Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e variousphenomena and incidents that accompa-nied them. In no other place, perhaps, were themanifestations and effects of a deathlyepidemic upon human conduct exhiiiitedmore strikingly than
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e variousphenomena and incidents that accompa-nied them. In no other place, perhaps, were themanifestations and effects of a deathlyepidemic upon human conduct exhiiiitedmore strikingly than in the city of Bhila- GREAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 517 delphia. The dread of the contagion droveparents from their children, and evenwives from their husbands. All the tiesof affection and consanguinitj were rentasunder, and humanity was left to mournover its own selfishness, in the ardor ofself-preservation. Such was the degree of consternation,dismay and affright, which possessedpeoples minds, that, according to Mr. were afraid to allow the barbers or hair-dressers to come near them, as instanceshad occurred of some of them havingshaved the dead, and many having en-gaged as bleeders. Some, who carriedtheir caution pretty far, bought lancetsfor themselves, not daring to allow them-selves to be bled with the lancets of thebleeders. Many houses were scarcely amoment free from the smell of gunpowder,. MONOMEXT TO THE VICTIMS OF CHOLEKA. Carey, the historian of that period, mostof the inhabitants who could, by anymeans, make it convenient, fled from thecity. Of those who remained, many shutthemselves up in their houses, being afraidto walk the streets. The smoke of tobaccobeing regarded as a preventive, manypersons, even women and small boys, hadsegars almost constantly in their , placing full confidence in garlic,chewed it almost the whole day; somekept it in their pockets and shoes. Many burned tobacco, sprinkled vinegar, , libraries, and other places of
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