care of its property and the orderly administration of its affairs. Nothing concerning the society was indifferent to him. He was interested in all that pertained to it-from the discussion of its future welfare to tinkering a refractory lock; from the renewal of the furnace to the elaboration of the annual punch for the loving cup.

Intimate acquaintance revealed many very lovable qualities, and he is greatly missed by those who knew him well.

Matthew Turner Newton, M.D., Suffield.

WILLIAM M. STOCKWELL, M.D., SUFFIELD.

Dr. Matthew Turner Newton was born in Colchester, Conn., June 4, 1829, his parents, Israel and Harriett (Turner) Newton, being of old Revolutionary stock. He received his early training in the district school of Colchester and fitted for college at Bacon Academy. He entered Yale College as a medical student in 1848, and was graduated in 1851 and immediately began the practice of medicine in Salem, Conn.

In 1853 he was elected to represent the town of Salem in the legislature and at the close of the session in July removed to Suffield, where he spent the remainder of his life.

He married on August 15, 1856, Louise A. Austin, eldest daughter of Samuel Austin of Suffield, by whom he had two children, Charles S., who died several years ago, and Emma Louise, who survives him.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Army and in May, 1861, was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Third Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, with whom he participated in the first battle of Bull Run. In August, 1861, his regiment was mustered out and on October 4, 1861, he reëntered the Army and was commissioned surgeon of the Tenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. He remained in active service until February 17, 1864, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health. Upon his return from the war, as soon as his health would permit, he engaged in the wholesale tobacco business until 1878, when he resumed the practice of medicine. In 1883 his life was saddened by the death of his devoted wife, who had shared with him the privations of camp life during the war.

In 1893 he was sent to the legislature as the representative of Suffield. He served as chairman of the Committee on

Humane Institutions. It was at this time that he retired from active practice and enjoyed the rest that he so well deserved.

In July, 1893, he married Miss Cornelia P. Pomeroy, who survived him but four days.

Dr. Newton was for many years chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Literary Institute. He was for twelve years president of the Suffield Savings Bank. He was a director of the Kent Memorial Library and a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. In Masonic circles Dr. Newton was a familiar figure. He was a member of Apollo Lodge, Washington Chapter and Suffield Council of this place, and Washington Commandery, K. T., and Sphinx Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Hartford. He was also a member of the Second Baptist Church of this place.

I know of no more fitting tribute to Dr. Newton than the following editorial in the Hartford Times at the time of his death in June.

The passing of a country doctor-an old-time physician who leaves a strong impress on the community in which he has lived, and who has been one of the established institutions of the town-is always a sad event for the Times to chronicle. Anecdotes and traditions concerning the part which the country doctor has played in the development of Connecticut have been celebrated in song and story. The death of Dr. Matthew T. Newton of Suffield, at the ripe age of four score years, marks the final chapter in the career of a gifted Connecticut practitioner. He was more than a mere Doctor of Medicine-he was a force who influenced the community, and who in addition to carrying skill and cheer into the sick room, was prominent in the social and church life of the town in which he lived for more than half a century and by which he was honored and loved.

Dr. Newton's mental equipment was broad and effective. He possessed a rugged and ready wit which became more subtile and keen when he joined in the social gatherings of his neighbors, but which carried no sting. With his professional attainments he combined a deep knowledge of human nature and rare personal charm. His death removes from Suffield a man who did his life work well and who will be missed by individuals, families and the community.

Lewis Sloat Paddock, M.D., Norwich.

PATRICK CASSIDY, M.D., NORWICH.

On December 10, 1829, there was born in Norwich, Conn., a boy who received from Heaven, at the baptismal font, the name of Lewis Sloat, and from his parents that of Paddock. The air which the newborn breathed was impregnated with the sanctity of a Christian home, and with that which remained the great characteristic of his life, love of God, his church, his country, his city, and the high dignity of the profession of his choice. Never breathed a more sincere or less ostentatious upholder of the principles of medical etiquette than this gifted man, especially so far as related to the alleviation of the mental and physical ills of his fellowmen, in the pursuit of which he sacrificed his private means, his time and his health.

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The ancestry of Lewis S. Paddock is an old New England His father, Rev. Seth Birdsey Paddock, was a native of Middletown, Conn., and rector of Christ Episcopal Church of this city from 1822 to 1844, when he went to Cheshire, Conn., to assume the duties of principal of the Cheshire Academy, which in those days was an institution of great repute and a place that was dear to him, as it was in Cheshire when a young man that he found the wife of his choice, Emily Flagg. From this union eight children were born, two of whom chose the calling of their father and were elevated to the dignity of bishops, one the Bishop of Washington Territory, and the other Bishop of Massachusetts.

Dr. Paddock received his early education in the primary schools of Norwich. At the age of fifteen he entered Cheshire Academy and there prepared for college, graduating from Trinity, Hartford, in 1850. Choosing the medical profession for his life's work, he selected the New York Medical College for his Alma Mater, from which institution he graduated in

1854. After one year's service in the Bellevue Hospital he returned to Norwich, where uninterruptedly he practiced until his death, which occurred June 24, 1909.

In this age of show and meretriciousness, it is difficult to appraise the merits of Dr. Paddock. If by merit is understood to have the power and faculty of representing in glowing and impressive words the great skill and care exercised to avert the danger of the most common disease, no physician was ever more inadequately equipped. His style was destitute of this adornment. It was accuracy, truth, terseness of professional honesty, combined with simplicity, and as a physician he served the people with zeal, fidelity, and ability worthy of emulation, and his memory will be revered long by the profession and laity of the community.

In 1862 he married Mary Elizabeth Addoms, daughter of William and Margaretta Lawrence Addoms of Brooklyn, N. Y., The ceremony was solemnized by his two bishop brothers. From this union two children were born, Margaretta Lawrence and Mary Huntington, who together with Mrs. Paddock survive. Margaretta married Edwin C. Johnson of this city.

Dr. Paddock, although a highly spirited citizen, taking great interest in public affairs, never sought nor would accept any political office, except to act as a member of the Board of Education, in which capacity he served many years, taking great interest in public education until the end of his life.

His professional life was diametrically the reverse of this; here he was actively associated with every organization connected with his calling which had for its object the advancement of medical knowledge-national, state, county, and city-in all of which his ability was recognized by his professional brethren, who elevated him to many offices of trust. He was the first to get the appointment of pension examiner, which he held for many years. He was, until his death, the medical examiner for many of the more important life insurance companies, and was consulting surgeon and physician to the W. W. Backus Hospital from its founding until his demise. He was the first under the present law to be appointed medical exam