Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-10
IS TIE LAST TIE BEsT2

It IS really a shame that the old land
 marks Of our country are not allowed tC
 remain where they are built, and as near
 as possible in the condition in winch
 thelr builders left them. or all countries
 m the world, the people or the United
 have less reverence for anything that is
 aged, or that IS different from tbe accapt.
 ed fashion Of The day. The old houses of
 our grand fathers are torn down or rais-
 ed to fall stories; the dormer windows
 torn out and mansard roof put on. or
 converted into flats, winch utterly des-
 troys any resemblance to the dssr old
 houses where our fathers were born.
 Even the old fire place, the best and
 most hsalthful heaters Tn the world. are
 torn out or changed into fumes for
 stoves or grates. Some Of the extremely
 shoddy folk We should cal them. 20 s,
 far as to send fine old books bound in
 Russian and calf, to biHdrries and have
 them rebound ID the latest style of the season even though it may be paper backs and gilt edges. Americu have a very
 foolish way of locking back to tae days of their grandfatleGs: they do so with something asia so Gsrisiou ani speak of ,her old fashioned WAYS in a sort of contempious stile as though t-ey lived m D day aud generation Sd far behind the present. that in comparison to this enlightened generation, it Is mnca like comparing night with day.
 It Is hard to convince a good sensible man or woman. that the dude who stands upon the street corner with eve glasses resting upon nose that turns up at every thing that does not smell of Lubin's extracts or beruamot, feet in advanced pointed-toei shoes, coat cut away to the last extreme og fashion and a hat-tbe only article of wearing ap- parel at all appropriate-about the size of tin cup stuck on top cf his head We say it would be hard to convince 1 people of common sense that such en individual had grand father of com | mon sense and common ways; who worked his way through the world and was respected by all who knew h.rl as a worthy man who had sensible ideas up- on all common questions of the day in which he lived, yet in many instances It Is SD. And then 60 thInk that Eis lineal iecendent should go back and resolve himself into @ creature uUt little above the ordinary monkey II is almost enough Co cause tle .oud old grand father to ri-e from the grave with dis gust at his degenerate progeny. But lf CT all ths dude, FHa knows SD lrsle. as well as -ns -ulg- gouug nan who .hiuks ue knows SD much. are not alto yeth=r responsible for the silly affecra- .ion, and ego.;sm that has grown up in hem. There is certain @ ment iD his country that sanctions such non 'ense. Tlere Is a di pos, ton among our people to wipe oue the past md do away with ev ry;llng that has he appearance Of age upon g.. This, with most American people. is looked lpOu as the shining a ac.- But 1t zouli be well for tue sdpsrs ,ial DOT ion ot our Pe,s!, who live bat do not hiuk 10 have their attention called to he days of our grand 1.-the S, and great grand fathss-. yv--u F---zlir' Ha-ril- on, Jefferson, Morris and Patrick Henry lived and late-, when Webster, Lincoln, Seward. Sumner, Thad Ste -eas, Horace Greeley and host Of others were among Us. Th-re were our grand fathers and our great grand lathers; and while We do not purpose writing an euioEium upon any one Of them, 1t wlll b. well to bear ID mind -rat the present generation is not over stocked with the supelors or even equals Of the distinguished gentlemen who lived two or tbee generation ago.