Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ; ^:^ // 5-i»>- ?^»t\v T ^&^ Ik ^. THE BETTERIXO-norSE. 421 numbers to the house, and the wards were by little the ground had been m)1i1, >(> that thefarm was gone, the forest trees cut down, and oidy thegarden left. The people wlio built on the streets whichhad succeeded the foot-paths over the meadows grum-bled because of their pau])er neighbors, ami the (Guar-dians at last determined to build and move. This new enterprise was, however, to he linal: and so,to secure a site beyond cit
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ; ^:^ // 5-i»>- ?^»t\v T ^&^ Ik ^. THE BETTERIXO-norSE. 421 numbers to the house, and the wards were by little the ground had been m)1i1, >(> that thefarm was gone, the forest trees cut down, and oidy thegarden left. The people wlio built on the streets whichhad succeeded the foot-paths over the meadows grum-bled because of their pau])er neighbors, ami the (Guar-dians at last determined to build and move. This new enterprise was, however, to he linal: and so,to secure a site beyond city encroaclunents, they se-lected a large lot of ground across the Schuylkill lliver,and on its banks, and there they l)uilt the ideal Alms-house. It was to be a great credit to the city, and thepauper must have regarded it with admiring was something that wisely accei)ted things as theywere. The pauper was not to be abolished, but madecomfortable, and this was what ought to be expected ofa paternal government, and they probal)ly api)roved oftheir new quarters when they were moved over, in thesummer of 18
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