. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . onTuesday afternoon. At three oclock thevisitor was introduced to his dining-room,from which all seats had been removed. Onentering he saw the tall, manly figure ofWashington, clad in black silk velvet, his * The following anecdote is related of Jeffersons residencehere :— Being of an investigating mind, the philosopher, it is
. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . onTuesday afternoon. At three oclock thevisitor was introduced to his dining-room,from which all seats had been removed. Onentering he saw the tall, manly figure ofWashington, clad in black silk velvet, his * The following anecdote is related of Jeffersons residencehere :— Being of an investigating mind, the philosopher, it issaid, tried a philosophical experiment, which did not come upto his theories. Reasoning on the fact that plants may be pre-served in hot-houses in winter merely by tne warmth of thesun shining through the glass, the Sage of Monticello, arguingon the supposition that men require no more caloric than plants,tried the experiment as to whether he could do without otherheat in winter than that yielded by the suns rays, which wereto be admitted by properly fitting up the south veranda. In-fortunately for philosophy, practical knowledge satisfied himthat men arc not precisely similar to plants, and the experimentwas declared unsuccessful. 70 THE PENNSYLVANIA GIRARD hair in full dress, powdered and gatheredbehind in a large silk bag; yellow gloves onhis hands, holding a cocked hat, with ablack cockade in it, and adorned with ablack feather about an inch deep. He woreknee and shoe buckles and a long stood always in front of the fire-place,with his face toward the door of visitor was conducted to him and hisname distinctly announced. He receivedhis visitor with a dignified bow, in a manneravoiding to shake hands, even with bestfriends. As visitors came they formed acircle round the room; and at a quarter pastthree the doors were closed and the circlewas formed for that day. He then beganat the right and spoke to each visitor,calling him by na
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