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business. His instruction lasted, however, only a few days, 

 as he was still of the age when he was compelled by law to 

 attend school, and his parents could not obtain an official 

 dismissal. School Inspector Roeder, on the recommendation 

 of Pastor Worishoffer, however, obtained for him free 

 instruction in the class of the Realschule, into which he was 

 taken on trial. Here, again, he proved an apt scholar, and 

 drew the attention of his teacher. Pastor Beinhauer. Boeder, 

 having obtained permission to open an Ober-realschule, 

 Maisch was taken into . the third division. Theobald, the 

 teacher of botany and zoology, became interested in the 

 young student, and revealed to him the wonders of the 

 microscope. Under the same direction Maisch attended 

 botanical and mineralogical excursions in the vicinity of 

 Hanau. These opportunities caused Maisch to give up his 

 intention of studying theology and devote himself entirely 

 to the natural sciences as a life-work, but it seemed as if 

 fate had ordained otherwise. 



Compelled to leave Germany on account of his connec- 

 tion with a party of revolutionists, he emigrated to America, 

 landing in Baltimore in 1849. On his arrival he was 

 almost penniless, and to supply the necessaries of life, he 

 obtained employment in a paper-box manufactory, and sub- 

 sequently in a mattress factory until about half a year later, 

 when he made the acquaintance of Dr. Wiss ; this gentleman 

 desired to open a drug store, which he afterwards succeeded 

 in doing, and Mr. Maisch took charge of the store for him 

 during a few months in 1850, after being instructed by 

 Dr. Wiss and Dr. Vogler. Towards the end of 1851, the 

 store was sold, and Maisch then obtained employment in 

 Washington, where he held the position of assistant in a 

 drug store until 1853, when he came to Philadelphia, as his 



