The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-16
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| In Foxcrofl, Me, Aug. 90, Levinn NJ oldest
daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth Nj Lcc,nged
! l3 ycnrs 9 months.
! In Danvillc, Sept. j, Samuel Estabrooks,
| Esq, aged Il.
| William Worth, son;of John J.. and Hannah
! |. ID. Paine r, aged 10 months and 2S days
/ In Brownngton, Aug, ~ Of dyscn,cry, Mr..
I Solomon Gilbert, aged 81.
! Also Of the same disease, William Harvey,
son Of Harvey and C!arissG Gilbert, agcd {
| years.
In this town, Sept. 9th, infer years of in.
trinity and suffering. SALLY SmORY, wife Of
Mnrscnn lallct, aged 80 years.
In Woodstock, Sept. 3, Col Daniel Dana,
aged 20. In the late war with Great Britain,
Col. Dana commanded the 3lst Regiment OF
the T. S. Infantry md was worthy and mer.
itorious officer. He was son of John Winches-
ter Dana, Esq, one Of the earliest settlers Of
Pom'ret and was n grandson Of Gen Israel
Putnam, of :hc United States Army -.Ncrcu.
Ty.
In Brooklyn,.N, Y, Aug. 81, WILLIAM ".
CAuooN, NJ. d, physician in Belleveue Hos
pital, New York, and son of the late Hon.
William Cnhoon, of Lyndon, VI. aged % years
March >, lSlS.
| Seldom have we been called upon TO record
| the death of departed friend, with such pc
culiar feelings of sorrow and almost unyicld-
ing acquescence in the Divine Govcrnme nj,
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cult indeed to select from the young of
our country, one whose talents are of n higher
/ order, whose education is more thorough and
scientific, and whose prospects for professional
celebrity, are bright and flattering, were
| those ofthe deceased.
Very early in life, he devoted himself to the
study Of the clnssics, subject which pecul.
iarly interested his attention and from which
he derived that discipline of mind which en-.
abled him readily to master the most difficult
branches of his profession and secure that
high theoretical position which his premature
death prevented from exctnplifying by prac.
| ticc.
| With more than common preparation, at the
nge of sixteen, he entered Dartmouth Col
lego, where he distinguished himself for his
inhcxble perseverance, intellectual capacity
and literary attairments, and thereby won the
high esteem and warm frie ndship of al who
knew him. At the age of twenty, he gradu-
atcd among the ripcst scholars OF his class and
selecting the study of medicine for his profess
sion, immc diatcly entered upon his labor with
that ardor and determination which character
lied all his undertakings, which enabled him
TO surmount every obstacle however prominrn mt
and triumph over every subject to which he
devoted his attention.
Some six months go, he received his medi
cal degree in the City OF New York, and 30
promising was the prospect for his future en-
inence and usefulness, that he was immediate
ly appointed one OF the asSOClule pnysICluns
of Beleveue hospital, where he spent few
months only, exercising that professional skill
which he had labored so long and ardenty to
attain. Being attacked with that not lincoln.
mon disease, the dysentcry, he was reduced
extremely low and his life despnirded of, but
at length he pattiully restored and the
hopes of friends were again rekindlcd that his
health would he confirmed * he be permitted to
reenter upon that sphere which much alb
sorbed his thoughts and interested his atten-
ton. But alas! those hopes were destined soon
TO be forever palled and their icvcrsh anxiety
assuaged by death Presuming perhaps too
much upon his strength,he visited some friends
in Brooklyn where relapse OF his disease ter
minated his earthly career. Such alas! are
man $ most snnguine antcipations, his livcliest
hopes and brightest prospects for usefulness
aud earthly fame! Such is man.
To-day, Gods noblest work,
Tomorrow, the dust for insects which we
loathe"
Surely, the Lords ''ways are unseurchube
and past finding out" ...--
Though The friends weep the bitter tear,und
mourn over disappointed Xpectntions,ye they
mourn not rs those without hope, for he whose
lnss they weep, left pleasing assurances Of his
re cancellation and readiness to depart nj his