, 1879-08-18
Tho Way Things wero Dune In 1910 q
TierrAbouts.

Ffir 1nrk Hr1phlc, ...
"Ycs." said the n1au, who wasn't afraid OF
telling his age, "yOu young fellows of 81 don't
really know how old we Of 45 arc. You cau't
realtze tho chatlges which have cotRc over this
llntl in SO short time. Look d: our railroad
system, even that IN our nrightorhooas. Forty
onc years ngo Travelled with NV father nD the
wto!o north side Of Long fsltnd from Green
port in Il carrIn.c. The mall was ttree DAYS
EXTENDED from Jumaica Into Brooklyn. We
crosscd from BROOKLYN 10 New York IN q horse
ferryhoas. They were p!ayns ,s,k!ng John IN
The Old Park Theatre; Fanny E!tsler was the
step aud door bcl!lul, piled on broadway. The
Astor House WAs In Its glory. uh saw the ,ltl-
finished wills Of Trinity Church.. My father
took q pnper called tho Express and the Jonrnat
something 10 lntcrest n 4year-oId huY. eau
rrcolccs tut ono scutcnec III either Of thoso
papers. It real Of intervals III very big letters.
! Arrival of the Great Western irum Europc4'
the Great Western, crossed tho Atlantlc for
years nnd years. Besides these head lines,
they uaed, Of. zach arrival, to got out
woodcut OF tho vessel, A man who, l!ad
Noted ministers used 70 90, md tl'cy always
On returning wrote books Of their travels. It
| would be good plan to compile 4 ministerial
library OF travel in Europe aml A'la. a man
| with beard and uIustachc then was at once
| curiosity a,l moustrosl1v. well rccaiicct
hearing one OF our village maguatcs cravelv
advising young New fosk doctor to shave of
| these aprendagos. They wcrc Glenn shavcEs tn
| th6sc days, and Utmost everybody shaved 'tlcm-
/ eeircs. Tic razor ease as,d s:Eop formed part
| OF every H,nn's travelling equipment. llllDols
| ,yns the farthest Western State, letter nostage
was 10 cents. the Nh esrbtc:tr WIS ne stcrlln;:
magazine Ut the ttme Sam Sticks an1 Ma]. Jack
pownng's letters the on!y very lunnf reading.
gentlemen wore swnlIow-ta!lcl coats at nj!
luurs, tomatoes were ca!lrd 'toye apules,' aMd
suspected OF being poisonous, all temperance
| 1rnr &WaShfbpt tnufluH.5 rfr-
cuscs travelled With very. small ''tEro.unstrei
bA,lls who suGg Jump, jim Crow lildlus inaac
u row among I!ie older people when Introduced
IN country church cholrs, the Nrtl'ndiats
| wouldn't tolerate cruss In efcEHrcena OIL
| Christmas, or RaSthiuE else, or u aus o'licr
time, cvuryb1ly chewrl and spit, ami built
their hon cs With urcelan portlcos, photographs
wsre daxuerreo1vpcs, =, and would ,! ,.s1 I,'p
lug fluid. nll srl.collars stood IN, dostors
ble;l nnt1 Caye ealo1nct for almost
everything, uAs-icver hadn't turned into pIIeu;;
n,nnla, everybody hal barrel OF rum or i'arl
cider In tic cellar, nobot'y had put ca.sdai an
pcutlatc On nur tlrst parents, all actioulhastcrs
came froln CONNECTICUT nl'd licked will cow
hide. girls hadn't learned 10 skntc, I,au w1rsti
million was rirll, tho Democrats waEe caied
''Lpro-focos," aud 50 were the matches, The
psesbytc.iuns preached duwu tic Mctho!lists
md Eptscop4lans. the country uapeFs ah"utttd
| in advertisements OF runaway apofentlcc.boys
bound out to serya until aEc. represented pr-
torially bs a youn. nan making tracks, VIII, lis
bundle sluns, oil a stick OVER fIis shoi'1as: tiood
butter was only shilling q pound, good cigars
Q cunts d plerc. Rum was tlsc favorltr drink,
tl.u best Of liquor q cents GLASS;. lniant
laninatnn, prc!lrstinai,n, nrl cectlon w"ru
tlp tayorlte pulpit sopies; Eclipse tho tustest
horse in America, Bunker I'LL monument b'g
thing Just ,loae, nobody lcctnred, round 1anrcs
hadn't coluo oyor, laEcr.bccr was uukn'wl,
general trainings wure held YEARLY, tue H'tlsErts
had ntut lucks, every householder was required
by law to kcct, two lea'her buckets ready III
case OF lire, ladies' wuro bust!cs gcntictlrn
strapped their !,aulaout,s inirr their t'It':s,
perpendicular ilaps in front, aud Henry Clay
| ullu DANIEL Webster wera thu grcntrst lNtlI N
the United Statcs. tell you those wcrc t'lncs,
| unW.n