Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-25

Tie sunday before his death George Her
crt rl-s suddeuly from his bed, called for
.uc e his Instruments, took il into his hand
--l said
1ly Goo. ny God.
My music shall ind thee,
And every string
Shall have its attribute 10 sing"
Au! ua5.r- tuned It be PLAYED and sang
Tho sundays Of mans life,
Threaded together on times string,
Make bracelets 10 adorn the wife
ur The eternal. glorious king;
ON eundaIs heavens door stands open,
blessings sro plentiful and rife
More plcutfa. than hope
Thus he sang on earth such hymns and an
items As the angels and be now sing in
lcayen.-WaioH.
When the trade IA books began first to
grow up IN Paris, early in the fourteenth
century, the prtciols volumes slowly accu-
mulated in numbers sufficient to supply the
needs Of scholars. and laws were made com
pcllug booksellers to hire their books TO
Students who could not buy or otherwise
Ir0clre the use of them. The rates Of
elarges were established by the University
The following Is list Of the books, with
the value set upon their loan, from Merry
weathers " Bbliomania in the Middle
Ages 81. Gregory's Commentaries on
job. Tor reading 100 pages, 5 sous; St. Gre
-'ry's Book of Homilies, p pages, y den
Ier- Anselm's De Veritate de Libertate
Ar1ittrIi, 30 pagcS. sous Peter Lom-
t4rI's Book OF Sentences, 3 sous Scholas-
ts History, 3 sous Augustin's Comics
-I.us, 2I pages, & ieniers Gloss on Mat
,law, by Brother Thomas Aquinas 81 pages,
SOUS Bible Concordance, 9 sous A BIZ
be, 10 SOUS.
The home Of Washington, at Mt. Yer
non, is TO be put in thorough repair before
,he arrival OI visitors to the Centennial TX
position, after plans drawn by Newark ar
,liicct, who Is now engaged in drawing
T4ns of the entire building, 50 that in case
If the destruction of tho building by fire, it
may be rebuilt exactly as it now stands. The
alliinE Is about eightv-fye years old, and
the wear and tear OF that long term has
I-0yed too much for the pine. The main
building and wings are in excellent condi-
tou, and the grounds are kept in good or
der Several Of the rooms in the house are
furnished. The place Is owned by the La
dies Mount Vernon Association.
Charles Dudley Warner, writing from
Berlin tells an interesting story Of ths
Lette-N Nereins, large establishment ior
Young women, where they can board at low
fates, or do work while pursuing studies in
music, art, etc. There IS a bazaar attached
which : extensively patronized, where not
only the productions of the young women
are sold, but ladies', let Us say, who have
known better days and now execute needle
work for bread which they once did foI
pleasure, can send their articles there to be
sl.l without publicity to themselves, and
get much better pay than they would receive
from the city shops In the kitchen de
Tartment. the chief labor Is done by
girls who came up there to learn how Il
perform its duties. They usually pay a
Jr.de iJr tuition. Not only are meals served
for the girls who lodge in the house, but any
lady may 20 there and have breakfast dinner
OF supper. One gets a very good dinner
there, surprisingly cheap. Girls come tc
the kitchen to learn cooking as they 60 W
stairs to lears dress making and geography
When We went into the kitchen, Charley
says, there we're two OF three Pretty girls oi
the middle class, all betrothed, and expect
~ soon to enter into that holy state, thC
happiness Of which Is so often ruined by
bad cooking. THIS is said TO be the best in
,;itution Of tho kind in Germany it Is verl
successful and satisfactory in its results. bu
# course 1t is not entirely self-supporting