Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-12-20

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DR.. joseph Robinson. died at Siow,
the 9Th, inst, At the agv Of "a ycsu. II
: had been eOa6ned 10 his RON. and mo.
Of the time to bic bed for several mouth.
with 20 marked disease. bat = gcuera
fsiliag Of HE faculties aud pOwers. by age
, The departure from this sccne ofthiugS. Q
such man a. DR.. Robinson filly suggest
the propTieiy OF rene notice beyond ih
mere fact that on such day be died.
|, For more than half a century, he was thi
trusted physician Of most Of the familiet
in the tOun Of Stowe. He had bseo pre-
sent the birth Of nearly all their child
ren, and with unusual success, resisted
by all the arts ofmcdical science, the attack
Of disease IN all iis various forms, on th,
members cf their households. They had
been accustomed to look to him as their
deliverer IN all such fearful extrvmilies
DIR. Robinson was not pretentious man,
nor what is called a bold practitioner.
He iustibetIvely shrank from the free use
Of the bistOury aud scalpel, and hrsitaled
at the exhibition of remedies. which
though sometimes singularly effectual, are
often more dangerous than the disease IL.
self Though DIR. Robinson was very
clear and decisive in his judgement Of
cases, and was always able to assign sound
reasons for his conclusions, IN council
he was modest aud unobtTusive.
He was one ola large family Of poor man
aud could not well procure the means of
what is commonly considered thorough
course Of medical study. He attended no
lectures by men deeply learned in the
profession, but from the mearer library of
some country practitioner, his penetrating
mind aud retentiye memory, searched out
and stored up more real learning than
most students would be able to acquire
with all the aids Of well furnished libra.
ries, and full courses Of letures, in all the
departments OF medical science. Though
DR.. Robinson was blessed with all the
faculties Of an excellent judgment. the re-
t=ntiveness Of his memory was very re.
Whatever came within the
grasp of his mind, he seemed to hold with
tenacity, till the fastest years of
his life; so that, notwithstanding the
'aucity of his early professional oppor.
unities, at an age when many practition-
RS have forgotten much that they once
cad, he retained the whole. Though as
already suggested, his practice was a very
ull one, besides continuing his professional
tudies, he read much in all the depart.
nents of literature, especially in history,
o him SO interesting and profitable.
lie early took deep interest in the po-
ltical affairs of the country, and was al ,
Ways well posted in the history and opera.
ions of the political parties. lie was
ond OF discussing matters connected with
hem, and maintained his opinions with
unusual ability. zeal and persistency. He
'as elected representative of Stowe, in
he State Legislature in 1860 and 1861. ,
Dr.. Robinson never declined to render his
lost anxious and attentive services to the :
cor as well as those who were able
compensate him, and the conse-
uence was, that, at the close of his very
ing practice, lie had thousands of dollars J
narged on his books that he never at
,mpted to collect-indeed, he rarely en-. ,
reed the collection of debt by legal
roceedlngs. Perhaps, all things consid- 7
1, no town was ever blessed with a better :
mily physician, Always faithful to his
,polntments-no extremes of weather :
day or BY night could deter him from 9
'omised visit, though be must make it at . :,
yer so great peril to his health, or even u
S life. n
Though the career Of DR.. Robinson in d
is world may present nothing particular
eveniful or brilliant, like the course of u
meteor across the sky, suddenly appear .'
6 and almost as soon departing, when ="
e mind OF one who long knew him, sends y
mental vision through the long path u
~ OF his laborious and very useful life, :. !.
ID notes, at every step, the evidences of :. ',
anxious and successful efforts to ameli- ~ =,
ate the condition ofhis fellow men. by u
lieving them from "the ills that flesh " "
heir to-" the deepest admiration of -
character and his works is excited, and .. "a
seems to be we'll entitled to the plaudit ~
well done good and faithful servant" =:
Since 1866, till within the last year, m 1r'
:. Robinson has resided in Minnesota !
tn his children living there. During 10
last year and more he has been with his az ~
Nathaniel Robinson, Esq, at Stowe, IN
ere he closed life, so long devoted IN
the good of others. pu
A FRIEND r
Stowe Dec 10 1871 DE