The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-26
clkSS OF 1912 BIDS
 FAREV|ELL TO HIGH SCHOOL
. Uontinued from Page 4.JI

' NAsO44 tA4A 000 14 S4AA & <s5<S- iSvf kehicles of the twentieth century Whtrled by him on every side-auto- mohiles. steamers. electric cars, mos alrnhipa. Such things. in <his time nhsn. n Hes sHh; sfaks Coach Ss ~ Siodded it's slow eAa9U tlAA. tAg HSfHHhat is now dono rapid1ys and AlmostpDerfectly by nachine{y was only accomplished by th0ueands: then, advantages and re- sources that have now become a> com. mon inheritance, were Hndreameds or bt the 1aboring classes. The progress of man has indeed been marvellous, and this progress has been que m forced into his service, every natural aren't, -sthe winds. water. fire. ana electricity, and utilized them to ms
 ffobs6 the natural agent that hAh done most, for mans. saaVance, q .s, edF as | power for driving machinery hnt by its conversion. into steam lt haa been made to perform miracles
 The invention of the steampoat cess tainlyE rave . great impetue 70 mal nroerees. The first steamboat was of csv3r~e rather crude as compared with fl5one VIC now have, for Improvements have been made upon 1t until we nave nnw almost reached perfection It mas done more, perhaps. to develop tAs country than any other Sinyentlon,
 crpt that of tho losomotr4e. ,aad ,as aldn an f-SveIine: it has ci1eapened the cost fTe frau0poftakion: it. has increaSe4 fra{In and interstate commerce., It mas ou6nod sup the conntry:tt has prouent fho contin6nts into closer rela ationsnaR R With ;.one another and has increaseo imm5rratf tfon.. Formerly, 1t took five i-r ;Sir sweoka to cross the Atlantic, now iSs f17rea fivo or saix. day yeeS S4en 71rr561y Was once frANght Witl tnaneeg sG8 peril. now 1t ds aa simple ana c6nizionplace az trip from Albany ts7 s E EsiocoomoSlve o1aoil had practically, the -$1sfS eftect upon land travel, as the WI 1lSS71n6oAt upon water. It to tnls 4inVcntior that the United States owes ifG comnnanding position As a cem- i711& frthio nation as compact as lne i12 2f5Set etate in it.s 1magine' the oiu Sf3&636aoh creeping along: taxing as 7S532f ~f1s7 ao from Port1and in Maine 53G 15niiv York as We can now go from EUff1nnd n oregon to New loIK. III. ar 7z 7z'5s.5Sz, s1k TIE mail aonce week -in @iSe6fSasf. ana once in two weeks in 7SfXiTF. and think ok the change Wnacn 5 sTE 3He0ulofiye hos made here This ;~1<6fion. llHe that Of the steamboat' a116 .Aeapfd t 9utld up ths se1,sssa. sounlry; 9f r! s tsss fouls aes $ot Ss siss.t tenth rs~s1| |1I {sh otherwise and. has devel- &113 IarG0 farmo in tho gwe9t to eQp- @fTT SETfeto in the east and In Flu. $f;sSi fhus making. 1t possihle to ep- f51n fresh fruits and yegetaDl even
 t Sss bsen sn aptiy said that ''Nec- w. N 5,] fha mother. Of .anYention. {. s75 57f5 f6 cefta1nly true .ae regarda lne s 23numenf o{ farms for this neces- 9lt@f56 TIT lnvontions of labor sax1ne n51ehlnefy. Tormerayx an zna1resLaps, a., f2ap]ne. plouenine: .:tc:. w,s aone 9exoy py S5.S1,5s ' .ssr5yIaoS and the -worE .is done 1;7 7T1Snar afid better. The amount oI F@17 1nbor now r6quired to. produee q ETT6Al IT wheat ig 10 minutes, Valneo oee TT fhree and one-third cenls IT 1c1v, es112 5Be1ne. n and three-q quarter cents. s sTG55s 5cniyr has farming profited ny sf& 56r<tahfinm Of machinery hut py it zSn17SefurinG has developed tnto V753f: 3f IT today. Machinery +nas aau- cl- sa eale 5esgen E E& sesa &ess Ssaa Ra a6n i 1i S.' " 21J J.s1 t,l1Sl h from ns4tq oan. 1sr1;5sfF fho5sSap&e Fl p6tents aES A.s4eo ~5S7S11S IF Hfor III Gorts of m4cn en tfns 7~v5nr lime and -effoft. It seems al. i16otr dnpoostb1e sto .timate fne pa5' tl1ek aachineF nss p1sysdh she, n enhsnce- ahs M rvs 2$t r,f flr comfort. It has put with fTT1 46e fn4ano of the. poorest ciaeees, N f5, 55s51f 4fIat were once hardly within fhe 11&sfnD of tho very rich.
 We nov come to the most wonaer,
 F! snu nssstts o9 hsne s Gsr prosssis nssIsh is1s fnovn about this than any other ssf nature'a aR0nta. One of the req Snne IF tf1is . bocaNee of itgA compare tiVnly recent discovery: Inen, Io0 We can not handle # like we can iron reafitlv nnSnifest itself to the senses sTollowing itD discovery came the IF j~srfion 6f III sorts of electrical ma chinee. sdyna1noo. fmotors, telephone ard teIe&raph system, and many otn- ers It m been setd that Ele9iracasf ti,o.a si !fhis 5l F no not literally true. 1t is true m fhis mAgic force has 60 entered mn oTlr daily lives, that we do nol rsr7SIf1e hoW thoroughly it has tmbueo a1stoSt. everything we touch or qo 'Think of what the telephone ana .ere, T6er have made 1t as compact fol oS N Rbods Isiarad. The telephone hal not ony facilitated the dispatch of bus iness. but if hos increased man ,.,, comfort, 94B6BysE A0u 4A<Ses0 sAA r. T> arc and incandeecent lights, both pro drcts, of electricity. have made tns ni16t ias bright as day. It 1e aimosl sirnHo1eible even to mention the mum TIT of eledtrical aupplies. so rapidly Aaya inventions multiplied. This frrily. tho aso Of electricity.
 9o We 60 what "a great tnfluencs .1no6ern inventions have had upoI Mnsnss life and progress. Macaulay II Spoaking Of the great influence 2; 5Iife: ft has mitigated pain; 1t has ex' ;fi1i1niehed diseeses": 1t has increas
 e6 fhe feffility Of the soil; 1t has giv iem naw securfties to the mariner; ! 46o frnished new arms to the war. .fi0r: if has spanned great rivers ant eGfueriee with bridGeg unknown to oul .fath1rs: 1t has lighted up the nlgn, Wifh e1lendor. of day: t has enaDiee man fo dee56nd to the depths q tht pee: to soar into tho aH; fQ traveres <. fhe land ln cars without norses: ' croGg .tlhe ocean in shfp9 which run ' knota an hour against the wlna:
 Theoe are but ae part or Us 1ruit' and Tn flrDt fruits for t .n pnoioeo; phy Ghich never rests which nae nev' er attained. which il never periect.
 CHARLDs DICKENS, AN ESTIMATE
 AFTER foo YEARS. ..,,,
 (By Phyllis Tomlinson.)
 xQ- v,.n <xE% a