_The early Delights of Philadelphia._--In Gabriel Thomas's _Description of
the Settlement of Philadelphia_ occurs the following passage:
"In the said city are several good schools of learning for youth, for
the attainment of arts and sciences, also reading and writing. Here is
to be had, on any day in the week, cakes, tarts, and pies; we have also
several cook-shops, both roasting and boiling, as in the city of
London: happy blessings, for which we owe the highest gratitude to our
plentiful Provider, the great Creator of heaven and earth."
Is not this a superb jumble?