The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-18

No man wised how Id vas shtar4e', or where
der fore shlog came, ,.-,.,
Boot dey shveared IL vas clnder, dereto purhm
"Dere is Schn,tzuerl in de Custom House-po'z 2
blitZ can dis dings pc ! ,,,. e..
Und Bretmsnb he hale nodings; Vo! s'ghts Is
dle to seel
mod de Wrist ret ceudt for Breltmann ish dis
Go pc de CRY
On de man dat sacked de Repels md trinked
dem high und dry?
By meine seei shvears i'd und vot's more 1
DECLARES ids drue,
He vonce cleaned QUIT a do vn in half an oor,
und shtripped id strompf uud shoe.
"He was sboost like K@nig Etzel, of whom de
shdOry dell,
Der Hun who 90 for de Romans und vollop dem
so veil;
Only dis dat dey say no grass vouldt crow where
Etzes horse had trot,
Und really peleie we're Breitmann 20 de hops
shpring in de shpOt.n
If once you tie a dog loose, derc is more soon
geds arount,
Und wenn dis vas shtartedt on Breitmann id
was rings aroom be-foundt;
Dough Uhy he D1Oost hafe Something's vas nod nv
no mean glear
Nor It'd 10, like Pauus' confession, on de suap
TO all abbear
Und, in facdt, Balthazer Bumcben saidt he
couldtent nicht blainly see
Wy Veller Tor gadderln riches shood dus re-
varledt pc:
Der Brei,mann own drei Houscr, NIT a vein
handle In a stohr,
DaZu elm Lager. WiTthschaft, and sonst WIS
Something's more.
Dis pasted plackguard nonsense We conldn,t
no means shtand,
From narrow mlneted shvines kopt OF our
nople captain grand:
Soosh low, coarse, betty bornirtheu a shentle-
man deplores;
So We called him Uer1luchter Hatndsfoot, und
shmysed him out of toors.
So We all dissolled dat Breitmann shouldt hafe
nomination
To 90 to de Legisladoor, to make some dings off
de nation;
Nit de helb of a Cont edigut map, in whom We
hate great hObos,
Who hat shangs his boledics ivdeen dimes und
derefore knew de robes.
L. Clarke Davis, in an article on the Boston
Public Library, has the following about the
Apprentices Library of Philadelphia
"1be Apprentices Library is lodged in an old
historic building at the corner of Fifth aud
(now called) Arch streets, in the north wall of
which is set marble slab bearing this quaint
legend:-
By GENERAL SUBSCRIPTION
FOR THE
FREE QUAKERS.
ERECTED IN THE YEAR
OF OUR LORD 1888
OF THE EMPIRE 81
'The founders of the building were originally
members OF the Society of Friends, from which
they became separated by taking part in the
war of the Revolution. When the war was
ended they formed a religious society, and
erected the present library building for a
meeting house. There they assembled after
the manner of their sect, but Time, gently
covering old wrongs aud bit,ernesses, oblite-
rated their misdeeds against the Spirit OF Peace
and either they or their children were taken
back at last into the old beloved fold. aud then
the building fell into disuse, and afterwards
into the possession of the library. But the
galleries where the ministers and elders sat,
and the ma. siye benches for the rest of these
grim old fighting Quakers, are still preserved
with very loving care"
N. s. Dodge disoourses about the Found
ling Hospital of London. From this article
we clip the following
There are eight hundred children in the
Founding Hospital who know neither father
nor mother. For seventeen years Thomas
Coram, retired sea captain, labOred to achieve
this gIeat success. His picture by Hogarth, as
coat and knee breeches-a stout, strong boued
man OF fifty years, with forid complexion,
and face very far from philanthropic in eX-
preston. Whether a likeness or not, it bellies
ever lived, His business led him into town
early in the morning. Passing through
the east end of London, then as now
the resort of the poorer classes, his
"leelings were narrowed" to use his
own words 'by seeing young children exposed,
sometimes alive, sometimes dead, and some
times dying" He began to make it subject
of conversation in the city counting-rooms, at
first from compassion and shortly from enthu
siasm. He won adherents. Even those who
doubted success gave encouragement. He
abandoned all business, and devoted his time
and fortune to providing home for fouudlngs.
His sphere of operation enlarged. Noblemen
gave him their subscriptions ladies of quality
circulated his appeals; Sterne preached q sermon
in behalf OF the charity; Hogarth opened an
exhibition OF his paintings, and presented them
together with the moneys received, to the
cause. And when at length, after years of
untiring perseverance, on the Goth of November,
| 1888, charter was obtained from Parliament,
| there was scarcely man of distinction in
| England who did not hasten to lond his aid
! Commodious and ornamental buildings de-
! signed by jacobson, the architect of his day,
! were erected upon spacious grounds purchased
| In GuilfOrd street, to yards which, among other
large private subscriptions, George ii gave three
thousand pounds. No greater success ever
crowned the efforts of philanthropist
Meanwhile the hospital was opened in tempo.
raIy buildings, in l740. basket was hung at
| the gate, in which children were deposited, aud
! bell was rung to give notice to the officers in
attendance. No questions were asked, no
! clothes or memoranda received, no person
accompanying or bringing the child admitted
! within the walls All identity was thus for ever
destroyed. On the first day one hundred aud
seventeen children were admitted, for whom
nurses, food, clothing, beds, and medical
attendance had been previously provided. Bills
had been posted in the streets, notices read
! from the pulpits and advertisements inserted in
the Gazette and other newspapers, apprising
the public of the privileges of the hospital.
Within three months 1927 newborn infants
had been presented at the gates. Many
| died from previous exposure, from in-
| herited disease and from sudden change of food,
but still the house was kept full. Often there
were hundred children offered when only
twenty could be received and riots cOnse-
| Quently were not inlIeouPnt among the women