The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-07-24
HISTORICAL
NEW CASTLE
EN LNuSSAr RICHTER RusEss
il the Sew Am-'ei Magazine

EN LNuNSNT RICHTER RusgEs
f. the New Am.icl Magazine
New Amstc. or il, English cquya-
lent. New Castle. would probably have
remained 4 portion at New York
State ard perhaps suburb OF Man
haitian. had il not been Tor the desire
at that Utopian yosng Englishman,
William Penn. to become landed
proprietor oi the New World. Let lis
| consider his career
Ills mother was Dutch His father,
English by birth and Admiral BY pro-
tc,,iou. was Sir William William.
Jr. was born in I6l4 Thus he con
| trivcd to get that most important
thing. good start in lie 1t is un-
certain whether his name is derived
I from the loaling place i"r swine. or
the instrument mighticr than the
sword.
| The thrilling yarns al adventure told
him by papa admiral fired his youth
iul imagination and al an early age
decided him to he something great
either missionary in darkest Phila-
dclphia. q pirate pu the Spanish Main
ur q wircic>, operator nu a transact
lantic liner.
Before he had quite settled this mat
| ter he va, sent to school. Later. re-
cciving Rhode, scholarship and con
,idcriug himself somewhat 81 an ath-
'ctc ne vert T." OXinrd.
Unfortunately hi, college career was
Hat failure He was never even
placed IN an athletic event. aud ended
by becoming religious IN the worst way.
7" the average lingli>hman OF his day
the worst way VA, t." hc q Quaker
When TIL, va, reported /" the Nd
mira he va. Disguised and iclt like
sparkling Willie. bit on thinking the
matter over sent him rn Paris Foxy
r.ua' Nh might still have been well
tur ih-, should have been the making
ui him Unfortunately. the wrrtchcd
boy neglected the Cair Chautant, the
students ball. aud other hrauchc, 81
French culture and devoted himself 10
the cheerful theology ui Gcuc"1--iu
PARIS, Most provoking. wasn't it:
However, he learned lew worldly
thing, and might have become some
body 1t court. q, he wa, guud-lruking,
ard hi, friend, said. wa, the original
Gibson Young man
Then he had % relapse. spending h.
time attending revival, aud i.,,rrng
G" sermons. until he became % hopeless
0uak,r However. hr i, not known
IT, have 'rcquCrtcd the Suudas school
elias, ui Mr. Rockefeller
n almost broke Penn, poor dad f,
, heart and complicated hi, guul with
1 ap"ploNy Pointing ,irrn'y ." IN, exit
ui a., ancestral mansion. he uttered
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RI, ,,,,h r,.,,J L,lIr, .,,,, TN.
,,lJ J.mn n,ah, ami ,r, ,,h ,hcsc
, terrible word, ringing IN IN, ears. he
kent on prrach,uy IN stree, corners.
lrat,nu the hiu drum a, ,h, Salvation
, ,rmN harrark, ard ircuu,ntiug iail>
the court and other dl>rcputablc places
pcun, attention wa. called L. the
, New World. aud he had an epoch
, making idea Why not become pro.
, rrictur ni several million acre, al
america.
How wonderful, the event, al his
tor, duyctail iutn each other Ii Penn
. had conceived TIN, idea two ccrturic :
rrr',rr il would have ia,ird. because
Columbus had not thcu discovered
how to- make an egg strong runupl, To-
stand up ;lnuc. r- found ont that
america Interfere, with = western sea
voyage IT, India. On the other hand.
II he had tried twu ccnturic, earlier To
own the whole ~ PENNSYLVANIA and
Delaware. he would have had t. buy
the Pennsylvania Railroad Standard
OH and il, Legislatures. which would
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