Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-13
62~66 Main Street Norwich

and it's music will De furnished daily i free to ali who visit the great store. A visit to Independence Hall, where thousands of things of interest are to be seen-the chairs in which George Washington and his wife, Martha, used to sit I took q seat in them both to see if they were easy; also
 the chairs of Benjamin Frank 1 lin and wife. There were many other i pieces of furniture belonging to these ! two families. visited the graves of Benjamin Franklin and wife which are in a, little cemetery in the heart of the ! city; large slabs of slate cover their i graves. Directly opposite is the home ' of Betsy Ross, the birthplace of Old 1 Glory. the first American flag accepted i by the committee and adopted by res OlutiOn of congress June 14th, 1777 as the national standard, made by Bet sy Ross in 1776 at 239 Arch street, ] Philadelphia, Pa. The committee. Rob- ert Morris, George Ross, accompanied ! by George Washington called upon this celebrated woman and together with her suggestions produced our beauti- ful emblem of liberty. The little house : has been well taken care of and the furniture is in the same position as l left by Betsy Ross many years ago. [ She was born in Philadelphia, 175% and died in 1886 and is buried in Mt. | Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia. The mounted police In the rear of city hall i were 8 fine sight as they started out on duty after the noon hour. The chief, mounted stands in front of the ! long line of horses with the riders on ! the ground, With one hand on the 1 saddle and at q sign from the chief ] they all mount at the same time and 1 start out two abreast, then single out 1 to all parts of lthe city.
 My next visit was to the United ! States mint, where I saw them mak- ] ing pennies. uicl1els and $20 gold ! pieces, which is a sight no one should
 ever miss who visits that city. The i copper and gold is rolled our cold the l thickness of the coin and then cut out 1 the same as our Social Corner Sisters cut out biscuit. X lady dressed in pure white attends the electric machine, one i of the finest i'll the world, which was noiseless, and cut out the cold coin ! from the metal, making $20 gold pieces as fast as a hen would pick up corn. l From the machine a man draws a little 1 bOx-Wag holding about half a buShel 1 of the shining money, which is all he
 wants to draw at 8 time. They are l weighed and counted and recounted by l three other men, then they are ready ! for the bank.
 i The pennies are placed on a long 1 apron which moves very slowly and l three ladies inspect them as they pass i along to see they are all perfect. A
 visit to the noted "sunken gardens" at l F'airmount park was fine, and the l many animals there are as good as 8 1 circus. Last but not least was a sight
 never to be forgotten-a visit to the
 Masonic temple, where We met i a man well adapted to his position { who showed us through the ! many beautiful rooms which I cannot i describe on paper. All the rooms are ] very large and represent different 1 countries. He said: Now I will take i you to Egypt" and We visited 6 room 1 which contained thousands of most 1 costly things which were all brought ! from that country at a great expense | It would pay anyone to visit PhiIadel- phia just to see this dne building which i is one of the finest of it's kind in the world and to spend several hours look
 ing through the most beautiful rooms which cannot be appreciated without 1 seeing the same. 1 Hoping that other members of the Social Corner may visit the Masonic