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rapid success had never before been witnessed in any medical uni- 

 versity on this continent. 



Becoming tired of medical teaching, Dr. Short dissolved his con- 

 nection with the Louisville school in 1849, and retired to Hayfield, a 

 beautiful and charming residence five miles from the city. A more 

 lovely spot than this could hardly be imagined. The dwelling, the 

 former abode of a gentleman of taste and refinement, was an elegant 

 mansion, with all the conveniencies of a city house. It was furnished 

 in the best Kentucky style, and overlooked a rich lawn of almost per- 

 petual verdure, such as might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs. 

 It was surrounded by stately elm trees; close by was an immense 

 spring of the coldest and most limpid water ; the rear was skirted by 

 a beautiful piece of woodland ; and at one side was an ample garden, 

 set out in shrubbery and plants, native and exotic, many of them 

 set out by Dr. Short's own hands. The farm, comprising several 

 hundred acres, was highly cultivated, and stocked with Southdown 

 sheep and choice cattle. It was here, in the bosom of his family, 

 that he spent the evening of his life, in the enjoyment of an elegant 

 leisure, diversified by literary and scientific pursuits. 



The country for miles around Hayfield is bewitchingly beautiful ; 

 it is thickly settled, and in a very high state of cultivation. The 

 traveller, as he slowly winds his way along its public roads, is instinc- 

 tively attracted by the magnificence of the landscape. The wildness 

 of the natural scenery has given way to ample fields, intersected by 

 elegant fences, and dotted with groves and dwellings, buried in shrub- 

 bery, or reposing under the foliage of widespread elms, oaks, and 

 beeches. Here and there is a large mansion, or the neat New Eng- 

 land cottage, the abode of wealth and elegant refinement; the whole 

 forming a grand tableau, well calculated to warm the imagination and 

 inspire the soul of a pastoral poet. 



It had always been one of the cherished objects of his life to have 

 a house in the country, such were his love of nature and his distaste 

 of city excitement. Even during his I'esidence at Louisville, where 

 his winters were occupied with his college duties, his summers were 

 devoted to the improvement of a pretty little place on the Ohio River, 

 near North Bend, which he called " Fern Bank," from the fact that 

 it abounded in plants of that name. Here with his family around 

 him, in the neighborhood of the residence of a much-loved and only 

 brother, his time was spent much more in accordance with his tastes 

 than in the noise and bustle of the city. 



His only patrimony, in early life, was a good name ; but by untir- 

 ing industry and economy he eventually accumulated a moderate but 



