The Portland daily press., 1896-04-10

changed bit for tn bett'r" said an old
farmer on Commercial street yesterday.
what's the use of anybody's going so
all fred fast for I'd like to know? Time
was when any sort of horse was good
an fast enough, but now tn fastest is
too slow an it's TIL same with every thing
else b'mighty.
"The time was when we farmers didn't
have to do any work on tn road only
now an theu when we felt like it TIL
roads were plenty good enough then
even If there was some mud an few
rocks, but look at it now. We've got to
have tn roads like the city roads or else
we nowhere b'lnighty.
''WhF only yesterday a young feller
was QUO on his wheel, an says he to me
says he why don't you fix this road.
You can't expect folks to ride over such
road rs this, an then he rode off
spell an then went off bis wheel.
''What did he do thenS BY gosh he
talked shameful can tell you. In my
young'r days boy wouldn't have had a
chance to talk like that. He'd have had
30 buckle down TO work.
"Take them railroads now an what do
the lot of 'em amount to? When my
father was boy it took him longer to go
from here to Boston than it takes man
now to go to California. know for I've
a son there. WHAT'S the use of the ways
they have now of travellingf Not bit
tell YOU All it amounts to Is TIL in
duoin' of folks to CAD bout.
'fThen take politics for mother thing.
In my younger days politics want so
mixed up. 1t was jackson and anti
Jackson, good plain easy thing ns un-
settled no mans mind. My father was
for jackson, an my uncle Bill was
against thu Gener'l. Now when they sor
down to talk politics they could go
directly at it, NJ father could bring up
thu battle of New Orleans, IAN my uncle
Bill could call TIL gener'l tyrant, an
there they had it right an left over a
pitcher of old cider, but now politics is
mixed up SO body don't know where he
is by gosh.
CHOW when was boy TIL papers
come right down to business. an didn't
throw away no space. TIL papers are
too big now, an go around Robin
Hoods barn when it comes to telling a
story. Pm down on 'em.
9TH churches don't come up to what
they used to be by long sight. When
my father was young man there wasn't
but two kinds of religion, the Congrega-
tionalists an the Methodist, of course tn
Catholics not oountin', an besides that
there want none of 'em out our way. My
father he wassa Congregationalist, an my
mother was Methodist, but she come
over to dads way of thinkin' an that
settled it. Look at it now, an see TIL
churches there's in every town, an folks
gettin' worse an worse.
''Do keep up with TIL times, I guess
not b'gosh, I couldn't do it If l worked
all th' time. I've had to pay out a pile
of money one way an 'other on account
of this nonsense. I've had to buy moving
machines. not having tn boys on thu
farm, an I've had to improve my stock,
though it went 'ginst tn grain to do it
b. mighty.
''I'ye got good horse you say. You
bet have. He's flyer am I got two
bett'r ones at home. There's nothing
slow bout him. but TIL times are all
wrong, an going straight to ruin an You
mind what 1 say.
"What do think Of what Mr.. Holden
says 'obut thu world standing still? I
think he's right p'gosh. He's got Joshua
an Andrew jackson on his side. an
what mora does man want? b. mighty
a man who can get one of them old fell
lers an Old Hickory on his side can
stand up an face a frownin' world, an
not be afraid Thu worlds too FAST an
it's gettin' fast'r, an now them X-rays
look straight through you to- papers say.
Them days was good days when man
moved with a scythe, an when a doctor
if you was sick jist give you some
calomel, bled you, an left you to live or
die jist as it happen'd.''
MARINE NOTES.
Inspector Fogg will probably decide to
deport two of the passengers on the Pa
risian. One had 1925, and the other
So. So They are Polish Catholics.
William II. Dugan, is disoharging the
cargo of the Charles J. Willard.
No fishing sohooners came in yesterday,
but there was pretty struggle of the
fleet of small boats coming in late in the
afternoon.
The steamer HerminR Reessing,
brought in 27o0 Holsters yesterday.
Steamship Labrador, Captain MoAuley.
of the Dominion line, sailed for Liver
pool via Halifax yesterday afternoon
This is her last trip for The season from
Portland. The cargo, American and
Canadian, combined, was as follows:
Eight thousand six hundred and sixty
seven bushels Of peas; &c, 795 bushels of
corn; TO- 052 bushels of oats; s, 400 sacks of
-four; l., 300 bags of oatmeal; 40 bags of
barley, 1S,017 maple blocks; one car of
walnut lumber; GA org ans and pianos;
package of canoes; Sc sacks of wool; 10
cases of cigarettes; IS packages of
sundries; 1902 boxes of meats; 1850 pack
If 10 bor lz Of