Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-30


spring season, In tho year 1000 A. ID. NV
Dane--C.231.M G.--tolls tho reader my
residence, family and tho chronological
classification, and when state that I
have reached the mature ago of 10, any
ono must realize thai I have something
worth telling, or Wrld never risk the
penalty imposed by law upon the purpose
less author.
i ain a. clerk Ia the bunnu Of carpet
tacks, department OF nous. Furnishing Of
ID continent formerly North Amcrlca).
Although my labor IL credited 10 Guthrie
ftbe governmental center ~f - c.,ntilent).
prefer 20 reside on @ continent tfrinerly
Afrlch) by reason of It's superior climatic
advantage az well as the greater select
ness OK .ts single tax areas have the
reputation OF being honest and industrious,
ahd, although 1t takes me nine minutes %
reach my Office from my home Via the
Electric Flash system Of governmental
transit, yet am ~ regular in my hours Of
attendance ~ those living within "a few
hundred miles.
Having recently finished my proportion
OF individual labor for the common good
during the current year and received gov
ernment tickets for the same, j determined
Journey throughout the world
My first destination I had determined
should be the newest continent Of all
continent ii formerly Antarticana)-and
the slow passage thither on an airship
frcighter was novel sensation indeed
Under the most favorable conditions =
speed OF over 100 miles an hour was i'm
possible, and the voyage, although cnliy-
eped by numerous well told legends OF
ships that sailed on the water, seemed in
terminable. When we flew over the gigan-
tic system Of mirrors that by DETECTING
the rays OF the sun have made "a semitrop-
ical country out OF this erstwhile iccbound
coast, the air became rather oppressive,
but In very few minutes we had reached
the elevated landings. Rapidly spreading
my wing planes, / jumped outward from
the deck and soon reached the ground in
safety.
The moving sidewalk carried me rapidly
TO place OF amusement, where "A man in
formed me that a company would give
faithful reproduction of the wonderful
American allegory entitled Uncle Toms
Cabin" He then stated that in the days
Of Mark Antony (or Mark Twain, as he
was sometimes enormously called) and
Mckinley Bill immense audiences gather
ed to witness this pagan spectacle, and
that thousands Of negroes were torn TO
pieces by savage bloodhounds for the de-
lectation Of the assembled populace. In
accordance with the rudely drawn pictures
to be found in the extant copies of curl
Gus publication called comic or comic
weekly the part of Little Eva was played
by woman Of advanced years and tho
cakes Of Ice were represented by specially
p1 la lal
On leaving the public theater / kept on
the moving sidewalk for "a few miles and
then stepped off and walked for fully go
minutes on the roadway. This unaccus-
toned exertion was rather fatiguing, and
as night was drawing near L made haste to
find place OF shelter.
On my right hand noticed what looked
like human habitation, although il was
not constructed Of cut glass with inside
shades, as Is our universal custom. Tho
house, IL such it could be called, was
seemingly built of painted wood, with
square holes in which few small pieces OF
glass were set. Attracted by the possibil-
ity of an adventure, which Of course il
very rare nowadays, walked at once To
the door and entered. Almost at the thresh-
old L met the owner, and greeting him
cheerfully announced my intention OF
making a brief stay with him. Much to
my surprise, he seemed to demur, but soon
recovering his self possession ushered me
into a room and introduced me to his
daughter. / was rather embarrassed to
perceive that she was dressed in the pic.
tured costume of antiquity, but presumed
that il was merely done in sportive mood
Yet, truly, she looked vision of lowell
ness There was something almost pic
turesque in the braided hair, full skirt and
jaunty, huge sleeved waist with czarina col
lar, and although for practical purposes oul
present universal dress is much better
adapted for both sexes l cannot but wish
that in the bosoms of their families at
least, women might deign to wear tho
beautiful costume that historians ascribc
To the Parkhurstian period.
On engaging the young person in con
versation was astounded to find that her
name was Gladys. Who could believe that
this name of the past was worn by na
tive of the thirtieth century,
But my wonder was further increased
when, still wearing the ancient garb, she
spread n white cloth upon table and
placed thereon several vessels Of the china
ware similar to that now in our school
museums. Instead OF receiving their por-
tions OF the condensed food in gluten cap
sulcs. from the public food factories, this
family had evidently returned to the old
time custom of preparing their food them
selves In primitive style.
Much rs I marveled at this, took my
place at the table with the twain and
Joined In their unique rcpast. Strange as
1t may sound, the roast slices Of meat and
vegetables boiled In water tasted extreme
" val INT ha Ia nd ,,t a
to prepare and eat them must become ex-
nl W