Twitter = Pre-19th Century Diary Entries

As Harry Truman once said, "if you want to know the future, read history." Twitter tweets resemble the diary entries of the 1700s and 1800s.

April 27, 1770: Made Mead. At the assembly.

May 14, 1770: Mrs. Mascarene here and Mrs. Cownsheild. Taken very ill. The Doctor bled me. Took an anodyne.

Sept. 7, 1792: Fidelia Mirick here a visiting to-day.

Jan. 26, 1873: Cold disagreeable day. Felt very badly all day long and lay on the sofa all day. Nothing took place worth noting.