The sun., 1900-12-30
A CENTURY AGO AND NOW.
NINETEENTH CENTtRI'S GREE7IN0
LIKE THE TVENTIETHS.
Americans Celebrated Then in much the Same
Spirit ~ Thd- Dsscendants Predictions
FULFILLED -Bonnres and Much No Sc One
citizen VII Wouldn't Celeb ate.

Spirit ~ 1hi- Descendants predictions
Fuinlicd -Bonnres and Much No Sc One
citizen VII Wouldn't Celeb ate.
Al an epoch 50 sukngly singular as the present.
what sensations crowd upon the rejecting mind and
how forclbly occur the questions what was tho
situation OF the country, this day, one hundred years
ago And wha, is II now where the deep silence
OF the woods was disturbed By no sound but from
the dread savage and the wof fields now smile unGer
the pa hand OF the cuvator and the groves reply
In glad responses. Long may this happy process
sion continue and may the commencement OF the
next century witness q greater advance to virtue.
power and glory than even the las,- From the Bahe
more Federal Gdssfs, Jan. /. 1901.
II Was the same then as now when tho
eighteenth century was about TO die. es the
nineteenth is now dying. oil America pre-.
pared to usher in its successor. as We arc
doing even now The good citizen Of 1904
celebrated. as the more or less good citizeh
Of 1901 Is about to do Watch night meetinss
dinners, gatherings Of all kinds, fre"ofks
illumnations and the like ushered In 'he
new century which Ia now 100 years old.
II we may Judge from the publications ~
that time IN. citizens OF America century
ago celebrated in much the same spirit. II
with vastly different view as the Americans
OF to- day
New York was not 50 prerminent then
as II is now. and the principal events TOOK
place In Boston and Phiadelphia. The lat
ter place must have been fairly wideaweke
town from certain accounts printed IN inc
Aurora According to this authority on
Saturday, Jan 3, 1901, the staid citizens m'S
at the house Of Citizen Miller. az the sign OF
the Green Tree, in North FOURTH street 10
celebrate the favorable commencement ot
the nineteenth century Dr Reynolds pre-.
~ mpl-
lowing effects. sundry and various tocsts
we're proposed The principal one was:
The World our Country; Men, our Fellow
,itizeu. BenevolenCe, Our Religion. other
toast. we're to Thomas Jefferson, iust elected
President: 10 Aaron Burr, his uhsuccessful
rival. named for Nice-President; I niNersai
Toleration," The Constitution, Ben,ain'n
Franklin" and last. Ireland May she
rise ike AntRus from her fall end crush
III. despots who exult in her miseries
TN. celebration lasted until early dawn
and Philadelphia was considerably shocked
AZ the erratc presentations OF her staid
citizens on their way home, The Aurora
added to the gayety by printing IA seven-
column review Of the eighteenth century.
At Lancaster, Pa, a tremendous celebra-
tion was held in the large hall OF Franklin
College All the town turned out bonfres
were lighted, pistols shot of and as much
noise made as possible. great trans
parency. eighty feet high and twice as long.
bearing the legend. Liberty and the Con-
stitution" adorned the lower end OF the hail.
Speeches predicting a glorious future for
the new century were made andthen bullock
was roasted.
The Philadelphia German Society also
celebrated a. did the prominent citizens OF
Easton Pa, who assembled asUhe house OF
~ II m hp
and the new one In.
In New York city. the people being more
cosmopolitan, there was less celebrating.
Watchnight services were held in the various
churches and in some of the clubs OF the dav
informal meetings were held. IL was not
until evening that the small boys AIDED
and abetted by the older ones. built huge
fires, OF whatever material was nearest at
hand. All the town was Illuminated ana
when midnight came the church bells rang
out the old and in the new century. Men
and women congratulated one another and
the century was born go
Congress was so busy with the contested
cognilance was takep of the change oi cen,
,uries, The work Of both houses went on
uninterruptedly. the treaty , pending with
They had the same old discussion one
hundred years ago tha, has been ,tS trakinS
the country discuss ion was rife for nearly
a wear as to when the new century began
just as We discussed The mater dIrihE ING
lase Ter.tss t~siye JudeI. dn "A Ciz"n. and other
well-known personaRes who still survive.
tive stands and acrimonious debates ensued.
Finally II was decided that the new century
,esea sessd ;bansh S%m m.%ken 'ssHt ssnamen had al
ready celebrated the occasion on Jan. l..
isoO and ono Of them wrote q har>h iel,err
take no part in any subsequent chronologcal
iamboree whatever However the event
passed on very nicely without hi- allotment
As for the newspapers, each and every one
had a weighty editorial or two. welcoming
the new century and regre,tins me rsr oid
and two weeks and repeated mention was
made Of him in the most COMPLIMENTARY
fret dav Of tho nineteenth century said
rr The fey sTSat fSSTTs events Witch have arisen
al the close Of the eighteenth century are
to be matured in the progress OF the nine
ssnts wef'heT % mt ssn be- T%
on permanent basis are subjects with which
nSn 'hs womb s is' 6s fallen Win
bo.SSG SS S%PIs TS1sn S1r, ts;Sde.% aS1S Ss@.
assumed their native dignity H. Ame5Tlffs mTfa
bv the threats of monarchiSts or the fIowns
Of priestlv fanatics, they come forward in a
manly attitude in vindicaton of their 'on-
stitutional rights =,
The Coiu,nb,dn Coniinel spelled with
G. published In Boston, contained n long
dogsere EMIT ed The Enlightened EiRh:
teenth Century. or the Age OF Reason,
in wIich every sX pnbli;Gi man Of note received
Ono of the most interesting Of these COM
tributons to new century literature was q
letter to the Providence Gazette signed A.
which ends thus
1T would be pleasing to live 100 years
hence. In order TO see what changes VIII take
place. II any are with us who lived at the
beginning Of the past century II must be
an entertainment for them to see the diner
ent state OF things in I7Oi from that of the
present time IL would. ! imagine, be 2
much more desirable object TO u We untll
the Vear 1901. because n greater change IN