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Show A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. A gentleman bowing to a ladj always scraped his foot on the ground. All the population of a village assembled at the inn on "post day" to hear the news. Quinine was unknown. THien a man had ague fits he took Peruvian Peru-vian bark and whiskey. '. Editors begged their subscribe f to pay up. If they had no mont'y, to send in wood, cheese, corn or s pork. ; The cjmrch collection was taken j in a bag at the end of a polo with j a bell attached to arouse sleepy contributors. |