The New England magazine . s have a bit of a wassail to cele-brate our All-Hallows honeymoon, shallwe? Aye, lad, it would be fine, said Cather-ine, starting for the bowl; but, Vavasour,can ye forgive me, think, lad, for hop in,aye, an almost prayin, to see your spirit,just wishin that yed no live the year out? Katy, I can, an Im no layin it upagainst ye, though it was a wicked thing forye to do — for any one to do, , dearie, fetch the wassail. Catherine started for the bowl once more;then turned, her black eyes snapping uponhim. But, Vavasour, how does it happen thatthe callin is s
The New England magazine . s have a bit of a wassail to cele-brate our All-Hallows honeymoon, shallwe? Aye, lad, it would be fine, said Cather-ine, starting for the bowl; but, Vavasour,can ye forgive me, think, lad, for hop in,aye, an almost prayin, to see your spirit,just wishin that yed no live the year out? Katy, I can, an Im no layin it upagainst ye, though it was a wicked thing forye to do — for any one to do, , dearie, fetch the wassail. Catherine started for the bowl once more;then turned, her black eyes snapping uponhim. But, Vavasour, how does it happen thatthe callin is set aside an that yere reallyhere? Such a things no been in Gwynenin the memory of man, and Catherine pro-ceeded to give a list of the All-Hallows Evecallings that had come inexorably true with-in the last hundred years. Im no sayin how its happened, Cath-erine; but Im thinkin its modern timesan things these days are happenin differ-ent — aye, modern times. Wei, sighed Catherine, contentedly,its lucky t is modern Views of Old-Time Philadelphia AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE ENGRAVERS OF THE FIRST HALFOF THE LAST CENTURT From Drawings by W. H. BARTLETT With Descriptions by N . P. WILLIS Reproduced from AMERICAN SCENERT, Published inLondon by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1840 THE SCHUYLKILL WATER-WORKS ATPHILADELPHIA I SHE Water-works of Philadelphia rank among the most noble publicX undertakings of the world. The paucity of water in that city first setto work the sagacious mind of Doctor Franklin, who, by will, bequeatheda portion of a long accumulated legacy to bring a greater supply of thisnecessary element from Wissahiccon Creek. This was found, after a while,to be insufficient; and a plan was proposed, and carried into operation, toform a reservoir on the east bank of the Schuylkill, from which water wasto be thrown by a steam-engine into a tunnel, conveyed to a central position,and raised by a second engine to a higher reservoir, which supplied all thepipes in the city. An
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