| Show A HUNDRED YEARS AGO in 1774 philadelphia was the largest la town in the american col colonies nies batt mates of the population which aro are A we have differ widely but it was waa web ably not far from A single aw e now has a larger population than ou the colonies possessed in 1774 and chaft f axe are in the united states today im and towns of over inhabit innab figures alone however ha wever cannot e the difference between those daya dai our own now a town of 30 is reached by railroads and tel telea it Is in close touch with all the tl of the world business brings st str to it constantly who come like aws aud and so depart unnoticed e those with whom they are I 1 li abely concerned it was not so ao in not even in philadelphia which nearly as possible the central i the colonies as well as the me ulous city thanks to the exi erdei genius of franklin Philadel nl paved lighted and ordered in a most unknown in any othet otheir t tc that period it was well bulu 1 thriving business was active uve aaa people were e thrifty and pro prosperous a perm lived well yet despite all these I 1 qualities we must make an e eff the imagination to realize how 4 and slowly life moved then la in parison with the pace of today v in philadelphia was the center of postal system of the continent anell recently established mail coach 6 the flying machine not in lest jes in praise performed the jou new york in the hitherto unea uns time of two days another i longer intervals crept more alt the south vessels of the co tr traffic allic from or beyond seas ca can port at uncertain times and long and till more uncertain v the daily round of life was waa so ia and so aulet that any incident or of novelty drew interest and at e a way which would now be im I 1 senator lodge in scribners |
