Connecticut western news., 1888-07-11
WEDNESDAY. JULY II, 1888.
4 DAY IN PHIA.

was spending Q few days at Devon, one of the charming little villages which nestle about the outskirts of Philadel- phia, and, being invited by friend to spend the night with hlm and attend the graduating exercises of the class of '88 at the University of Pennsylvania, resolved to go into the city early in the morning and occupy my time during the day seeing the sights.
 I began my tour of inspection as soon as I alighted from the train in the Broad St. station, for the depot itself is considered the handsomest building of its kind in the country, and is justly the pride of the citizens. As merged from the station beheld on the oppo- site side of the street the Public Build ing, supurb pile of white marble, from the centre of which rises the tower that, when completed will be the highest building ever erected by man.
 As am Washingtonian, and natur- ally jealous of the honor of that fair city, I heard with delight that slight orack had been discovered in the wall, and deYoutly hoped that the tower would fall down around the ears of it's aspiring builders, and that the Washing ton Monument would long continue to be the highest structure on earth.
 Cherishing these benevolent wishes I kr rpno1 yvov okopo faworI Horc Who would dare to leave Philadelphia without look at the Bon Marche of America I wandered through it's vast extent, gazed at the park, which is layed out in miniature on the second floor, with it's drives, summer-houses and fountains, walked through the suites of rooms, elegantly furnished from Wanamaker's own stock, and finally bought collar for 25c. Leaving these manifestations of the most un- Quakerlike pride and granduer of the later generation of the inhabitants of the Quaker city, I started on down Chestnut street, bent on seeing some of the buildings which the intellects of our grandfathers and beauty of our grandmethers have rendered famous but 6 I was approaching 9th street I was attracted by crowd, from which arose ever and anon such expressions as ''Go it Jim r' You've got him Bill !'' etc. Wondering what new curiosity I was now to behold I pushed myself through the crowd just in time to see two stately policemen swoop down like eagles, and tearing from his prey the belligerent "Bin," bear him away, together with his bloody-nosed brother, to the cool shades of some venerable lookup, there to repent at leisure his zeal in celebrating Decoration Day. Most of the crowd followed the stern officers of the law, with expressions of regret that such scene should have been broken up at so critical moment, but turned away, pondering within myself whether or not this was of truth the City of Brotherly Love, and soon stood at the door of Liberty Hall.
 So often has this edifice been descri- bed, written of and commented on, and so we'll do we all know the story of the mighty intellects which framed within its walls that great expression of the thoughts and opinions of the people born to freedom-The Declaration of Independence-that will content my self with giving my experiences within its walls, In wandering through its rooms, which are used as museum for the relics of the early history of Pennsylvania and the United States, passed before portrait of Franklin. Just behind me stood man and his wife, evidently just married, too evil dently for the gravity of some of the bystanders. "Who was Franklin ?'' she said. claw Jane," he answered, "Don't you know? Why he settled Philadelphia I hastily moved on, vainlv endeavoring to conceal a smile, and after looking at the old ''Liberty Bell," now cracked and silent, but whose strokes once reused 8 nation to resist the tyrant and assert their rights, set of for Old Christ Church.
 Here all the Revolutionary aristocra- cy worshiped. From this quaint old reading desk the brightest talent of the youthful Republic soothed it's audience into gentle slumber with its 13thly and 14thly, and in this quiet graveyard sleep some of the greatest of our nations heroes, once so alert for their countries welfare, now lying in the icy chains of death, oblivious to the great bustling world around them. I should have enjoyed staying longer and gazing at the monuments pride has erected in the vain hope of making greatness immortal, but my guide, fat Dutch man, reminded me that it was time fe1 me to pay my fee and depart, so taking one last look at 'sthe quiet church among its graves" I hastened on toward the Quaker Meeting House. What g contrast between the two places oi worship The one so proud in it's osteu- tetious greatness, the other SO humble in its unassuming plainness. The con- 3 .