The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-17
,eaker, Rev. Mr.. Lewis is very much Of a

speaker, Rev. Mr.. Lewis is very much of a
success
Sneaker Stckney responded for "The
House OF Representatives" Mr.. Stickney
said he was glad to meet so many of the
medical profession. AS IN other sess ms of
the legislature, so this year there are a
goodly number of physicians in the house
This society was organized about eighty
years ago. Since its organization great
changes have taken place, and doctors now
can almost take man TO pieces IA a lew.
eler does watch, repair him, and put him
together again. As the old lady said in the
prayer-meeting regarding the prophets.
they were wonderful men, they could
cast out the dead and raise the devil"
Speaking for the house of representatives.
Mr.. Stckney said it is made up Of men who
represent the different constituencies of the
state, aud, with all that il said about the
legislature Of Vermont, one thing is true, it
~ always a body Of men who are absolutely
incorruptlble. He referred to the important
committees in the house on which members
OF the medical profession are always found.
In closing, Mr.. SiCkney said, There is one
thing admire about all professions The
clergy, the legal profession, the medical pro-
fession, those who are engaged in those nro.
fessions are devoting themselves in a small
way to bettering the condition Of mankind
and the advance in this day beyond what is
in the p'st is due largely to the common
man who spends his life in trying to better
mankind and asks no other fame"
Senator Proctor was received with nro
longed cheering on rising TO speak for "The
Tariff in the Senate" He said he saw in
the subject which had been assigned to him
an indication that the chairman was irving
to Increase the business OF the profession
Tor he was no judge of human nature II
those present would not need the services
OF physician should he give them a talk
on The tariff The senator said he was i'm
ueDted 10 the physician who assisted him in
hrst making start in this world, and, in
fact, had been indebted to physicians ever
since nasmuch as his business had LARGELY
been the manufacture and sale of grave.
stones. He spoke Of the relation that exist
between the physician and his patient We
may hoodwink the clergyman or the lawyer,
but with our doctor we must be absolutely
truthful. Senator Proctor spoke in a pleas
ing vein OF the gathering of representative
men before him, and closed 10y saving, 81
began by thanking one of your profession
Tor helping me into this world, and in clos.
ing can only hope that one of you may be
present at the last to wipe the death damp
from my brow and to ease the parting
breath "
DR.. c Shattuck of Boston was called
upon to give some "reminiscences OF Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who was membe of the
profession. In response, he read poem,
never published, written by DR. Holmes
and read by him at a medical meeting in
Boston.
M. K Smile, clerk of Washington county
court, responded for the profession of law.
speaking eloquently of the relation that ex.
lists between the medical profession and
that of the law. An apt and forcible ten
minute speech by Professor j. A. DeBoer
on the relation of the medical profession to
life insurance brought the exercises to an
md.