The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-25
100 YEARS AGO WHEN UNCLE SAM
 WAS A WEE=BOY
Old Tippecanoe Was Fight ing Indians and King
 George Was Crazy
First Foreign Theatrical Star Was at Park Thea tre; Bryant Was Writing Thanatopsis, and New York Had a Population of 6O,O0O

6O,OOO
 As we are going through so many centennialS, the writer is led to a reference of this kind on the open
 ing of the present year. Looking ferson at the close of his public life
 and retired to Monticello. He and
 John Adams had been on i'll terms, owing to political disagreement, but were that year reconciled, their old | friendship being renewed, and Jeffer- son lived long enough to congratulate Adams on the election of his son, John Quincy Adams, to the presi- dency. Both of these eminent pat
 roits died on the same day, July 4, 1926. It may be added that Monti- cello is now owned by Jefferson M. Levy, of this city, who makes it his
 winter residence and who gave a
 handsome reception there on Christ
 mas. Just a century ago, Henry Clay
 opened in Congress his American sys- tenn, that is building up a manufac- turing interest that should make us what we are. This was a bold posi- tion for a young man from the back
 woods of Kentucky, but it remained
 his policy through life.
 Stage and Literature.
 Turning to literature, Washington Irving just hundred years ago had
 won some distinction by his "Knick-
 erbocker History" but as he found
 no other subject for his pen, he was
 at AlbanyA seeking an appointment,
 but lacking political influence, he
 was unsuccessful. He then went to
 Washington on public business and
 wrote home, 'I was three days going
 from Philadelphia to Baltimore and then struggled through mud and mire
 to this place." S',ch was travelling on a great highway a century ego. Daniel Webster was at the same time
 practicing law in Portsmouth, and how little did either of these men dream of their future eminence. Will liam c. Bryant, @ youth of 16, was
 then attracting notice by a little
 volume of poetry, containing only 36
 pages, which he had published at his
 own cost, and which contained some very clever hits. One copy of that
 early production would now bring
 more than the cost of the whole
 original edition. The same year that
 Bryant appears, Charles Brockden Brown, the father of American fic-
 ton, died. He had published a half dozen novels which held popularity
 until surpassed by Cooper. Just one
 hundred yearsc ago George Frederick Cooke, the first foreign star that ever visited our country, appeared at the Park theatre as Richard Third and
 had a crowded house. He was bril-
 liant but very incorporate, which soon led to his death and he was
 buried in St. PauPs churchyard, where
 his monument is prominent feature.
 Indian Wars and Missions.
 Taking a military retrospect, just g. hundred years ago General Harri-
 son, with a small force, was holding the frontier against the Indians, who
 soon made an attack on his camp at Tippecanoe Gndiana) but were de- feated in the most decisive manner and 30 years later the victorious gen. eral became our president. Just one hundred years ago Samuel FEB. Morse
 graduated at Yale college and went immediately to London to study art in which he made rapid attainment
 little imagining those telegraph won ders he was eventually to develop Just one hundred years ago the first foreign missionary society in the United States was founded, the title
 being the American Board of Com
 missioners for Foreign Missions. There
 was at that time but one dry goods store in Brooklyn and the mail pass ed through Long Island once a week New York city had a population of 60,000 and was generally supposed to have attained it's full groWth--a fin iShed city.
 EurOpe's Troubles.
 Just one hundred years ago Napo- leon having become master of almost
 all Europe, divorced his wife (the un- fortunate Josephine) and married an
 Austrian princess. Josephine retired to a country house near Paris and lived long enough to see the fall of her perfidious husband, who was soon
 deserted by his second wife. Just one hundred years ago George Third, king of Great Britain, became insane and
 continued so until his death, a space of 10 years. His son, afterWard George Fourth, was made Prince Re
 gent. It is a curious fact that during the kings lunacy, the tragedy ot
 Lear was not played at any theate1 1 in Great Britain.
 Scott and Jeffrey
 | Just hundred years ago Walter Scott wrote '"The Lady of the Lake, , his best poem, little imagining that ] Byron would soon drive him from l poetry to romance, where he would year Francis Jeffrey, editor of the 1 Edinburg Review, came hither, being the first foreign editor that visited America. As his editorial policy had always been favorable, he was warm ly received and was highly pleased with New York hospitality. Here he
 met Charlotte Wilkes, daughter of the president of the Bank of New York, who lived in Wall street. and the result of his acquaintance was that three years later he came over a again and carried her off as his bride As the War of 1912 was then in pro- gress, Madison gave him a pass fo1 his ship and on his return his house was open to American tourists But what wonderful advance has been made in science since those centennial days-too great, indeed, to be record ed by Martel
 STAMFORD