| Show tho the quaker wilmington ington of today to day from arom tho the time ot of ito ila ocUl ement wit wil m burton WM was essentially illy a quaker com coin tal inanity laIty it was founded by english quakers aa akers it was waa peopled b by I 1 quakers and an aft quakers marry arry sad and intermarry ill oat ce I 1 among themselves r to amry arry otherwise leous or did mean expulsion from the society I 1 traditions manners customs anil and i peculiarities of old english lile life havo have been handed down from tiou lion to generation ad aa carefully pro pre served BS as ra an old jull tea potti petticoat coat in lavender broader conraot with the world anil and the worlds people has haa rubbed away much ot of tho bloom ot of quaintness during dunae tho the last two genera tion but bat the tha of tho the old town redolent of 0 loial local ilanor still pre pra serve in a series of 0 abo queer lilo life of tho the old even yet thu the many old fashioned customs tire lire extant in in the modern city such each for last la stance dace as tho I 1 I 1 on curb rb alono mark kot tho the country people leopla flora the tha neigh boyhood bi bung ing produce laoo to town la in tarts carts dearborne doar borna buil and market wagons stand with their tail boards to the pavement pa vemont while a row of beaches lieue hea alacia iso along the tha curb displays their marcs bi butter litter no aa yellow all appold gold and aad as ag sweet is a nut milk eggs sausage Bo crappio vegetables and ami poultry all fresh fra from at tho the farm up rawl an 1 down do u it in front of tins this array ol of the tha town folk crowd aud anil jostle oatle inspecting tho the marketing and driving shrewd bargains with the country people etain or shine on every matur day and wednesday the line lina of 0 farm avaious blands along tho the pavement la in tho the day ot of bummer when tho the sun boats bo its down on straw late hata and shift sleeves in the boldest day in in winter when tho the snow know drieta in blinding sheets up all tho the street these good folk coma came to town to turn ou an honest penny in summer timo the wagons stand on tio cast side bide of th ostreet to abod its au much as possible th tho u morning ski ali for ww mar ket is 19 over by noon in winter they shirt to the west side bide so BO RS as to ga ram i n tho the warmth at as soon boon as aa pos able on market days daya the itinerant vender of patent medic ines and the auctioneers of cheap gocci do a thriving bua iacoi at the principal street corners during the spring and early cummer bummer the ha mir marlieta illets are guy with flo hovers were some I 1 limea imes ranged tier on oa tier ia in a gaudy tableau of color and fragrance newly ported from the greenhouse some I 1 tied in homely of homoly lowers daffodils daff odilo odile lilacs and pinks around these thesa gathered a group of lemming feminine folk and m a many a market basket butter sad aud eggs boutes the place with a bouquet or jostle a flower flover pot in n which moanna soma sweet blossom blo aBua or aro are docket deckel with a bunch abusch of tha ilia lilies which bare foot lioja boas offer at every corner then than in in the season como come the fruits fruita IQ ia their natural order tree free iron from forcing houawa from the early earl strawberry of 0 spring to the apples of lito autumn each with a freshness and ripeness only too rarely found in ia our larger lorger cities it has bag beon beer wy only a few faw henrs ye ars 8 face binea tho the old town bellman was a dignitary of considerable importance as he malkea along the stony streets ringing Liali lie boll oll ito ita measured rhythmical blaug te clung clang ke keeping e pi 11 g time with the tap ill if b I 1 3 clubfoot on the cobble ia 0 ton tea of pao day that u is different differ dit ont from other towns where tho clem element blit predominates but bul ono one hundred deais ago it was the oddest tho the quaint eat the coziest coz iest the hom homeliest liomel eliest iest old town one ona could tied find in tha ilia country side howard pyle in in Ilar pors magazine |
