The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-14

ner of Smiles Brief Biographies" As.
under the humorous extravagance Of the
account. We can detect real love Of the
Doctors genius. We give few extracts:
Oliver Wendell Holmes is one Of the
most remarkable bricks in the country, as
this brief biography will show. He is the
son Of the Rev. John Home, Of Edinburg.
the author of Douglass" touching trag
edy. founded on the adventures Of one Of
the ancestors Of Stephen A. Douglas. who
had good deal Of trouble in finding his
mother, "a difficulty under which the fami.
ly still labors) and the sufferings Of Lady
Randolph. the wife of the Hon John Ran
dolph Of Roanoke Originally from Holmes
Hole. the infancy Of DR.. Holmes was + ass
ed in Boston. The first object that met
bis childish eyes in the Modern Athens.
we're the State House. which he has never
ceased to regard with affection. and the
Common. for which be has an uncommon
reverence. As might have been expected
from his poetical temperament, the child
hood Of Oliver was rather wild; indeed.
he was % wild at one time that he was &C
tually sent to the Treadmill. The occa-
sion was as follows: Being one day in
want Of tail for bis kite. and not finding
anything adapted to his purpose in the fam
lily rag bag. he crossed over to the Charles
town Navy Yard, where the Constitution
was then rotting. and. smuggling himself
on board, s.ealthily climbed the lanyards
until he reached the cutwater. where the
Union Jack was flying. He appropriated
it for bis kite-tail. but was fortunately de.
tected, and sent to the Treadmill for three
months lie laughed at his punishment,
in poem entitled " The Treadmill," which
very appropriately ran the rounds. His
constitution beginning at length to flag. he
recruited j, by writing about the Flag of
the Constitutions spirited little lyric,
which, strange to say. is always incorrectly
printed The very first line is wrong. for
instead Of.
"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down"
it should read,
4" I tore her ta,'ered ensign down"
(Will not DIR. Holmes correct the reading
in variorum edition Of his poems? But
perhaps he wishes to veil in mystery this
romantic episode Of his youth.)
Freed from the Treadmill and the odium
Of imprisonment, Oliver commenced the
study of law, but growing weary Of John
Doe, Richard Roe, and the rest of that
large legal family, he turned his attention
to medicine. He served an apprenticeship
with distinguished apothecary on Beacon
Hill, and. graduating with distinction, start.
ed for Paris to finish his education. y
DIR. Holmes has written several medical
works, with alarmiDgly scientific titles. I've
shall not punish the readers of V. F. by
enumerating them and volume of poems,
which occasionally smell Of the shop, tho
they are anything but drug in the mar.
ket. He resides in palatial mansion on
the banks Of the Charles River. NOT far
from the cottage Of his publisher, Mr..
Fields, (known in England under the SOU
6riquet of Kenny Meadows.) and in sight
Of the object Of his early admiration. the
State House His devotion to the cupola
Of the State House is SO ardent, that he
calls it the Hubof the Universe, His and
ats enemies scout the idea. which certainly
IS extrayagant, and say it is but a small
part Of even the Common Wheel of Massa-
chusetts.
Dr. Holmes is great proficient in boat.
ing 30 much so that the master with whom
he studied (AIartin. the Vegetarian calls
him his best scholar. Query! ScuIler y
Combe, the Phrenologist. paid him SINH.
lar compliment, saying he was the best
skull in Boston! The proximity Of the
Dr.'s residence to the spar yards on tho
bank Of the Charles, led him to sparring,
and he is now 80 devoted to the manly art
that he never takes walk without putting
on his gloves. His habits are pacific how
ever. Notwithstanding his connection with
the Atlantic His first contribution to this
magazine was the "Autocrat of the Break.
fast Table" 1t was originally his inten-
ton to have continued the series with THE
Democrat Of tho Dinner Table," :" The
Sovereign of the Supper Table," and pos.
sibly The Loafer at Lunch" but some
ipjudicious friend persuaded him to change
his plan. and give US THE Professor" in.
stead. We should like to analyze these
works for the delectatiou of the readers Of
V. f.; but unfortunately our Ann Eliza is
absent. having gone into the country to sec
her sick mother; so We will pass them by
saying they are worthy of V. F.. which is
the highest praise that We can give them
X y
DR.. Holmes devoted all his energies to
his profession, and was at last chosen Pro.
lessor Of Anatomy Of Cambridge. in the
place Of DR.. Warren, (the inventor of War
ren's Backing. and the author Of Ten
thousand year." which, by the way. was
the income which his backing gave him.
who was unfortunately killed on Bunker
Hill in the flower of his youth, as the read.
er Of American History will at once re-.
member. He was Also" correspondent
informs US. with what truth We know not,
Professor Of Comparative Anatomy and
Theology in the Massachusetts, Water Cure
Establishment. and held the Homeopathic
Chair in the Allopathic Cemetery. 1t wal
under his wise guidance that the practice
Of medicine attained such unerring precis
ion in Boston. that not two patients in siz
survived call from the one-horse ebay. >
A DrscovERY-The fabulous unicorn
has been found by a traveller He says il
eYisks in the interior of Tb;hat in Jrd;.