred Years ago. there was no
Pacific railroad subsidies.
One hundred Years ago. farmers did
not cut their legs of with moving ma
chimes.
One hundred Years ago. mothers did
not worIN over disordcred sewing ma
chimes.
one hundred Years ago. horses which
could trot Il mile in 2:l4 wer, somewhat
scarce.
ohc hundred Years ago. there was no
last mail train between New York and
Chicago.
one hundred Years ago. there were
II" disputes about the impolitcneSs of
~trcct-rar drivers.
One hundred Years ago. people did
not enjoy the cStimabe pleasure of
gr"wln% about gas bills.
One hundred Years ago. '.crooked''
whisky WAS not known. Oar toretath-
er> took theirs straight.
one hundred Years ago. university
boat clubs were uot entered AT pool
sales like fighting cocks in Il pit.
bne hundred ycar> ago. every voung
man was not an applicant foI Il position
is clerk or book keeper.
One hundred years ago. false teeth
Nrre not considered preferable tn the
original grinders.
One hundred NclI> ago. time and tide
waited t"r nobody. and NOW u"hnd,
waits tor time oI tide.
Omr hundred Years ago. Kerosene
lamps did not explode and assist women
4" shuttle their mortal coil
One hundred lcaI> ago. men did not
c"mnlt suicide lay going up in balloons
and coming down without them.
one hundred Ncar> ago. there was no
steam on the canal. even the driver on
til" tow path didn't steam up in those
days.
One hundred Wears ago. there were
II" Turkish lIarrns AT Salt Lake. and NO
\nm Elias suing tol the niurternth part
"t = divorce.
One hundred yrals ago, England was
u"t taI behind The United States in all
that goes +" make Il nation powerful and
pr"@Ir>>iNr.
ON" hundred N"al> ago. Il Young lad,
dId not lose caste 10y getting hen hands
wet M dish WatcI. OF rubbing Ih, skin
on hrl knucklr> on IL wash board
One hundred Years ago. the ph\ stefan
VIII" could not draw every form of dis
ease f"m the system hl tapping a Vein
IN the ann. MAS not much at Il doctor.
one hundIcd NeaIs ago. the. producer
l..I Ia .l,,-.
on Il h"IHc, the products being placed in
one end OF the bag and the Jug in the
ether end.
One hundIed Years ago. our fathers
did not light their pipes with matches.
Tut carried fire III THEN packets in the.
shape "t Il piece of punk. a piece of
steel and flint.
onc hundred NcalS ago. Il public Off
Ger ur other citizen could not steal
enough Ia make Tie act Respectable and
insure the actor a prominent position in
ihc first -cilcleS.'
One hundred Years ago. the condition
of the weather on the I>t daN of Janu-
any was not telcgr:Iphed all over the
continent on the evening of December
81. Things have changed.
One hundred Years ago. people did
not W"lIN about rapid transit and cheap
but threw their bags of
%Iain across the backs of their hnlS,s
and unromplainingll event To mill"
One hundred Years ago. every man
cut his coat according to his cloth
every man was estimated at his real val
II" >h"ddN WAS not known-nohod>
struck ''Ile and true merit and honest
worth were the only grounds for pro
motion.
One hundred Years ago. to tell the
truth. people generally died from natu-
raj causes. while i'll "nr day they step
out through steamboat explosions, rail
road SmaSh-upS. hurricanes, circular
saws, and i'll Il thousand other WAYS dis
covered since the birth of the oldest in
habitant.