The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-11-28
JOHN IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE AFFECTING STORY OF LITTLE STE
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correspondence of the New YORK SUM-
This is Philadelphia, called the City
of Brotherly Love-" There is nothing
said about sisterly love. j came
through the Holy Land to get here,
and Jerusaleml the land was full oi
holes too. They call 'em coal mines.
| saw more anthracite by darnetl
sight than ever saw before. Phil.
is quite city, and a quiet city too
Little Phil is no relation the this Phil.
met here my first pious hack dri-
yer. His horses were proving on oats
and he vas preying on a sand wieh.
Among all the ramifications of socie7
ty pious hack-drivers are searcer than
plaid zebras, and plaid zebras scarcef
than toad stools with cane bottoms.
Says he, 'EWill thee go to the Con-
tinental?" ,3e ~ sf Y aal
told him / didn't care a Conti-
mental where went. lisd ii lssss
Says he. where's thy baggage 2"
Then he took me TO the Continent
al. Mr.. Continental was out when /
got there, and from the quantuns suf-
fcst that ate I guess he was out
when left there-out of pocket. .s.3ii
HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA.
-fs / etsafls "a r.
The, .Swedes took possession of the
dirt gravel, and dust Oh which Pbila.l
delphia is built in 1921 jim II l.,
King of England, granted the State to
VIM. Penn, who was q perfect old
quill. Wm. Penn arrived in 1862
and hog pens and teelacame alter
ward. The city was laid out in 1852
and in 1856 the first Quaker meeting
house was built. In l7S1 it became
a. city and put on mems clothes: LII
1913 its first engine was born. There,
was lots of sqnirts around there be-I
lore that. 17U3 the 1rsI7 hose conIpaz
ny was formed. For ages before that
the females wore hose and the males
wore halt hose, and they continue
these doings to this day, emblematicalt
OF the fact that man isn't but halt as
good as woman. Since Laura Fair
was acquitted don't think so much
offair women us did. In, 1853 LETT
ter carriers were introduced. Letter
carriers have been introduced lots OF
times since, and hosts of then,
hare been married because they, have
been introduced. If letter carriers
were not introduced in Philadelphia
until 1853, then how the deuce could.
letter carriers get married previous to
that datef That's rebus or charade.l
That was before our benign Govern
ments used West Point cadets i'll grey
uniform to deliver letters. Z 6ea -
In 1854 the first daily paper in the
United States, called The Penn Pack
ct. There are lost of weakly papers
now issued daily, but there amt ma
ny paper packets afioat. Congress
the first met here Sept. 4, 1774., There
were good men in Congress then
men that knew better than to believe,
that George Washington got his ideas
of the battle of Trenton from reading
Robinson Crusoe.
The Declaration of Indepence was
signed July 4, 1776, and at 9 p. m.
sharp, of that came day, it was read
from the steps of Independence Hall.
The little boys who were playing
marbles that day are all under marble
now. The old hall is still alive, and
sacred memories cluster around it.
like eels around an eel-pot. This ven-
erable pile was commenced in 1923,
and finished in 1874, and just for
flyer they hitched two wings on to it
in 1740. That was before was six
years old. 1t has a bell imported in
1852. 1t cost some pounds sterling,
and it had good many pounds since
1t isn't much larger than tea-cup,
and has on it, in store writings: s,-
Proclaim liberty throughout the world,
I: and 20 all inhabitants thereof"