The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-07

professional work Col. Miles entered tn,
Boston office of a well.known East In
dia house Immediately after leaving col
lege. He remained there a year or NOR,
and went to Lowell, Mass, as the super
! intendent of a manufacturing eoncerl
| but the call of the West which in thost
DAYS was inducing young fasteners u
try their fortunes in that part of the
country was too strong for him to re
sist. At the time of the panic of 1857
which sent many of the pioneers home
he returned to the east to devote him
self to teaching. Opening a private
school at Northfeld, Mass, he taught
there short time when he received a
call TO Brattleboro to accept the princi
palship of the BrattlebOrO high school
which he did in 1858.
Believing that there was a demand
for military instruction among the
Young men of the country Col. Miles
established his famous military school
in 1859 and was at the head of the IN
stitution for II years. Among his stu
dents were such distinguished men as
James A. Tufts, for many years connect
ed with Phillips Exeter academy; Han
son B. Tyler of the United States navy;
j. A. Pitcher of the United States army
and Joseph A. Curtis, the noted mining
expert and engineer. The, curriculum
of the institution included two very
comprehensive courses. classical and
mathematical, Col. Miles being at the
head of the mathematical department
The school was one of the earliest to be
established in this country and It's SUI
dents came from all parts of the coun.
try. The buildings now occupied Dy
Linden Lodge were those used by Coi.
Miles in his military school work. an
important part of the work was athiet-
les which were given prominent piace
in the institution from its lnceptloh'
This was to be expected in view OIL G9i.
Miles IS connection with athletics WINE
in college. He was a member OF the
frst Harvard crew and rowed against
Yale in 1853. Among the distinguishes
mon to graduate in the same class WIN
Col Miles from Harvard were Presl-
dent Eliot and Profs. Hill and Pierce
ain of whom became later prominenit
educators and closely associated WIN
their alma mater. ,,.,
During the civil war Col. Miles was
loval and many stories are
told of how he used drastic methods 70
compel copper heads to declare aIie,
Glance to the federal cause. AS ne was
at the head of a school in which mliitary
instruction was predominatlhs ~ ~
ture Col. Miles was unable 10 close iie
institution and enlist with many OF ms
naigbhors. but he did much toward
Stimulating the loyalty Of those VINO
went from this town and his unbehdlng
adherence to the cause OF the nortn haq
, sanitary effect upon many cltlZehs o.
Brattleboro who would have openly ue
Jared their southern sympathies h''
-hev dared to do SO. r,,ono
n 1873 Col. Miles went to EUROPE
where he spent two years IN stuoy rh ho
Heidelberg, Gotha and Parls; he he
Burnside school was closed Wneh cn nT
vent abroad and upon ms return "a
Miles accepted the position OF nsaI
master of the Anthem grammar scnG th
,f Now York city. He remained with
= bot I'm institution but a short time when
y, ,,"i fo l the Arnold preparatory
,e ,o" Of New York city. Two, years
otor be came back to his adopted town
a'er o mu the remainder of his life. Col
\ f ap was twice married. his first W vnde
,ainS Iosepbine Myra Finn. In loss
20 Varied Fanny Glover Tram, VINO
nrviyes him with one son, ApPite ars
lilies He also leaves three sis.i;,
Yrs. 7. M. Tyler and MISS ha MnthnaI
lilies of Brattleboro, and MIS- No'nS"'
f New York, city, ,,:ios io;red Column
ian iodGe. No. SO. F. & A. NJ, ana Mas
ian an to 'aSsster Of the lodge. He was also
a pfsfb XIX hs priest Of Fort Dummer chap d
er, R. a. M, past grand, hlgh prl ,;no nj
lie s.a ndop of Beauseant commandry,
I. T.. Of Brattleb9ro Col; n MIles Vie He
he first head of ht the Of e0H fhe Unitarian
bnrcb and a trustee OF the bra.t terest.
rec library. He was actlIeeeaGi h during
q IN axi Ige and at one time its presl-
ent. ,..oon5ed from two
f the oldest and most aho d MiIeses and
England of fam Niles. TT the first
.ppletons' of The family in America;
sn ta frem Oh the en1 north Of England and
a atfied ri IN Concord Mass. in 1881 Mos ana
5as admitted freemen in the 1sa Mas He
bnsetts colony the following year "