[Rarebooks] FS: About Festivals. 1904 Bedford Iowa Catholic Study
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About Festivals. A Copy of a Letter to Mrs. Margaret Haddock, Bedford,
Iowa.
Published by the author in Iowa City, Iowa in 1904.
An interesting and uncommon study written as a letter to the author’s
niece. “In the dreary zero days of the past February I amused myself
reading up the old festivals. What is more appropriate, on this ‘holy
Saint Patrick’s day in the morning,’ than to give you what I learned of
them.” The coverage is hardly exhaustive, but includes mention of Native
American festivals, ancient pagan holidays, Jewish tradition, and so on,
all tied to Christian festivals as practiced in the Catholic church.
Haddock maintains a decidedly unbiased and even merry tone throughout.
When speaking of Groundhog Day, for instance, he concludes- “We do not
think the church has taken any steps yet to overreach the ground hog.
Exorcisms may yet be tacked to the little animal and it be made a sort
of scapegoat to carry off the sins of the Elders to its burrow or
somewhere”.
No copies of this booklet are located by OCLC, though there is one in
the Haddock Papers at the University of Iowa, where he was a Trustee and
mover & shaker for some 4 decades. “Hon. William J. Haddock, a resident
of Iowa City, and engaged in the practice of law, was born February 28,
1835, near Belfast, county Antrim Ireland; came to America in 1849;
landed at Philadelphia, PA. He was married August 2, 1865, to Miss Emma
Humphrey, of Tipton, IA a graduate of the State University. She was the
first woman admitted to practice law by the U.S. Court. Mr. Haddock was
admitted to the bar in 1862, and entered the law office of Hon. Rush
Clark as a partner February 8, 1867, and remained such until his death.
He graduated from the normal department of the State University in June,
1862. He was appointed September 23, 1872, judge of the eighth judicial
circuit court of Iowa, and served the unexpired term. He was appointed
secretary of the board of regents of the State University June 28, 1864,
and has served in that capacity continuously since. He was appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior of the United State on a committee to
investigate charges of fraud against the Indian Agent of the Pawnee
tribe. A Republican in politics and is an active and earnest worker in
all matters pertaining to his party” (History of Johnson County, IA
1836-1882).
Softcover. 7.25”x9.5”. 22 pages. Minor cover soil, light wear. $75
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