Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-03-09

me now you may be some time'' and goes
his way, and the "some time" does MOI
seem to be marked for the cycles Of time
to bring nearer.
paid for services rend, red, as the 6hysi-
clan. Would your grocer, your baker.
your butcher, milkman or merchant
bring to you day after day that which
YOU need. and when your house was well
filled with good things, leave you to seat
drink and be merry" and When you
we're empty in larder and bin, replenish
at your sending and not require his pay :?
This is what physician is expected to
do, again and again, proving as l have
said their generosity, unequalled by any
other class of men.
Their work admits of little rest and
rarely of a vacation. They suffar loss OF
sleep, of money, of peace of mind and
sometimes courage; yet thew are faithful
in service in every detail. No other ma,
knows humanity for what it as the
family doctor; Icquote from "a Minis
Ell S Idea of Doctor" written by Rev.
Frank Smith, in the Golden Rule: s'Wha,
a grand man is the old family doctor !!
He doctered your mother he knows you
through and through, and even better
then you know yourself. He has laugh
when you go to him with whim in your
head. He has warm grasp when you
are in trouble. He has sigh for you
griefs and when you are to lo.e a TT la
tive or friend. he says, "My boy! ii
comes to US all bear up; be man.
The old physician whose hairs ar
whitening, unappreciated, oftentimes
robbed of time and sleep; lots of unpai
bills in his ger,-there is no monu
ment on earth great enough for such =
man! There are long years of prepara-
lion, in the very flower of youth, and
the beginning of manhood, when there
are heavy exrens 8, and little income.
[ have sought to demonstrate from the
life of country physician, the vast
amount of labor given 10 a long prac-
tice, and knowing hat DR.. j. N. Bulltl
Of Lempster, Sullivan county, was famil-
lar with the work in all it's phases, sought
an int rview, which " as kindly granted.
hat he came of the grand old Pu,iCah
stock am fully assured, his grandfather
Jonathan Butler, having fought in tn,
war of the Revolu ion. participating in
the battle OF Bunker Hill, and was ore OF
he early settlers Of Lyndeborough, N
IL 1lC 1lVCu uulll Uuc duNduCcu age vi
81, an honored and useful citizen. The
elected TO tlanscribe,) was born at tn
homestead in Lyndt borough and died
there, at TIE age of 8S. and was sol
der during the war of 1912; hence the
subject of this sketch has inherited the
principles of American patriotism. DR.
J. N. Butler was born at the home III
Lvndeboro, February 6, 1921, and is the
third owner of the old homestead, from
its first settle ment. In addition to the
| advantages of a common school educa-
ton which was supplemented by the as
Sistance of his father, who was an ex
cellent matht mstician, he attended the
Hancock Academy, the New Ipswich
Academy, and fitting or preparatory
school in the town of Union, Broome
County, New York. His first year of
medical study was under the supervision
of John Ramsay, of Greenfield, N. III !.
after which he attended course of med
ical lectures at Woodstock, VT, for two
successive years. The second years
course of study was with Drs Smith and
Follansbee, at Peter bOro, N. III and the
third with DR.. j. B. Parsons of Benning-
ton, n. II. Following that he attended
4 course of lectures at Pitts field, Mass.
graduated FRI m that institution and COM
menced practice December 5, 1913, NOT
quite % years of age, and locating il
l., mpster, Sullivan county, where he has
,iuce resided. His practice extends over
a large territory, and includes patients il
six different towns, and he has frequent
ly been called to meet with ply sici ans in
other and more distant towns Fevers
were far more prevalent 10 former years
than now, especially typhoid. Doubt
less education respecting sanitary meas
ures has tended to the decrease, is his
opinion. Surgery has constitution con-
siderable part of the practice, from tn
beginning. ScrOfulous and malignant dis
eases, though quite prevalent, are not
con sidered by HIM more frequent than
in other localities, and his opinion il
that phthisis, or consumptive diseases.
originated here less than in any other
locality known to him.
He has attended upwards of a thou
sand births, and the deaths will CORE
spOnd in the usual ratio, doubtless. The
change has been great in medical prac-
tlce he AYERS, since he began, and scien-
tific men know more about diseases. The
germ theory, which is accepted every
where, Is of immense Importance, and
has led to the adoption of hygieni; means
lending to prevent disease; and more IA
tional methods of treatment have been
adopted. The numerous medical publica-
tons, of the time, are important factors