Freeland tribune., October 11, 1894, Image 2

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FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 11, 1894.
WE DENOUNCE PROTECTION AS A FRAUD, A
]{< > llliKK Y OF THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE IIENEKIT OF THE
FEW.- National Dcmm-rath- Platform.
"Lace Curtain Hines"! As between a Demo
was the title applied to cratie protectionist and
Congressman llines, of a Republican protee-
LuKerne county. Pa., tionist,other tilings be
by the ways and means ing equal, the Record is
committee of the last in favor of a ltcpuhli
congress. it was all on can every time. The
account of his pride in Democratic protection
the lace millsat Wilkes-ist is a fraud. Judge
Darre and Philadelphia, IJlack WAS KioilTwheu
and HE SECURED THEM he declared that NO
illtlieeiniquiteASol.il) MAN COULD HE A PRO
PROTECTIVE TARIFF by TKCTIONIST AND lIE A
battling for the infant DEMOCRAT. H'M. M.
industry. ''a n> t and Si n w rty, Democratic
I'ltholatery Trade Jour- candidate for norernor.
vat, (H'toher Number. in the Plata. Record.
Several of the papers which are
supporting the Democratic state ticket
pay but little attention to the change
made in tho nominees for congress
men at-large. They continue to ad
vertise Judge Bucher and ex-Senator
Sloane as the candidates, instead of
Messrs. Meyers and Collins. Voters
who go to the polls expecting to find a
ticket with Bucher and Sloaue on it
will be disappointed.
Jakey Schappert, candidate for pro
thonotary, will without doubt receive
the biggest vote and Lave the largest
majoritiy of any of the candidates.
Not only will be get the full party
vote, but he will also get the votes of
nearly all the German Republicans
who are smarting under the defeat of
Peter Schmidt last fall, and in addi
tion he will get a large vote from
American Republicans, not alone in
Pittston, where Llewellyn is very un
popular, but through the county gen
erally. His election is beyond all
doubt.-— Newsdeahr.
John H. Rice is not personally
known to many people in this district,
but bis record as a defender of the
workingmeu's rights is something
which all who read are fully acquaint
ed with. He comes before the people
with a past that is clear and open to
the most searching investigation.
The esteem in which he is held by
his fellow railroaders around Wilkes-
Barre, and the sacrifices he has made
in their behalf, should insure him tho
support of every man whose sym
pathies are with the laboring element.
He will make a clerk of the courts
that tho people can he proud of.
The election of P. A. O'Boyle will
be a deserved promotion for that
bright young attorney who has made
such an excellent record as assistant
to District Attorney Gorman. For
the past three years he has served
the citizens of Luzerne county in a
manner that leaves no room to doubt
his qualifications. He has now the
experience necessary to take full
charge of that important office, and
the voter who does not give bim sup
port on election day will be blind to
bis own interests. The prosecutor of
criminals in this county should he
able and fearless, and Mr. O'Boyle is
all of that.
The Democratic county candidates
are making an earnest and systematic
canvass, and they have yet to find a
single district where there is any dis
satisfaction. The nomination of Rhone,
O'Boyle, Schappert and Rico gave the
voters just what they wanted— a ticket
composed of clean, upright men,
every one of whom is capable of tak
ing personal charge of the office to
which he aspires. Had the Demo
cratic convention nominated a Demo
crat for congress, the old county
would roll up a majority greater than
any it has given in the past decade.
As it is, tho county ticket will go
through with a rush, while the voterß
will rebuke the insult offered them in
nominating the present congressman.
There are many abuses existing in
this state which be remedied only by
the election of a Democratic legisla
ture. The unjust apportionment of
senatorial districts gives the Republi
cans control of that body, but it is
possible to wrench that from fliem in
a few years, and the way to begin is
to elect the Democratic candidates
for the lower house this year. The
semi-monthly pay-law is defective, tho
company store act is worthless, an em
ployers' liability bill should be on the
statute books and a dozen other re
forms are needed by the working
classes of the state. Until the Demo
crats get control of the legislature
there is but little hope that any of
them will come. In the fourth dis
trict hero tho party has offered to tho
voters in the person of J.ohn J. Mc-
Nelis a minor who will work for your
interest if sent to Harrisburg.
DiHlioneHt Apportionment.
From the Wilkes-Barrc Leader.
The people of Luzerne county should
rebuke the Quay-Cameron machine, this
fall, at the polls, and it should be done (
so emphatically that these bosses will j •
remember it for all future time. Section {
19, article 2, of our state constitution pro- l
vides that "the state shall be divided j 1
into fifty senatorial districts of compact i t
and contiguous territory, as nearly equal ' i
in population as may be, and each dis- j 1
trict shall be entitled to elect one sena- J
tor."
How has the Republican party obeyed i
that solemn and plain mandate of the '
constitution? Let us see.
Luzerne county having a population s
of 201,203, according to the census of j
1890, is represented by one senator, but
little Republican Lebanon county with a
population of only 48,131, is made a
separate senatoral district and elects one
senator.
Crawford county, because its ringsters
bow to the crack of Quay's whip, with a
population of 05,324, is a separate sena
torial district.
Chester county, with a population of
89,377, constitutes a separate senatorial
district.
Delaware county, with a population of
74,G83, is a separate senatorial district, i
But the crowning example of unfair,
partisan and fraudulent apportionment
is reached by the representation given
Lancaster county in the state senate, i
The county of Lancaster has a popula
tion of 149,095 or 52,108 less than Lu
zerne county, and yet, because of its
subserviency to the Republican machine, ;
it has two senatorial districts and elects j
two senators.
Luzerne and Lackawanna counties I
combined have a population (1890) of
348,201, which is more than seven times
the population of Lebanon. If the citi
zens of the respective counties are to be
considered equal and entitled to equal
representation or thereto "as nearly as
may be," Luzerne and Lackawanna to
gether should have seven times as many
senators at Harrisburg as Lebanon has. t
But of course that would never suit Boss
Quay and his spoilsmen.
Every yoter who goes to the election
booths next November to support the
Republican candidates for senator or
representatives to the general assembly
lacks the true spirit of American man
hood.
Another Opportunity Gone.
The International Boiler Works, of
East Btrouilsburg, are seriously consider- j
ing an offer to remove their plant to the ,
coal regions. They have not sufficient (
room where they are now, ami in order ,
to till the large amount of orders now on t
hand for boilers of large capicity, a ,
change will have to be made. — Strouds- j
burg Times.
Here is another opportunity that will c
pass Freeland because our people have
not an organization whose duty it would
be to lay before manufacturers the ad
vantages to be derived by locating here.
This company wants more room. Free
land lias thousands of idle acres on ]
every side of it. They want to move to
the coal regions. Freeland is in the
heart of the great Lehigh coal belt.
With its unexcelled railroad facilities,
cheap fuel, water in abundance, electric
light, low taxes, churches of every de
nomination, with all these to offer as in
ducements, how easy it should be to at
tract industries, if the owners of plants
were only properly told of them and
asked to come. Organize a board of
trade, or something similar, and let no
more of these opportunities pass by
without making an effort to secure them
Practical Temperance.
From the Hu/Jeton Standard.
The only illustration of practical
temperance which has come to our
notice for some time is demonstrated in
the case of Patrick Furey, who was sent
to the Keeley Institute at Harrisburg by
the T. A. B. Societies of the North Side.
Many theories have been advanced by
temperance advocates, but only in this
instance have we noticed the theory put
into practice.
It is an example for other temperance
organizations to follow; it is one that will
prove of lasting effect; it is one that will
do more good to those who have become
victims of that evil habit, intoxication, j
j and one that will prove a lasting monu- j
ment to the society that has taken the j
j work in hand.
■ Would it not be a wise move of the j
| temperance organizations to take some
steps towards having a Keeley cure
located somewhere in this region?
Wlio I.ikes to Enjoy Himself?
That goes without saying, for nearly
everybody scarcely thinks of anything j
else but trying to tind out the manner in |
which he can. At any rate, all who do
will haye an opportunity tomorrow even
ing at the opera house when that comical
aggregation of players, known as "Our !
| Irish Visitors," will present that highly '
I humorous comedy. In its present state
| it ranks in effectiveness of production
with the leading comedies of the day,
and the company presenting it is a j
| glorious one, all picked players, each in 1
I himself a host, headed by the best Irish
comedian on the boards. William J. '
Mason, whose record for fun-making is
away up.
If you haven't seen him before, don't
miss this opportunity. His "Gilhooly"
is simply immense. Miss Victoria
Walters, beautiful and melodious, is the
principal female humorist. Among
"The Visitors" she lias lots of novelties j
to introduce, which you will like. In j
i fact, if you want to hear the latest and j
j best things "Our Irish Visitors" have ■
j got them—all the new songs, all the new
i dances, all the new jokes and all the j
I new fun.
' Advertise in the TBIBDNB.
ANmtKw rtrrtTiN DEAD
IVttusylvaiiia's (jreal War Governor
Passes Away.
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 8. —Hon. Andrew I
Gregg Curtin, the old war governor of j
Pennsylvania, died Sunday morning at j
6 o'clock. His death was not only
painless, but calm, the last vital spark j
going out after a sleep of twelve hours 1
—a peaceful ending to the long, useful I
and even turbulent career of this great
and distinguished man. There were no
harrowing scenes to break the mystic
shadow of sorrow and gloom over- j
hanging the household. It was too up- i
parent from the first that, stalwart
and strong though Mr. Curtin was, lie
could not rally from an attack that
would have proved a quicker death to
a much younger man than he.
His friends knew that it was only
a question of time and nerved them
selves to be resigned to the inevitable.
During a part of the day the governor
would at times become delirious, im
agining there was something he had
j remised to do and had not yet done,
; nd begged to be allowed to get up
and do it, as he had never yet broken
a promise made. To quiet his nervous
system it was necessary to administer
mi opiate and under its influence he
:• nk into a quiet sleep übout 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, losing ull conscious
ness, and from which he never awoke.
1 iis wonderful vitality, however, pro
longed the final dissolution until 5
o'clock in the morning, when he
breathed his last, surrounded only by
the immediate members of his family,
consisting of his aged wife, Mrs. Kath
crine Wilson Curtin; his daughters,
Mary W., wife of Dr. George F. Har
ris; Marcy 1., widow of Captain K. H.
Brcese, and Kate W., wife of M. D.
Burnet, of Syracuse. N. Y., and his son,
W. W. Curtin, of Philadelphia. The
direct cause of the ex-governor's death
was a general breaking down of his
nervous system. Always a healthy
man when the final attack came he
was not able to withstand it.
It can truly be said that there is
more genuine sorrow in Bellefonte over
the death of Governor Curtin than was
ever known before. The funeral has
been set for Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the Interment to be made in
the Union cemetery in this place. Tele
grams of condolence have been re
ceived from Governor Pattison and
Col. A. K. McClure, editor of the Phil
adelphia Times, both of whom have
signified their intention of attending
the funeral.
Arrangements for the funeral of ex-
Governor Curtin are so far perfected
that, at the urgent solicitation of Gov
ernor Pattison, the family have con
sented to a funeral with military hon
ors. Governor Beaver will have full
charge and there will be an escort
of a regiment of infantry, a troop of
cavalry and a battery brigade com
mander. Governor Pattison will attend
with his staff.
Proclamation by Gov. Pattison.
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 8. —Governor
Pattison has issued a proclamation in
which he announces the death of ex-
Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin at
Bellefonte, "leaving surviving but a
single one of the present governor's
predecessors in the executive office of
Pennsylvania." In the language of the
proclamation, "Ho was one of the most
distinguished in that long line of il
lustrious men and few if any of the
citizens of our state ever maintained
so lasting a hold upon the affections
of its people." Reference is made to
his great ability as a lawyer and to
his prominence in the work of securely
establishing the public school system
of Pennsylvania, "which gained great
impulse toward its future usefulness
from his wise counsel." With regard
to his invaluable aid to the federal
government us the great "war gov
ernor" the proclamation among other
things says:
"He was active in raising and equip
ping troops and the splendid organiza
tion of the Pennsylvania reserves was
owing to his exertions. He was inde
fatigable in his ministrations for the
comfort of Pennsylvania soldiers in
the field, on the march, in the camp
or in the hospital. To him, above all
others, the state is indebted for the
establishment of the soldiers' orphans'
schools and the country owes to him
the splendid example of Pennsylvania's
care for the children of her soldier
dead."
After reviewing his distinguished ser
vices to his state and country, the proc
lamation concludes as follows:
"In honor of his memory and in
recognition of his eminent public ser
vices, I invoke for his bereaved family
the sympathy of the people of Pennsyl
vania, and I recommend and order
that on the day of his funeral the flags
upon the public buildings be displayed
at half staff and that the several de
partments of the state government
within executive control, be closed upon
that day."
Governor Pattison and staff and
other state officials will attend the
funeral at Bellefonte on Wednesday
afternoon. Adjutant General Green
land had a conference with the gov
ernor and a military funeral was de
cided upon. It is understood that the
Shei ldan troop and the Fifth regiment
N. G. P., will be ordered to Bellefonte
. on Wednesday.
Strike of Id tintype Operators.
New York, Oct. .—The linotype ma
chine operators employed by the Tri
bune retired from the composing room
at 6 o'clock last evening and refused
to resume work unless all of the ster
! eotypers belonging to the Knights of
: Labor and employed by the Tribune
j were discharged. The Tribune de-
I cllnod to discharge the Knights. At
midnight the compositors requested
j permission to return to work and at
1 o'clock the force was at work as
usual. The strike was the result of a
quarrel between the Knights of Labor
and the Typographical union.
niit'liaiiaii Murder Case.
Albany, Oct. 9.—'The attorneys in
the Buchanan murder case have not
yet noticed it for argument in the
court of appeals, although the notice
of appeal has been filed for some time.
The court of appeals reconvened yes
terday for a four weeks' session and
proceeded to the consideration of the
j motion calendar.
Mrs. Cleveland Visits Plymouth.
Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 9.—Mrs. Gro
ver Cleveland and party drove over
from Gray Gables during the morning.
Th< y stopped on Plymouth rock, \ is
ited Pilgrim hall, and lunched at the
Hamoset house. Mrs. Cleveland was
much pleased with the town.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
WHEAT—The market is irregular i
this week with no great permanent j
changes. October ranges from 55% to i
65%: December 57% to 58.
CORN—Market advanced early in
the week under covering of shorts.
Quotations 55% to 56 for October de
livery.
OATS—Quotations ranged from 82%
to 35.
BEANS AND PEAS—Domestic white
beans are coming forward faster than
the trade can use them and values arc
still tending downward. Beans, do
mestic, Marrow, 1894, per bush, $2 60;
do Marrow. 1893, $2 45(fi$2 50; do. medi
um, 1893, $1 75@$1 80; do pea. 1894, $1 80
@slßs; do, white kidney, 1893, $2 30@
$- 40; do red kidney, 1894. $1 95@52; do,
lima, California, 60 lb, $2 75@52 80; do,
foreign, medium, $1 35@$1 45; do, pea,
$1 50@$1 60; green peas, bbls, $1 10; do,
bags, $1 05; do, Scotch, $1 15@$1 17%.
BUTTER—General trade slow. Of
extra fresh creamery the supply is
somewhat larger from the fact that
many markets are showing improving
quality. Creamery, state and Pennsyl
vania, extras, 25@25%c; do western ex
tras, 26; do thirds to seconds, 16@20c;
do, June make, 19@23c; state dairy,
half firkin tubs, extras, 23c; do firsts,
20@22c; do thirds to seconds, 14@18c;
dairy firkins, 10@21%c; imitation,
creamery, 14@19c; western dairy, 13%@
17c; factory, 14(§>10c; do, June, tubs,
14@15%c; do, freshl2%@lsc.
CHEEZE—Trade in large-size cheeze
at a standstill Exporters have few
orders in hand, and the buying on
home account is very limited. Liver
pool cable quotation. 50s, 6d. State,
full cream, large, white, fancy, 10% c;
do, colored, 10%e; do common to prime,
10%@'10%c; do common to choice, B%@
9%c; do good to prime, 6@7c; do com
mon to fair, 4@5%c; full skims, 3@3%c.
EGGS—Receipts are heavy, and while
they contain a considerable quantity
of ice-house eggs, the supply of fresh
gathered also seems to be larger.
Trade is extremely dull. Jersey, per
doz, 23@24c; state and Pennsylvania,
21c; western prime, 19%20c; do fair to
good, 17%@19c; do ice-hous 16@17c;
do fresh seconds, per case, $2 50@$3 50.
FRUITS FRESH Apples more
plenty, but suppl® largely of medium
grades. Pears in moderate demand and
steady. Quinces dull. Peaches continue
scarce and firm. Plums In lighter sup
ply, but moving slowly. Delaware
grapes doing a little better. Niagara,
firm; Concord plenty and firm. A few
extra fine lots of all kinds from Keuka
lake slightly exceed quotations. Cran
berries selling better and tending in
sellers' favor. Apples, soft fall, red
kinds. $2 25@53; do green, sl7s@s2 25;
do red winter fruit, $i 75@52 25; do
green, $1 50@$2; pears, Bartlett, per bbl,
$2 50@$4 50; do Huerre Bose, $2 5053; do
Clairgeau, $2 25@52 75; do other vaTi
tles, s2@s2so; do common,sl 25@$1 75;
quinces, $2 25@52 75; peaches, per bas
ket, 60c@$l 75; prunes, per 10-lb basket,
30@50c; plums, 20@35c; grapes, Dela
ware, small baskets, 15@16c; do Niaga
ra, 13@15c; Concord, 10c; do large bas
kets, 16@18c; cranberries, per bbl, $6
@sß.
FRUITS—DRIED—There is still con
siderable pressure to sell evaporated
apples and the market is unsettled and
weak especially for prime and lower
grades. Sun dried inquired for, but
none arriving to speak of. Small fruits
without change of importance. Evap
orated apples, fancy, 9c; dq,choice, 8@
B%c; do, common to prime, C@7%c;
j chops, 1%@1%c; cores and skins, I%@
l%c; peaches, southern, sun dried, peel-
sd, old. 8018 c.
BEEVES—Poor to good native steers
sold at $3 12%@55 30 per 100 lb; western
rangers at $3 76053 9O; oxen and stags
at $3 400 $4 50; choice fat do at $5 50;
city dressed native sides slow at 6Vfc©
10c per lb, and Texas range beef lower
at 6%06V&c. Cable advices quote re
frigerated beef steady at 6%oß36;Am
erican live cattle selling at 9%@10c,
•Jress weight.
GAME—Choice nearby birds steady,
but western are plenty and dull. Fresh
venison in fair demand. Woodcock,
per pair, 75c(g)$l 25; partridges, nearby,
75c0|l 25; do western, 40065 c; grouse,
40@75c; English snipe and golden plo
ver, per dozen, $1250 $150; grass plo
ver, slosl 25; reed birds, 40060 c; Mall
ard, per pair, 40060; do commoner
kinds, 20035 c; venison, fresh, per lb,
16018 c.
HAY AND STRAW—Market steady
with few sales of fancy hay up to 80c.
Hay, prime, per 100 lb. 75c; do No. 3 to
No. 1, 55070 c; do shipping, 50c; do clo
ver, mixed, 45(0<55c; do clover, 30040 c;
rye straw, 35055 c; oat straw, 30c.
HOPS —Trading is very moderate,
and the quantity of stock offering
keeps prices weak. State or Pacific
coast, 1894, choice 9%10c; do, good to
prime, B©9c; do, common to fair, 6(0
7%c; do, 1893, choice, 6%07c; do, com
mon to prime, 4ft6c; old olds, 2(03c.
POULTRY—ALIVE—VaIues almost
entirely nominal. Spring chickens, per
lb, 9(g) 10c; do, western, 9c; fowls, 10c;
old roosters, 6c; turkeys, 8011 c; ducks,
per pair, 450 80c; geese, per pair, $1 12
osl 37; pigeons, per pair, 20025 c.
DRESSED—Considerable stock car
ried over, very heavy fresh receipts,
and advices of large shipments. Trade
extremely dull and prices lower and
unsettled on all kinds. Any reasona
ble bids are being accepted when im
portant sales can be made, but there
is nothing to prevent carrying a heavy
stock over in first hands. Turkeys,
young, dry picked, per lb, 809 c; do,
scalded, 708 c; do, inferior, 406 c;
chickens, Philadelphia, 14018 c; do,
western, dry-picked, do scal
ded. 9c; fowls, 9010 c; old cocks, 6c;
spring ducks, eastern and Long Island,
14015 c; do, western, 7010 c; eastern
geese, 12013 c; squabs, per doz,sl 500
$2 75.
POTATOES AND VEGETABLES—
Irish potatoes dull and barely steady.
Sweets a shade firmer for strictly
choice quality. White onions firm;
reds slightly firmer; yellow barely
steady, under large supply of western.
Other vegetables generaly quiet and
without material changes. Potatoes,
Long Island, per bbl, S2O $2 12; do Jer
sey. $1 25051 75; do state, $1 620)51 75;
sweet potatoes. Jersey, $150052 25; do
Virginia. $16001162; . si i hm. white,
$3 50055; do eastern red. $1 62051 87;
do Orange county, $1 sOosl 75; do yel
low, eastern, $1 62051 75; Orange coun
ty, $15005162; do western, $12601176;
cauliflowers, 75e0$$l 50; Russian tur
nips, 50075 c; squash, * Hubbard. $125;
do marrow, 75c; peppers, 50060 c; cab
bages, per 100, $150054; green corn,
sOcosl 75; lima beans, per bag, 5Oc0$l;
tomatoes, per box, 25 0 40c; celery, per
| dozen flat bunches, $1; do state and
western, per doze* stalks, 10040 c.
TO HIS FINAL REWARD.
Death of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
at Boston.
Boston, Oct. B.—Oliver Wendell
Holmes is dead. Without the sem
blance of a struggle or a pain he passed
away as he has lived, peacefully and
beautifully.
The end came at 12:10 o'clock yester
day afternoon at the venerable poet's
town house, 296 Beacon street. He
was surrounded by his children and
visibly conscious of their presence up
to within a few minutes of the last,
though unable to speak. Then he
closed his eyes wearily and seemed to
fall asleep, us indeed he did—the sleep
of death at which the whole world
will mourn.
Dr. Holmes came from his summer
home at Beverly ten day's ago, and
while not quite in his accustomed
health at that time, did not regard him
self us ill, nor was he so regarded by
his children and friends. For several
years he had been a sufferer from
asthma, and the day after his return
to Boston, he had a particularly se
vere attuck of this malady.
It was the beginning of the end. Dr.
Holmes never left his bed again, for
while the asthma was conquered, it
left him in such a weakened condition
that he never rallied.
Gradually and calmly he approched
the dark river. Gradually and peace
fully he waited for the end, knowing
full well that it was near, for Dr.
Charles P. Putnam, of 63 Marlboro
street, told the sufferer a week ago
that it must come. Dr. Putnam had
been the Holmes' family physician for
years and knew his patient well. His
practical eye saw the gradual break
ing up that ethers could not see. Never
robust. Dr. Holmes lived to the great
age he did through l aving taken the
best of care of himself at all times.
Dr. Putnam knew that when the final
illness did come it would not be a long
one. His Inst call upon his patient
was made at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. At that hour he found him little
changed, except for the ever-growing
weakness, so gradual and insidious in
its work that even Dr. Putnam did not
apprehend that the end was nearer
than a day or two at the least. On
the strength of this I>r. Putnam went
to Weymouth to attend a patient, first
arranging with his brother, Dr. James
Putnam, of 106 Marlboro street, to call
upon his patient during the afternoon.
It was not until nearly noon that
Dr. Holmes' attendant and family no
ticed any decided change in ids con
dition. This was in the form of an un
usual exhaustion, and almost before
any stimulating remedies could he ad
ministered, Dr. Holmes had become
partially unconscious, his breath came
shorter and shorter, and within the
brief space of a quarter of an hour the
great poet that ail the world has loved
was no more.
Dr. James Putnam had been sum
:onod upon the first intimation of a
change, and came at once, but only
in time to see the great man's eyes
close in death.
To-night the serenity and peace that
always characterized Dr. Holmes' life
was found about the house in which
he lay dead, but none of the family
was to be seen.
Save for the faint sweet odor of flow
ers which pervaded the place there
was nothing to suggest a house of
mourning.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born at
Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29, 1809. He
was graduated from Harvard college
in 1829, and began the study of law,
which he subsequently abandoned for
that of medicine. Having attended
the hospitals of Paris and other Euro
pean cities, he commenced practice in
Boston in 1836. In 1838 he was elected
professor of anatomy and physiology
in Dartmouth college, and in 1847 was
appointed to a similar professorship in
the Massachusetts Medical school, from
which he retired in 1882.
As early as 1836 his contributions in
verse appeared in various periodicals,
and his reputation as a poet was es
tablished by the delivery of a metrical
essay, entitled "Poetry," which was
followed by others In rapid succession.
As a writer of songs, lyrics and poems
for festive occasions, he occupied the
first place. He was for many years a
popular lecturer. In 1857 he com
menced, in the Atlantic Monthly, a ser
ies of articles under the title, "The A
utocrat of the Breakfast Table," which
were followed in 1860 by "The Profes
sor at the Breakfast Table" and in 1872
by "The Poet at the Breakfast Table,"
and again In 1855 by "The New Port
folio." In addition he has published
"Astraca," 1850; "Currents and Coun
ter Currents in Medical Science," 1861;
"Elsie Venner," a romance of destiny,
1861; "Borderlands In Some Provinces
of Medical Science," 1862 ; Songs in
Many Keys," 1864 ; "Soundings from
the Atlantic," 1864; "Humorous Poerns,"
1865; "The Guarding Angel," 1868;
"Mechanism in Thought and Morals,"
1870; Songs of Many Seasons," 1874;
"John L. Motley," a memoir, 1878;
"The Iron Gate and Other Poems,"
1880; "Medical Essays," 1883; "Pages
from an Old Volume of Life," 1883;
"Ralph Waldo Emerson," 1884; "A Mor
tal Antipathy," 1885; "Our Hundred
Days in Europe," 1887; "Before the
Curfew," 1888; and numerous poems
recited at various reunions and din
ners. In 1886 he visited England, where
he was received with great cordiality.
Editions of his collected poems have
appeared from time to time, the first
in 1836, the last In 1889. He has con
tributed largely to current medical
literature, as well ns to the literary
journals and reviews. A series of gen
ial papers from his pen, entitled "Over
the Teacups," appeared in the Atlan
tic Monthly during 1890.
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