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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-07-07

ond street, for a fen days visit. The
gentleman, who is brOther-in-law of
Mr.. Rosebrook, is superintendent of
the public schools of Camp Point, Ill.
Relatives in this tity received word
Saturday of the death of3Harry Hollo-
way, of Chicago, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| VIM. Holloway, formerly of this city.
! The deceased is a nephew of Mrs. r.
NJ. Wells, Mrs. Joe Stumps and Come
! ly Holloway of this city. Death was
caused by Bright's disease followed
by an attack of pneumonia.
Walter Hook, who has been a faith
full employe of the Glaze K Haynes
grocery for a long term of years, has
given up his work there TO accept a
position with the Prudential lnsur-
ance Co. The new work will give
him more outdoor exercise, which
will undoubtedly be beneficial, as-his
health has not been good for the past
year.
date of July to the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader says Prof. .. r.
Flower of OskaIOosa was elected SUI
peTintendent of the public schools Of
this city at special meeting of the
school board last night to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Supt. Z. G. Roberts, who leaves Aug.
l for Everett, Wash, to accept the
principalship of a high school there.
Professor Flower has been principal
of the Oskaloosa High school and
formerly spent three years in the
Sioux City schools. His acceptance
was received late this afternoon"
(From Wednesdays Daily)
Knoxville Journal: Herschel Eng
land and wife and Mrs. Englands
mother, Mrs. Wren, have removed to
Oskaloosa. Mrs. Wren is here on a
visit at the present time.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Grier and
son, George Jr., who have been visit
ing at the parental David Grier home.
No. 1907 Seventh avenue east. have
returned TO their home in Pleasant
vile.
Francis Everett Is the latest con-
vert to the automobile method OF
transportation. lie has recently pur.
chased handsome car of sufficient
morse power TO get him anywhere he
wants TO 90.
Abba News Evan r. HoweIls and
Mrs. Marie Faust came over from
oskaloosa on Monday to get Justice
Lambertson to unite them in we'd
lock The ceremony took place at IL
o'clock at the Justice office.
John Ramsay and family departed
last evening for Birch Island Lake,
Wis, TO spend few weeks in the
GOODNESS OF that neck OF the woods
They were accompanied by MISS
Irene Ramsay. a daughter Of WIN G
Ramsay.
Henry Lang, former resident o.
uskalooaa, was calling among friends
yesterday Henry Is now located ~
Columbia. Mo, and - prospering IN
mercantile business He win be IN
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Webster. A. Kracht and wife of Ger
man township, Lucille Schilling of Des
Moines, and Hugo Schilling and fam
lily gathered at mother Schilling's to
help her celebrate her saith birthday
The children spent the day with her
and with delicious birthday dinner
and supper, marked the event as one
to be long remembered. t
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-07-07

The threatening condition of the
weather kept many shoppers from the
city Saturday. so
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04

ment of Columbia university. and grad
uated from this medical institution In
the spring of 1868
No Dress Suit to Graduate In.
He Immediately received an appoint
ment as house physician to the Kings
County hospital, where he went the
next morning after graduating. An In
cdent in connection with this gradua-
ton is the fact that out of ninety
three students he was the only one
who did not possess dress suit. but
was obliged to wear an old shiny black
diagonal suit, and as far as his finances
were concerned he had religiously saw
ed just enough money to purchase Il
ticket to Vermont. His bewiderment
on receiving the same night during
the exercises a long official envelope
containing his appointment as house
physician at Kings County hospital was
such that he is said to have stuck "A
pin into his leg, fearing that he might
be dreaming.
After being in the hospital about
three months he was unexpectedly
placed on salary of $500 a year.
hich was wealth untold to the young
fellows of that day, who were accus-
toned to walk the hospitals" for their
board and washing.
Mead Learned to Say mo"
The Importance of ''unconsdered
trifes" In relation to this appointment
is we'll exemplified by the fact that
during his college course and about
three months before graduation there
was a merry party in the parlors OF
the hospital at which an abebodied
punch. according to the customs of
that time, was served. The young stu
dent had made a mental vow a short
time before that thereafter he would
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Of every possible penny with the grea'
goal Of learning as its object He
worked out" he fshed and sold his
catch. did odd Jobs. and often mans
work at boys wage. until in the
years of 1857 and 1858 he was made
teacher of district school, for which
he received S15 per month aud
boarded around" as the custom was
When he received the SIS for the final
three months service. he had accumu
lated at that time 1925 with this he
started In life. As an example Of pa
tient, persistent frugality and thrift
the foregoing is a particularly strik
ing example
At this time he had an uncle living
In Malone, ~ Y, who was the prin
cipal of what was then known as
Franklin academy. The boy wrote tc
him and was permitted to attend
school there and do "chores" about the
house for his board and sweep the
schoolhOuse and build the fires for tut
ton and books. He had never been
outside of Rutland county. and thus, at
seventeen years of age. alone and con
siderably frightened, he started fol
Malone to continue his education.
Going Through College on $425.
There he fitted himself for matricu
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latiOn and entered Middlebury college
In the fan of 1860. Tie then caught
the patriotic fervor of the day and
served one year in the army, eulistinp
in August, 1862. and continuing in the
service until July. 1868. when he re
turned to college and graduated in his
old class of 1854 To accomplish this
he worked at having nearly every
summer and taught school every win
ter, studying hard meanwhile to make
up his arrearages With his original
savings of $425 he fitted himself fol
college and completed his course with
out assistance from any one but his
own willing hands and busy brain.
John A. Mead "cut it pretty fine 50
however, as at the time of his grad
uation he was so hard up" that he
was obliged to sell all his books. par
ticularly the English books of the final
keep, and SO he graduated from Mid
dlebury, square with the world tinan-
cially, but nearly penniless.
Tries UnsuecessfuIIy to Re enlist.
then tried to enlist in the army again
going to CaStletQn, where it was re.
ported two or three soldiers were re,
quired to complete their quota for that
purpose. He found that the last man
had just been enrolled and returned
from Castleton in a gravel car. thor
oughly discouraged. This was low tide
in his fortunes. however, as he found
a letter awaiting him from Champlain
n. Y, offering him position as teach
er in the high school for a term OF
four months. He started for Cham.
plain that evening and finished the
term teaching.
Immediately upon his return he be-
gan to study medicine with Professor
Joseph Perkins of CastetOn, paying
most of his expenses by caring for the
office and assisting the doctor or pro
fessor. Then he continued the study
of medicine, attending the first course
of lectures in the medical department
of the University of Vermont.
Quarry Worker That He Might Be
Doctor.
He continued with DR.. Perkins for
nearly two years, when the pinch Of
poverty came again, and he gave up
his studies and began working on a
quarry at West Rutland, having a
strong desire to graduate, if possible,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04
JOHN ABNER MEAD
II A Dramatic Life History
Dramatic

the spectacle of this resolute. indeiat-
lgable young Vermonter. Drawing alike
the ridicule of his companions and the
humiliation of wearing old and worn
clothes in order that he might receive
nm education, indicates n Spartan forti-
tude that comes very near to explain
ing his llfe's success. 1t is a far cry
from the luxurious medical students
Of today, with their expensive suits of
apartments, their good clothes, their
sports, their relaxations and the gen
orally easy way in which their sue
cesses are secured, to the poor, almost
mean, expedients of DR.. Mead's col
lege training and the little office in
which he began to practice his pro-
fession.
Young Vermonters who are looking
for an example of success by dint of
will power and applied ability will not
do better than to read the story of
those early days, explaining as they do
the steady, uninterrupted march Of
prosperity which followed his ready
acceptance and use of the first oppor-
tunities that fortune put in his way.
Grown men will be struck with ad-
miration when they consider the eX-
traordinary versatility which his pro
fessional and business life have dis
closed. 1t is very seldom that man,
after making measurable success in
q learned profession like medicine,
should be able to translate himself
easily to business life and not only
prove himself the peer of his asso-
ciates, but demonstrate his ability to
make a signal success in several di
verging lines of business.
The resuScitation of the bankrupt
Howe Scale company was task for a
trained executive and financier, and
yet this young doctor made striking
success of the supposed forlorn hope
The administration of n banking
property is considered to be career
enough for most men, and yet he has
made it a mere detail of the days
work
The operation of large farm is
one of the most intricate problems of
the day, and yet 1t is one of his chief
recreations to join his men In spring
time, haying or harvesting and dem
onstrate his practical knowledge of ag-
riculture as well as his love for the
open.
The management and financing of a
large business block is frequently a
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Otter Greek stock farm. this estate
Of about 500 acres supporting 1875
head of cattle and producing 300 tons
of hay, as well as three large silos OF
ensilage. This farm is a model of its
kind, having running water with fif.
ty foot head supplied from a spring on
the hillside, which is used for all pur-
poses and furnishes, besides, an ideal
fire protection. There was grown on
this farm last fall probably one of the
largest fields of ensilage corn in the
state nifty acres in extent and growing
as level and perfect as it is possible to
imagine. Among the interesting things
about the farm is the fact that fol
about three years an acre of land has
been planted with Russian seed corn.
a variety that grows large number
or ears with a very small amount of
stalk. This is harvested each fall and
the seed sent to Washington by ex.
press for distribution or experiment.
About ten years ago DR.. Mead was
made director and president of the
Baxter National bank and has contin.
ued in that position ever since.
His confidence in these various insti
tutions is shown by the fact that
whenever stock was offered for sale
he always purchased the same.
Mead In Public Life.
DIR. Mead's public life includes the
Following; In 1892 he was state sena.
tor, in 1906 he was a member of the
house of representatives and in 1908
ne was elected lieutenant governor.
In all his public life he has acouit.
ted himself with distinct credit. AL.
though not seeker for the limeligbt
or lover Of notoriety. he has made
4 decidedly favorable impression when.
ever brought into contact with public
men, and should the state of Vermont
see fit to advance him to the highest
executive office in its gift he promises
that the qualities that have made him
one OF the most successful business
men of the day will be applied to the
solution of state problems, their eco
nomical adjustment and a business adj
ministration of public finances.
Political Advertising.
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THE MEAD BUILDING, RUTLAND.

90 with those complimentary anu usu-
ally ornamental offices.
Mead In Business.
In 1880 he bought the Bates House
block, this being the largest transfer
of real estate that had ever taken
place in the town up to that time. lie
sold the upper portion of the block 10
]. NJ. Haven.
Two or three years afterwhrd' on
the reorganization of the Rutland rail-
road, he was made treasurer and trans
fer agent and also treasurer, transfer
agent and director of the Addison
railroad. At the organization OF the
Clement bank and the State trust
company he was made director i'll both
and vice president of the State trust
company.
The Howe Scale Company.
In 1883, at the reorganization of the
Howe Scale company, he was elected
president and general manager This
corporation had gone through bank
ruptcy three times. and all the money
that had ever been invested in the
stock of said company had been lost.
The business of this company has in
creased since August, 1889. when he
became active manager o. its analrs,
from S35O,O0O to 100000 per annum
in sales to 81 100000 in 1907. The bust
ness thereafter paid a substantial divi-
dend semiannually. and its value has
steadily increased until today it Is
unquestionably one of the best bust
ness propositions in the state. This
result was accomplished by tremen
dous amount of hard work long hours
and intense application to business.
Mead the Farmer.
In 1901 DR.. Mead purchased the
| Hayward farm, now known as the
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"W YES, am a candidate for pro.
notion" said DR.. John Abner
Mead of Rutland. lieutenant
governor of Vermont. 81 ex-
pect that my friends in Rutland city
and Rutland county will present my
name as a candidate for governor at
the next Republican state convention"
The foregoing was in answer to
question asked by a reporter.
The hour was 1870 a IN.
The scene was the office of the Howe
Scale works in Rutland. and the sin
gular combination of early hours and
important political news is explained
by the fact that ever since DR.. Mead
came into the control of the scale
works, twenty-five years ago, he has
made a practice of being ION the job"
as early as any employee of the con
Germ.
The extraordinary singleness of pur.
pose, fertility of resource. courage
concentration, ability. superb vitality
and high personal character that have
made it possible for a man of the
humblest antecedents to rise from
NOhhlllOh VI bltiiiS lIpN ny W lht NOll'
troll of half dozen successful and i'm.
pOrtant enterprises reads more like
story book than prosaic record of
everyday life.
No person can read the biography OF
John Abuer Mead without feeling the
tremendously dramatic possibilities
that inhere to a life of fixed purpose
and integrity, with an eye firmly fixed
on success. From the time that DR.
Mead was left a virtual orphan he
seems to have had but one object in
mind, and that the fullest development
of his own possibilities and powers in
harmony with the welfare of those
with whom he was associated and of
the various enterprises with which he
has been connected
Going through college on $425, pain.
fully and scrupulOusly saved from the
earnings of uncongenial toll, interrupt.
ing his college course to serve as a
soldier in the civil war, studying medi
cine and assisting in commonplace
tasks about a doctors Office and final
ly doing manual labor of the severest
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FIELD OF ENsILAGE CORN
THESE rows are nearly half a mile long,
fair career for some men, and yet
the doctor has been able to operate his
large we'll tenanted block not only
proftably, but as mere annex to his
other interests.
His entrance into the state political
field was in its way no less remark
able, and experienced political gener-
ais say that his instructive grasp Of
the principles of organization at the
time when he was nominated by the
Republican state convention as lieuten-
ant governor indicate political ability
of high order. His candidacy at this
time has already acquired a consider
able momentum and is being watched
with the closest interest by all men
who have made state politics study.
The Doctors Platform.
When questioned as to whether he
was prepared to take stand on mat
tiers of public import, the doctor said:
Eyes; | have some decided opinions
in regard to public questions. Briefly,
/ am in favor of progress in every
avenue of the state, the best business
methods in the administration of its
affairs and equal opportunity to every
citizen Of the commonwealth"
Pressed to be more explicit, the lieu.
tenant governor submitted the follow
ing as his idea of public issues before
the state:
81 am in favor Of
"First.-A business administration
of state affairs on the lines of econo-
my and efficiency that have made all
business successful.
Second. Practical schools, with a
view to developing more efficient work.
rs-agricultural, industrial and com.
mercial.
"Third.-The development of the
farming interests of Vermont by means
of an agricultural school and model
farm for introducing the most modern
methods.
"Fourth.-A system of taxation thai
will equalize the burden, minimizt
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double taxation and develop rather
than restrict opportunity
"Fifth.-Better roads for Vermont
by the introduction of improved meth.
DDS, with state supervision and aid
wherever and whenever practicable.
"Sixth.-The good offices of the ex.
ecutive in settling disputes between
labor and capital by arbitration.
"Seventh.-Fewer and more uniform
laws, with no special legislation that
can be covered by general statutes.
"Eighth.-(a) A system of courts that
will provide cheap and speedy justice
to rich and poor
"(bD A radical reduction of court ex.
penses by business methods of admin.
istration.
"Ninth.-A continuation and exten.
sion of the states forestry policy for
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the permanent Improvement of Yer
mont woodlands.
"Tenth-Laws that will encourage
and foster Vermont Industries, with
the view of providing home market
fer our agricultural products.
"Eleventh.-M Measures that will give
prominence to the natural beauty and
attractions of our mountains. valleys.
lakes and streams, interest the vaca-
zionist and summer visitor and attract
permanent residents from abroad"
Biography Of John A. Mead.
John Abner Mead was the only son
of Roswell Rowley Mead. grandson of
James Mead, and Lydia Ann, daughter
of Eli Gorham of Rutland. James
Mead was the first white man to settle
in Rutland township. He bought of
Nathan Stone of Windsor 1000 acres
of land paying for the same in horses
valued at $333.33. He was Il distin
guished pioneer and patriot and was
colonel of the Third Vermont colonial
regiment.
Rowley H. Mead was born in West
Abner Mead. conducted. On the ma
ternal side John Abner Mead. subject
of this sketch, inherited some of the
bluest blood in this country. One of
Lydia Ann Gorham'S ancestors, John
Rowland, was brave and enterpris
ing member of the Maytlower colony,
and four of them were original Pill
grims. Rowley X. Mead moved to
Fair Haven in 1889 and settled on a
small farm-there.
Left to Care Of His Aunt.
John Abner Mead was born on
April 20, 1871. His mother, Lydia
Ann Gorham Mead went into a de
cline soon afterward and died in Au
gust. The infant son was left with a
family in Fair Haven to be cared for,
remaining with them for several years.
Then Rowley Mead married again, and
the boy was virtually given to an
aunt, Mrs. Blanchard, who cared for
him for a number of years and with
whom he lived much of the time until
he was sixteen years of age.
Struggling For an Education.
Young Mead attended the common
schools at West Rutland until the
spring of 1853. When he was about
twelve years of age he conceived a
very strong desire to obtain an edu-
cation. His father was a poor man
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DR.. Mead Announced
His Candidacy and His
PIdTform--CondenSed BIZ
O6ropbY Of a Remorkd-
bic CbordCfer--Tbe Story
Of HoeO a PenniIeSS Boy
Rose TO Become a Greor
BuSineSS and Political
Force - An InfereSTirl9
and Dramatic History.
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at one of the larger medical schools
of our country and determined to earn
the money to do so. He worked in
the quarry for about ten months, after
which he went to New York city and
entered the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, being the medical depart
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and told him that he was willing to
give him his time" and that he must
make his own way as best he could.
In fact, the sole inheritance which
he received from his father was a
string of old fashioned sleighbells.
Then began the slow, steady saving
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04

G. B. HUNTER, M. d.
Office Williston building over SCOTS grocer.
store Hours ] to and $50 to 8 p. m. Teic
phone 2S8 Residence West Brattleboro.
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BAXTER NATIONAL BANK, RUTLAND.
type in a Rutland quarry to procure
the means to secure the best medical
education possible-all these point to
character of consistent and singular
force.
The side lights on his college life
demonstrate that he was able in those
days to eliminate whatever may have
stood in the way Of his success, and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04
No Tin Soldier.

Although serving as surgeon general
on the staff OF Governor Redfeld Proc
tor, as aid to General Alger and as
colonel on General Veazey's staff, it
is significant that the young doctor
was never able to purchase dress
uniform, but did the work without at
tending the usual social functions that
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04

let the other fellows do the drinking,
while he attended to the studying
Among the party were college friends.
who jokingly pressed young Mead to
join them in a jovial glass, but were
unsuccessful. The superintendent of
the hospital afterward admitted that
the ability to say mo" at this time
induced him to recommend the young
man for the appointment as house ply
stefan. The singular part of the Incl
dent is that the superintendent himself
was convivial character, not at all
averse to the friendly glass of that
day or a number of glasses.
Or. Mead Practices Medicine.
In the fall of 1870 he resigned his
position in the hospital and came to
Rutland, where he began the practice
of his profession on the Sth day of
way with single room and had only
money enough to buy horse and Of
fee furnishings, including cloth
lounge, on which he slept for almost
two years. A box by day contained
the bedclothes and was converted into
an extra seat
He served as surgeon general on the
Btaff of Governor Redfield Proctor
from 1878 to 1880 and was also a
member of the staff of General Alger,
who was commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He served, too,
as a member of the staff of General
Veazey, also commander of the Grand
Army. He was on the pension exam
lining board for eight years, was physi-
clan and surgeon to the house of cor
rection, was the first house physician,
in fact, from the time it was COM
pleted until he came to the Howe
Scale company.
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THOMAS RICE, M. d.
Once and residence over Vermont Saving
Bank. Hours to 9 a. m, ! to and 70 r
.. m. Telephone 2l2