Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19
The Late Or. A. II. Reynolds.

The Late Or. a. n. Reynolds
The entire community has been sad
dened to learn of the death of DR.. A. Fl.
Reynolds.
AFRO Hebard Reynolds was born in
Tunbridge Dec. IA, 1888, the son of JOS
eph Warner and Eliza Cleveland Rey-
nolds. The Reynolds family came to
Tunbridge from Greenfield, n. H., in the
year 1872 and cleared and settled what is
now known as the Harper Cushman farm.
Joseph Warner was one of the twelve
children born to this family, and the doc
tor was often heard to remark that he
was the only old man in the town that
lived on the farm he was born on.
He showed his great musical ability
even in childhood and earned his first
violin by washing his mothers dishes
when twelve years of age.
He commenced the study of medicine
when about 20 and studied with DIR. Ter
ry of Bethel and DIR. Whitcomb of South
Royalton and graduated with honors al
Hanover college in 1862, after which he
went to Barnston, P. O., where he prac-
tised medicine for number of years.
In 1869, he was united in marriage to
Miss Emily T. Allen of Keene, n. H.,
and took his bride to his home in Cana
da. where his first child, Zoe Emily, was
born. He was always a student and I'M
'derstood well the profession he had chos-
en-, but although he had good success in
his medical practice, he always regretted
the necessity of being among so much
sorrow, and when his father bought a
home in South Royalton and moved his
family there, the doctor came back to
| Tunbridge, thinking the old home farm
the place to raise his little daughters,
whom he commenced in their very in
fancy to instruct in the art of playing the
violin. When the babies were able to sit
alone on the floor they were propped up
with pillows and given daddy's old fiddle
to tink upon and at five years of age were
provided with violins of their own, and
at six and eight years were able to play in
public, being known as the s'Reynolds
Sisters Child violinists," and for num-
Der of years were to be seen with the doc
tor, who also played the clarinet and
cello, playing for concerts, balls and par
ties at Montpelier, st. Adams, Brattle-
boro and all the large towns of the state,
they having taken several concert tours
with the late Col. F. V. Randall of
Northfield, who gave war lectures.
The doctor was also in his early life a
reporter for the papers and at one time
reported for the Herald for several years.
In politics he was Democrat and always
voted that ticket.
As he grew older he devoted more time
to study, taking up languages, science,
etc., and had learned to speak French
fluentIy since he was so years old. 1t
was impossible to converse with him
without learning some scientific fact, as
he was always studying botany, mineral
ogy, natural history, etc. In one way he
had been an educator to the whole COM
munity, having at different times can
vassed all the surrounding towns selling
scientific works, dictionaries, aliases,
etc., and he was seldom to be seen upon
our streets without some book in his
hand.
He had since his early boyhood' been
the village musician and in 1905 played
the violin for 40 dances. The doctor had
been quite well all winter, not even hav-
ing had cold, and took his old violin
under his arm and went over the hill to
play for dance at Aaron BuzzelI's Fri
| day, Feb. %, and after the dance was per-
suaded to stay over Sunday with his lit
tie pupil, Ralph Buzzell. Monday, he
was not able to go home and Tuesday DR..
Newell of East Randolph was sent for