Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-07

ting up models of all parts of the human
body, taken from subjects of the dissect-
ing room. These may yet be seen in the
medical colleges of Cleveland, Buffalo,
Toronto, Charleston, South Carolina, Gin
cinnati, and other places. They were
such close limitations of nature. that the
late Professor Muzzey of Cincinnati, pro-
nounced them superior to the French
models at Paris, by Auzonx.
At Youngstown he made life size bust
of Judge Todd, copies of which are still in
the family. In 1858, after a successful
practice in that place, he came to Cleve-
land, and formed partnership IN surgery
with the late Professor H. A. Ackley, and
for a number of years was member OF
the Board of Medical Censors of the
Cleveland Medical College, and Vice
President of the Cleveland Academy OF
Natural Science.
| He was a skillful physician, surgeon,
diligent student of natural history and
| lover of fine arts. As a naturalist he ap-
piled the principles of the anatomical
models to animals, especially to fishes.
He entered with great zeal upon the arti-
fetal culture and propagation of brook
trout and other fish, a matter that Is now
attracting great attention; and in 1857 he
published a small book, which is the
| standard work of the United States on
that subject.
Having a robust constitution, and
being in early life passionately fond of
| bunting, he found a wide and inviting
field for this kind of exercise in the wild
region where he then resided On one
occasion he says: "My brother and my
self started out very early one morning
for deer that we knew had been feeding
around the cabin that night. Within q
quarter of mile.of the cabin my brother
shot him, and as he fired up jumped eleven
elk. One of our neighboss shot five of
them within an acre of ground, they being
near together, at bay, fighting with
1 the dogs. l helped get them in; they
were part of larger herd; we counted
their beds in the snow where they had
lain at night, and there were over one
hundred in the drove" At this time the
4 abundance of elk, deer, and tnrkies In
that region constituted quite Paradise
for the young Nimrod, but we suspect the
game is not there now.
The doctor still resides here, devoting
himself TO natural history, but his robust
frame has suffered from spinal disease, so
/ that he is in a measure disabled. Still he
appears cheerful and sensible, and is able
to get about with some support, and may
be seen occasionally in the cars and in
the street He retains the memory of
many things of his early DAYS in Yer
mont, and of DIR. Merrill in particular.
His parents, he, says, started for the west
at the same time he did, and got as far as
Poultney, where they were met by
brother, who dissuaded them from pro-
ceeding, and they turned back again.
Perhaps there may be some now living in
Middlebury who remember these things.
But the world has gone on a great ways
since those days, and is moving still.
To the facts above stated l am indebted
to sketch of DR.. Garlic, prepared, un-
derstand, by Col. Charles Wbittlesey, one
of our distinguished citizens, who COM
manded the third. brigade of Wallace's
division, on the second day of the battle
of Shiloh, and repelled the charge of
Beauregard, with great bravery, when he
attempted to force him from his position.
Yours truly,