Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-01
Letter from Philadelphia.


lave seen very few objects OF interest
in the Quaker City which we nave not
already mentioned. and we are ready
TO vote Philadelphia dull. tiresome
city. We are tired OF square corners.
aud large ranges Of buildings with their
white shutters. There j. nothing new
here now. il is the same thing over aud
over again. Ohe feature i. good though,
YOU can ride from one end Of the city to
the other in the horse ears for seven
cents. but when one has to depend on
horse cars for enjoyment, ten chances
to one, half hours ride will be sufii-
| Client.
DOWN TIE DELAWARE
| lou can ride in the steamer from here
Ia Wilmington. Dol, aud back. seventy
miles, tor TWENTY-FIVE cents. cheap
enough. and a very pleasant ride. as
thousands are ready 10 testify. Viii
rniDgton itself l. nothing. one OF those
finished places. where The last nail was
struck long ago. II is city OF some
twenty thousand inhabitants. aud il
situated three miles from the Delaw are
river on Christine Creek. very small
| crook,d stream. Two steamers go down
and back each day, carrying crowds Of
! people who wish 10 enjoy M cxcur>ion
AT "A small expense.
.
This institution situated on Broad =.
/ PhIadclphia. j. most interesting one
% il kind. Finy wears ago when il
was iuundcl the system Of teaching the
deaf mute bv signs, adopted by lie l.
tpce and improved by >icard, was in
trpfnccd: now they are tp tc>f the
articulation method of Hcinikc. Thi,
method cannot be we'll employed unless
NJ" deaf person ha~ h4d use Of hi, voice
and hearing AZ sometime. and even then
uut few results are satisfactory. DR.
MAJ" who lu-t hiS hearing when eleven
Years old. retained hi> vocal powers ~
much a. II i possible tor anv one TO
lrialn them. aud improved them vcr,
much afterwards D, determined and
prr~evcriu. use: Yet he saws in hi-
+rk entitled Lost senses" MN
"wn present facility Of speech stands
m" in little stead. beyond the walls ui
mv Own house" This method once
lrlcd IA t'rrat Britain was given over o.
imPrarticable. though believe ii /, still
n.cd in Mass. Conn. and New York
When The manual alphabet can be
acquired ia "a f,w hours it seems unwi>c
90 take - much time from the short
period allotted 10 the education OF Thu
ra~- OF uniurtuuntr,. A. to the matter
oi lip reading not more than one fifth
eyer acquire il, aud even then they pre-
XVI III" ~ign method.
ART GALLERIES.
Philadelphia ], highly favored ia this
respect, having three very fine one, on
Chestnut street. All three OF them may
be visited at any hour Of the day free of
expense. and the visitor To this city can
least, on pictures produced bv the best
artists in the world. Five thousand
dollar pictures are common, while "A
rcrY large number are marked from two
hundred dollars upwards, The Battle
n tetty eburg.' that iampu, painting
which was on exhibition in some 81
the principal cities = year, ha, found a
temporary resting place here and com
mand, thc admiration D! an visiting the
place. cnjpycd the time spent in the
galleries very much, for such oppor-
tunities never occur in our own State
and indeed seldom in any OF the United
States.
FghNkLIN's CRAVE
IL j. generally known that Franklin
was buried in Philadelphia, but do
not believe that one person in ten here
can tell yon where his grave is. re
mcmbcrcd iu have read that he was
buried inChri-t Church burying ground,
and 80 hal 10 dill atty ia iiliin. il. Il
l. al the corner of Arch and Fifth St
and all Their j, 10 tell the passer bv
whose remain, ARE Inferred therein i, a
marble Slab. covering the grave and
bearing the inscription BENJAMIN aud
Deborah Franklin, April II, 1890 :"
The grave is within three feet of the
sidewalk, 80 that any one may see it
And this j. the resting place OF ono Of
Americans great men. What is fame.
1t l. gratifying however TO remember
mat there are several monument. erect
ei 10 him. and that some thirty or more
towns bear his name
NORA LENT.
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