The Country Doctor. Poem read at the Banquet, Oct. 15, 1896, by W. S. Nay, M. D., Underhill. The Country Doctor-well, what shall I say, The dark side of life with lustre to shine? He dares to be free at least once in the year, From the groans and complaints, we so constantly hear, This country M. D., so-called from his place, Is a man among men who is keeping apace, With matters and things, and his patients declare, Must be in his town the recognized head. He must know all he can, and make you believe, That what he don't know would be hard to achieve. He must never allow any lack of progression For once to admit that he's not very wise, Would cause his good patients the greatest surprise. If baby has colic, he must know at a glance, At the opportune moment, or she'd had to repent. In his wisdom the doctor must now appear Not alone to be able to make the deaf hear; He must show equal tact in dispensing his pills. With assurance from patients he must cure them at once Or his title will signify "Medical Dunce." This doctor, no matter about a degree,— If he only writes after his name an M. D.,— The people demand no superior knowledge, For they never inquire respecting the college From whence he came forth, and they don't care to know, Provided he says he can do so and so. If he rides thorough the village at quite rapid pace The people will reason a quite urgent case Demands his attention, and the faster he drives He proves his desire to save people's lives. He signifies soon his early intention He is willing to pay fifty dollars a year. That the bottle costs more than the liquid inside; Of abstemious diet on which they should feed, But he never applys to himself such a rule For when he is sick he eats like a fool. I have heard there are times when the doctor speaks rash He returns to them word that he really can't go The wise country doctor must be always on call, But if once he should hint that the fee should be paid Is much in excess of what they believe Is the reasonable sum that he should receive. He must sacrifice business as well as his friends If this doctor belongs to the F. & A. M. And he joins with the Bros., like other good men The facts in the case in a nutshell are these: So opinions of others must be laid on the shelf, Obituary of C. P. Frost, M. D. By Wm. T. Smith, M. D., Hanover, N. H. Carlton Pennington Frost was the son of Benjamin and Mary Brant Frost, and was born at Sullivan, N. H., May 29th, 1830. When he was six years of age his father removed with his family to Thetford, Vt., for the purpose of educating his children at Thetford Academy. After graduating from the Academy, young Frost entered Dartmouth College in the summer of 1848, and took his degree of A. B. at that Institution in 1852. He registered his name soon after as a student of Medicine with Dr. Worcester, of Thetford. Like most of the young sons of Vermont and New Hampshire who have made their way by their own efforts from the farm to a college degree, he began early to teach school. He taught at Dublin, N. H., be fore entering college. In those days Dartmouth had in the winter what was in effect a vacation of three months for the benefit of pedagogues, and these months Dr. Frost spent, during each year of his college life, in teaching at Barrington, Vt. During the first year after his graduation he filled the same position. In 1854 he went to Grafton, Mass., as principal of a school in that place. During that winter in a period of religious interest he made profession of the faith in which he thereafter lived, by uniting with the church. Teaching for bread-winning, he pursued dili |