The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22
QUAINT OLD TONES.
TWO BOOKS. WHICH "a NEWSPAPER
MAN FOUND IN ENGLAND. Il

s20W HcNi1Hy1e1Ala was BOOsncH In No
Olden Tims--Its Climate, Soil and Peo.
pie Praised-A schco}master's Textbook
That Belonged to William Penn.
I have before me now two little books
which have been lent to me for few
days, and which, I think, could hardly
fail to interest any Penn ylvanian so
shall endeavor to describe them as well
as I can. as most people can never see
them, both of them being rare and ORG
being absolutely unique.
The first of these is small duOdeci1nt.
Of not more than 100 pages, though thu
following title page might easily mis-.
lead one to expect rather larger vol
azne:
can Historical and Geographical Ac
N'unt OF the Province of PENNSYLVANIA
and Of West New Jersey In America
the Richness Of the Soil, the Sweetness
IF the Situation, the Wholesomeness O.
the Air, the Manageable Rivers and 9th
ers, the P:odigious Increase Of Corn, the
Flourishing Coalition Of the City o.
Philadelphia, With the Stately Build
ings and Other improvements There
the Strange Creatures. as Birds, Beasts
Fishes and Fowls, With the Several
Sorts of N nerals, Stones and Purging
Waters Lately Discovered; the Natives
Aborigines, Their Language, Religion,
Laws and Customs; the First Planters
the Dutch, Swedes and English, Witt:
the Number of Inhabitants; as Also
Touch Upon George Keith's New Re
ligion II His Second Change Since H
Left the Quakers; With Map Of Boil
Countries, By Gabriel Thomas, Wht
Resided There About Fifteen Years
London: Printed aud Sold by A. Bald
win, at the Oxon Arms, in Warwic,
Lane, 1GoS.'
Re explains in the preface that, a.
there never has been fair or full az
count Of PENNSYLVANIA, he thinks
the curious will he gratifed with al
ample desert ption. He explains why
more has not been heard Of it, predicts
thriving future and says he "could
say mucli in praise CT that sweet trac,
of land," but reserves it for the body OF
she book.
After this comes small folded map:
very interesting and signed Philip Lea,
London. It represents "Pennsilvania
rs consisting OF only four countless
Bucks, Philadelphia, Chester and Ne>
Castle, with Virginia on the west, Wes
New Jersey on the east, Maryland or
Che south and Canada On the north.
<>q 4
ing. For instance Immediately opposit;
Philadelphia, On the Delaware, is {,
Dutch fort, and just back of that is &
place called demonstrating. Il.
our own state the chief places seem t.
be Haverford, Darby: Plymouth, Ge'
mantown, West Town, Radnor, New
town and Lewiston.
After the map So small pages are. d.
voted to the description ct Pennsylva
MIA, from which we learn that, though
the province is 500 miles in length b,
1870 in width, by far the greater part q
it is still in the hands Of the natives
who aro "suppcGcd by most people tt
have been Of the Te1, Scattered TT bes. -
The Dutch came and traded, the
Swedes and }7inns came and settled, and
finally William Penn came and founded
Philadelphia, "a noble and beautiful
city, which contains above 1000 houses,
all inhabited and most OF them stately
ard Of Er;ciz--generail three stories
high, after the mode in London.
moreover, il this province are fous
great market toTna-viz, Chester, thu
Germantown, New Castle and Lewis
town.
Among the lavs-2or this author
gives o synopsis Ct these alsc-nerhaps
the most striking is this: "Thieves Of al.
sorts are obliged TO restore fourfo1d.
after they have been whipped and in.
prisoned, according to tho nature q
their crime, ana II they 10 not Of abia.
ity to restore 2ourfoll they must be il,
ser7jtude I'LL It's satisfied -
I ccuiG give many moro curious e1.
cerpts, bat Will content myself with one
before passin; Oh to the other book:
''Tho Christian children born here are
generally well favored and beautiful to
behold, being in the general observed to
he better nat1red, milder and moro ten
taCI QStILSC tiGu JECSG COTD III Eng
land. y
1,he other book is still more rare. I,
il called ga New Primer, Or Methodicai
Direction TO Attain tho True GDalling,
Reading and Writing Of English, Where
unto Are Added Some Things Necessary
and Useful, Both For the Youth Of This
Province and Likewise For Those Who
From Foreign Countries and Nations
Como to Settle Among Us. By G. D. 2:
| Printed by William Bradford in New
York and sold by the Author III Pennsil
vania.'
The printed book itself is curious
little schoolboOk, and is SO rare that it
is not mentioned by Allibone, who was
himself a Pbiladolphian. But this par
ticular copy is OF especial and e2traor-
binary interest because it has baen
bound up with about 80 blank pages.
upon which the author, il most clear
and beautiful manuscript, has written
some very quaint things. It WIS es-
| pecially bound for William Penn, with
bis initials and the date 1901 on the