The Irish standard., 1896-07-25


FIFTY YEAR! To Z "a
IA ReYerie: :s' :llssst
Where, where will be tn 3birds hat sing
NJ 35Is Fifty years TO come a. s.
ne flowers that nov: In beauty spring
4 Fifty years to come M 4
The rosy lips, 4 he lot fly brow, s.s
The heart that beats so gayly now ,sssss
Oh, where viii, be- love S bsamlng eye
joys pleasant smile, and sorrow 8 SID agg1
Fifty years tocome
a I am sire every one INDUCES IL y day. g
dreams ard castle bull ding is called g
1T is to many a quiet, harmless way V e.
drift ont Of the weary routine Of life ana PC
to float. for a. while among surroundings
that make lis happy. But the cool, hai111
worldling looks on the dreamer as some q
thing good for nothing-a sentimental y Il !!
silly person. That the habit Of dreaming
nav be 4 bad one do not doubt, because
it makes one absent minded and discon-
tented with ones lot. However that may
be we al. do it, and why day-dr ''I
is as essential to my life as an afternoon
nap is to any old granny! Il !.
What I am going to tell you now Is IS
about one Of those dreams. ] had been
thinking about school and the approach
ing exercises. My thoughts drifted on
and tried to imagine what school would
oe like fifty years to come. I found my
SELF even wondering what the world
would be like. l loAed back in the ham
mock with my eyes shut, letting my book
fall on the grass.
couldn't have stayed there long, how
ever, but got up and slowly sauntered
along the street. soon became aware OF
the fact that this didn't resemble Second
street northeast, very. much, but rather
Washington avenue. There was some
thing familiar in that street, yet
I didn't remember ever having seen it..
l didn't know where was going; some
impulse seemed to guide my feet. So,
having no aim, took my time and looked
around But what was this coming right
up to the sidewalk? 1t was a-oh, yes,
of course it was one of those electric
wagons / had read so much about, but
had never seen. This one was carriage
containing some ladies, and assure you
it took me running along hor5eless and
without a driver. But as I continued my
walk noticed large number of these
diabolical engines rushing here and there,
some of them at a terrific rate of speed.
felt great deal like some Of our breth-
rem from "down on the farm" must feel,
on their first visit to the city, and must
have looked it, too, gaping around open
mouthed.
Somehow I got into the middle OF a
large crowd and was being pushed to
look at some curiosity. Was it man
without head? No, that wasn't. the
object that was drawing those exclama-
lions. Surely it couldn't be that horse,
that stands in the window quietly chew
ing some oats, thought. It was SPLEEN
did animal, no doubt, but nothing to at
tract gaping crowd. A big placard in
one corner of the window ON which was
written: ga Hoofed Quadruped Of the
Genus Equus One Of the three diving
specimens of the horse extant" solved
the problem. The horse was no attrac-
ton for me, so I edged my way out Of the
crowd and walked on.
The bicycles were thicker than ever,
but among all the crowd there wasn't
one skirt. There were boomers, knick-
erbockers, everything-bu not one loose,
flowing garment. I knew some Of the
riders were women by their figures and
hair, both as womenly and elegant as
ever.
Suddenly whizz-buzz-biz over my
head caused NE to look up and saw
that big car had just rushed by, about
twenty feet above my head. Many other
similar machines ran along in different
directions, at different elevations. 'Now,
what do you suppose those things are
fcr?'' thought 1. [ was soon to find out
for one of those near me took shoot
downwards, so as to be on a tevel with
the second story of one of the buildings,
glided slowly along and finally stopped.
A door in the side opened and lady step
ped out into the landing, passed into the
house and the car started on. saw it
all now: those machines had supplanted
the street car, and they conveyed people
any distance, any direction and any
height. How nice that was" thought
and how could I get a ride in one Of
them.:' Watching closely, / saw people
waiting in balconies, and those cars stop
ped and took them on. | spied kind
looking Old gentleman standing on the
corner smoking cigar, so thought this
was my chance to find out the way to