Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-10-10
ror the osforI Democrat.
PROFESSOR JOHN LOCKE.

In this vicinity rs q skillful Millwright.
From him the little village in Greenwood,
known as Loeke's Mills, derived It's name.
AZ an carly age John gave indications Of
strong native talents. Possessed Of de-
cidcdly mathematical turn Of mind, and Of
disposition 10 notice everything that fcll
in his way, he carly directed his attention
TO the study Of mathematics and Natural
History. Reared at the very baso Of ono Of
the mountains in hIs native town, he became
a -,ologi,t almost without the aid Of books,
while the beautiful intervals on the hanks
Of Sunday River gave him fine opportuni-
iy to study Botany. which he pur'uod TO a
considerable extent, entirely without the aid
Of books. IIcanerwarl' published a manual
Of Botany which wa, admircl ior the sim.
pliciiy OF IT, arrangement
Ancr pursuing biz studies a, nrilsion in
a select school, he commenced the study Of
medicine. and graduated at Yale College
lie entered tho Navy in the capacity of a
surgeon. bat len the ship in which be- sailed
bccaus, the o'Hccrs refused TO vcntilatc Tie
vessel as the Doctor bal declared necessary
The consequence Of the neglect OF his coun-
I'll was shown in the breaking out Of the
,hlpleycr. anl the loss oi large number Of
men. Ils varied aitainmcnis lei him 90
engage iu teaching youth, and he went to
Lexington. Ky. whsTc hc was assistant
teacher in ~ Academy. Ia l,22 be cstab-
lishci q r,malc Academy in Cincinnati,
which was for many years among the most
successful school. in the west. Many of The
mothers in that now p5pulous city were
among hi, pupils. The daughters of Henry
CLAY were numbered among his patrons.
llc was exceedingly fond or teaching. aud
was always ready 70 imprt instruction 90
others. In 1885, be was married 10 Miss
Mary Morris, Of Newark. y. J. Ia 1896
he was elected Professor oi Chemistry AMI
Pharmacy in the Medical COLLEGE Of Ohio,
which oTcc be successfully filled amid all
the chang. of that institution cor seven
teen years, when, exhausted AMI broken m
hcal,h by hi, uniirinc devotion TO hi' du'i's,
be resigned.
DR.. Locke devoted bis he to science in it,
various brancho, Of Botany, Zoology, Chem.
i,,ry. anI Mechanical Philosophy. Besides
filling the dutic. OF Professor, be- was en-
pl1yci by the General Government fr sever
al year, in surveying the mineral lands Of
Lake Superior, and in an extensive gcologi-
cal survey Of Iowa and Ohio. Thcse'urcy'
added much to tho reputation Of DF. L.
They hc'amc valuable works of reference to
subsequent solnsi'i'.
H.. Published work. consisted of " Out
lines Of B1tany," lS2J. An accoun, II a
large TLcuuo.copir Galyauometrr, publish.
cl in the Philosophical Magazine, London,
1897. Thi, instrument attracted much mo-
,icc. ard secured il, inventor much aticn-
ton from scientific men while on visit 70
England at that time. \ Sub Report on
The survey of the mineral lands OF Iowa,
Illinois and Wisconsin" published by Con-
rrcss, 1870. Sub Report on the " Geology
of Ohio" published by the state, INJS.
Sub Report on the explosion Of the Steam
boat M1rclle," 1910. Papers on the mag
ne,lsm Of the United Sntc., published b.
the American Philosophical Society in Phil
alelphia, in the society's Tnnnction'.
In 1870, by the study Of llorolosy in con-
ncc,iou with Magnetism, he invented aud
constructed the famous magnetic clock, still
in use at the Observatory AZ Washington,
For thi, Congress yotcl him $40 GOO. Papcr'
on the Magnetism OF the United States pub
li.hed hy the Smithsonian Institute, Wash
inrton 1859. lie was also a frcqurn. con-
tributor to SiIliman's Journal OF Science.
For more n'thirty years DR.. Locke re-
sided in Cincinnati. lIe had seen it. growth
from a comparatively small place to that OF
a large city. He was man caplbl, Of en-
durin, much fatigue. Though past the ag'
Of sixty, when most men would decline to
travel on foot, he would return in the sam
ner season TO his more northern home, and
climb tho neishboring mountains in search
Of something new. Nor were his effort
lruitles.. Some interesting plant, mineral
or geological fact would be pretty sure to
reward him Tor his toll.
During the last fll, hi' health began to
fail, and By the alyisc Of hi' Physicians b,
went, in april last, to survey some coal
land. In Virginia, where he was exposed tc
much fatigue and wet, which still further
rro,,ratei hi,alrcady cnfceb!cd constitution
and he returned in May to his home. Hi
las, public act was Lecture on Botany
lie died July 10th, 1856, aged 81.
The writer Of this sketch was, perhaps
more indebted TO Dr. Locke than any other
man fJr the Development Oi any latch' 'hS'''
nation to the study Of the natural sciences,
He we'll remembers the deep impression
which the rambling letters gave him that
were published in PAPER printed in Port
land, abou, the year 1897, called the Port
land Courier, and edited by Seba Smith.
40, a rock or flower was passed over with
out notice. A trilins criticism Of the Doc
tors, on the author OF Jack Downing, may
not come amiss here. The Doctor aud Smith
were schoolmates. Speaking Of these let
ters, the Doctor remarked, that 1t was the
easiest thing for Jack to write Them 'or IL
was bis chimncy.corncr language
N. IoeLa uas n man Of no ordinary mind.