Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . as as-sistant counsel for the New York & New EnglandRailroad from Feb. i, 1890, to July i, 1891. OnOct. 4, 1888, he married Miss Austiss, daughter ofCharles Folsom Walcott. He is now living inCambridge. Wetherbee, Josiah, , was born inSouth Reading, Vt., March 9, 1817. In his earlylife he gave marked evidence of a high order ofgenius for mechanical pursuits. At the age offifteen he made a verge to a bulls-eye watch, forwhich he recei
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . as as-sistant counsel for the New York & New EnglandRailroad from Feb. i, 1890, to July i, 1891. OnOct. 4, 1888, he married Miss Austiss, daughter ofCharles Folsom Walcott. He is now living inCambridge. Wetherbee, Josiah, , was born inSouth Reading, Vt., March 9, 1817. In his earlylife he gave marked evidence of a high order ofgenius for mechanical pursuits. At the age offifteen he made a verge to a bulls-eye watch, forwhich he received one dollar and fifty cents. Hehad only two common files with which to form theverge, which was made from a was very successful in altering over old flint-locks into percussion-locks, for which he received afair compensation ; also in making pistols. Lateron he made a cylinder escapement for a Lepinewatch without the aid of a watchmakers lathe, forwhich he received four dollars as com]jensation. 444 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. The above feats show a maneilous intuition for oneso young, and a large intelligence in the methods of. ISAAC J. WETHERBEE. execution. .Arriving at manhood, having obtaineda fair education, he studied for the ministry underhis father, who was an able and successful clergy-man in the Free Baptist denomination. On June2, 1841, at North Hampton, , he was set apartby ordination to the gospel ministry, and subse-([uently held pastorates at Kittery, Me., and Charles-town, Mass., where he resided in 1845. For severalyears prior to 1846, he had done more or less den-tistry for friends in a private way. Therefore when,by reason of ill-health, he found it necessary to re-linquish his former profession, he was well trainedto enter upon his present profession. He pursuedhis studies as best he could with the limited text-books then extant, and in 1850 graduated from theBaltimore Dental College, the first, and the thenonly, dental college in the world, s
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