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III .- SARATOGA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The Saratoga County Medical Society was organized at the court-house in Ballston Spa, the first Tuesday of July, 1806.
Wm. Patrick was chosen chairman of the meeting, and John Stearns secretary.
In attendance were Drs. Daniel Bull, William Patrick, John Stearns, Asa C. Barney, Elisha Miles, Samuel Pitkin, Wm. C. Lawrence, Billy J. Clark, Thomas S. Littlefield, Daniel Hicks, Elijah Porter, Alpheus Adams, Ephraim Childs, Jesse Seymour, Grant Powells, Samuel Davis, Isaac Finch, Francis Pigsley.
The meeting being in order for business, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :
President .- Dr. Daniel Bull.
Vice-President .- William Patrick.
Secretary .- John Stearns.
Treasurer .- Samuel Davis.
Censors -- Elijah Porter, Asa C. Barney, Samuel Pitkin, Billy J. Clark, Ephraim Childs.
Delegate to the New York State Medical Society .- John Stearns.
Elijah Porter, John Stearns, and Asa C. Barney were appointed a committee to draft by-laws for the future regu- lation of the society.
In addition to those before mentioned the following are among the earlier and active members of the society, and were distinguished for their zeal and energy in the advance- ment of not only every interest connected with the success- ful pursuit of the profession of their choice, but the ad- vancement of every philanthropic enterprise. They were of the strong men of the age in which they lived, viz. : Daniel Hicks, Northumberland, now Wilton ; Beroth Bul- lard, Saratoga Springs, now Greenfield ; John II. Steel, Saratoga Springs ; Josiah Pulling, Galway ; Nathan Thomp- sun, Galway ; Oliver Brisbin, Schuylerville; Samuel Free-
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Corresponding and Recording Sceretary .- II. A. Wil- SOD.
Secretary of Committee .- 11. A. Wilson.
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man, Ballstou Spa, afterwards Saratoga Springs ; John D. Bull, Stillwater; Heury Reynolds, Northumberland, after- wards Wilton ; William Tibbitts, Mechanicville ; Silas Wood, Abel Baldwin ; Darius Johnson, Greenfield; Frau- cis Pixley, George Burroughs, Gideon Thompson, Isaac Youngs.
OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF SARATOGA FOR 1877-1878.
President .- B. W. Noxon, M.D. Vice- President .- I. G. Johnson, M.D. Secretary and Treasurer .- C. C. Bedell, M.D. Delegates to State Medical Society .- No vacancy. Delegates to American Medical Association .- W. H. Hall, M.D., F. M. Boyce, M.D., S. N. Rowell, M.D.
Censors .- R. C. McEwen, M.D., F. M. Boyce, M.D., J. G. Bacon, M.D., C. C. Bedeli, M.D., T. G. Parkman, M.D. Committee of Revision .- J. G. Bacon, M.D., F. M. Boyce, M.D., W. H. Hall, M.D., C. C. Bedell, M.D.
Committee of Publication .- J. G. Bacon, M.D., F. M. Boyce, M.D., T. B. Reynolds, M.D., C. C. Bedell, M.D.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY IN 180G.
Present Members and their Post-Office Address.
Austin. J. M., New York.
Hammond. H. L., Killingly, Ct.
Babcock, M. N., Canstatt, Ger- many.
Bacon. J. G., Saratoga Springs.
Ballon, N. H., Mechanicville.
Bedell, C. C., Saratoga Springs.
Johnson, I. G., Greenfield Centre. Lewis, Morgan, Ballston Spa. McEwen, R. C., Sar. Springs. Moore, Leverett, Ballston Spa. Murry, B. J., Wilton.
Preston, J. R., Sehuylerville. Preston, Calvin, Galway. Putnam, L. B., Sar. Springs. Reynolds, T. B., Sar. Springs . Rowell, S. N., Dunning St., N. Y. Sherman, F. A ., Ballston Spa. Steenburgh, II. W., Green Island. Van Vranken, G. D., Saratoga Springs.
Van Woert, Abram, Amity.
Young, T. A., West Charlton,
Deceased Members.
Adams, Alpheus.
Bryan, M. L.
Potter, Stephen.
Wetmore, C. H.
Porter, James.
Wood, Silas.
Porter, Elijah.
Williams, J. W.
Atwell, P. P.
Chadsey, A. J.
Baldwin, Abel.
Childs, Ephraim.
Bannister, Jason.
Childs, J. W.
Portery, W. P.
Youngs, Israel.
IV .- HOMEOPATIIIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF SARATOGA
Clark, B. J.
Benham, G. H.
Colby, J. B. Cole, John.
Benedict, Avery. Bent, Stephen.
Crandell, E. F.
Bennett, John.
Culver, D. W.
Berry, Abram. Billings, S.
Davis, Samuel.
Boyd, David. Brisbin, Oliver.
Day, Roswell.
Brown, C. B. Bruce, N. F. Bullard, Beroth.
Defreest, J. C.
Bull, Daniel.
Dickinson, E. Dimmick, Ira.
Bull, J. D. Burroughs, Geo.
Drake, Samuel.
Everett, Jesse.
Powell, Grant.
Finch, Isaac.
Powling, Josiah.
Finch, M. L.
Pulling, J.
Fiske, J. M. Fiteh, Asa. Fletcher, P.
Raymond, O. P. Rathbun, John.
Reynolds, Henry.
Freeman, S.
Reynolds, J. H.
Gaylord, S.
Gow. Archibald.
Green, N. J.
Rigsley, F.
Griswold, I.
Sabin, L. D.
Goodrich, O. Hamilton, Silas.
Savage, Wm.
Haight, John.
Sannders, Ilenry.
Hart, R. 11.
Scott, W. K.
Hatch, Ira.
Sears, Isaac.
Hewitt, D. J.
Simpson, S. M.
Ilieks, Daniel.
Sherman, D.
Hicks, F. B.
Shaw, Wm.
Hicks, M. D.
Shelton, D. S.
Higgins, John.
Smith, J. W.
Howard, J.
Show way, D.
Johnson, Darius.
Safford, Joseph.
Johnson, G. F.
Sprague, L.
Johnson, T. E.
Sprague, Peter.
Keeney, B. M.
Sprague, L. H.
King, John.
Spencer. James.
Kinley, John.
Spencer, A. J.
Landon, II. J.
Stearns, John.
Lingworthy, James.
Steel, John H.
Lathrop, M. D.
Straing. Ira.
Lee, James.
St. John. E.
Littlefield, Thomas.
Seymour, Jesse.
Losce, 11. D.
Taylor, Miles.
Low, David.
Tibbitts, Wm.
Miles, Elisha.
Tinker, Martin.
Millard, W. M.
Tippet, Wi.
Burger, A. B., Gansevoort.
Parkman, T. E., Rock City Falls.
Martin, F. M.
Thomas. James.
McLean, W. II.
Thompson, C. N.
Me Leary, Samuel.
Thompson, Gideon.
Mott, Walter.
Thompson, G.
Mulford, E.
Tourtelot, F.
North, M. L.
Torry, Cave.
Northrop, Booth.
Tracy, S. M.
Patriek, William.
Underhill, A. K.
Pearce, Wm.
Upham, Timothy.
Pedrom, J. W.
Van Woert, A. W.
Perry, J. L.
Walls, J. W.
Perry, J. C.
Webber, A. B.
Peters, Samuel.
Weed, Isaac W.
Pitkin, L.
Wells, David.
Allen, J. HI. Allen, R. L. Andrus, C. H.
Carey, William.
Carpenter, Cyrel.
Carpenter, Abner.
Porter, E. II.
Wright, Ira.
Porter, D. L.
Wright, Newell.
Porter, S.
Youngs, Isaac.
Barney. A. C. Barnum, T. Barrus, J. J. Baxter, Iliram.
Childs, A. F.
Chambers, W.
COUNTY. This society was organized in 1863. Its annual meet- ings are held on the second Tuesday in July.
LIST OF MEMBERS LAST REPORTED.
B. F. Cornell, Fort Edward; Zina Clement, Saratoga Springs; S. J. Pearsall, Saratoga Springs; Thomas E. Allen, Saratoga Springs; J. F. Doolittle, Ballston Spa William E. Rogers, Rexford Flats; A. G. Peckham, Water- ford.
PRESENT OFFICERS.
President .- B. F. Cornell. Vice-President .- J. F. Doolittle.
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Hodgman, W. H., Sar. Springs.
Houghton, N. M., Corinth.
Beckwith, G. S., Charleston, S. C. Bonghton, C., Waterford. Boyce, F. M., Saratoga Springs. Bull. C. D., Stillwater.
Noxon, B. W., Ballston Spa.
Burrus, D. R., Burnt Hill.
Colby, M. H., Saratoga Springs. Cooper, H. C., Clifton Park. Creal, C. E., Saratoga Springs. Crothers, T. D., Binghamton. Ensign, C. W., Mechanicville. Freeman, S. H., Albany. Garbut, Frank, Mechanicville. Gow. Frank, Schuylerville. Grant, C. S., Saratoga Springs. Hall, W. 11., Saratoga Springs.
Heartt, P. T., Waterford.
Saile, John.
Richards, R. R. Rixby, Francis.
Crandell, E. G.
Davidson, Oliver.
Davis, R. R.
Dean, Josiah. Derbyshire, R.
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Secretary and Treasurer .- A. G. Peckham.
Censors,-J. F. Doolittle, S. J. Pearsall, A. G. Peckham. Delegates to State Society .- Thomas E. Allen, J. F. Doolittle.
CHAPTER XXIL.
THE PRESS OF SARATOGA.
I .- THE BALLSTON PRESS.
COURT-HOUSE HILL, in the town of Ballston, one mile and a half southwesterly from the village of Ballston Spa, was the first place in the county of Saratoga in which a news- paper was established. In French's " Gazetteer of the State of New York," published in 1860, it is stated that "the Waterford Gazette, established at Waterford about 1801, was the first paper published in the county ;" but this is an error,-the first of several, occurring in the notices of the county press, which have been detected by the investiga- tions entered into by the author of this sketch.
Seventy-nine years have elapsed since the first Ballston printing-office was opened, and during this period ten dif- ferent weeklies have made their bow to the public; only two of which continue to be published at the county-seat, -one of them being the Ballston Democrat, first issued in 1845 ; the other the Ballston Journal, the first in chrono- logical order, and now in its eightieth year. Its lineage is as follows :
1. The Saratoga Register or Farmer's Journal, issued June 14, 1798; size of page eleven inches by eighteen ; four columns to a page ; sheet about one-half the present size of the Ballston Journal. Under the title, and ex- tending across the page, were these words : " BALLSTON, SARATOGA COUNTY : printed every Wednesday morning, by INCREASE and WILLIAM CHILD, over the Store of Messrs. Robert Leonard & Co., nearly opposite the Court Ilonse .- Where subscriptions for this paper, articles of intelligence, miscellaneous pieces, advertisements, &e., are thankfully received, and printing in general executed with neatness and dispatch, and on moderate terms."
The Journal supported the administration of President John Adams, then the head of the political party which bore the name of Federal, and which was opposed by the party called Republican, whose acknowledged leader was Jefferson.
These party divisions had grown out of discussions in Congress during the first administration of Washington, whose second election was a triumph of the Federal party, as was also the election of Adams, under whose presidency the " alien and sedition laws" were passed, with features so obnoxious as to defeat him at his next eandidaey.
The Journal favored those laws, as is shown by the fol- lowing articles copied from the issue of August 22, 1798 :
" There is at the present so strong an opposition to the measures of the general government prevailing through the counties of Ulster and Orange, that it is dangerous for a man to applaud the administration, and he is fortunate to escape personal injury. In many parts of those counties
the friend of the government is viewed as an enemy to the general cause, and is treated with marked contempt and disrespect. Almost every town exhibits a Liberty Pole, as they falsely term it, which these sons of Belial have erected to their idol faction. Our informants saw these poles at Newburg, New Windsor, Montgomery, Wardsbridge, Go- shen, Florida, Warwick, etc., etc., but they could give us no information concerning the intention of this combina- tion of knaves and fools to oppose the execution of the laws by force. We believe, however, they know too well their own insignificance and weakness to be the deliberate au- thors of their own destruction. The sedition and stamp acts, added to their long-invited enmity to the constitution, are the chief cause of this display of democratie fervor. The former of these laws will never give a moment's uuea- siness to any good eitizen ; and the latter imposes a tax which promises to be highly productive, and not felt by the agriculturist, as it will fall almost exclusively on the mer- cantile part of the community."
From the same issue is copied the following :
" MARRIED .- On Sunday evening last, MR. DAVID MAKER, of Stillwater, to the amiable Miss ELIZA SWEET, of Milton."
" COMMUNICATION. " GREENFIELD, AUG. 14, 1798. " In the field of Elisha Carpenter, Esq., of this town, were pulled this day a number of cars of Corn, completely filled out and fit for roasting, which were planted on the 14th of June, on a piece of land which was never plowed, and the said corn was never bord."
FIRST BOOK PRINTED, 1798.
Soon after the press of the Childs was set up, they got out the first book ever printed in the county, with this title-page : " A Plain Account of the Ordinance of Bap- tism ; in which all the texts in the New Testament relating to it are proved, and the whole Doctrine eoneerning it drawn from them alone. In a Course of Letters to the Right Rev. Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, late Lord Bishop of' Win- chester; author of the ' Plain Account of the Lord's Sup- per ;' ye shall not add unto the word which I have com- manded you, neither shall you diminish from it. First Ballston Edition. London. Printed: Ballston. Re-printed by I. & W. Child. Sold at their Printing-Office, nearly opposite the Court-House. 1798."
In April, 1800, the firm of Inerease & William Child dissolved, the former retiring and the latter taking sole charge.
SECOND BOOK PRINTED, 1800.
In that year William Child printed a book of two hun- dred and twenty-two pages, entitled " A Plea for the Non- conformists," by Thomas Delaune, with a preface by Rev. Elias Lee, pastor of the Baptist church at Ballston Spa. It was published by subscription, and the names of the subscribers, numbering over one thousand, are printed at the end of the volume.
Mr. Child continued the paper under its original name until September 27, 1808, on which day it was issued under the name of The Independent American. Its poli- ties were unchanged.
James Madison was elected President in 1809 by the Republican party, after an unusually exeited campaign. Party spirit ran high, and was kept up long after the inau-
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guration in 1809. From the issue of June 6 of that year are taken the following extracts, to show that political writing was as harsh and severe as in these modern times :
" It is whispered in private Democratie circles at Wash- ington that Madison has turned a damned Federalist. The next President is to be pledged beforehand to a certain line of policy. General Snyder has been mentioned as a can- didate, but it is generally thought that though he has by no means too much sense, he has too little nerve, as he did not carry on the war against the United States with snfhi- eient energy.
" The gentlemen who now appear to be most peculiarly possessed of what are now settled to be the true Demo- eratie qualifications for the presidency, are Mr. Smilie, Mr. Alston, and Mr. Alexander Wilson ; the last a repre- sentative of Virginia, as different a man in point of mind from his namesake, the author of the 'American Orni- thology,' as a Satyr is different from a Hyperion.
" Some of the Democrats now begin to cast the blame of the recent settlement with Great Britain upon the Pres- ident's wife. They say she is a Federalist, and has too much influence over her spouse. What a happy cireum- stance it would have been for this country had Thomas Jefferson been governed by such a woman !"
From the same old paper we obtain something of the same miscellany as at present.
" MARRIED .- On Saturday evening, the 27th ult., Mr. John Vandenberg, Jr., of Half-Moon, to Miss Belsey Patrick, daughter of Captain Robert W. Patrick, of Ballston."
" DIED .- At Stillwater, on the 26th ult., of typhoid fever, Miss Phebe Wood- worth, aged fifteen years, daughter of Ephraim Woodworth, Jr., of that place."
" ADVERTISEMENT.
" Money is said to be the root of all evil ; nevertheless, the Past-riders are willing to run the risk of receiving their dues from the subscribers for the past two quarters. "
Margaret Cornell, who seems to have been advertised by her husband, indignantly retorts :
" He should have showed that he had a bed, for this is the first time I ever knew that he was the owner of one. Indeed, I am now inclined to believe that he alludes to one of mine. He says I have left his board. Now he never provided any board, except now and then a scanty meal of potatoes. As for running him in debt he need have no apprehension, as no one will trust him where he is so un- fortunate as to be known."
Politicians in those days were up to " tricks that were vain and ways that were dark," cqually with those of the the present time. Joshua Burnham seems to have written a private letter, which the opposite party obtained possession of, and published it broadcast as follows in a hand-bill :
" LANSINGBURG, April 23, 1806.
"Sin .- Mr. T- has been up from Albany, and says the county ticket numinated at Troy must not be elected. At all events, he says keep F- out if possible. You must therefore turn ont at the election every day. It won't cust much. Eat your breakfast late and you can stand it till the poll adjourns. Do all you can against F -. lle is our mark. Tell the people that he makes cards out of old Bibles and then carries them to Claverack, and gets folks drunk, and then cheats them. Tell them it is he that makes those awful lights in the north. The ignorant Dutchmen will believe it. Tell them everything published in the hand-bills about F- is true-stop-nu, that won't do. There are some of them that recommend him that are really true. These you must say are all lies. Lest you should be confounded, mind this rule. Everything in his favor say it is a lie, everything against lum say it is true, and you can prove it by D- 1 .-. D- is good at that you may depend. In short tell them F'- has done everything except shoot his daddy.
" Yours, in basle, " J __ B --. "
After seventeen years of service, Mr. Child sold to James Comstock in 1815, and the name was changed to The People's Watch Tower.
In 1820, Horatio Gates Spafford, LL. D., became proprie- tor, and changed the name to The Saratoga Farmer. In 1821 he made the title. The Ballston Spa Gazette and Saratoga Farmer. Mr. Spafford was a learned, intelligent, well-informed man, and an indefatigable worker. He com- piled and published the first complete Gazetteer of the State in 1813, and in 1824 republished it, with large additions, making it more accurate and complete, embodying a vast amount of useful information from which others have drawn in later years.
He removed to Albany in 1822, disposing of his paper to its former proprietor, Mr Comstock, who abbreviated its name to The Ballston Spa Gazette, under which it was continued until 1847. For thirty years Mr. Comstock had charge of the paper, conducting it ably and successfully.
THIRD BOOK PRINTED, 1822.
In 1822 he issued from his press the third book printed in Ballston, entitled " The Friend of Peace," a volume of three hundred and eight pages, designed to show the evils of war and the blessings of peace.
In April, 1847, the establishment was bought by J. O. Nodyne, who changed the name to the Ballston Democratic Whig Journal, the date of his first issue being the 20th.
January 18, 1848, Albert A. Moor, Esq .. became joint proprietor with Mr. Nodyne. the latter continuing to occupy the chair editorial, and the name being shortened to The Ballston Journal. January 25, Mr. Moor first appears as one of the editors, and on December 5 he became sole editor, occupying that position about twelve years. Ile was a good writer, a member of the bar, and for several years one of the loan commissioners for the county.
In April, 1860, the journal passed into the hands of H. L. Grose, who enlarged its size, and otherwise improved its appearance.
In 1864 it was again enlarged, increasing its dimensions beyond that of most country papers. It has remained under his control from that day to this, and during the period of seventeen years its patronage and circulation have steadily increased. During most of this time Mr. Grose's four sons have been associated with him in office work, business management, and editorial charge. Three of them are now in the establishment. The fourth is the New York correspondent of the Chicago Daily Tribune.
The political relations of the paper whose career is now sketched will readily be known by the character of the presidential administrations which it has supported or up- posed, and for that character any general history of our country may be consulted. The administrations opposed were those of Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, and Johnson, extending over a period of forty-four years. It supported the administra- tions of John Adams, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Harrison and Tyler, Taylor and Fillmore, Lincoln, Grant, and Hayes, extending over a period of thirty-seven years.
2. In 1804, David C. Miller began at Court-house Hill the publication of the Saratoga Advertiser, size of page,
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thirteen by eighteen, or one-fourth that of the present Ballston Journal ; terms of subscription not stated ; politics anti-Federal. In the issue of Sept. 23, 1806, appeared the following advertisement :
"FOR SALE .- A healthy middle-aged negro wench and child. For particu- lars, inquire of the printer."
In that year a man named Riggs was taken into partner- ship. He was bought out in 1807 by Samuel R. Brown, and the name was coolly changed to The Aurora Borealis und Saratoga Advertiser. In 1808, Mr. Brown retired from the establishment, and Mr. Miller restored the origi- mal name. It was discontinued in 1811, and the office merged into that of The Independent American. Mr. Miller moved to Batavia, Genesee Co., and there, in con- nection with Benjamin Blodgett, started the Republican Advocate, which is still published. Mr. Miller continued to issue the Advocate until near the end of the year 1828. He printed the Morgan pamphlet, which professed to dis- elose the secrets of the first three degrees of Freemasonry ; and a weekly paper, called The Morgan Investigator, was issued from his office in 1827, continuing abont a year. At that day he was a conspicuous and famous man. Mr. Brown went to Saratoga Springs in 1809, and in that year began the publication of the Saratoga Patriot. He moved his establishment to Albany in April, 1812, and gave his paper the name of the Albany Republican. Hle sold out in the latter part of the year 1813, and went to Auburn, Caynga Co., where in 1814 he started the Cuyaya Patriot, which he conducted for several years.
3. The Saratoga Journal, first number was published in the village of Ballston Spa, by Isaiah Bunce, in the first week of January, 1813; terms, two dollars, payable quar- terly; size of page, fourteen by eighteen. In politics it was Republican, the name of the party then opposed to the Federal party. The Federals in Saratoga County were few-the Republicans many ; and having everything their own way, in 1816 there was a split in their ranks, one part being called " Old Liners," embracing such prominent men as John W. Taylor, David Rogers, George Palmer, Thomas Palmer, Seth C. Baldwin, L. B. Langworthy, A. W. Odell, Esek Cowen, and others. The " New Liners," so called, embraced such men as Judge James Thompson, Colonel Samuel Young, Joel Lee, Judge Salmon Child, William Stillwell, Colonel Isaae Gere, and others. (These names will be found in the official list given in another part of this work.) The Journal was very violent in its opposition to the " New Liners," and consequently they established an organ of their own, whose history follows.
4. The Saratoga Courier was issued at Ballston Spa, in 1816, with Ulysses F. Doubleday as editor. This reduced the patronage of the Journal, without securing sufficient for its own maintenance, and, after about three years of Kilkenny fighting, both papers suspended indefinitely. Mr. Doubleday went to Auburn and bought an interest in the Cayuga Patriot, of which he became the editor. Ile was elected a member of Congress in 1831 and 1835, and made himself conspicuous among the public men of the time.
In collecting the facts respecting the papers thus far noticed, material aid has been rendered by Hon. G. G.
Scott, of Ballston Spa, who has preserved a rare collection of old papers and documents.
5. The Saratoga Recorder and Anti-Masonic Democrat was started in 1831 by Thomas Jefferson Sutherland. The purpose of its publication is indicated by the title. At the end of a year it was discontinued.
6. The New York Palladium was begun in 1831 by Ansel Warren. It supported the administration of General Jackson. In 1832 it was bought by Israel Sackett, and the name was changed to The Schenectady and Saratoga Standard. Elias G. Palmer became proprietor in 1833, and gave it the name of The Ballston Spa Republican. It supported the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren until the latter part of the year 1839, when it was discontinued.
7. The Ballston Democrat was started in 1845 by Newell Iline. The name indicates its politics, and it gave its best support to James K. Polk for President. In 1848, Thomas G. Young, Esq., son of Hon. Samuel Young, of Ballston, became proprietor and editor, and so continued until 1853, when he sold to Seymour Chase, Esq., who consolidated it with
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