Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-10-11

a resoue effort shaking off the sleep which
weighed nown his eyelds, the good man has
tily descended the stairs Of the tower,
The house of Coperncus was in outward
appearance one of the mos, unprctending in
! WPrnica it was composed Of laboratory in
which he prepared medicine fer the poor;
little studio, in which This man Of genius, skill
ed in the art MS well as in science, painted his
own likeness or those Of his friends, or traced
his rec,lcclions Of Rome and Of Bologna and
lastly, Of a small paror on the ground-hoor,
which was ever open TO all who came to him
for remedies, for money, or for food, Over the
door an oval aperture had been cut, throug}.
which ray of ihe midday sun daily penetra-
ed, and resting OH certain point in the adlon-
! ing room, marked the hour of noon. This
was ihe Astronomical CTompn OF Cap"rnicus:
/ and the Only ornament tnc rUdm contained were
verses written Iy his own hand, and pasted up
over the chimney piece.
Il was in this rarlor that the good canon
! found the ten invalds who had come to claim
! his assistance he dressed the wounds Of 80 ne
administered remedies to others, and on all he
| bestowed aims and words of Kindness and con-
ISOLATION. Having completed his lab lrs, he has
! tiy swallowed draught Of milk, and was
about TO set ont for Fraucnberg, when horse
man gallopng up to the door, handed him
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writing Of his friend Gysins Bishop of Culm.
May God have pity on us wrote this lat'r,
/ and avert the blow which now threatens thee
| Thy enemies and thy rivals combined-those
who accuse the Of folly and those who treat
| thee as a hcretic-have been so successful in
exciting against thee the minds of the people
| OF Nuremberg that men curse thy name in the
streets; the priests cXcommuncate thee from
their pnlpjt%; and the university, hearing that
| thy book was 20 appear, has declared its intcn-
ton to break the printing presses Of the pub
Usher, and 10 destroy the work TO which thy
| life has been devoted Come and lay the storm;
bat come qui ky, or thou wilt be too late.
Before Corcrnicus had finished tie pcrnsal
OF this ete-, he fell back voceless and power
les. into the arms of his faithful servant, and
it was some moments before he ral i ID. When
he again loo ed up, the horseman who had
been charged TO escort lin back, asked him
how soon he would wish t0 set ou'
L must sci out Directly replied the cd maa
in resigned tone; but not for Nuremberg or
for Cu!m; t G suffering workmen at Fraucr-
berg are expecting me they may perhaps d e
if do not go to thrir assistance. My enemies
may perhaps destroy my work--,hcy cannot
stop the stars in t.c cnurS 5
An hour later, Cnpcrncus was a, Fnucn.
berg. TIE machine which be Lad bestowed
anon thi> town, which was built on the sum
mil e a Ill., conveyed thitEcr The waters OF The
rycr hnudr, situated at the distance q hal
league in tie valley below. The iute5itants,
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IRE represented an a'tt"nomcai observatory
hUod W'tl al SORTS "l HaicnI"u' instrument
, IN thr must s'""a an Ola man, whose o''S1
ana bearing No,e III 'N'c, M 'a"oh o' 'ho.e o'
C"Per"'InS' "e 'esrI"o,ance Es' so S'fN hg
y "a ie uT.c''y 'ecog gh'|'u INN ,c'', anu Ptuslu
s'"piInH wl'h aS'oHlShm ". beh'nd th' mcr;
: ry Andrew. whose business II was thus TO hod
y up Tie great man to Puohc drrs'oh' 'hcre s'ood
parsonage whose horns ana c'oVen ioo' dcS,
'gnaled Inn as representation OF Satan, and
"ho caused the pseudo CopefmcuS 10 Gc' ana
; speak, as though he had been an au'omt'onL by
, means ol two strlHgS fastened TO his cars-"h cl
were no other than asses ears OF n'id'IaIl
d dimensions. The parody was composed OF v
eral scenes. In the first The astronomer gave
himself to Satan, burnt copy OF the b be, anc
d lramp'"d crnc'ilx under TOO IN the second
l. he explained, by juggling with apples IN gnist
: Of planets, whilst his head was Transformed into
S a likeness OF the sun by means OF torches o
= rosin; in the third, he became charlan, ven
K der Of poma'um and qnack medcne-he Spoh'
81 dog Latin to the passers-5y; sold them wafer
q which he had drawn from his own well, at al
cXorbiant price and came intoxicated him
y self with excellent wine, IN such coplou
drangh'S OF whch ava he 'ndulge' that ne hnal
l. disappeared un1'r the taOe; IN Inc l'nrlI