Viewing page 12 of 57

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

20  Juvenile Letters.

and showed the necessity of repentance of our sins, and faith in the Saviour.  This, he said, was the only sure foundation for a pious life, and a peaceful death.  May I never forget his words.

We shall soon depart for Philadelphia; when you shall again hear from

Your sincere friend,
SOPHRONIA BELLMONT.
Miss Caroline Courtland.

LETTER IX.
From the SAME to the SAME.
Philiadelphia.

DEAR CAROLINE,

Our journey from New-York to this city was very agreeable.  The company in the stage were remarkably sociable and civil, except one man; and I was happy to learn that he was not an American.  He seemed determined to find fault with everything.  In the carriage, he was crowded; and the horses


Juvenile Letters.  21

horses were dull.  At the public houses, nothing was fit to eat or drink; and the attendants knew not how to wait upon gentlemen.  The beef was roasted too much, the eggs were boiled too hard, the wine was brewed in America, the cider was made of four apples, and the trouts were taken in fresh water!  In short, he was so peevish, that he sometimes went wholly without his meals.  Nothing "in this country" suited him.  Not only the cheese, but the butter was "this country made;" and he even complained, that the green peas had never crossed the Atlantic!  His conduct, together with papa's lectures on the subject, has determined me never to complain, on a journey, without special reason.

I have been six days in this city; during which time, I have not wanted for employment. Among the many curiosities, I have been most entertained at Mr. Peale's Museum.  If I had time, I could write you a volume up on the wonders of nature, which I there saw.  The Franklin Library does honor to its founder, and the city.

Philadelphia

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-29 10:03:39