Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ON TIIK Wl-is MiK Ko\—Tin: ) IIOISE. QUAKEll AND TORY 18\ rence, amioiuiccHl hinisrlf a rMuiivb of Eiiolaml man,and remained so to his GARDEX GATE OF THE OLD LTVEZEY TTOTTSE. Tn the market-place stood pillory, wliippino-post andstoeks. AVomen were puhlicly as lale as ,and the ^pnblie whipper ^ had a salary of ten poundsii year. The eonntry people who came in twiee a weekover the almost impassable roads, reoarded this as oneof the essential sights of market-day, whi<-h in 17-2
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ON TIIK Wl-is MiK Ko\—Tin: ) IIOISE. QUAKEll AND TORY 18\ rence, amioiuiccHl hinisrlf a rMuiivb of Eiiolaml man,and remained so to his GARDEX GATE OF THE OLD LTVEZEY TTOTTSE. Tn the market-place stood pillory, wliippino-post andstoeks. AVomen were puhlicly as lale as ,and the ^pnblie whipper ^ had a salary of ten poundsii year. The eonntry people who came in twiee a weekover the almost impassable roads, reoarded this as oneof the essential sights of market-day, whi<-h in 17-29found a po(4ieal deseriber. TImhi, as now, Jersey waschief purveyor, the wa-ons crossing over by way ..fMarket street ferry, the market itself extending up the street. An yew l)Ows aistanoe from the key-luiilt stranilOur court-house fronts pine-tree land ;Throujvh the archM dome on each side tlie streetDivided runs, remote a^ain to eastward stand the trap foi- petty erimes—stocks, ])ost and pillory ;And, twiee a week, heyontl, liuht stalls are set,Loaded with fruits and flowers and Jerseys meat. ISi A SYLVAN CITY. Westward, conjoin, the shambles grace tlie court,Brick piles their long exte
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