Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-08


sents it as being joy inspiring instead Of
doorous; text II Chronicles is, ., "Of
spices great abundance; neither was
there any such spice as the queen Of
Shcha gave King solomon"
What is that building out yondcr gilt
terins in the sun? Have you not heard?
1t is the house of the forest of Lebanon.
King Solom al has just taken % it his
bride, the princess of Egypt. You see
the pillars of the portico and q great tow
cr. adorned with 1000 Shiclis Of gold
hung on the outside of Nv tower 800 of
the shields Of gold nspufacturcd at Sol
omon'S order. 800 were captured 10y Da
vid his father. in battle. Sec how they
hldz" in the monday sun.
Solomon goes mp the ivory stair Of his
throne between II lions in statuary and
sits down ON the back OF the golden bull,
the head of the huge beast turned to-
ward the pc.plo. The family and the at
tcndaitS of the king are SD many that
the caterers of the palace have to pro-
vide every dav 100 sheep and Is oxen,
besides the birds and the VcISon. | hear
the stamping and paving of 1000 fine
horses in the royal stables There were
important officials who had charge of the
work of gathering the straw and the bar
ley for those horses. King solomon was
an early riser, tradition SAYS, and used to
take ride ont at dayhrcav, and when,
in his white apparel. behind tho swiftost
horses of all the realm and followed by
mounted archers in purple, as the caval-
cade dashed through the streets of .Tcru-
salem | suppose il was something worth
getting ND Mt > O'Clock in the morning to
look at.
solomon was not like some of the king,
of the present day crowned imbecility
All the splcndors of his palace and retinue
were oclipscd by bis intellectual mower
Why, he seemed to know everything. He
was the first great naturalist the world
ever saw. peacocks from India struttcd
the baseltic walk. and apcs chattered in
the trees, and deer stall,od the marks. and
there were aunarium> with foreign fish
and aviaries with foreign birds. and fra
dtion SAYS these birds were so we'll tam
ed that Solomon might wall, cloor ACROSS
the city under the shadow Of their wings
as they lowered and fitted about him.
More than this. He had n ,-rcot ronu-
taton for the conundrlms and riddles
that he made and guessed. He and King
Hiram, his neighbor. used 70 sit nv tho
hour and ask riddles. each ono navinc in
money if he could not answer or guess
the riddle. The Solomouic navy visited
all the world. and the sailors. of course.
talked about the wealth Of their king aud
about the riddles and euigluns that he
made and solved. md the news snrca6
until Queen Ralkis. away off south. hoard
of it aud sent messengers with II few
riddles that She would ike to have Snlo-
mon solve and n few uuzzles that sbo
would like TO have him find ont She
sent, among other things. 70 King Solo
mon diamond with II hole 50 small that
a needle could NOT penetrate il. asking
him TO thread that diamond. and Solo
mon took a worm md put if ot tho omen
ing in the diamond. and the worm crawl
ed through. leaving the thread in the din
mond. The queen also sent ~ goblet 70
solomon, asking him 70 fiji il wirb water
that did not pour from the skv and that
did not rush out from the earth, and i'm
mcliatcly Solomon mt slave ON thc
back Of a swift horse and rollorr1 him
around and around the parl, until the
horse was nigh exhausted and from the
pcrspiration of the horse the goblet was
filled She also sent TO King Solomon
800 bows in rirls' dress and 500 Urls in
bows dress. WONDERING if he would he
acute enough TO find ont thn detention
Immediately Solomon. when he saw tbem
wash their faces. knew from the woy
thcy apulicd the water that II was aU n
CHEAT
seeing FOR oncseif.
queen halINS was so penSed with the