St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-11-02
GIFTS TO HOSPITAL.
A Memorial to Mary ]. Mcleod
and Another in Memory Of
SeIim Newell.

Inc m0nI1On- OF these S1ILS Is maze
in these columns not alone to publicly
express gratitude the officers deep
ly feel but also to remind many of
the hospitals constant need, in it's
ministry to the sick and suffering.
This mention may also serve as
gentle reminder to many as to just
how substantial aid may be rendered.
Mr.. Angus H. Mcleod has given the
hospital the sum of $3.50 in memory
of his wife, Mary J. Mcleod. This
sum has been added to the Memorial
Free Bed Fund.
In memory of Selim Newell, M. D.,
his children have presented the hos
pital with a stately, solid mahogany
clock of the old fashioned type. This
modern sto1d clock on the stairs
s'week in, week out begins it's serv-
ice of memory and practical use UNI
der peculiarly happy circumstances.
Through 1.-THE children" the clock
and the memory of man whose min
istrations brought relief, health and
cheer to many of an earlier day, one
can see that the man and his deeds
are alive to-day.
What better way is there to keep
alive the noble traits of those once
and always loved?
On the clock is a tablet on which is
inscribed the following:
In memory of
Selim Newell, M. d.
Presented to
Brightlook Hospital
by
his children
in loving remembrance.
The following has been prepared:
Sketch of DIR. Newell.
DR.. Selim Newell was born in
Burke, VT, August 3rd, 1903. He
came of good Revolutionary stock,
his father, Capt Daniel Newell, hav-
ing served in the War of the Revo-
luton and serving among the troops
that rallied against Gen. Burgoyne's
army. Selim was the youngest OF a
large family of children. His early
days were spent in the town OF his
birth. In 1884 he married Emel1ne
Denison, only daughter of Judge
George Denison, a physician OF
Burke Soon, after his marriage he
moved to Lyndon and later in the
fall of 1853, he came to st. johns
bury and here he continued in &C
tive practice until the time OF his
death. In 1864 he was appointed
by Gov. Erastus Fairbanks to hos
pital service, in Fredericksburg, Va,
caring for wounded soldiers OF the
Civil War The following year, with
health impaired, he went abroad IN
company with Rev. E. G. Cummings,
his pastor and valued friend, and
here the time that was planned for
rest and recuperation was spent in
study in the larger hospitals OF
Edinboro and elsewhere, acquiring
the further knowledge in surgery
which was of so much benefit in his
later practice, as there were at that
time, no hospitals in ST. Johnsbury
or vicinity. He died August 20,
1871, in his home-now the North
Church Manse- and his funeral, by
request of many friends, was held IN
the old North Church.
Perhaps there could be no more
fitting tribute to his life and charac-
ter than that which was given at
the time of his death as follows:
The funeral services of the late
DR.. Newell were held at the North
Church, on Saturday last at 1880
a.. m. Rev. Mr.. Cummings, late pas
tor of this church spoke of his I'M
usual aptitude for, and enthusiasm
in his profession, of his profound
and ready insight, of his accuracy
and breadth of professional knowl-
edge, of his high professional con-
scientiousness. of his tenacious and
tender devotion to his patients, es-
pecially of his remarkable fitness
for great and extreme emergencies.
He spoke also of his marked and
unique character as man, not
faultless, but always generous In MS
impulses, forgetting his own inter
ests in his professional and humanl-
tartan zeal, highly regardful or the
welfare of his family, always re-
spectful of sacred things. These last
months he seemed drawn towards
the higher things, and at last, as OF
the man of Tarsus, it could be said,
.tBehold he prayeth." Altogether 1t
was such a delineation of the man as
commends itself to the public Judg-
ment. We were made to feel our
loss. When shall we see his like
again?
Death of DIR. Newell.
Selim Newell, M. D., died at his
residence in this place on Wednes-
day afternoon, August 23d, aged 90
years. Although struggling against
disease and increasing infirmity for
several years past, his last sickness
was very brief.
DR.. Newell was a remarkable man.
With great powers of perception,
sound judgment, a steady and skill
full hand, and an earnestness and en-
thusiasm for his profession, he ac-
quired a place among the learned
and skillful physicians and surgeons
of his day which all admitted, and
multitudes gratefully remember.
Self-denying, self-sacrifcing, and de-
voted to his patients,-even to great
personal discomfort, and risk of
health and even life,-he went about
doing good, when, in these last few
years, he was in such a state of
physical incapacity and exhaustion
as to be a marvel to all who knew
him. For forty years DR.. Newell
had practiced his noble profession in
this country, of which he was ma
tive: and hundreds of people who
see this paragraph will mourn for
him as for one who has been friend
to them in their sorest need, and