Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-06

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Ansree Jackson ~re.e . bois. opan hand.
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seetness. GesFze Icknor Cart SAWS. iu
ls Life o. Buchanan iest path shse
-iaat @aeksoa's haaaa fittas was better
lhan ~ ebst RS; that he 81 liea correctlyi
TIT hs wrote better Esg.isl thal ~ ash
a. t,ns eni that. g. 4 9 sere III. 6en-
era Jaeks8a ~As an Al soa il COMPARE
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Msr.ia Van Baren vrote' an exset baDt,
large aEd roand He did not like 10 write
letters. ana would, IL is sad walk OF ride
ztwsnty niil : 10 see q man rather than pet
his IDEAS down ia black aud waite.
William Henry Harrisoa was one Of the
best posted men on history Of his day. aud
his nd-wrlting is classic. Tyler wrote
clear. free, open-hani, all curves and no
angles. and he was next 20 Garfield the
best writer who ever sat in the fresiden-
tial chair. As 10 the signing Of his name
when be came into power, his opponents
wanted 70 make hisn sign IL as ~ Niee-
President acting President" bat Tyler
would have none of this. and signed him
sell President" Since then Fillmore,
Johnson. aud Arthur have followed his
example
James X. Polk made signature which
looks ike copper-plate. Every line OF II IS
well made, and their is flourish under Il
which would do honor 20 a writing teach
er. Zach Taylor wrote well. HIS pen was
ike himself. blunt. plain, and with few
fiourishes and little attempt at orna-
ment Frank Pierce was perhaps, our
poorest Presidential scribe up 10 this date;
but even bis hand was not bad AMI il can
be read with ease. Buchanan was very
careful in his writing. and prided himself
OH his punctuation aud spelling. He sell
dom made an interlineation and had an
elegant style of composition.
President Lincoln had snail aud care
iul hand. Andrew Johnson's was larger
and less labored. General Grants IS bold
and easy - read. aud President Hayes
writes one of the hardest hands IN the
world TO counterfeit. General Garfield's :
handwriting is Known u all by the litho-
graphed letters published at the time 81
his death. IL is plain and open with plenty
of ink on thsdowa strokes and halrlines
on the up ones. He wrots perhaps
better than any Of his predecessors and
more in accord with the present system Of
/ penmanshp.
Bad writers iamopg great mon are nu-
merons. Horace Greeley, whose disnissais
/ from service were often used as recon-
1 mendati iOns. leads the list, and George VI.
I B,oss OF the Cincinnati Enquirer who had
/ 10 have special printer for his manu-
ser pt, comes next. The handwriting of
I Ru US Choate. was almost illegible, and il
! took specialists To make out the manu-
script of Caleb Cushn 3. Thaddeus Stevens
was "A very poor peuman, aud Henry c.
/ Carey, the author offhe political economy
writes a hand which looks " II, but which
+ is very hard u read. Thus Il is seem cur
/ great men write all sorts OF hands, and,
take them ell in all. more of them are
/ good penmsn than bad ones.