and manhood, was also taken from him. When the day was over he made the following simple and pathetic entry in his diary: "September 21st. My Mother died at 10 this morning. 'I never shall look upon her like again.'"
   After this last blow he resigned his place as physician to the poor, saying that the hurry and anziety at such a time were more than he could bear.
   Three days later, on September 24th, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Van Vleck, who seems to have been a very amiable and estimable person, was seized by the common enemy, and died n a few hours.
   In less than three weeks, his sister-in-law, Polly, a cheerful and interesting companion, who had earnestly striven to lighten his burden of sorrow, began to show the first symptoms of the disease. With a naturally strong constitution, she struggled bravely against it, but finally succumbed, and expired on October 12th.
   The young doctor, ever kind and considerate of the feelings of others, now passed much of his time in his father-in-law's family, seeking to relieve the pain so akin to his own.
   Toward the end of the month he made a brief visit in Stamford to see his aunt and grandmother, and on his return announced his intention of abandoning

the practice of medicine, which had become highly distasteful to him. In this resolution he was sustained by several of his friends, who approved his plan of devoting himself exclusively to engraving.