New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-16
THE PASSING THRONG'

w. ". sweetzer OF Milwaukee, was speak,,
yesterday at the Hoffman House OF modern fr-.
prOvements and how compls..T
IMPROVE in the last half century they bas
MENTS changed the manner and noda -
CHANGE life.
LIFE. Contrast the way In which
live with that OF our ancs.-
tors" said Mr.. Sweetzer and see what trsrosr
dous changes you will find. When my father Wa
boy such thing as a cooking stove had never 49,
heard OF in the land Everything was done on tba
open hearth-roasting. boiling or baking-but he a.
ways maintained that the invention OF the cookIn1
stove really sounded the kneu OF good cooking az
from what I have heard him tell / am not AZ an
sure he wasn't right Where you cooked vou-
meats splits and the Ike they had 20 be cor
stantly turned in order to be sure Of the msa..
being evenly cooked throughout and every atom -
the Juice saved In consequences your fowls a.
roast TO the table done TO an exact turn hjcb
cannot be said TO hold true to-day In the paarval
lous stories OF delicious feasts with which Ucken,
IhtSriiaIued thS pages or Flckwlck Papers the
cooking must have been done after this rnanne-
days Of the century the winters were more rigo1
Gus. snow fell earlier and lay deeper than IL g..
to-day, and. in consequence OF a smaller ponufs-
byways and Therefore travel in VTt1tsr TO-, snd
more difficult AT that time Il was the custom, II
snow began to fly Coal was unknown m M 10
tached to each residence was an oUthoIse s1 az,
from floor TO roof with neatly stacked cordEooS-
with smaller pile Of kindIng wood near b. c.
was not known. but convenient and Pa
closet. generally adjacent to the kitchen hsarts1
the centre OF the cellar. IN deep pit lined yif5
were 70 he consrG NEE tns Sesetaoles that
Provisioned for the siege. the inhabitants az -
lacks Of Jack Frost double wp liSooa {hs at
green boughs or leaves banked around ali sf4ss -
within. Communities were cut on and f5 re ns@s
at time each little village became. as 1t were. a
differently now. and Of what is called the world
personally and physically We undoubtedly see and
tfa1l mad
distinct and different personalities Of the lnbabf
tants of the world we undoubtedIv each ana az - -
than did people similarly situated three-qUarters ~
a century ago; but. on the other hand I doubt =
we know any given person or any given nur7Fs- -
PERSONS as intimately as did our forbears or enter
inclined to think that in the oden times thev sc
ally knew more Of life, even though they saw Iess
Some time ago. said Charles Allen. OF C7sv.-
land, at the Gilsey House yesterday It was lunes-
ing at a friends house. In TIA
WASN'T yard an old fashioned wei
IN THE and. as II the early summer
WE'LL. all the windows were open and M
could hear the sounds from out
side with great dstfnctness. Suddenly the buckat
ratified down into the well with a crash. and nv
friends wife, who IS Of a nervous temperament
missing her youngest son. who had slipped away
from the table. screamed Heavens, Where's e.
nest?' and rushed into the yard whittier we IN
stantly followed ana found her bending over the
well curb, where she insisted Ernest had fallen
Her husband for jumping in. but I persuaded
MIN 10 go down the rope DF saying. PRANK, you'll
kill the kid" if you jump him Frank Instantly
disappeared into the well while fOrcoly re-
strained his wife from joining him.
FINALLY she broke away and disap peared around
the front OF the house. from which direction
minute two later she appeared leading the
Ing Ernest, safe and sound by the hand. Mean
while growing crowd OF neighbOrs gather
ing. for Franks disappearance had been noticed
from adjoining homes. and story that he had
committed suicide in rapid and enthusiasts
circulation Wellnigh frozen TO the marrow for
the water in the well was icy cold. We finally got
him out, and he suffered i'll effects wlar
might have been tragedy ended finally as a Joke.
We discovered later that Ernest quietly watch
ing carpenter put doors
front of the house when his mother rushed I'D. and
Selling him in her arms. cried out: .ErnesJs fallen
into the Welli Ernests fallen into the wellf and u
all the carpenter could do persuade her that
ii Ernest in prOpria persona that she was
holding that moment