Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-05

4 "A
| Holmes. Under the humorous eYt,ava-
gance Of the account il is easy to see
that the joker really has high apple
citation OF the AZ hor's genus
Oliver w endeIl Holmes is one of the
most remarkable bricks in the country,
q, this brief biography will show. lie
is the ION Of the Rev. John Home, oi
Etinburg, the author Of "Do1gass.
touching tragedy, founded on the all
ventures OF Que OF the ancestors OF
Stephen A. Douglas, who hal great
deal Of trouble IN finding his mother, u
difficulty under which the family s,il,
l.bo,s,) and the suticrings OF Lady Ran
doph, the ~ite OF the Hon. John Kan
ioIph e Roanoke. Originally from
lIomes's Hul,,,hc fancy OF Dr. II lines
was passed IN Boston. The frs, objects
that met IN. childish cyes in the Modern
Aihe,s were the State House, which he
has never creased TO regard with aifec-
ton, and the Common, for which he has
an uncommon reverence. As nigh,
have been expected from his poetlcal
temperament, the childhood of Oliver
WAS rather wild indeed, he was so Wild
al one time that he was actually sent to
he t,eadmil! The occasion was as
follows: Beirg one dav IN want of a
al for his kite, and not finding ANYTHING
adapted to his purpose In the family rag
bag, he eros ed over to the CHAR, 81 on
Navy Ya,d, where the Constitution was
then rot,,ng, a, I'd, smuggling himself on
board, stea,thily climbed Il e lanyards
until he reached the cutwater, where
tho Union Jack WAS flying. lie appro-
pria,ed it for his kite tail, but WAS for
tunstelv detected, and Sent to the tread
mill for three months. lie laughed at
his punishment, i'll poem entitled
The Trcadm,ll," which, very appro-
pristelv, ran the rounds His constltu
uon beginning at length to flag, he re-
cruted it by writing about the Flag OF
the Constitutions SPIRITED little LYME,
which, strange to say, Is ALWAYS moor
rec,ly printed. The very first line is
wrong, for instead of
"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down."
it should read,
II tore her tattered ensign down."
(Will not DIR. Holmes correct The read
ing in varlorum edition OF his poems
But perhaps he wishes to veil 10 mys-
terv this romantic episode Of his YOUTH
Freed from the treadmil and the
odium OF imprisonment, Oliver COM
menced the study of law, but growing
weary of John Doe, Richard hoe and
the rest Of that large legal family, he
turned his attent on to medicine. lie
served an apprenticeship with distin-
gu shed apothecary on Beacon Hill, and,
g graduating with distinction, started for
Paris To finish his education.
Dr. II olme, has written several medi-
cal works, with alarm!ngly scientific IT,
ties, 1--WE shall not punish the readers OF
Y. +. by enumerating them and vol
ume of poems, which occasionally smell
Of the shop, though they are anything
but drug III the market. lie resides
IN a palatlal mansion, on the banks OF
the Charles X yer, not ar from the cot
tsge Of his publisher, Mr.. Fields, known
in England under Il e SouGriguet of Ken
N, Meadows, and in sight CT the object OF
his early admiration, the State uou-o
His devotion to the cupola of the State
House is SO ardent, that he calls it the
Hub Of the Universal His and its enc
mics scout the idea, which certainly ie
extravagsnt, and say it is but small
part of even the Common Wheel oil
Massachusetts.
DR.. Holmes is a great proficient in
boating, SO much so that the master with
whom he studied Martin, the Vegeta
r'a",) calls him his best scholar. (Query
Soul c'0 Conoe, the phrcnoIog ST, paid
hun similar compliment, saying be W As
the best sculer in Boston. The prox-
unity of the doctors residence to the
sp:r yards on the bank of the Charles
led HIM to sparling, and be is now So
devoted to the manly art that he never
takes walk without putting on his
gloves a! His habits are pacific, however
notw 'thstandi' G his connection with the
Atlantic His first contribution to this
magazine was the 6 Autocrat Of the
Breakfast Table" 1t was originally bis
intention to have continued the series
With "Ihe Democra. of the Dinner
Table, The Sovereign of the Supper
Table," and possibly 1.-THE Loater a,
Lunch" but some lnjudicious friend per.
snaded him TO charge his plan, and give
us "The Professor" instead. We
should like tc analyze these works fol
the delectatiCn Of the readers of the V
F., winch is the highest praise that we
can give them.
Dr. Holmes devoted all his energies
to his profession, and was at last chosen
Professor OF Anatomy Of Cambridge, in
the place of DR.. Warren, (tbe invento,
of Warren's backing, and the author Of
"Ten Thousand Year," which, by the
way, was the income which his backing
f gave him, who was unfortunately killed
on Bankers Hill IN the flower of hi.
youth, as the reader Of American his.
tory will at once remember. Gle was
also, correspondent informs us, with
8 what truth We know not, " Professor O.
Comparative Anatomy and Theology in
the Massachusetts Water Cure Establish
ment, and held the Homeopathic Char,
in the Ailopath'c Cemetery. 1t wa.
under his y lse guidance that the prac.
'ice of medicine attained such unerrinp
precision in Boston, that not two patient,
IN SIX survived call from the one horse
ebay"