Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-07-19
George Wilson try to initiate little May
Wentworth and do good whenever posi-
Stories About Roses.

Stories About Roses.
There are an infinite variety Of SORES
about roses When Milton was blind, the
duke of Buckingham, who visited him,
observed that his wife was a rose. The
lady had Il fine high temper, and 50 Mil
ton answered that doubtless sh, WIS, Tor
he could feel her thornS. Frederick the
Great was walking in the gardens OF
Pots,lam with Eoltaire, and asked the
amazing Frcnchman for a rose. lie picked
one, and presented it to the king with the
remark that it had grown beneath his ma
iesty's laures. Luther had Il rose gray
en- on his seal. \ rose-tree in the park OF
Roxburgh marks the place where James
H. of Scotland died. At Santiago, in
Chilli, whenever Il stranger IS received IN
a house, each of the ladies of the family
offers him Il rose TO show the preference
which Nine de Gcnlis entertained for Old
men above old women, she WIS fond Of
saying that oaks improved with time, but
roses faded. 1t may be mentioned, i'll
passing, that Nine dc Gcnli> has the cred
it of having introduced the first mo>s-ro>es
ever seen in France.
Among the Greeks, the Romans, AMI the
G;luls, parsley, ivy, myrtle. and roses
were looked upon rs valuable remedies
for people who had drank more Wine lhtn
was good for them. In Capua, roses We're
employed by the local medical men rs ton
les good for stomachs f,ligued by over
eating A decoction of roses sup
posed to have excellent a>tringcnt proper
lies Hoffman recommends it in plcurl>y
Paracelsu> thinks that when mixed with
honey it will lcnylhen life. Princess
! o.. la,
harcm of u great moyul, II ut I canal filled
with ro,e-water and ,owed about on it
with her august con>orl. The heat of the
>un disrnyagrd the essential oil from the
water, and their mai,.>lics hay ne ob,rrv, It
the fact invented OTTO Of roses he
Emperor llelinyabalu> filled Il i-h-ponI
with rnse-w;,,cr; it is nowhere said NhoIh-
rr the fishes approved OF this Proceeding
When The Sedan Stl din, WHO l.td ;"
much trouble with htrd-li>t 1t English
kiu- Richard and his turbulent Christian
friends took Jerusalem in HISS, h. would
not enter the temple, which he protanc, J
called :, m oeuur. iii he had h.ui is walls
washed with lo>r-waler. AMI saint ,uir~
l;> thct 800 e;lnrl> were no more Ihln sui
licirnt 10 carry the purifying liquid. Also.
after the taking OF CunstanllnWple by Ma
homtt IL in l4,5. til" church OF i. 50
pha, WIS solcmnly purified W!'n rose
water before IT was c"nN"r,rI mo 4
mos, itIc Tuc high priest o; the Hebrews
wore Il crown of rose, when hc offered VI.
certain ttrIhct> uu Ter the Mp- tic dl~pru
-:,tiun: and it was perhaps 4 rr!u'.lu t'l;tIc,-
at this fact tho the ~tnpl Ut \l~ln"-.
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