The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-14
THE WORK OF TINE.
A Once Important Parsonage of
the Business World
Rapidly Passing From Existence
Transformation Of Stage priv-
or 10 Liyeryman, Thence 4

A once pFOminentand important pc.
sonage Of the business world II rapidly
passing from existence,
flfty years ago two classes OF men
almost mOnOp0liaed tho field, They
were the store keeper and the inn-keep-
on, The merchant kept a general as
aOTtment Of everything that was q
common subject OF barter and tho
tavern was the council room OF tho
community, There the population
Hooked FOR gossip and the Interchange
OF Views and the stranger that came
within the gates, did not ask tho
htanllnnand location Of the respective
hotels, but went ~ "the tavern" Hut
behind these important individuals
doomed up the alagedrlyer, aud when
the coach and four came lying into
view from the hills on the east, aud tho
horn sounded lta abrill call aa Tho DASH
ing ateeda came up luhraInwns, with
tho lash Of the long whip WhullHg aud
swapping IN the alr this king OF the
road was an ObicGtO Of envy,
The stage driver ia popularity sup
posed 10 nave Vanished away on the
coming Of The locomotive, and 10
have been 6upplauted Dy tho engineer
Hnd uniformed conductors but II Is not
no, lie was merely transformed, by
no force Of circumstances hG got out OF
the pathway Of The railroad, m exam.
pie that would benefit the insurance
companies " umulated by many driy,
efh IN THIS day, So when the railroad
came aud travellers dropped from thu
~ Wayne at Market no was atill
around, Bat ho had changed 10 tho
livery man, For years he aid d lucra-
tive business, u%nhcedlug the railroad 10
II cut up the country into still smaller
sections, When only the great trunk
lines traYerhed the country he was In
his element, Those were the hay'daya
Of the farmer, and the hay'day Of the
liyerymen, There was a continual de-
mand for "hOr6e aud buggy" When
the dapper drummer came into town,
hG madP II his headquarters, and
with horse and buggy made daahlng
s0rtlea upon the peaceful merchants In
all the smaller surrOunlng towns, There
was no way 10 reach the dozen small
towns around Canton but 10y driving,
aud strangers ana citizens alike had 70
demand this aid, 'liigs" were then
away often several days no u tine, and
NJ home they were out three or four
times In the twenty four h0uiS,
Hut our railroads North aud south
leading 20 every town, cut OF that
source Of patronage, Aud then came
street cars NJ home, a. further limit
business, until most people Iowa days
don't use u carriage until they are dead
aud then its only one trip, aud u man
must go along 20 do the driving
People don't drive as they used 10 do
Boys take their girls % the lake on tht
street ears, aud take them out rldlnI
on u tricycle., or leave them ~ home n
the window 10 see themselves rush by
on u bicycle, The sphere Of u|Sotulnesl
OF the livery man iS being narrowed
until the reception Of visiting capital.
lists and trips 30 to the cemetery arc
about all that remain In regular bust
ness, aud the cremutOry threatens TO
take away the last source Of revenue.
In Cleveland, not long ago, u very
man sold out his whole concern for less
than his stable had cost The street
cars take away the great bulk OF the
trade, aud the rich have their private
vehicles, Only the Coachman remains
aud whether he Is 10 be- another ~tr0nsi0r'
nation, or only a fragment Of the orig
inNl 10 remain Il short time, aud then
disappear, remains to be solved In the
near future,
The old stage driver Is nearly eyoly.
ed out of creation, Some of these days
people will begin to fly through the air,
aud the hyeryman after yaiuly cndcay.
Orlng 10 fix wings on his horses, will 10
away aud die, aud be gone forever,