Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-19

streets Of Athens, and come and live with
him in bis splendid court. "Meal, please
your Majesty, is halfpenny peck at
Athens, and water j get for nothing"
That reply of Franklin should be printed
sin letters of gold" and hung up in every
editorial room 10 the country"
A MEMORIAL WINDOW.
Ina city where the monuments OF Frank
Inns labors still stand and are pointed to
with SO much pride by the citizens, one
would expect to meet with more memorials
concentrating bis intelligence, bis patriot
ism. and his virtues, than we do. But one
of an unique and rare character is to be
placed In the new building for the UNIVERSE
ty of Pennsylvania, now almost complete.
Under the auspices of the Alumni OF that
institution, rich memorial window OF
stained glass is to be placed in that edifice,
in honor of the founder Of the College OF
Philadelphia. The window is of Gothic
form, twenty-five feet high by eleven feet
wide, having in the arch three compart-
ments. In the upper one it is proposed to
place COPY of rhe portrait Of Franklin, by
Martin. AS it is designed also to show the
changes which have taken place since the
first charter was granted in 1866, the coat
of arms of the Penn family, by whom that
charter was granted, is placed in one OF
the lateral compartments, and in the other
the arms Of the State Of Pennsylvania,
which granted the present charter in
I79I. The lower portion of the window is
divided by mullions into five panels. On
the centre panel is inscribed the famous
line of Turgot: "Eriptit coeto JiImen scep-
tY1unque tyrdnnis," and underneath civic
crown. On the panels on one side of the
centre are placed pictures of the Old Acade-
my on Fourth street; of the printing press
used by Franklin in Locdon, (now pre-
served in the Patent Office in Washington
and of the first discovery Of electricity. On
the other side a picture of the present
University, Of the latest improvement in
the printing press,ia land of the newest tele-
graphic machine. The portion of the win
dow not occupied by the paintings is of the
richest stained glass, in which appropriate
emblems are worked. This is a very hand
some memorial in honor of the founder of
the College at Philadelphia. In 1749, by
the direct efforts of Franklin, his friends
subscribed f800 for the endowment of an
academy. A building was erected on
Fourth street, near Arch, which was torn
uOWA q 10" 1O0io IL bhC yOoA
1855 charter was granted for the "Col-
lege Academy and Charitable School of
Philadelphia" which was the sixth college
established in the United States. Frank
lin was trustee of this institution until
his death in 1890, and the early record
books are still preserved in bis handwriting
as secretary of the Board Of Trustees.
TWO MEMENToEs.
There Is preserved by the Pennsylvania
Historical Society in this city, among a
great variety of relics of the past, Frank
Inns wine glass, and il We may judge at
the philosophers pet2tious from the size of
this glass, he was certainly the temperate
man that his eulogists represent him to
have Been.
There is also preserved in the Philadel-
phis Library complete file of the PennsyE-
pGnid Gazette from 1882 to 1877. 1t is a
small (three columns to the page), but
neatly printed sheet, and bears this i'm
print at the end of the last column on the
fourth page: philadelphia, printed by B.
Franklin, Post Master, at che New Print
| ing Office near the Market" 1t will be
noticed that this style of imprint Is still
preserved in England.
FRANKLIN's REQUEST FOR MECHANICS
By bis will Franklin left the cities of
Boston and Philadelphia one thousand
| pounds sterling to be loaned ''upon interest
at five per cent. per annum, TO such young
married artiscer under the age of twenty.
five years as have served an apprenticeship
! in the said town, and faithfully fulfilled the
duties required in their indentures, so a:
to obtain good moral character from at
least two respectable citizens, who are vii.
| ling to become their sureties in bond with
the applicants, for the repayment of the
moneys so lent, with interest" The bond:
were to be taken ''for Spanish milled dol
lars, or the value thereof in current golC
COIN" One-tensh of the loan was to bt
paid annually in addition to the interest
The donation to Boston was to ''be man
sged under the direction of the Selectmen
united with the ministers Of the oldes
Ep;seopslian, Congregational, and Presby
terian churches in that town." and that tc
Philadelphia, being incorporated, ''the cor
poration of that city" was requested tC
undertake the management of the fund.
The testator provided that Gas these loans
are intended to assist young married arti
ficers in setting up their business, they
are to be proportioned by the discre
ton of the managers, so a.
not to exceed sixty pounds sterling to ont
person, nor to be less than fifteen pounds.
Franklin expected this money to be in con
slant use, and at the end of hundred
years to produce f131, 000-more thai
5000, O00-and then 100000 was to be ex
pended in the discretion of the managers
Sin public works, which may be judged o
the most general utility to the inhabitants
such as Notifications, bridges, acqueducts
public buildings, baths, pavements, or Wha
ever may make living in the town NOR
convenient to its people, and render it NOR
agreeable to strangers resorting thither 70
health or temporary residence" Th
remaining 1000 was to be loaned at in
terest, as in the case of the orr. inal dona
ton, for another hundred years. SAT th
end Of this second term, if no unfortunat
accident has prevented the operation" say
Franklin, "the sum will be four million
and sixty-one pounds sterling, of which
leave one million sixty-one thousan
pounds to the disposition of the inhabil
ants of the town of Boston, and three mi
lions to the disposition of the government
of the State, not presuming to carry m
views farther" "The directions herei
!, | given NoT0 also tbau0 dppllCdDlc- W vi
managers of the donation to Philadelphia
1t was the expectation of the testator ths
the fund would so accumulate IS to MOI
than meet the demands of the ''young ma
ried a-ti6cers" of Boston and Philadelphia
and then the excess was to be loaned
like persons in the surrounding towns.
do not know how it has worked in Boston
but owing to the testator's restriction, &
TO the amount to be loaned to each ind
vidual, aud the necessity of obtaining 81
curly which should be binding on Il
surety for ten years, the agents of the eli
of Philadelphia have experienced conside
able difficulty in utilizing this fund as WI
intended by the generous teslator. An
Low, after the lapse of more than tire
quarters of a century from his death, Il
D fund with its .accumulations amounts
5 less than $4,000. He has, therefore, d
: feated bis benevolent purpose of aidiI
| young mechanics to establish themselye
in business by the restriction he impose
: in regard to the lending Of this fund.
; .a.ea ..-.-.......-.s.-. VERI GREEN.
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