Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-21

OTlLtLGA llh ENlld4l- IA H. At AOVm- III
size and furnishings, is in strong contrast
with some Of our modern council rooms
All about it bears the marks of time
TAE MUSEUM.
Here are portraits of King William and
Queen Mary, Alexander Hamilton, Cow
erneur Morris, Jared Ingersoll. George
Mason, Robert Morris. Washington. and a
score or two Of other distinguished persons
Of colonial and Revolutionary times Here
also Is the supreme court justices chair. a
table used BY General Howe, a chair used
by William Penn. one presented Zindendorf
(whoeyer he was) in A. d. 1880. one oecu-
pied by General Washington at the council
of Wsr At Trenton. January 2nd. HI, and
Nm. Penn own chair. There i, among
other things. pre-Adamite looking sword.
captured from some British officer. Then
there are pistols used in the old French
war of 1850. by Capt. John " orths. Any
quantities Of old books. papers and official
documents are to be found, among them
several autograph letters from several of
tie persons who sigued the constitution. a
book printed four years after Americas
discovery, one of the original copies OF the
famous "slsmp act stamps. and an endless
variety Of other curious relics OF not the
least interest Is the box of baby clothes
worn by John Quincy Adams and made by
hi mother. Mrs John Adams. Snuff
takers admired very much a two-hundred-
vear-old snuff hlx. ThOre i picture OF
Penn making his treaty with the Indians.
and a picture of Hannah" Penn's second
wife. and very good and motherly look
ing woman she WIS too. Also there l.
fac-simile of the Pledge of Honor" signed
hy many merchants and Others pledglng
themselves against importation under the
outrageous rules then in use Scattered on
the top of William Penn's table are nu-
me-ous curious pamphlets, books and pa
pers. including a printed copy OF Wash
gton's last Will and Testament.
lnYour temperance sentiment will receive
shock As YOU notice a brewing jar. brought
over bv William Penn on the The We'll
come" Just before you get out. provided
Won goaround the wrong way, as did we. you
see a chair used in the First Continental
Cangres. AT New York''-the Speakers chair,
| tbink-and the door of Chew's house. bat
tered at the battle of Germantown. Oct.
IN. III. In hssty tour of the museum.
and in anite a crowd. these were the only
things found an opportunity to note down,
but they are hardly an index OF the relics
and quaint articles that may be found there
Reader. when you visit the Centennial,
devote few hours-a day il vou can-to OBJ
tanning a knowledge OF Continental times,
hy visiting the rooms in Independence
Hall.
THE UNITED STATES MINT
i als1 an excellent place TO visit. though
the constant throng of visitors during =" re-
ception hours" necessitates your being
ushered through abOut fifteen times faster
than YOU want TO be. However. you can
get a little insight into the way they do
things, and a. you come out you may invest
twenty-five cents in a pamphlet that Will
tell YOU all about the workings. At this
mint are manufactured the United States
coins and nickle pieces, from copper cent
up to a double gold eagle. The different
departments Of the institution are as iol-
lows The Deposit, or Weighing Room,
wbere all the precious metal used by the
mint is received ana weighed. 1t Is estl-
mated that about six hundred million dol.
lars worth of gold has been received and
weighed in this room, nine-tenths OF which
has been since the discovery of gold in CAL
ifornia, in 1918. From this room the ma
terial passes to the Deposit Melting Room,
where it goes through process suggested
hy the name Another room, or rath er
rooms, are the Assay Rooms, where gold,
| Next is Separating Room, where gold and
silver are separated from each other. after
which they are conveyed to the
| Driving Cellar, where, by putin g
| the gold or silver metal under a
pressure of about eighty tons, the water
| is pressed out. after which 1t Is dried by
heat The other rooms in their order are,
the Gold and Silver Melting Room, Copper
Mating Room, the Rolling Room lin which
are annealing furnaces.) the Adjusting
Room. Clearing Room, Coming Room. and
the different Offices The names of all these
Indicate their use and description would be
too lengthy. A study of the machinery !:
of much interest, as IL also an Inspection
of the cabinet, which contains portraits ol
the different persons who have acted a
directors of the institution. and a large col
lection Of medals and coins, each media
bearing en- interesting history attached Il
il. This institution | would advise every
one coming to Philadelphia to visit.
I've no doubt there are many other pub
lie buildings ond institutions worth VISITING
hut. owing to 1899 weather. which ha
prevented my looking them up, there
only one other institution | wish to speal
of and that is the
FARMERS MARKET EATING HOUSE,
on Market street. between Eleventh an
Twelfth, in the large market. If any on
is coming here subject to short purse AM
big appetite, let him visit this place. and b
can live on first-rate food at mOderat
cost. 1t isn't the most elaborately finishe,
place in the city, and the walters don
stand over YOU with fan but good an
clean food Is there, and you can get mea
for from ten to twenty-five cents. as goo
as YOU get at some high-toned places 70
froIa fifty cents to dollar and s-half. BE
sides, YOU get the freshest vegetables, etc.
eyery day. Yours,
Joax DARBY.