The sun., 1872-10-21
JOHN IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE AFFECTING STORY or LITTLE
STEPHTE GIR1RD.

What Happened when John Tried TO be q
Good Little Bov-Look ing for Roois-Mr.
Barilctt's Pairs History ofPhiImdeIphia-
snipc on Toast, or its Equivalent.
Correspondence uf The sun.
PulLAUrLrutA, oct. 12.-Ths is Phia-
dclphia, called the City OF Brothery Love-
There is nothing said about ssterly love. came
through the Holy Land to get here, and Jerusa-
lem the land was full of holes too. They call
en- coal mines. saw more anthracite by
darncd sight than ] ever saw before Phil. IL
gtte a city, and quiet city too. Little Phil is
no -olation to this Phi.
Imrt here my nrst pi,us hack driver. His
horses were preyinS on OATS, aud nc was proving
ON a sandwich. Among all the ramihcations OF
socioty pious hack drivers are scarcer thaa plaid
ze1ris, aud plud 6cb1as Ne scarcer than loau
stools with cane bottoms. ,.,-.-..-,.,,
told MIN didn't care Continental where
-,y. he, where's thy baggage p -,
Tncn he took me to thc Con tnenia; Mr..
4 influential was ont when slt there, anI from
th. goo utgm .JNcd that ate guess n was
odt when left there out Of po cket.
HISTORY OF ruiLADGLpHIA. ,
The Swelcs took pps~u+sipn OF tho dlrt,
frJyel and dust on which Pnllielphia - 1ult
T. i...t. jim H. King Of England, granted the
sa,, to VIM. Penn, whc " =. q perfect old quill,
Nw. Penn arrived In i5s}. onl NO. .cns nnd
ft,ei pens came afterward. The city was i''u
uut ~ lOs,, and in 1885 the first Quaker meeting
i'l-e Ma built In l,Ul il became city and
Iui ON mems cloties. In ii.,s its nisi lire
tu-inc. WIS born There wa, l9tI ot !. sgqhirts
company WIS formed. For ages before that t9e
ftutlcs wore hose and the males wore hilt
hoe. aud they continue these doings To this
dIy. emhlcmiticul of the fact that man Sht
hut ha'f as good a. woman, since Laura fait
WAS acquitted | don't think So much OF lar
women a- did. la 1853 letter carriers were in
trpiuccd. Letter carrier- have been itr duccd
lots Of times since. anl hu-t- II them have nrcn
married because tht} were htiGu'ttI. ~ tv.
ter carriers were not Introduced IT, Ihlialtiihla
until li'}. then how t.t deuce could Letter ear
riers get nluucd previous To- mat d@'ef ihTl
q rcbus ur ,harHde. Ihgt WAS hct 70 our bs-
mgn Government used Wet Point cadets IN
ID, In l,N the ir,t daily pner ~ the u&miteI &
States was issued. called me Pam ch,t. There
are lots ot weakly ptp.ts u Nv issued I@t'lN, @ @nuL
there ant many paper packets Hlluat. congress
tie wunth met mere Sept. 4, l''t There we're
god men in Clugrcss then men that knew
better thin to believe that G.1ree Washing On
rp- hi- id'as Of the battle oi rronton from read
The Declaration Of Independence was signed
July T. 100 and atsP VI sharp. 9i that same daN'
it va, read from The steps oi Independence hdl
The little boy, who were playing marbles hat
day arr All under marbles now. This old hall -
sul alive and s,crcd memories cluster around
IL like GELS around an ee-pot. 1hs Nenerahle
pile was commepc'd IN ~. and hni~hcd IN l''1'
end just flr iy'r they hitclct two wings on 70
10 in l,i1 That was before Wa six years old.
JthHS abel uupu. ted mli.-. ltcost some pounds
sterling. and H. had a ru,u many p,uads since.
II isn't much lurgcr than az t'a-cup, un. uAs on IL
in store whiting:
Proclaim liberty throughout thr wp-l1, lni 10 ;
all ,hc ihuao!ta1t. ta0tto!.'
Washington delivered hls far woA address hero.
CURtp-Irus.
Philadelphia has mini tne year round. Uncle
sam owns thn patch.
one side I the town. and the ochuy lN'u .uut he
didn't cross flows iu~ other.
rue citizens ave plump and iai. and ten cents
worth OF measles wouldn't 90 all rudL. one VI
White board blinds and marble door-s;eps
a. most Ui the houses. ana saturday
nights female anna ms of tun IWo-tuu-it ana
Celtic races vie with each other in smashing
nailed nor water on ON tn rinse rm ob tnr
sunday They rnsed me on for sunday. They
took all m the mirrorks sare G Raj 56k of Nnis IKE
four cents worth Of wet canton flannel.
In l71d the British took Philadelphia; II was
too big dose for EN-, and they threw II w.
Cornwas was no relation t. VIM. wallace.
sTORY OF THE PooR LITTLE STEPHEN GuiARp.
The man lives in philsdelphia who when
y2S"; anI podr en'f'Sa yn wspt S'S bsyl @' Hd tGe
stately pers"nase said, No, little boy don
w,- too full for utterance, chewing piece uf
uconce stick he had bought with a cent stolen
from h.s good bat pious aunt, wtn s'"s plNln-
~ audible, aud with great Elphults ut w't"f
rolling down his checks, sldcd silently doWh
ne marble -teps IF thr AA4t. b'Ading his NJ
bic form. the tupk. .Wau CutsruI behind door
for he thought go" !ittle hpy was -u.ug t. shy r
Stone az him. Bat tae ho> p. he'd up snm2
Then spakc tie bank man, "i'u. here, litti"
hoyi' and tae iitle boy lid come here ana Ihs
Aud he answered aud replied. \ PIN And
the bank man said, Litue boy, are lYu
soud:' aud hg sMd Ae was. And the
bank man said, How DO YOU vote r.
cAcuse mo. do you ~ 90 sunday school 2
aud he shd he dil. Then the bank man took
down pen made uf pure gold and flowing win
pure ili,, dnI he wrote ON piece ~ paper -
Deter ana he ASKED the ltUe boy what % stood
FOR. aud lie said. salt Peter" Then the bank
man said IL meant "Stint Peter" The Little boy
said ON" Then the bank min took the little
boy to his bosom, and the iiitir boy said "uh
again, Tor ne squeezed him. Then the bank
ulu took the little hpy Into paitucr- Ilp, tud
gave him half the profits ard all the capital md
h. married the bank man = ddbshttl' ana now
all he has Is all his and Is ail his own, too.
sroRN OF ANOTHER Gopp LITTLE 10y.
Ny uncle told Inc this story, and | spent sil
weeks picking mp pins in front II bank cK
pected the bank man would call me Ia and q,
LATHE boy are you gooIt' and 1 was going /,
say, " Yes :" and when he asked lne what " II
John stood for, | was going To say, salt John.
have partner, and guess his daughter was
son, for one day says he t. me, says he, " Little
boy, whats that you're picking upI SAYS J.
'en." And he took 'eln, aud | took OF my car
all ready to go into the bank, and become
partner, and marry his daughter But | didnI
ct an Invitation. He sad You iittie ras a,
YOU hanging around here any more II set the
t'- on you. Then left and the mean old Gus
Aert tine pins. such ls NE as hnd II.
ROOTS WANrLD.
Politics are lourshlng. The weather Is get
TIM TOO cold To he on the fence much longer.
SAW a stura to-day-a shrub stOre-and there wa
as.sn hanging out
ALL X NDs OF ROOFS FoE SALE"
went in and says |, " Got all kinds OF roots 2
SN,L y" Give me ten cents worth Of root no.
ord.-.'
II hadn't been afraid he was armed