Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 133
me with scant JH courtesy if I asked him to give up his business hours for my pleasure. Why should he not realize that I have business hours as well as he ? On occasions when he feels compelled to yield, he sometimes does curious things. Fig. 62.—Sherburne W. Burnham, of the In One of the… … * It is related of an assistant in an English observatory that once, when on avisit to this country, he was found lying in a gutter, in a state of intoxication.A policeman shook him rudely, and asked, What are you doing here? Observing, sir, was the sententious reply. The Astronomer. 127 are…
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