Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-06-16
TITLES AND DEGREES.
GEORGE rickNoR CURTIS ON rrE
AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS.

Not long since n gentleman who meant 20
se polite. and who affects English spelling.
addressed letter 90 me ~ follows. THE
Honourabie George Tinknor Curtis, LID,
rte, etc, etc. I never held any public
Office or position which. by n custom that
world be more honored In the breach than
the observance. is supposed to put the pre-
Ak Of honorable 20 q mans name, nor did
ever receive from my own Harvard or any
other Institution OF learning the degree OF
LII. ID or any other honorary degrees. The
fondness OF our people for titles and the
readiness with which they are bestowed are
remarkable.
When was In college at Harvard. more
than 90 years ago, there dwelt at Cam
bridgeport Mr.. Thomas Dowse, who car
RED on the respectable occupation Of leather
dresser. Being a prosperous man and q
bachelor. he accumulated good property.
He built a handsome house ON the main
street, In which he had an apartment on
the second floor where he lived. II was Gus
tomary in those days for tradespeople to
put In front OF their shops some image
which typified their business.
| Mr.. Dowse had figure OF a sheep in full
fleece, erected on a high column In front Of
his building. His manufacture of leather,
chiefly sheepskin. was carried ON In the rear
Of his premises He had fondness Tor &C
cumulating books i'm fine binding, mostly
English classics At the time Of which /
speak he had quite large library, and the
corporation and overseers OF Harvard uni
versity, thinking that they could induce
him to bequeath his library TO the college,
made him an III. ID. fancy that the
worthy man did not know much about the
inside OF his books, nor do | remember what
disposition he ultimately made of them.
tine OF tine colleee ways ouooeo MIN Lit
erary Leather dresser
About the same tame there was n dean OF
the theological faculty In Harvard who, De-
sides being man OF small stature, was
also very unpopular. ne was made
! u. u. at nrst ana aiterwaru an LII. u. Inc
same facetious unoergraauate translated
ms dsyrees 10 mean, ID Dirty ihttie
Dean.
When GeperSi jackson was president,
: during his hrst term OF once, he visited
Boston. attended commencement a. Har-
ward and received the degree OF LII. ID.
This was very much ridicuied at the time
py some OF tine WINGS VINO SAID that ten
erai jackson was an hiiteraie man, ana
: that ne could not write an Engiish sentence
: correctly. This was not true. have seen
autograph letters OF Generai jackson writ
, ten ms well In point OF style, spelling and
. punctuation rs any OF the public men oil
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