The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . medical degree. Burrill Porter, Jr., was born inCharlestown, February 22, 1832;graduated from Dartmouth Collegein 1856 and has spent most of his lifein teaching. Aside from his servicein Alstead, Swanzey and Walpole, hetaught some time in Ohio, and later inBraintree and Attleboro, Mass. Heis still living in North Attleboro, andhas served in the Massachusetts legis-lature and as postmaster. Carroll D. Wright, who was assist-ant to Mr. Porter at Mt. Caesar in1860, has since won a worldwide rep-uta


The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . medical degree. Burrill Porter, Jr., was born inCharlestown, February 22, 1832;graduated from Dartmouth Collegein 1856 and has spent most of his lifein teaching. Aside from his servicein Alstead, Swanzey and Walpole, hetaught some time in Ohio, and later inBraintree and Attleboro, Mass. Heis still living in North Attleboro, andhas served in the Massachusetts legis-lature and as postmaster. Carroll D. Wright, who was assist-ant to Mr. Porter at Mt. Caesar in1860, has since won a worldwide rep-utation as a statistician and sociolo-gist, was long U. S. commissioner oflabor and is now president of ClarkCollege, Worcester, Mass. George W. Gay, a native of Swan-zey, M^ho was both a student and prin-cipal at Mt. Caesar, is one of Bostonsmost eminent phj^sicians and surgeons. 20 Old Academies of Cheshire County president of the Massachusetts Medi-cal Society, and holds a position inthe front rank of the profession inAmerica. Charles J. Barber, who followed as principal, was a native of. Dr. Charles J. Barber Northfield, Mass., born July 31, was a graduate of Powers Insti-tute, Bernardston, Mass. He studiedmedicine at Pittsfield, Mass., and Bos-ton, practised in Warwick, Lunenburgand Winehendon, and died at the ageof thirty years. Among the many students at , at one time or another, maybe named Denman Thompson, of OldHomestead fame; Charles Holbrook,successful California merchant; W. Bill of Gilsum, Hon. G. K. Har-vey, Surry; John J. Holbrook, pro-fessor of mathematics; Amos P. Fos-ter, W. S. Meyers, A. J. Blake, Dan- iel H. Healey, Leonard Wellington,J. H. Reed and Floyd Eaton, lawyers;C. J. Kingsbury, J, H. Robinson, Wright, H, 0. Bowles, physicians;A. A. Ware, J. B. Abbott, E. Kings-bury, county commissioners; IrvineA. Whitcomb, of Raymond & Whit-comb, excursion managers; Hon. G. , ex-mayor of Keene; Carpenter, J. P. Whi


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