The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-09
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ROBERT HARE

b yiili,!. RoBERTcHARE-zsg q.:t
bGGHare. was oneref,the most profo1nd
chemists saf his day; the inventor of
the oxY, hydrogen blowpipe discover
er OF divers Chemical facts ef q inttipR61arI H pR1ar
tance, and one of the poorest electmrl
ers I ever heard. d.2ofie,1was,zdHy,,ate;
Edious. and dull. Thoroughly learned
himself he had little power to impart
his knowledge to others. His appar
ratus for demonstrators was, howey-
er, the best kind, and his experiments
brilliant;~ and where he
demonstrated. by, actual departments
iema, kablyi brilliant, AND. where he
demonstrated hyo ACTUAL ;exReriment
the lecture was reIie ef Of its dull
Iess When ] was an undergradnhte
I rarely attended HIRES class but
spent ttat honr III the privateN room
E6t one ocother ofithe professors The
that. when ! was examined
tor,my DOCTORS degree,r had tobrush
up my chemical knowledge in a hur-
ry.. My previous general acauaint
anee with zther prineipiesIofthe science
stood me in goddi stead, and on this l
.dapepaed- TO carry me through, Be
SIDES. Hare had a peculiar nomencla-
ture-not so good as the present., but
better Than the old-and with this L
was fadifiardi 1t was one of. his hob:
bies.$-he rode it fercely-and L was
satisfied if l got chance to bestride
it, I:should be, carried through,
There were seven, i think in the
class f6f examinations land Iwas third
Whenrthe first 1carnesoptsi aiteraa a pro-
atracted .inteixiewr we, all inquired
what questi9ns were PIT. He told
us, Among the rest-a simple one
{ enoug 1 ugfie-ttie test for iron. ed: noqu .,
= IEAm bat did yputelttliinf ,I,asked.
s+Fe.rocFanate Of: potash, of u course
II !syhat,did he say to that -
He lust grnnted like an Indian.
r donf wohdsr,' %aS my reply
FTsAs the seethd deanfe oatS : andii I Ras
Ig@ag in, II asked sathssdqus sstisns.- =
1hey ,wefeI the ssmgaYao sr,Jsa,,i ,
c W hepI entered, the Profess Or was
apparently in no pleasatit' frame of
mind, aud put the first Question at me
Sharply! e4 answered itscGrrectiy,and
s~ith precisiGmOt detstks. He thAwed
"a littlesIiThen cane q seeYe1s99pd seeYe1s99pd and
third, with the, same result. He
3.hawed Still more End pot d fourth
question tIa9 ITO no noffis0qo1q +,
sios1yRat Is the testafsr irpni3'sI> IS.
'oLf1yfthotit hesitation Lfung back, his
pet nafne3, The cyanafetride of the
cyanobase of potassium. .i,irss Tsvo VI
9dThe PRO fessays rosep opened and
shut his, eyes in succession OF winks
a habit acquired from an injury re
ceived BY His eyes from an accident.
in the laboratory DTemoved his spec
tacles, wiped and replaced them, and
then said in a monotonous tone: -nn
SIR. have heard OF you before,
and Lam glad to find that,a aih- addi-
tfoR9 t6a' S.Sfrq fiteraryssncqaipements
yofq p6ssessa web pFespeetabie ikHowl-l
ed &c of chemistry Whl,seu Ibekind
enough to shut the door when yogl go
out, sanilfaSkathe= next gentleman to
%I1fsn.MItf It's IS my nj 'tI,rf private t opinion
that I knew less OF Chemistry than
aaiIiiy aaiIiiy of my classifiates ;, butsthe% hob,
byheafritd me- ithrougha1 ii.3igol -.
os4Iare. becaaet a spiGitualist before
he. dHd,, and believed in all kinds EFF
from the other " orlaI
through ffaps, 'tapsZ fafid nthele:tfps r-5l
ffowsa master 'lof the exact. science
ouldabecstn e. a,deveteefe fefb the con
spisnously ipeYact. puzzles one but
The iaot is there. / could Understand
why Nat faifmadge and ex;judge
Edinonds isAfFendered themselves to-
folly but cHares perversion rather sur
prised me,ofr ba!gn,r-: sliaa,ies cog
9@''is WILLIAM E. HeRNER. b;Ya
Tafking OF the professors, Dr. Hor,
asr,, who filled the ohlir o. anato ny at
thel same university with Hare, was
another drys byt uppleasing Lecturer
very, exact. very precise. very m9ePfci me-
And wit a idried.up look, as
thoug he were oae ofhis Own skeletons
that had borrowed IA zskinIutoo small
for it and, came back to breathe fresh
air for time, s5 Hewas Very worthy
and upright gentleplan,, hoyeyer, who,
was sincerely respected. though not
strongly loved by the students As T.
SUSPECTED he wohld give inca severe,
sxa aniiaaese1f, I Iicrsinmed myself full
Isynrecapitdlating, :. the points, of his
Iect ures. and by close and careful DIS