The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-13
NE HUNDRED WEARS HENCE IN
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE IN
l FAiRMoNT.
4 "A funeral Is Almost depressing
thing said the impressionable man.
Yes replied Mr.. Chuggins; ut
makes me shudder to think that one
of these days ltwill have TO travel that
far in a horse.drawn vehicle."-Wasn.
ington Star.
The above is sprung as joke, but
there Is not much laugh In 1t for 1t sug.
lgests death. and that is one thing
about which that the best humored
ones cannot see anything funny.
This suggests, that with very few
exceptions. that every person in this
vide world living to-day will be In
their graves in one hundred years
hence; that there will probably be a
few infants now born who will be liz.
ing in the year 20l1, even this Is
doubtful. Every person in Fairmont
will very likely have breathed their
last long many years before one hun.
dred years shall have rolled around !;
that all whom we meet in the walk of
life today will have passed away: all
with, whom we laughed to-day, their
mirth shall be stilled; all with whom
we talked to-day. their voices shall be
!, dumb; all with whom we transacted
business today or met. in social ways
shall be Wondering In their last rest.
ing place: all the birds which shall
sing this spring in the treetops will
have ceased their music; all the
horses we shall take a pleasant ride
behind in the country this season will
have been long dead. Every breath.
Ing thing In a century now existing in
Fairmont will have long passed away.
The handsome buildings now adorn.
ing our city which have. recently been
constructed will have crumbled to
dust: the sidewalks and streets that
our feet traverse to,day.-will have long
been worn away and replaced many
4 times in the course Of one hundred
years; the flowers and thee trees ",
i now behold awill2 very likely shave been
| dead or destroyed by 2Oll: the indus,
1 tries that are now being operated and
the wheels turning and, the whistles
sounding viii have long been out OF
4 exis,anca ina handred years.
"A There will be nothing that remains
A today in Fairmont ltta,yeenflEy eS,
4 cepting the shining Of the sun; the
\ cleaning of the Moon nhd the twink.
n ling ofIthe, stars The, majority of the
A people Of, this city whom, you meet
daily will be sleeping in one OF the
localtcemeteries1in2a HGcenturSi The
youth, the beautiful maiden. the sages,
the rich. poor, high and low will be
in the city OF the dead!Na ~
Such are the changes few years
bring about. and so do the things pass
away like tale that Is told. Those
things which were no longer exist and
those things which were once are no
more.
Even the placid river now flowing
by Fairmont will have changed It's
course TO same extent In that time;
the hills will probably have few tees
upon them in this vicinity and there
will have taken place many geological
changes.
I. Did you ever think that the man
or. the woman (God spare the mark!)
who is to be President OF these Uni.
( ted States In one hundred years Is yet
unborn and 1t will be many years at
, the most before he shall have made
his debut; that none Of whom shall
!, rule this country in century hence
Is born: that the men who shall write
, the poems or shall follow the pillow or
perfect inventions that will startle the
world In century hence have not yet
, come on earth: that the orators who
shall bring tears to yet the unborn
have not arrived; that the murderer
nor the ones to be murdered in .,un.
i dred years have come. All these
things and thousands of others shall
come to pass but those who are to
carry them out are not now here.
Go no further than home; the beau.
tiful Marion county Court house will
have nouldered into dust and sunken
into Oblivion before century, the
men who are now pleading at the bar
Of justice for their prisoners shall be
silently sleeping In their tombs; the
Judge OF the court will have long lain
In eternal sleep by that time; the
prisoners now behind the bars of the
/ jail Will have ceased to have earthly
trouble; the county and city officials
all OF them-wil have long been dead
in one hundred years. The official rec.
ords being written now will be old and
brown from age and will have to be
handled with care though in five score
years. These records which shall tell
the generations 10 follow what was
done by the county and city officials
will be the only records. as there will
be none left to tell it from lips. The
i typewriter on which this story'is being
written will have clicked Its last click
long before the end OF the century
(probably before the end Of the week
the way its now running: the press
on which this story Is printed will
have reached the junk pile scores OF
years before the end OF the century:
the building In which the. press is 10.
Gated will have been razed. and all
who are now in the structure will have
passed to the great beyond and proba-
bly, tomb stone shall mark their last
resting PLACES.
None of us who have passed orr
childhood now will be here In one hun
dred years. Those who weep today,
their eyes shall be dry then; those who
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