. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . hourrule, and never allowed a man, woman, or child to work more thanten hours except in time of pressure of business. At such timethey were given pay for every extra hour they worked, and it wasleft wholly optional with them whether they should Qr should notwork the extra hours. 110 BUTLERS BOOK. In 1852 I was elected to the legislature. While there I endeav-ored to remedy a great wrong and outrage which had been done to aCatholic educational institution of the order of St. Ursula. Thisorder was establ
. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . hourrule, and never allowed a man, woman, or child to work more thanten hours except in time of pressure of business. At such timethey were given pay for every extra hour they worked, and it wasleft wholly optional with them whether they should Qr should notwork the extra hours. 110 BUTLERS BOOK. In 1852 I was elected to the legislature. While there I endeav-ored to remedy a great wrong and outrage which had been done to aCatholic educational institution of the order of St. Ursula. Thisorder was established in 1536, to give relief to the sick, and educate gra-tuitously female youth, and the merits of its work were so great thatit escaped even in Europe the persecutions which there frequentlyvisited monastic institutions. Quite latterly the object of this mission was confined to the educa-tion of female youth, and its convents were established in America asseminaries of learning. In 1820 such an institution was founded inBoston, and six years later was removed to Mount Benedict, a twin. Copyrighted. Ruins of Ursuline Convent, at Charlestown, an Old-time Sketch. hill with Bunker Hill in Charlestown. Mount Benedict was a beau-tiful eminence, with a varied and most delightful prospect reachingmiles on every side, and it was surrounded by a community supposedto be as intelligent and orderly as any people. The pupils of these Ursuline sisters came for the most part fromthe higher and wealthier Protestant families of the State. Theacademy flourished for several years, and at the time of its destruc-tion its inmates numbered about ten nuns and forty-seven young ladypupils of tender years. Among the illiterate and prejudiced adherents of some of the re-ligious sects, there were circulated concerning the institution stories BUTLERS BOOK. Ill so vile and absurd as not to be credited for a moment by any intelli-gent person. The pupils and their parents knew these stories to be
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