New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
MARY i. WALKER, N. d.
A SKETCH OF TIE DOCTRESS FROM A WESTERN
EDITOR-PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES.
The DubuGue Herald has the following sketch

4 SKETCH OF TIE DOCTRESS FROM A WESTERN
EDIToR-PERsONAL "REMINISCENCES.
The Dubuque Herald has the following sketch
Of Doctor Mary +. Walker:
Miss Doctor Mary f. Walker was first seen and heard
Of west of the Mississippi in the Spring OF 1900 Oe morn
ing in May the local columns Of each OF tho Dubuque
daies referred to tho fact with comments not very COM
quito "a sensation upon tho street the day before.
The writer hereof, then conducting paper
10 the rescue OF the then unseen and unknown
boomere insisting that consistency domandcd o, inc
Dubudue editors snecring at her for wearing
dress unfashonably short at the bottom unless they e
wise dashed some of their own ladies' Tor wearing dresses
fashOnably too short at the top &c. lew uys hiIer
ward sanctum was invaded by ayOung ady III Dio0
ers who introduced herself as Mary E walker sad tha
she had TO Iowa to SEQ the West ana oy anu py
perhaps TO work into the practice OF Her pIoesson'
which that Of medcnc-if water can be called medl
cino-for she was OF the hydropathc SCHOOL piss
was not handsome IN feature, nor yet was she homey
rather under the medium SIZE, vvaGiouS &c, , and
spirits Her bloomer dress was rch neat ana Decomng
for she was of tho few women upon whom DlOOmer
MISS Walker was an incessant and endes. talker. But
It soon became manifest that the staple OF her converse
ton consisted OF one everpronc 'cll. nv ~
ventures had been numerous ana NateulOr one o Hcr
age What her ago IL difficult to determine from
her experience, or infer from her eOhyeIsaon a
appearance would judge her To Dc between - OF -
times, and after forgetting what she had sald
were Informed that at 10 she commenced TO teac 5ch0o
and taught school for five years. that she taught
for five wears IN seminary; that sho was miiner for
five years; that she worked at the printer uaue los
a literary magazinc that size had studied medicine,
regular school, for three ycars ana ihen pTaotlced ~
for two years; that she was an lhValu unable 10 VILE
more than few RODS AT IlnIi iOi ~, h1e
years; that she was cured W tuo ny ~ u,% W.,
and adopt the water cure" system, which she had
practiccd for five years etc. etc. Aggegathg he time
close TO 100 years old unless shebut wiz not quos-
ton her veracty for she was woman 9i uhs"eI,ins
"prlncipe" she said herself, repeatedly 80 et us
rather believe that during her residence m t0rda as
amanuenss for the Senator OF that STATE she had usco
cred and partakcn OF the fountain OF eternal youth
IN was something OF shock 70 by tho way, after hay
inc been al nrst ncquainauce with the lady, Informed
that she had been associate editor OF leading magazine
for five years 20 discover In receiving communications
for nubcaton how trumphantly and uncOnsc!ousy she
oveTrOde all rules OF grammar punctuatlOn cdPtaIla
ZION etc on meeting her aftcrward, led tho convcr
saon 10 botanical aud medical topics, aud discovered
that here too she diHUred equally widely from lhc Co
,norv rcceIyed Authorities We recolcct. for instance,
her location Of the thyroid cartIlegc In the thigh
About this time our editorial attention happened 70
rest upOn couple Of advertisements which appeared IN
and ono from n county In New-York. The latter con
tained notice that Mr.. Alfred T. Miller peuoned for
Hat Mrs MARY r. Miller petltioned for a divorce from
her husband, Mr. Alfred T. Miller with rzht TO resume
her maiden namo u Mary r. Walker. We Kept our own
counsel, and soon learned moro about inc mater ua
we could have discovered by any amount OF qgcslong
The cnterprisug Mary had come al the way from new
Sew.York To get divorce from her,husband Her hus'
band fOrcstallCd her by getting divorce from HcF some
three weeks the fret II that couple are not divorced,
with the decrccs from tho courts Of Two states 70 lhAt
effect we don't know how such result could be accom-
plshed About this tmo the war began, and Mary start
cd for the front There was chaHce 20 thIst nerst'
forward into notOrictyaud such chances she never ct
bnh sGcs ~ me lines When IL closed she went Eng
land and delivered medical lectures In London. II there
thew %efe aouIshcd az her docorngl Mr Dr. Mary +.
walker OF Grants Cabinet Just now u queer mItufc'
and not by any entirely evil she s enthusiastic
quckwitted, quicktemPrfcd outspoA'h, I ',ous'
exceedingly vnin sensational energetic, Nul; h,Ii -,
sertIng irfepressibe, oquacous, and every thing clso
necessary TO constitute sort OF George Francis Train In
pCtucOat5, II We were suro she wore pctllcoalA'