The history of Ludlow, Massachusetts . , ,i ( iistnniar\ Inrni nl exercise. |( ise| ih w i-nl In I lici <ind S\ racuse, li\ ini; there a usetul. I mt tiiie\ eiit-ful, life. I )aniel made his hnme in Snulli Iladle\. ami was there durini;till estalilishmeni nl Mnuiil llnKnke Seniinar\ . lie was prnmineiilin the eaiK settlement nl llnlxiike lie was clinseii a niimi I email fnr the War nf 1S1_! ( nlniiel Jnhn Miller, llie imt;esl nl the i|uarlel, lillid all the tnwiioITk es frniii Ilisi tcj List, and was alsn a minultnian with his le w as c (ill mel lA the Kith Ret; i men I se\ Iral


The history of Ludlow, Massachusetts . , ,i ( iistnniar\ Inrni nl exercise. |( ise| ih w i-nl In I lici <ind S\ racuse, li\ ini; there a usetul. I mt tiiie\ eiit-ful, life. I )aniel made his hnme in Snulli Iladle\. ami was there durini;till estalilishmeni nl Mnuiil llnKnke Seniinar\ . lie was prnmineiilin the eaiK settlement nl llnlxiike lie was clinseii a niimi I email fnr the War nf 1S1_! ( nlniiel Jnhn Miller, llie imt;esl nl the i|uarlel, lillid all the tnwiioITk es frniii Ilisi tcj List, and was alsn a minultnian with his le w as c (ill mel lA the Kith Ret; i men I se\ Iral years lielnie the ( i\ il Warand was jiistK ]iinud nf his \ career. .\ll his cnmmissinns Irninseri;eanl in 1S1() tn inlniiel. duriiii; a perind nt lwcnt\dnur ser\ ice,,ire in pnssessinll nl niie nl his snlls ( IM 1 I. Idr \c,irs ( iilniiel Milhr was ,in aiti\i- memljer in the Metlmdist(luinli. rhrniiL;li his elTnrts ilie first Metlmdist preachiir^ was liegunand the Metlmdisl (IiiikIi in Liidlnw \ ; Damii, Sylvksthr J»iHN THE BROTHERS B[()(.K.\lllli:S 295 Dr. Aaron John Aariin joliii Milk-r \va> well known in .ill the earlier history- of thetown .IS the \- plnsician. He is said to ha\-e been one of the originalBoston ])art\, and went as snrgeon lo the Re\-oIution. He was amemlierof the State Legislature. The following quotation from the Pa/werJounial illustrates tiie man: The hrst ph\sician in Ludlow was John Miller. He was a \er\- tidy sort of man, distinguished forwearing the highest-priced \\v i-ould find, antl alwayseating molasses instead of butler on his , tlrinking clear and a\ery little old New England. ne\er an\- water. He was a ,made his fe\er powders of camphor gum and loaf sugar, and was ne\erknown to hurt his patients with his medicines. He usualh walked onhis \isits to iKitients, always b\- his little \ellow dog. Hewas intolerant of


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