A theme of the excerpt is the challenges and hardships of travel in the early 19th century, highlighting how difficult and uncomfortable journeys were compared to modern conveniences. It reflects the slower pace of life and the resilience required to navigate the rugged conditions of that time.
Use the story "The Landlord's Mistake" from Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin to answer the question.
When John Adams was president and Thomas Jefferson was vice president of the United States, there was not a railroad in all the world.
People did not travel very much. There were no broad, smooth highways as there are now. The roads were crooked and muddy and rough.
If a man was obliged to go from one city to another, he often rode on horseback. Instead of a trunk for his clothing, he carried a pair of saddlebags. Instead of sitting at his ease in a parlor car, he went jolting along through mud and mire, exposed to wind and weather.
One day some men were sitting by the door of a hotel in Baltimore. As they looked down the street they saw a horseman coming. He was riding very slowly, and both he and his horse were bespattered with mud.
"There comes old Farmer Mossback," said one of the men, laughing. "He's just in from the backwoods."
"He seems to have had a hard time of it," said another; "I wonder where he'll put up for the night."
in 1-2 sentences describe a theme of the excerpt
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