Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY ofA PENNSYLVANIA
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enhanced reputation Anthony
Wayne have furnished material of which many subsequent
writer's have their books Some ag6 Daniel X
Casse well meaning but leate and entirely unframed old
man, history
He coyly suggested be helped If
should chapter for him. told him had time devote
that he found anything serviceabe in my pub
shed should interfere with his making them.
When his book found much
ment that half of it was made up of these notes and
citations from languages which he unable
read, word for written them
office said Te subscription price of my book dollar and
half but good deal of information from you, will sell
for dollar He entirely sincere and the joke
upon me was too manifest not to be enjoyed was not willing
however, that the should be fifty
cents and therefore, paid him the full price, much to his relief
In November 1867, heard Charles Dickens in Musical
Fund Hall novels including
death of little Paul DObey and extracts from the Pckwck Papers
He had his hair twisted into of curl he velvet and
carried gold watch chs the whole
the suggestion of want Of thorough breeding perhaps
of He read with something of cockny accent but
with considerable dramatic effect
Among the observance the Centennial Celebration
Congress of Authors from the country assembled Independ
sketch written by himself of the worthless the
luton Mark Twain of those who participated 1t the
only time ever him, and remember him slim with
light complexion and mustache wearing white
white suit of clothes wrote Colonel Samuel John
Aee who commanded the Pennsylvania Musey Battalion that
On the sixth of October 1885, the Germans America
bred the two hundredh anniversary of the coming the Ger
Germantown which the beginning that great
grafton and made the address the Academy Music before
immense of people 1t translated into German and
published Hamburg the Philadelphia
office bringing the official thanks of
Germans
favor eecng of the Archve Committee of the Deusche
Geseshat and honorary member of the Canner vsfest
Neren and the Maennerchor when they erected
of Schiller in Paramount Park delivered the oration.
Some Physical Peculiarities
have certain physical peculiarites When rabbit
sitting his launches will be observed that he continually
spreading wide power physical
advantage animals enabling them increase their
thus learn of the of enemies have the
voluntarily using the muscles which dae the nostrs. likewise
have control of the muscles which spread
to extent making them prehense Darwin who spent much
time in gathering facts from whch4ke differences
had discovered these him letter calling his
tion them He replied expressing recogn
tion of the value of these facts in euaton of his theory
One of the descendants of Edward Lane, beautiful
became the wife Of Lieutenant A. Smm who the of
the War of the Rebellion acquired fame through his command Of
Fort Pens in Florida which the forts the other
being Fort Sumter South Carolina retained by the North the
England
scholar with Oxford University Then
George Sir Charles Darwin
At the time of the dinner by the American Philosophical
Society celebrate the hundred anniversary the birth
Franklin Sir Darwin who there with many other
scientists and said My wife, who tells
that and she cousins She in the gallery when
to speak presence
third physical popularity is the fact that have five incisor
teeth in lower jaw. One day said colleague
bench, Judge Mayer Sulzberger:
"Judge, did you know that was a monstrosty?"
"No; what peculiar phase of monsrosy do you exhibit"
81 have five incisor teeth in the lower jaw"
"There is nothing strange about that look at mine"
And he had five ncsor teeth the lower Monsrose
a majority of the Court.
For many years corresponded Hoop sheaer
of Amsterdam the historian the Reformation the Netherlands
the learned scholars of Europe When
in 1890 called him and found him genial old
gentleman with white hair living house which indicated the
comfort his suggestion
member of the Maatschappij
When
would could get along
ably He attention this suggestion but wrote
English.