Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ^ the curiosity whiclirevels in the ahnormal. A keeper of a down-townrestaurant once placed in his window a malformedpig preserved in alcohol and surrounded it with fresh. AND THE NEW. 250 A SYLVAN CITY. vegetables and fruits. He argued probably tbat thisuni)leiisant ol)ject would onl}^ excite a keen appetitetor hcaltlilcr wares. Another, by means of his win-dow, announced to the pul)lic that those who steppedwithin could have a good dinner and at the samelime feast their eyes ui)on Jesse .Tames d
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ^ the curiosity whiclirevels in the ahnormal. A keeper of a down-townrestaurant once placed in his window a malformedpig preserved in alcohol and surrounded it with fresh. AND THE NEW. 250 A SYLVAN CITY. vegetables and fruits. He argued probably tbat thisuni)leiisant ol)ject would onl}^ excite a keen appetitetor hcaltlilcr wares. Another, by means of his win-dow, announced to the pul)lic that those who steppedwithin could have a good dinner and at the samelime feast their eyes ui)on Jesse .Tames do these exhibitors miscalculate the value of theircuriosities upon certain minds, for, to many men, tht-weai)on of the AVeslern rullian or a deformed l)east isa sweeter sight than a l)eautiful picture. The enter-prising shopman also makes use of that strong in-stinct of low natures to laugh at whatever is greator beyond their comprehension. Shortly alter Dar-wins death a tradesman hung in his window an oilpainting representing two monkeys, underneath whichwas a card with these words written on it: Dar-wins Adam and Eve. All three dead ! As a writerin tile S<(tur<lnii Berieir said lately, the popular concep-tion of tlu Darwinian theory is s
Size: 1460px × 1711px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbarberedwinatlee18511, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
