The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-08-29

high back, made from pew in Chriats
Church still standing in Second St., in
which Washington, Lafayette aud Frank
lin often sat and worshipped. A large
chair occupied by Hancock and four
other members Of the convention are
pointed out.
The hall is open and free to the public
from 8 a. m. till p. m, Admission by
free tickets to the belfry or tower where
can be had the best view of the Quaker
City of any point in the vicinity. The
view is superb. In the rear of tho edi-
fec is Independence Square, beautifully
laid out with graveled walks, and cano-
pied with the foliage of venerable trees.
just opposite this square is located the
Philadelphia Library, the Oldest one in
the country, containing $4,000 volumes.
The corner stone was laid August 81.
1889. 1t is free to all visitors. An
ancient view Of Philadelphia painted in
1927 by Peter Cooper, clock said to
have belonged to Cromwell, and another
said to have been owned by William
Penn, are shown visitors. The late DR..
james Rush bequeathed his entire estate
amounting to over 100000 for the
erection of q fire proof building and for
the support and endorsement Of it. 1t is
very interesting place to look over and
aead Anticipated works if one has leisure
for it.
Paramount water works is another
point Of attraction. The works we're
commenced in 1919 in consequence of
the inability of the city works built in
the year 1899, to supply the wants of a
growing population. This beautiful
place has always been an object of great
interest to all visitors to the city. The
natural beauties of the place have always
been skillfully improved by art. There
are three principal mill-houses as they
are called, in which are situated large
turbine wheels to propel the water into
the large reservoir above. One Of these
wheels is the largest in the country, being
two feet in diameter by seventeen inches
in the bucket, it will drive two double
acting for &C pumps twenty-five inches in
diameter.
Adjoining the Paramount water works,
is the Paramount Park, extending along
both sides of the Schuylkill, to the mouth
Of the Wissahickon, it contains 1891
acres and is the largest in area, as it is
the most beautiful in all the elements of
natural beauty in the country. 1t is
diversified by hill and valley, forest aud
lawn, dells and ravines, rocks and brooks,
all as nature made them; except that
many miles of fine driving roads
and convenient foot paths have been laid
out among them, and through the whole
extent of it the beautiful Schuylkill river
stretches for about seven miles The
views from the grounds made accessible
by the walks and drives, present PAN
Drama of unsurpassed beauty. The
broad drive way to be constructed around
the outside boundary lines, will be fifteen
miles in length. Paramount Park is not
only the largest in this country, but is
the largest in the world, with the excep-
tion of three in Europe. one in Austria,
and two in England only surpass it in
extent. Nature has been much more
lavish in Paramount than in Central Park
in producing transcendantly beautiful
natural scenery. A colossal statue of
the lamented Lincoln will be unveiled
sometime in September near the public
entrance of the Park. The pedestal on
which the statue will be placed, is already
erected. p. W. G.