Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-09-29
From Tie Lewiston Journal, july ~, 1851
Self Made, Too.

"a Hancock county's candidate for the
,nbliesn gubernatoriai nomination in
,,,s next, is one OF thoec big, sturdy
.,,n who attract tie eye. They are to
mai, fellows wat the oak and the pine
are to the forest.
Dr. Hagerthy has great will power, Is
..lf.reliant and aggressive. Having set
.hout an undertaking, he goes ahead de-
,s,miped to carry it through. Possessed
A.. great capacity for work, keen judg-
usnt and the ability to judge men, be has
fought his way from the bottom to the
top
n, Hseerthy has hewn his own success
or, Of life. Born poor, he was ambitious.
Y he battled tn secure an education.
Tn he drove hard for success. Both
xere achieved. Other men have done the
same. but their life story reads differently.
I, many similar cases the man has for
soften his early days. Not 30 the doctor.
IA has always remembered. This memory
has endesred him TO the people OF his
county. for il has ceused him to think,
first Of the sufferer and last OF all of the
possibility OF getting pay for his service.
As a physician he has worked hard.
Early and late he has answered all calls
made upon him. 1t is said OF him that,
since taking up the practice OF medicine,
be has slept more hours in his carriage
and sleigh than he has in his bed. In
short. he never refuses a call, it matters
not the hour OF day or night at which it
comes.
The doctor is thoroughbred product of
Hancock county. He was born In the
town OF surry. His parents were poor in
worldly wealth, though rich in children,
for theirs was large family. As a
younRster. he attended the little old
schoolhouse OF their district. He learned
the mysteries and legends OF Patterns bay,
Newbury Neck and other sections OF the
town.
Very early in life he determined to Sc
cure an education and be physician,
II was then that the pluck and unbeatable
will which have carried him through life
made their appearance. Bringing about the
realization of his boyhood dream meant
sacrifice, hard work and rebuffs. He
buesled down to the job. BY the sweat OF
bis face, using fayorite term of the late
Congressman LittlefieId, he earned the,
money to take him through the State
normal school at Castine. During the
period he was student there. he continued
TO earn bit of money. During vacations
and winters he taught school in Surry and
Franklin.
Upon graduation from the Normal
school he took the first step towards be-
coming physician, by entering the office
OF DR.. r. l.. Grindle, in the town Of Mt.
Desert. incidentally, it may be mentioned
that DR.. Grindle Is the grand old man OF
repubicanism and medicine in Hancock
county. He is still alive and active in his
profession, as well as politics.
AT the close OF his period with DR.. Grin
Ole, the young man entered University OF
Vermont's medical college at Burlington,
W., for course, following which he en-
tered the New York College hospital from
which he was graduated in 1874.
BUILT UP BIG PRACTICE.
Returning to Maine, the doctor estab-
iished himself at Steuben. There he re-
NAMED for three years and then removed
TO sedgwick. There he practiced for six
years, and then, in 1884, went to Ellis
worth, where he has continued in constant
practice since.
From the very start, he was winner.
DE early proved that, though young
physician, he was competent doctor.
In these early days his rugged constitution
got Its severest test. As his reputation
Tor skill grew and became appreciated,
'ne calls for "Young Hsgerthy's" services
increased. He was almost constaptly on
the go. In those days there were no auto
mobiles, and he was forced to make long
drives over what is one Of the hilliest and
toughest counties in the State OF Maine,
IN order to reach patients. He never COM
piained, never asked, team you pay?" He
vent first and II the patient could pay,
collected, if not, marked the bill down to
pfoht and loss. He is doing the same
'ning these days.
II was then that men began to tell OF
meeting doc Hagerthy" on the road and
ne sound asleep in carriage or sleigh,
according to the season. The stories we're
An true, for DR.. Hagerthy took most OF his
.ss. In those early days in that way. For
mat matter, he continues to secure vast
amount OF it in the same panner to-day.
In the forty-one years Of his practice Dr..
nsgerthy has never been known to refuse
=" service. Rich and poor have been
treated alike by him, because he has
u'sn sense of his moral obligation to So
0.e'y as member OF the medical profess
s.on. But he has not stopped there.
1any home in which there was illness,
- oeen cheered, not only by bis minis
.'ions, but because OF his pocketbook.
aus purse has never failed to open and
1ppiy necessities, when he knew they
'sis needed and could not be had other