Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-05

When Aunt Rosie and Grandpa were born in 1881 there were few of the comforts and convenienceS which we enjoy today and the world itself was to a great extent undeveloped. Each family then lived largely within itself and was not dependent upon the hatcher, the grocer. the baker. the manufacturer and the department store Would that we could get back for while to that simple life which welcomed them into the world. Per with their birth and childhood may be Interesting.
 No Telegraph Line.
 At the time Aunt Rosie and Grandpa were born, the first week in February. 1887. there was no telegraph line in the world, but the invention had been made one and one-half years before their birth. in 1885. was announced the year of their birth, and the first tele- graph line was built the year after their birth. in 1888. from Baltimore to Upon the day of their birth Andrew Jackson was president of the United States. and there had been but six presidents before him. Since PreSi- deEs Jackson. during the life Of these When they were born there were 26 states in the union. Twenty-two states have been admitted during their life. World Rulers.
 At the time of their birth William " was king of England; France was governed by constitutional mon archy and Louis Philippe I of the House of Orleans was king; the Ger man empire did not exist as such, but the kingdom of PrussiaL-held the stage and William III of Prussia was king. The seas were infested with pirates at their birth. and Pirate Charles Gibbs had been captured and executed only six years before.
 The Mormon church had been estab- iished only seven years before their Salt Lake until seven years after their birth. in 1s44,
 Webster in His Prime. Also it was but secen years before their advent that Webster and Hayne had engaged in their wonderful debate and when these twins were born Dan iIel Webster was still in his prime. Their birth was no further removed from the close Of the Revolutionary war than our day is from the com lHaencement of the Civil war General Lafayette had been dead but three years when they came to life. During their childhood they were acquainted with many veterans of the American Revolution
 They were born in the same year, 1881. as the late ex-president, Grover Cleveland, and the very much alive Morgan c. Bulkeiey, ex-governor, ex- senator. anancisr and insurance mag nate. whom grandpa so much admires. At that early day South America was
 unezplored and comparatively unin-
 habited by any people maintaining a
 stable government. or enjoying com tmeree. arts, religion and education. | Candle and Whale Oil Days. When these twins first saw light fthere were very few stoves in use; icandles and whale oil lamps furnished the artificial light; there were no kero-
 sene lamps or lanterns; there were no lstreet cars. no electric cars. no auto mobiles. no telephones, no moving lpietures, no photographs, no tele- graphs. and of course no Atlantic ca
 ble. The temperance reform did not Their birth. Excepting the expedition tot Lewis and Clarke, not for five years after thetr advent was the untraeked treglon of the northwest, where Uncle Harlow lives. discovered; Freemont made his first heroic expedition in t1ate. During the same year, 1s42. Twas porr's spectacular rebellion in Rhode Island. MT borr is buried just fbeiow us. at 9uinebaug. near the rail- iroad tracks. MiIlerism and Adyentism,
 world, were not founded and an- Inounced until is43.s Ether was diseov lerad Tn le4s The sewing machine was tinvented in 1s4s. spiFituaAsm and table tipping were originally an | They were 10 years old when the
 1s47. ana the Unifsd states com Ineneed It's world philanthropy by sending to Erin the ship Jamestown
 loaded with food.
 Nation Added Four States. | When they were born Texas. New