The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-04-24
A RnVnhY
On Attaining tho AEe OF Three Score
Years and Ten,


Henoeforth, live upon the time that
properly belongs 10 noine other man, who
threw his life away-maybe Tor llls ppull-
Try, at the cannOn's mouth, as hlahespehIe
has ID, or what 10 more likely eaughl enll
la the eager pursuit Of wealth ana llel el
oonsumptioni or, what 10 more llkelY
still, MISUNDERSTANDING rot gut Tor
Whiskey kills more adults Than any iolher
cause, De, Hammond says There N NO
necessity OF q man dying OF disease, II
he takes proper care OF his mhehlnery le
should live until worn out, believe lh
that principle, and VIII nglt we kllm
monster 40 long 40 we y worm el,ioS'hs'
and when ID 10 not, will lot her went
ID IL pleasure 20 review the phsl-lo
oonsIderth tho wonderful changes wrought
la art aa well 40 ln society, ...,,,.
ln my bOyh0Od days, grain Wlhcul WIN
sickle, and the seed threhhel pul Wy
hand with iinil, There was not COOK
stove la town, nora friction match Cook
ing was mostly doneln an open Nre plheel
as do tho MeXlpnnR yet, Wood was uheu
for fuel, and II your lire went pul, hl'i
you were not provided WIN unit hleol
and punk, there was no oRllernhuYe, nul 70
wend your way, perhaps lhr9u9n l,, wv
snow, 20 a neighbOr'a house, ana borrow
or bog some live Goals, Ihe lgllh uheu
were iallow candles, and the side llghlH az
meetings and dances hung ln llh hpluer
on the wall. EyeniugpnrlleA met hl carry
eaudle-lightng, had good tlinr, ana geu'
erally dlspersed about 10 o'clock No
time taken up with hm KING, Thought
loo much of tie girls, The refreshments
we're excellent and satisfied tho most
fusldl0us, No chance for young nihu
10 be cxtrayngnnt those days cigars l9Hr
for cent t-twouly cents q hnndre9' No
buggiea or livery stables, No hhl,9,9i hhl99liih,
No beer, TnVerns kept whiskcy 10 0hell 10y
lie drink. but no young man would ever
think Of entering a tavern ana cav 10,
drink, II would ruin him, None hul oll
topera- confirmed dwnkarda- -pprnnhel
tbr tavern bar aud the habit OF many nl
these mon has been handed down 10 NloW
There were opportunities for young
mon and Girls 10 Indulge IN what lhoy re-
pnrled Injuries, aud though comparative
ly inexpensive, afforded qullt hh llupn
pleasure uH can now be- had hl le,l lllnph
The cost. There was no ice cream, hul you
could have cold lcmon.ald without lcr, or
excellent small hrcr, with nll thccHko you
could eat aulllclcut Tor two persons ~ ihe
cost of "A ahllling, No chance a. spend
money for livery on Sundays, ph huggic5
had not then been Invented, nor hhN
livery been started, Newspapers were
scarce. The Ohio Repository was the
oniy home paper then uue'hulf the alle
of the NIWH'nEMOCWAT, II was illlcd
chiefly with advertisements nnd foreign
news, about q column from the ulllcrcul
States, No local news except nh nccNb'
onnl marriage notice or 9ehlh' ~ WNh
very naturally supposed, ihgl hnyuluH
worth publishing, wouldcirculhle ny Wulu
Of mouth, A iow papers were taken iron
"A dlstance aud the subscribers would cN'
change them among each other They
were the American lntclllgcncog Nahh'
lngtoni u, s, Gazette, PhllgIclplllh {,
American, Baltimore, nud lillhpufg
Gazette, The mnn 80 liberal 100 TO bko
pnpor from "a distance became pr Ora
Gle, A daily paper was not lhon known
BoIore the completion Of the ONO Cn'
nal, there was no outlet Tor the surplus
producer, consequently no markell hnd
but little money IN circulation, 10 rcino'
dy this, merchants traded their goods Tor
cattle aud whlskcy, Tho former were
driven cast, aud the lHttCf wngoncl 70
plttsburgh aud out Of both, cash could be
AsI pass by tho High School, especial,
ly nt recess, when the grounds around
are filled wlthpuplla enjoying themselves,
think of the days Of the old academy,
wien the teachers were MiChonCr, Munka,
Dunbar, Judd, Coloman,. Horlmoro ana
Castor, and wonder what have become OF
the hundreds Of pupils that were turned
out Of that old institutions ! can count
the survivors In town on my fingers,
MANY have gone and loft no trace that
they ever lived. Like the air bubbles that
appear upon stream OF water during a
rulnfall they glide along upon the SUR
face few yards and then disappear FOR
over, L' ."