. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . no more— Wide open stands the gate;Weve made a road for our horse to stride, Which we ride at a flying rate;We have filled the valleys and levelled the hilis. And tunneled the mountain side;And round the rough crags dizzy verge. Fearlessly now we ride ! On—on—on—with a haughty front! A pufF, a shriek, and a bound :While the tardy echoes wake too late To babble back the sound:And the old pike road is left alone, And the stagers seek the plough;We have circled the
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . no more— Wide open stands the gate;Weve made a road for our horse to stride, Which we ride at a flying rate;We have filled the valleys and levelled the hilis. And tunneled the mountain side;And round the rough crags dizzy verge. Fearlessly now we ride ! On—on—on—with a haughty front! A pufF, a shriek, and a bound :While the tardy echoes wake too late To babble back the sound:And the old pike road is left alone, And the stagers seek the plough;We have circled the earth with an iron rail. And the steam-king rules us now ! THEPAOLI. 21 «The Paoli, twenty-one miles from Philadelphia, was kept for many-years by the late Gen. Joshua Evans, who formerly represented thecounty of Chester in Congress. lie was truly a fine old gentlemanof the olden school. During the revolutionary movements in thisvicinity, the house was occupied by Gen. Washington as his head-quarters. About one mile and a half west is the house in which Wayne* was born. About the same distance, and nearly. GENERAL WAYNES RESIDENCE. in the same direction, is the field of the memorable Paoli , himself, had charge of the American forces thus slaughtered *Gen. Anthony Wayne was born in the township of Eastown, Chester Co.,(about one and a quarter miles south of the Paoli tavern,) on the 1st Jan., received a thorough education, and was particularly skilled in the mathe-matics. After leaving school he became a surveyor, and also paid some atten-tion to astronomy and engineering, by which he attracted the attention of , who became his friend and patron. At the opening of the revolutionhe was a prominent member of the provincial Legislature. He entered the armyin 1775 as colonel of a corps of volunteers, and was afterwards active on thenorthern frontier at Ticonderoga. Here he was made brigadier-general on the21st Feb., 1777. In th
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