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Ths spos oa which Philadslphis Is
bulit vas frss d,nrovssea by Capt Han
ds,chzon. IN ths yaeht onrest. which
sailed from Manhattan in the year 1898.
lie returned 70 New York the following
wesk. bat ms baggage did not reach him
til ths following spring. as il fsu into
the hands " local express company.
the ofheers of which were ssdly In nosd
Of suitable winter clothing.
In lass the Swedes came In and set
tied on the Delaware river. Philadel-
paia was Laid out in iSsi2 by Will
lam Penn Aiso. later ON by the United
States bank. Times at present In Phils-
driphis sre good. Farm produce Is CON-
ing Ia promptly and at good prices
George Washington presided at con-
vention here in 1851. and while in the
city purchased town LOT, intending at
no distant day 10 erect thereon one of
hls justly celebrated headquarters.
Washington aud Adams were both in
sugurss-d as president Of the United
States az different times in Congress
hall. and made spicy inaugural ad-
dresses, In which they said that the Ia
dian was a ward Of the nation and
should De locked after like any other
doubtful ward.
Independence was born in Philadel-
phia. among other places, and the first
tEenulous wall OF the newly fiedged bird
Of freedom was heard about dusk on the
Fourth of July, 1776, at Independence
hall.
Mt Pleasant. IN the park. an told.
was built by Capt. John Mcpherson and
bought by Benedict Arnold, the gentle
man who sooght unsuceessfully to syn
dicate his soul TO some English capital
lists. IL is a place of historic interest
Arnold was man who believed in arbi-
tration. lie was ALWAYS ready To do arbi-
trating In q way he had of his own
which involved very little bloodshed.
He gave the house TO his wife, partly as
mark of his esteem for her. and partly
in order to get the laugh on his creditors
At the corner of Arch and Fifth streets
stands Christ church graveyard, and
near the corner is an iron gateway which
is kept fastened. Through this iron lat
tice work you may peer into the burying
ground, and almost in reach from the
street are the graves Of Benjamin and
Deborah Franklin. On cold winters
day it is not an uncommon sight for two
or three strangers to rest their damp
noses on the frosty iron of this railing
and read the crumbling name of that
great genius and well known Job printer,
who was not only very able man, bat
utterly free from the snobbery and cad
dizziness which seem 10 more and more
assert themselves in our now somewhat
middle aged republic.
In fancy now can see Benjamin trip
ping gsyly down to the Office, wearing a
coonslcin cap in winter time, which was
tho cause of his early badness. In my
minds eye can sea tho great jour
printer, philosopher, statesman, alma
hacker and inventor as he enters the
rear of the building in order to avoid
startling the sheriff, in case he should be
waiting for him at the front