Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-12-28
From the Quaker City.
No. VIII.
Institutes and Lectures.


'eV'l"e"''y among American r''i''' fhliadci-
F"'H ""s mini" l"' occurring IN lac', beyond
""' d"o'e 'HHI INSTRUCTION Whlth Il given IN pub
lie SCHOOLS ana private academies all knowledge i,
impaired ny lectures ana received into note books.
In tn Me tical schools the Professors lecture, of
coHrsc IN the scientific schools they lecture
ani before AL tHc Institutes and Associations, Ice
lures are delivered with heb iomada regular IS, to
say nothing Of irregular troops which fire un"srcct
cly, by y"lley or otherwise.
Among tho various scientific societies IN the
country Il" one perhaps, has iostored practical art
more faithfully than the Franklin institute Is
plan embraces reading r'om' opcr to member,
ana strangers introduced ny tHem' we'll supplied
WI" '"o cur news, anu containing ch'lee IL
o'a'E VI So''"''u' "'oNa d" eA'chHFe ana 'alua-
W. 0'i'n VI 'N''.'s n'"efaI'gica' CABINET
anu NV VI monthly Hclen'inc journal.
IL '''' '"''''' Il" evening drawing school for
'0' "A S'"i ~ VI lu'hor several crurscs 81
''uie' laying li'm year 10 ye"f' on specific sub
'''' " i'n science ana the arts The In
"fPN'"'u'' anu inc lcc'
''' ~ "'"''ia'e' ~ experiments ana III
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some years riuco, "a few philanthropic gentlemen
stabput to md II possible, come mean, by which
danger which had become imminent, not merely to
young men, but to he welfare and prosperity Of the
whole city, might be aVerted In the hume rous and
extensive workshops, with which Philadelphia the
hfst manufacturing city in America, abounds
thousands u young men were employed by day,
whose evenings were spent on the corners Of the
Streets IN hanging about engine and hose houses,
? ham M ,f RI
, t'oh anu wee Inc jealousy and anmCsty of Fire
sum ''"' street ngh'S between rival
'u f",''' "''0 " frequent occurrence, while mid
''''''' "H' s'''e' assoc'a''ohs' had given to
''os dAeH>'"s nI'noh Ia'4tl'n hardly less no
''r''us o' ch''aole IMAM that OF Nenitian bravUs.
III oFuef' therefore to furnish employment for
ullhls "hich would otherwise be idle, and to pre-
vent those from falling into like vicious ways who
we've yet Tree, as vel! with the hope of rescuin
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