Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

Philadelphia las three Mennonite
/ Churches.
Alphabetically -peakiag TIL, Is golden
year. Good crops are reported eycryw here
Mrs. Ellen Lyon, native Of Ireland, died
in New York On Monday at the age Of lI3.
Mr.. Jlmes \. Froude. the historian, &C
eoriing to the London Academy. Is now on
his way to this country.
The dogs in Kentucky are saii to have
destroyed S2oo,0OO worth Of sheep in the
past two years.
The conversion to Professionalism Of
professor IN philosophy in the Vatican sem
mary, Las created much discussion in
r me
Mr. Thomas Ball has just completed
bust OF Charles Sumner, which i said to De
one Of the happieSt efforts OF the sculptor.
In a church belonging to the Jcsli,s, at
CHI, there l., according to German paper
published al Valparaiso. the representation
OF purgatorY. in which are seen the figures
OF the Emperor William, Bismarck and Dr.
Flack.
OLD-TmE LAwYERs.-ln Lord Henry
Cockburn = Memorials. " Just published in
London, are some interesting "reminiscences
Of the manner in which law business was
conducted in the earlier days of his PROBES
si1nal career The death Of Robert For
y tn. advocate, in ISIS. pr0yokes some of
these roc1 lections. No modern. " writes
Lord Cockburn, "can comprehend the lives
OF the well-cIuployed ,rrtiRg counsel Of the
last generation. " hen every statement.
every application. every motion was made
IN writing, and every party was always en-
O. lodi 0
hours out Of every twelve OF the lives Of
these men were spent over ink-tauds The
y stem required scores 1T intelligent men
" nose days we're passed in the labori1us OBJ 4.
-curity Of compromising manuscript DEBATE /
All Young barri~ters began in this way;
their neSt-egg Wa, laid IN their first good pa
per, To he distinguished a. a speaker Wa the
universal ambition , but many an able man
never rose above the writing sphere. Dread
'ul lives did these cierS-kI.lcrs lead What
vas the balm of Hercules to them? FORSYTH
vas type OF them. For at kaf tiirfv ucars
ie airtM,d or made np one gu1rfO ~ hume
rfTy aGy. The almanac oi hI- life had not
me haulay in it. Saturday and sunday,
-es~I'n and vacation, brought ~ PLAY 10
llm or bis slave. What with composition.
iuotatiun, repetition Of himself aud of
'ther- without quoting, and the other arts
% thc Nt--4 10 dptI mandatory. one CLERK,
md often two-thin, WHY. black creatures,
With >lecp.c-- eyes and elastic fingers
ould be kept going for sixteen hours
ut ct every twenty-iour And this
'a- besides attending the court
arly anu ate, giving some opinions.
Jnsaltlns, attending proofs, etc Had
not been Tor the proic>>iona! excitement
nd the fees, X wlS an existence compared
D which that passed on the trcad-mill would
ave been luxurious. We. doubt If the
lere Writing department could bring above !
coo scar even u him who had the most
1t. But 1t led 10 much more. because the
lpor staIner could not be confined 10 that 7
1eratl1n alone. NJ new Forss tn can ever
li-t. Yet even tins was too little Tor his
lndred-man power He employed the few {
nj prccarlous pau>es which others gave
Bacchus, or 10 Momus IN the creation of
'"k>. OF those, SO tar a / recOllect, the a
lcmeHfS IF Moral SdnceS Is the only one
insisting Of original composition. All the
II were compilations. tie could, and if
nvenient he would. have written the
qyc'WaaIa BriHGHicG at a guinea a sheet 4
a couple OF years .