Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-26
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Dr. stone Ha- native % VI .elu-ett-.
educated in Williams COLLEGE. and. s,au af-
ter c0um.ncir- ti. TmoI-, o medicine
came 70 Vernon, and -5it'.l N.akton-
about sixty ycar- asl. llc 100 D. came tis.
unsG.shcI a-a physician lie Wa- o. +
strong mind set oi most uu..Itul.-c Iaii.,
The HllIHirs 'ae j. 800 index O. De- .ecrr-
tric character
Il, bad lecn .u N1ns,on bu, short time
before hc NrHte GOA friend in N,,-achu,e ,ett-
a~ follow
&c Monday bought me a horse, Tue.lay I
rent 20 town meeting; Wednesday ] got drunk
J. urs lay went couriing; Friday ga; mar
riei. saturday morning ! walked ur and found
mys' the father Of nine children
Il, married a widow There wolc after
ward added three sons TO the number Car
ter. George ard Charlie. The wv, tii,t l5l-
low their fathers vocation IN Illinois. the
other was farmer, now deceased lie left
an Illcgltlmate son in Massachusetts,. but hc
was more honorable tlan many who are
alike guilty of violating the law of God
and man, tor be owned bis child. saye HIM
hIs own name, and spared no expense in his
supp IT and education. Thirty years since
this son was respected lawyer and Judge
in III n0is, and a member of the legislature
with Abraham Lincoln, and one OF his in
innate friends, and the only man who with
Lincoln recorded protest against q rro-
slavery act Of the Illinois legislature
Notwithstanding the Doctors hablts of
lneb-iety, be was, when sober, (Which was
most Of the timc,) respected as q useful cit
izen and most successful physician. ]
bay, known no incorporate physician but
DR. stone, who could be safely omployed
when surcharged with alcohol. but he.
thon- always prudent in his prescriptions,
wa> Ill more cautious when intoxicated. i0r
WI, drunk he would do nothing, and when
hal! runk be would give NJ powerful med
icinc. lie always measured his Judgment
bY the am INT ui stimulus he bad taken. re-
lying on the former les, in proportion to
the amount Of the latter \ man once
called for him when he refused TO 60, say
Ing-
''You want mt? an slod with sandals
of sapphire ard | walk on Iainbows.'
lie was not Uniform in bis charges in all
eases. Capt. Sherman, Of Ncrgcnnes. Of
steamboat notorieiy, being dangerously sick.
sent for DR.. Stone. lie attended him few
days and left him conyolcsccut Some time
after the Capt. met the DR. aud asked him
for his bill
"One hundred J,llars, replied the Dr.
Why, Dr. ,' s9id the Capt. ''you charge
y,ry high"
''Coni lund you, said the Dr. 'you would
have been IN Hades had it not becn for me-
The Captain paid the bill at once. Had
the Dr. been sober. be probably would not
have charged more than half that sum.
once asked b i'm lor his bin. lie replied
how much DO | owe you - | said two
dollars" WELL said he, "we'll clll it
even" Yet be had made many visits, car
rying mJseli and one ofmy family through
severe siekness But these were exceptions
to bis common charges. As specim,n of
biz opinion Of some pbyeciaps. be once said
Had been born 4 fool, and studied ig
uoranoe oil NY days should know more
than Dr.. Calomel is an excellent
medicine. Il has saved thousand lives
but It has ruined tcn thousand The COM
mon mode OF doctoring does more hurt than
good. Such remarks were characteristic OF
the man. Temperance lecturos gave linn no
Uh,Ice. ile kutw nud Nth mlay others
lamentcd that hi> moral ,'rtrs;h was not
equal 10 a., c. c-qutiins 4 his physical pro
rensities
visited him often during bis last sickness.
lie was not religious, but helped support
the Gospel, giving as reason for 50 dong
''that We can have no society without rell-
gion." lie was not free TO conycTse on the
subject Of experimental religion and Of his
hores and prospects beyond the grave, but
said when be gave up eH hopes Of getting
well, he would talk with me on that subject
with freedom. lie died about thirty years
Rsesrd.