Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-17

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In the fore partNof the last cen
fury the business Of the world was
not running at fever heat as it is |
now. There were no railroads, no
steamboats,, no telegraphs, nor tele-
phones, no automob iles nor aero
planes. Our country was COMPARE
lively poor and there were no men men
of wealth as we now count wealth.
The flint and steel were used %
start fires. The smoker could Int
light his pipe by scratching match 1t
on the seat Of his pants, for matches
were then not invented. s xcepting
those figuratiyely, economically at
tributed to Heavenly Origin. Tallow
dips were used for domestic lights;
baking kettles, tin bakers and brick
ovens were used for baking, and
fireplaces for ordinary cooking and
for warming houses. The animal
heat OF the audience was deemed
sufficient to warm the churches in.
winter, for then they. were better
flied than now an stoves had not
been invented. a t.2553,
Farmers p1oWed their fields with y h
oxen; scattered their seed Of small
grains by hand, planted corn an nc
potatoes with hoes; reaped wheat,
oats, rye am barley with hand,
2gickles, bound them into bundles and
threshed them with fails or trod
them out with cattle on the barn
floor, Or on plat Of ground 5prepars,
ed for the purposes VI.
Door and window screens # and
{ storm doors and wind ows were In I'M I'M
known. The 5jewsharp, violin, fttt
y and drum were the principal instru
sSments OF music and corn stalk fid
dies with shoe-string bows were play
things for the boys, and rag dolls
for the girls. The great build
ings Of the cities reached VI
10 se LuEt0 2 dAu 1--we xssSAASs S eAAAS
omnibuses and cabs in the cities pro
vided the only public means of con
5$yeyance and outside, the ne plus vi
+ ira Of public conveyance was @ thu
Frink & Walker stage II coach pro
4 PEELED BY .'four-in-h hand ''8 whose ar
rival IN town was heralded by tn i
8tin-horn toot- toot-toot and the
! crack Of the drivers whip.
IN 1907 Robert Fulton with the
\ steamer Clermont 100 feet long
/ sailed, from New York to Albany a
a speed Of five miles an hour. II
1888 two steamships crossed from
England to New FORK making the
& run, one in 10, the other in IS days,
In ( 1910 the Cunard Co. establis hed
4 a line Of steamers from Liverpool e
New York making the run in from On
\ IL ito Is days. Grad ually the screw
+ propeller tor ocean steamers 81 sue 1tc
ceeded side wheels, and the steam
4 turbine engine came in to 81 succeed te
the reciprocal engine and reduce the le
i time OF crossing the ocean TO less less
than five days and palatial steam !
L ships ;saiN5on every ocean as3 Ne
George, Stevenson, son OF poor DOR
parents, a 9 year old boy at the be
1 ginning Of the last century, was as
faithfully engaged in watching graz
I ing cattle at two pence q day by
4 his energy, push and perseverance c4
q be became the father of the present
4 railway system Of the world, and IN
9 1880 opened the first railway to pub l'
lie traffic as now conducted from
& Liverpool to Manchester, with the
standard gauge OF 4 feet 5 ~ inches
as now in use. The little locomo-
tive Rocket built by him and his son
Z Robert, that was awarded 9 prize OF
\ 500 pounds sterling is now an e e:
/: hibit in the museum at Newcastle-up'
.oon-Tyne. & The railway from Stockton
to Darlington, 12 miles, was built
before the Liverpool and Manches,
I ter, but was designed for carriages
owned, not by the railway company
but by individuals. and were pro pro
Il pelled by horses and for steep
grades by stationary engines
Today in special trains you can
n ride from Chicago to New York IN
Is hours, eating and sleeping at
rate of SIS miles an hour. In United
4 states there are 5sO,356 miles of rail-
roads, paying 1921, 100000 dividends
annually. 51 f
In the 4Os the Morse TELEGRAPH
came into practical operation and by
/ degrees was extended all over the
world, and later, ocean telegraphs
placed the whole world in close com
,muncation and in 1876 the tele
phone with which we can talk as
face to face, very useful for business
end gossip, and even now we can
communicate without a connecting
wire. and in mid-ocean the steam
ships communicate with both 81 shores pres
The possibilities Of what man car
accomplish in an average llletl1nat
are greatly increased and intensified i
thought is quickened, invention &C
Is CELEBRATED, competition enlivened ant
combination sought to secure con
troll. ts..., 4
In 1856 the steamship Great E Gas. st
ern5 was built $50 feet long, 81 fee
breadth Of beam and So feet deptf
Of hold, with, the expectation that nt
effort to exceed its dimensions woult
3 ever be made; yet its length II