Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-09
DR.. ID. &. Joyslln.

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S"s'' n""0,' NC u'a'n OF Ut l"'iu car
"'ie 'ol'"n' no''e W "hlch appeared 10 your ~
sue OF TWO wees SINCE u IN went OF 20 much
Hgnihoahce 10 the Town ana community "hefe nc
hao so long peen reading ciuzen mat II seems nj
ung tn"t We 'houid gNea more extended notice OF
tn" u,spensa''on OF ulN'ne providence whereby
ohg tune iHehu IN tne physician ana oeneiaetor
oi 'he peop'e mas pe'h removed rom their MIDST
Ut Joyshh was born IN Springfield, VI, MAY
i-thi iV'' and consequently was seVenty-h'e
years ana SIX months ola at MS death We was
the son OF sahnei JoysNni VINO married Tor MS
w'ie Lettuce Ann carlisle He lived In Springfield
uhul aoout seven years Old when bis hther re
moved to h'tsheld' VI lie lived at home until
ne was twenty one WORKING on the farm excepting
the time be went to the district school in the win
YER ana the time spent AT the academy at Ran
dolph center which was sufficient Tor very toler-
"ble academic education Leaving the old home
stead he went to study medicine and surgery In
me once OF pr Huntington Of Rochester Vt
lie attendeda course OF medical lectures nj Castle
ton VI le-o, ana received his diploma from that
Institution IN lS2o' Such was his position In his
class that Ut Gallup then the leading spirit OF
TINS Vermont college offered him the professor
snip IN the chair OF anatomy but he declined
the honor and preferred the more onerous and
beneicen' Abor Of the country prhcticing phys-
eian'
Inc doctor came To the town of Waitsheld, in
Washington county, Vermont, aud began the
practice OF medicine IN lSp. For near forty years
he was The leading physician OF the town and
vicinity man Of great tenderness Of feeling. he
was found always a most synpathzing friend at
the bedside of the sick. His skill az a physician
was well recognized in all the region about
His labors In period when less Of convenience
Tor travel vas known than now we're very arluous
Tor many near. AZ all times VI day, In fair
weather and foul, the doctor was seen vending
along some OF the highways tnany OF them quite
hy-waysl TO tho house Of the afflicted, or home
from one sick bed to again start for another
Chiefly these trips for the first twenty years were
made On horseback The old saddle-hags should
be kept hy the family as valuable historic relic.
The poor will remember with gratitude Dr. Joys
lin, even though the better to do may speak Of
his better financial tact All will remember him
AS faithful and 'ympathHins physician The
nights o. sleep which he lost Tor other peoples
good, the cold and the heat whchhe endured, the
storms which he braved, tie long, long hours OF
self sacrifice and solcitnde he knew few II any
think OF when the day OF their trial Is passed.
That his pleasures were lev, his duties absorbing,
while loss Of sleep and the chastenngs Of the
storms helped wear out and break down the man,
who among the many whom he has served now
remepben9 That overWork and fatigue disar-
ranges the nervous system, and that an always
even temperament is impossible where the drain
IL 40 hard, how few realize
Dr Joyslin was man OF most eminent worth,
OF acute Intellect and Of solid Judgment and sier-
ling In the great essentials Of manhood. And his
place, now vacated by death will not, as We pre-
dict Tor these many many years, md the like OF
him 70 fill 1t, or find man where more universal
sorrow testihes TO the esteem in which he was
held by the people Others have worked in their
fields-he in his and among the leading men who
have made the valuable history of this township
DR. Joyslin stands behind none.
Among the students who have been graduated
with the degree Of Doctor OF Medicine, whose pre-
para,ory course WAS in his office are DR.. G. \,
Brigham, now Of Montpelier, Vt, and NJ. NJ
Davis Of GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin.
In 1874 DIR. Joysln, while Dr. Brigham was In
his office went to New York lot the purpose Of
reviewing the study Of medicine and bringing up
with the progress made In Therapeutics and other
branches Of medicine, subsequent to his Castle
ton days, while he was so busy at his work in the
towns Of Waitsheld, Warren and fayston, lie