History of Monmouth county, New Jersey, Part 56

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Swan, Norma Lippincott. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia, R. T. Peck & co.
Number of Pages: 1148


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out his business at the Point and again took charge of his farm and mill, and continued to live there until his death.


Richard Saltar Hartshorne, Jr., son of the above-mentioned Richard S., and father of Ac- Mr. Hartshorne's marked success as a lawyer is largely due to his unfailing energy, his love of hard work and careful attention to all the details of his business, but more than all to his steadfastness, fidelity and unwavering zeal for the interests of his clients. ton (. Hartshorne, was born at the place now known as Matawan, January 6, 1814. He was married, November 22, 1837, to Eleanor Gaywood Morris, daughter of Isaac Morris, a prominent contractor and builder of New York City. He was then engaged in the oil business Acton C. Hartshorne is a descendant of Rich- ard Hartshorne, who came from England to New Jersey before the year 1670, and settled at the Highlands, in Middletown township. He was the first attorney in the county, and one of its most prominent men. Without tracing the sey- eral links in the chain of descent, it is sufficient to mention that some five or six generations to Freehold, still carrying on his farming busi- down from Richard, the first American anees- tor, we find the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Richard Saltar Hartshorne, who was in New York with E. W. Van Voorhees, trad- ing under the name of Van Voorhees & Harts- horne, until the spring of 1842, when he sold his interest in the business and purchased a farm about two miles west of Freehold. To that farm he removed with his family, and remained there until April 1, 1871, when he removed ness. About JJuly 1, 1872, while stowing away hay in his barn, he slipped and fell to the floor, a distance of nearly twenty feet, receiving born on the Highlands estate of the family. He , very severe injuries, from the effects of which kept a general country store at Middletown vil- , he never fully recovered, and he died July 29, 1872, leaving his widow and the following- named children surviving him : (1) Richard Morris Hartshorne, died March 24, 1885; (2) James Theodore Hartshorne, now a sales- man in New York City ; (3) Acton C. Harts- horne, the subject of this biographical notice ; (4) George Sykes Hartshorne, farmer at Black's Mills : (5) Susie Ella Hartshorne, now the wife of William S. Throckmorton, attorney and coun- sellor-at-law, Freehold.


HENRY M. NEVIUS, a member of the Mon- mouth bar of twelve years' practice, and now a resident of Red Bank, is a grandson of David Nevius, a brother of Judge James S. Nevins, who for years presided in the courts of the Monmouth Cirenit. James S. Nevius, nephew of the judge of the same name, and son of Da- vid Nevius, married Hannah Bowne, daughter of James Bowne, of Manalapan township, and they were the parents of Henry M. Nevins, the subject of this biography. The other sons of David Nevius were John S., now living in Kansas City, Mo. ; Martin, living in Somerset County, N. J. ; and William, now a resident of California. James S. Nevius the younger, died


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in Princeton at the age of sixty-four years ; his "then breaking out, he soon after (in July of that wife, the mother of Henry M. Nevins, is now year) enlisted as a private soldier in a company living at Freehold. The children of James S. then being raised in Grand Rapids, and which and Hannah (Bowne) Nevius were (1) Henry M., to whom this sketch has especial referenee ; (2) James B., now living at Princeton, N. J. ; (3) Margaret (married Jolin J. Woodhull, son


afterwards became Company K of the First New York Cavalry (otherwise known in its or- ganization as the "Lincoln Cavalry "). He served in that regiment until January, 1863, of Dr. John T. Woodhull, of Freehold), now liv- when he was promoted to second lieutenant of ing at Newark ; (4) Mary A .; (5) Julia ; (6) Company D Seventh Michigan Cavalry, which


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Ellen ; (7) Kate T. ; (8) Frank, who died in | regiment, with the First, Fifth and Sixth Michi- childhood.


Henry M. Nevius was born January 30, gade which fought under the leadership of Gen- 1841. He studied in the Freehold Institute, under Professor O. R. Willis, and in 1859 he removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he completed his education in the High School of that place. In April, 1861, he commenced the study of law in the office of E. Smith, Jr., of Grand Rapids, but the War of the Rebellion


gan Cavalry, formed the renowned cavalry bri- eral George A. Custer through the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. In the winter of 1863-64 he resigned his commission and re- turned home, but in the following spring he en- listed as a private in the Twenty-fifth New York Cavalry, in which he was soon promoted to the grade of first lieutenant. In the en-


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gagement of July 11, 1864, in front of Fort Stevens, on the investing lines at Petersburg, Va., he lost his left arm (this being the third or fourth time he was wounded in the service). On the same day he was promoted to the grade of major. The loss of his arm disabled him for active service in the field, but during the long time he was under treatment at the hospital in Washington, D. C., he was also serving on de- tached duty at that place, and so remained until July, 1865, when he was mustered out of the service. He was obliged to submit to sev- eral surgical operations on the remaining part of his arm, which continued to give him serious trouble until the winter of 1868-69, when it finally healed.


In 1866, Mr. Nevins was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the district embracing Monmouth County, and he was also at the same time engaged in the insurance business at Marl- borough. In 1868, having resigned the asses- sorship (but still continuing the insurance business), he entered the office of General Charles Haight as a law student, and continued until February, 1873, when he was admitted to prac- tice as an attorney. In February, 1876, he became a counselor-at-law. He first located in practice at Freehold, where he remained until May, 1875, when he removed to Red Bank, and formed a law partnership with the Hon. John S. Applegate. This continued for four years, after which time it was dissolved, and he com- menced a separate practice, in which he has re- mained and prosecuted successfully to the pres- ent time. As a lawyer, he is zealous and ear- nest in promoting the interests of his clients, an indefatigable worker, and one of the most eloquent of the members of the Monmouth bar. He held the position of corporation counsel of Red Bank for three years, and during all his residence there has taken a very deep and ac- tive interest in everything tending to promote the growth, prosperity and good order of the town.


In 1871 " Arrowsmith Post, No. 61," G. A. R., was formed at Red Bank, chiefly through the influence and efforts of Mr. Nevins, who was elected its commander. This position he held until 1884, when he was elected comman-


der of the Department of New Jersey, in which office he displayed such marked ability and en- ergy that in 1885 he was re-elected by archat- mation,-a thing unknown until that time.


In politics, he is an earnest and uncompromi- sing Republican, but not an aspirant to office, as is evidenced by his refusal several times to accept the party nomination for member of the General Assembly, and once for that of Senator. In the Presidential campaigns of 1880 and 1884 he was very active, and being an eloquent and convincing orator (though never abusive or of- fensive towards his political opponents), he was engaged nearly every night during the heat of the canvass in speaking at political or Grand Army meetings, making, in 1884 more than sixty G. A. R. speeches. It has been said of him that he is the best public speaker in the Grand Army Department of New Jersey.


Mr. Nevins was married, December 27, 1871, to Matilda H. Herbert, daughter of the late William W. Herbert, of Marlborough, and his wife, Gertrude (Schenck) Herbert. They have one child, Kate T. Nevius, born December 27, 1874.


HENRY SIMMONS WHITE, Son of Isaac P. and Adaline White, was born at Red Bank, Monmouth County, N. J., on the 13th of July, 1844, and is of the fifth generation born there. Receiving an academic education, he began the study of medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York, and graduated from that institution in due course with the degree of M.D. After graduating, Mr. White began practicing medicine at his native place, Red Bank, and continued there for a period of about two years, when he quit his practice, went to the war and became an assistant surgeon in the army of the United States during the War of the Rebellion.


Upon his return from the army he concluded that the study of law led to a wider field for his activities, as well as to a life more congenial to his tastes and habits, and at once entered Co- lumbia Law School, in the city of New York, as a law student, whence he graduated, and was admitted to the bar of that State in June. 1870. In that year he removed to Jersey City, and was admitted to the bar of the State of New


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Jersey as an attorney in November, 1872, and as a counselor of the Supreme Court at the November term, 1875.


Upou his admission to the bar of this State he opened an office in Jersey City. Soon after- wards he formed a partnership with John A. Blair, Esq., of that city, which lasted for some years, when he again opened an office by him- self, which continued until May, 1884, when he gave up his office in Jersey City and took an office in the city of New York, where he now practices, as well as in New Jersey.


President Hayes appointed Mr. White assist- ant collector of the port of New York, which office he held for the term of four years.


As one of the younger members of the bar of this State, Mr. White has taken a good position, and his genial manners and energy are rewarded by an increasing clientage.


The case that brought him into the greatest notice was the suit of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company rs. The Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company. The latter com- pany was organized for the purpose of con- structing a tunnel under the Hudson River, between Jersey City and New York, through which tunnel railroad tracks were to be laid, so that trains could pass through to New York with their freight and passengers without stop- ping in Jersey City. It was contended that, under the provisions of the General Railroad Law, the company could not be legally organ- ized to make a tunnel, because, in that case, the tunnel would be the primary object, and the railroad would be only incidental thereto. It was also opposed on the ground that a company organized for the purpose of constructing a tunnel could not exercise the right of eminent domain in the acquisition of the required prop- erty for its nse. These novel questions took various forms of litigation before they were finally determined in the Court of Chancery, in the Supreme Court and in the Court of Errors and Appeals, as well as in the United States Court, and lasted in all several years. Mr. White was successful in all the courts. Under the favorable decisions of the courts the Hudson Tunnel Company was enabled to go forward with its work, and about ten thousand


feet of the tunnel was constructed, when finan- ciał difficulties compelled a suspension of the work upon what was hoped would prove as successful as it was a bold and novel project.


Mr. White is a strong and ardent Republican, and takes an active part in local and State poli- ties, and is looked upon as one of the rising men in the political field of New Jersey. He was married, on the 19th of November, 1878, to Annie H. McLean, daughter of the Hon. Amzi C. McLean, of Freehold. In 1884 he returned to reside in his native town, Red Bank, where he is now in practice as an active member of the Monmouth County bar.


The following is a list of counselors and at- torneys practicing in the Monmouth County courts from about the close of the Revolution to the present time. It is not given as being absolutely complete and perfect (though nearly $0), and it contains the names of a few (chiefly among those of the earlier years) who were not residents of the county, though practicing in its courts :


Counselors.


NAME. ADMITTED.


James H. Imlay April, 1796


Joseph Seudder


Caleb Lloyd . Nov., 1804


Corlies Lloyd


Nov., 1804


Garret D. Wall . Sept., 1807


Joseph R. Phillips


Richard H. Stockton, Jr Feb., 1818


Daniel B. Ryall Sept., 1825


Joseph F. Randolph May, 1828


Peter Vredenburgh . Feb., 1832


William L. Dayton . May, 1833


James M. Hartshorne Sept., 1836


John C. Ten Eyek1 May, 1838


Joseph Combs . Sept., 1839


George S. Woodhull . Feb.,


1842


Bennington F. Randolph Feb.,


1842


Aaron R. Throckmorton.


Oct.,


1846


Jehu Patterson, Jr. Jan.,


1847


Joel Parker . Oct.,


1849


Amzi C. McLean Jan., 1850


Asa Cottrell . Jan., 1850


Egbert H. Grandin Oct.,


1850


Charles A. Bennett July, 1851


Henry S. Little July. 1851


Edmund M. Throckmorton Nov., 1852


Robert Allen, Jr. Feb., 1854


Joseph D. Bedle June, 1856


1 A native of Freehold township, Monmouth County.


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NAME. ADMITTED.


Jonathan Longstreet . Feb., 1857


Philip J. Ryall Nov., 1860


Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. . Feb., 1862


John S. Applegate .


. Feb., 1865


William L. Terhune Sept., 1838


George S. Woodhull . Nov., 1838


Bennington F. Randolph Feb., 1839


Aaron R. Throckmorton May, 1841


Joel Parker . Nov., 1842


Henry I. Mills . Nov., 1843


Jelin Patterson, Jr. Nov., 1843


Amzi C. McLean May, 1844


Caleb L. Ryall April, 1846


Thomas Moffett . April, 1846


Asa Cottrell . Jan., 1847


Charles A. Bennett July, 1847


Egbert H. Grandin . Oct., 1847


Henry S. Little . . April, 1848


William Haight . . July, 1848


Robert Allen, Jr. July, 1848


Edmund M. Throckmorton . Oct., 1848


Gilbert Combs July, 1849


Joseph D. Bedle June, 1853


Jonathan Longstreet . Feb., 1854


Denise H. Smock Nov., 1855


Philip S. Scovel Feb., 1857


Philip J. Ryall Nov., 1857


Joseph B. Coward .


Nov., 1858


Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. Feb., 1859


Charles Morgan Herbert June, 1860


Joseph J. Ely Jnne, 1860


D. V. Conover


Nov., 1860


Charles Haight June, 1861


John S. Applegate Nov., 1861


Albert S. Cloke . Feb.,


1862


William T. Hoffman . Feb., 1862


William H. Vredenburgh June, 1862


Samuel M. Schank .


Nov., 1862


George C. Beekman June, 1863


William H. Conover, Jr. June, 1863


John E. Lanning June, 1863


Henry Moffett Nov., 1864


John J. Ely June, 1865


Mareus B. Taylor June, 1865


Harry G. Clayton Nov., 1865


Elijah T. Paxton June, 1866


William V. D. Perrine . June, 1866


Rensselaer W. Dayton Nov., 1866


Chilion Robbins . Nov., 1866


John L. Howell . . Feb.,


1867


Ten Broeek S. Crawford


Feb., 1868


Charles H. Tafford Nov., 1868


C. Ewing Patterson Feb., 1870


Acton C. Hartshorne Feb., 1870


John W. Swartz June, 1870


Henry S. White . Nov., 1872


Henry M. Nevius . Feb., 1873


Charles J. Parker June, 1873


Alfred Walling, Jr. . Nov., 1873


1 Born in Freehold township.


NAME. ADMITTED.


Benjamin D. Smock . . Sept., 1836


Joseph Combs . Sept., 1836


William A. Bowne . May, 1838


Charles Haight June, 1865


William H. Vredenburgh June, 1865


Samuel M. Schanek Nov., 1865


Albert S. Cloke Feb., 1866


George C. Beekman June, 1866


William H. Conover, Jr. June, 1866


Charles Morgan Herbert .Nov., 1866


Henry Moffett . Nov., 1867


John J. Ely .


June, 1868


Marcus B. Taylor


June, 1868


Chilion Robbins.


Nov., 1869


John E. Lanning .


. Feb., 1871


Charles H. Trafford. . Feb., 1872


Henry S. White . . Nov., 1875


Acton C. Hartshorne Feb., 1876


Henry M. Nevins


Feb.,


1876


Charles J. Parker Nov., 1876


John W. Swartz .


Feb., 1877


James Steen . Nov., 1877


Alfred Walling, J


Nov., 1878


Frank P. McDermott


Nov., 1878


Charles P. Dorrance


June, 1879


Daniel H. Applegate


June, 1880


J. Clarence Conover Nov., 1881


Charles A. Bennett, Jr.


Nov., 1881


William Pintard . Nov., 1881


Halsted H. Wainwright


Nov., 1881


Benjamin B. Ogden .


. Feb., 1882


Wilbur A. Heisler


June, 1882


Charles H. Butcher June, 1882


Frederick Parker. . June, 1882


Attorneys.


NAME.


ADMITTED,


Jonathan Rhea May, 1784


Joseph Seudder


Caleb Lloyd


April, 1791


Corlies Lloyd. .


April, 1791


James H. Imlay April, 1791


Henry Hankinson


. Nov., 1794


Garret D. Wall


. May, 1804


Joseph R. Phillips . May, 1807


Richard H. Stockton, Jr. . Nov., 1814


Daniel B. Ryall Sept., 1820


Henry D. Polhemus Nov., 1821


Joseph F. Randolph May, 1825


Peter Vredenburgh .


Feb., 1829


William L. Dayton May, 1830


Thomas C. Ryall Sept., 1830


James M. Hartshorne Sept., 1833


John C. Ten Eyck 1 May, 1835


Craig Moffett May, 1836


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NAME. ADMITTED.


Holmes W. Murphy Feb., 1874


John E. Schroeder June, 1874


George M. Troutman June, 1874


James Steen Nov., 1874


David Harvey, Jr. Nov., 1874


E. W. Arrowsmith Nov., 1874


William H. Forman . Feb., 1875


Frank P. McDermott Nov., 1875


Charles I. Gordon . June, 1876


J. Clarence Conover June, 1876


Charles P. Dorrance June, 1876


Daniel H. Applegate June, 1877


Jehu P. Applegate


June, 1877


John B. Conover Feb., 1878


Charles A. Bennett, Jr. Nov., 1878


William Pintard


Nov., 1878


R. Ten Brook Stout Nov., 1878


Halsted H. Wainwright Nov., 1878


Wilbur A. Heisler


June, 1879


William I. Chamberlain June, 1879


Charles H. Butcher June, 1879


Samuel C. Cowart . June, 1879


David S. Crater June, 1879


Joseph MeDermott Nov., 1879


Frederick Parker


June, 1879


John T. Rosell Nov., 1879


Benjamin B. Ogden Feb., 1879


John L. Conover Feb., 1880


William S. Throckmorton June, 1880


John F. Hawkins June, 1880


John L. Wheeler Nov., 1880


Delancy.W. Wilgus Nov., 1880


Richard S. Bartine . Feb., 1881


William D. Campbell June, 1881


Isaac C. Kennedy Nov., 1881


Henry W. Longstreet Nov., 1881


H. S. Bachman June, 1882


Daniel S. Schank . June, 1882


Frank Durand


. June, 1882


A. A. Chambers . June, 1882


Frederick W. Hope Nov., 1882


Wesley B. Stout . Feb., 1883


Benjamin B. Dorrance Feb., 1883


Samuel A. Patterson


Feb., 1883


Jacob C. Lawrence June, 1883


Alfred D. Bailey June, 1883


Charles H. Ivins Feb., 1884


Aaron E. Johnston Feb., 1884


Present (Nov., 1884) Lawyers of Monmouth County.


NAME. ADDRESS.


Robert Allen, Jr . Red Bank


John S. Applegate. Red Bank


Daniel H. Applegate . Red Bank


Jehu P. Applegate . Matawan


E. W. Arrowsmith Frechold


H. S. Bachman . Ocean Beach


Alfred D. Bailey


Asbury Park


NAME. ADDRESS.


Richard S. Bartine Asbury Park


George C. Beekman Freehold


Charles A. Bennett Freehold


Charles A. Bennett, Jr . Freehold


Charles II. Butcher Freehold


William D. Campbell Long Branch


William I. Chamberlain . Long Branch


A. A. Chambers Freehold


D. V. Conover Freehold


J. Clarence Conover Freehold


John L. Conover


Freehold


John B. Conover .


Freehold


Samuel C. Cowart Freehold


David S. Crater Freehold


Rensselaer W. Dayton Matawan


Benjamin B. Dorrance


Freehold


Frank Durand . Long Branch


John J. Ely Freehold


William H. Forman


Freehold


Charles 1. Gordon


Red Bank


Charles Haight Freehold


Acton C. Hartshorne Freehold


J. L. Howell .


Frechold


David Harvey, Jr. Asbury Park


John F. Hawkins Asbury Park


Wilbur A. Heisler Long Branch


Frederick W. Hope Red Bank


Charles H. Ivins . Red Bank


Aaron E. Johnston . Freehold


Isaac C. Kennedy . Asbury Park


John E. Lanning Long Branch


Jacob C. Lawrence Freehold


Henry S. Little Matawan


Holmes W. Murphy Freehold


Frank P. MeDermott Freehold


Joseph MeDermott. Freehold


Amzi C. McLean Freehold


Benjamin D. P. Morris . Long Branch


Henry M. Nevins . Red Bank


Benjamin B. Ogden . Keyport


Joel Parker . Freehold


Frederick Parker Freehold


Charles J. Parker Manasquan


C. Ewing Patterson Freehold


Samuel A. Patterson Asbury Park


William Pintard . Red Bank


Chilion Robbins Freehold


John T. Rosell . Freehold


Daniel S. Schanck Freehold


John E. Schroeder Long Branch


James Steen Eatontown


Wesley B. Stout


Asbury Park


R. Ten Brook Stout Asbury Park


John W. Schwartz Freehold


Marcus B. Taylor Matawan


William L. Terhune Matawan


William S. Throckmorton Freehold


Charles H. Trafford Red Bank


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NAME.


ADDRESS.


George M. Troutman


Long Branch


Alfred Walling, Jr


Keyport


William H. Vredenburgh


Freehold


Halstead H. Wainwright


Manasquan


John L. Wheeler Red Bank


Henry S. White


Red Bank


Delancy W. Wilgus


. Red Bank


CHAPTER XIV.


THE MEDICAL SOCIETY, BIBLE SOCIETY AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MONMOUTHI COUNTY.


MONMOUTH MEDICAL SOCIETY.1-On the second Tuesday in May, 1816, the Medical So- ciety of New Jersey assembled at New Bruns- wick for the purpose of reorganizing itself af- ter the distraction caused by the then recent war with Great Britain, and also for the purpose of effecting the establishment of district medical societies through the State, under authority of an act of incorporation by the Legislature, bearing date the 15th of the preceding February. On the 24th of July of the same year, Drs. Edward Taylor, William G. Reynolds, Samuel Forman and Jacobus Hubbard, Jr., met at Frechold, in conformity with instructions from the parent society, for the purpose of forming a district so- ciety for the county of Monmouth. They or- ganized and framed a code of laws, no record of which is now in existence, but under which the society acted till the year 1820, prior to which time, however, the State Society made some alterations and amendments to their con- stitution, which required a revision and change of that of the Monmouth Society, for which purpose a committee was appointed at the an- nual meeting held June 7, 1819, the committee being composed of Drs. Reynolds, Woodhull and Forman. They reported an amended con- stitution of twenty-five sections, which were passed separately, and the constitution adopted entire AApril 24, 1820.


1 This account of the Monmouth County District Medical Society is, to a great extent, based on facts embodied in an address delivered by Dr. T. J. Thomason, in 1871.


From 1820 to 1838 two meetings of the society were held annually, viz.,-on the last Mondays in April and October, respectively. In 1838 the fall meeting was discontinued. In 1859 the time of the spring meeting was changed to the last Monday in May. Finally, in 1867, the third Monday in May was selected, in order that the convening of the district organization should precede the meeting of the State Society.


The Monmouth Society was scarcely six years old when the members found that the spring meeting was the one of paramount importance, as evinced by the large number of absentees from the autumnal gatherings. An attempt was made by their more punctual brethren to compel a better attendance, by a motion offered, in the fall meeting of 1822, to change the pen- alty to one dollar for absence from any one of the regular meetings, instead of absence through the year. This motion, when brought to vote at the following spring meeting was lost, but by subsequent agitation the resolution finally prevailed, and was in operation when the fall meetings were discontinued.


The nucleus of a library was formed by the society's subscription for the New England Jour- nal and for the New York Medical and Physi- cal Journal. In 1827 the Medico-Chirurgical Review was added. In 1830 the members were urgently requested to return all the numbers of the journals belonging to the society, in order that they might be bound ; which was done, so far as they came in. In 1832 a book-case was purchased. The American Journal of Medical Science was subscribed for, in addition to those before mentioned, and a librarian was chosen, with instructions to collect the missing volumes and numbers. The librarian reported that the library was scattered, and in a very unsatisfac- tory condition ; in consequence of which report, a resolution was passed, in 1833, " that after the present subscriptions for the different journals ¡ expire, they be not renewed " At the fall meet- ing in 1835 it was resolved that all books in possession of, and as many as could be collected, belonging to the society should be placed in the hands of a committee, who were to put them np in parcels, equal in number to that of the mem- bers of the society. This was done; the parcels


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were exhibited at the next meeting and found during the preceding year in his practice, and to be satisfactorily arranged ; then each mem- to recount any interesting cases or novelties in ber present drew a parcel, by lot, for himself, treatment, and their results. and the secretary drew for those absent. The The following is a list of members of the Medical Society of Monmouth from its organ- ization to 1884, with dates of admission, viz. : book-case was then sold at auction for one dol- lar, and so ended the library of the Monmouth District Medical Society.


The subject of temperance came up in the society as early as 1834. To put themselves plainly on the record as advocates of the tem- perance cause, a resolution was passed, and ordered to be printed in the Monmouth Inquirer and Monmouth Democrat, declaring that "ar- dent spirit is not needed in health ; that, on the contrary, it is not merely useless, but pernicions, productive of disease and death." And on the 30th of April, 1835, it was by the society re- solved " That hereafter no wine bills shall be paid ont of the funds of the society." This be- ing done, there was at the same meeting an at tempt made to prohibit cigars also: but the weed did not share the fate of the wine, in- asmuch as the mover of the resolution expunging the latter from the bill of fare was an inveter- ate smoker, and voted " nay," so that eigars re- mained a luxury in which the majority might indulge at the society's expense.




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