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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  3OI 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1853, 
  he 
  moved 
  to 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  entering 
  a 
  Mr. 
  

   Bartlett's 
  boarding 
  school 
  as 
  classical 
  teacher, 
  and 
  stayed 
  

   two 
  years. 
  While 
  there 
  he 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Buckhout, 
  now 
  of 
  

   btate 
  College, 
  Centre 
  county, 
  Penn., 
  collected 
  plants 
  on 
  

   Saturdays, 
  and, 
  said 
  he, 
  " 
  on 
  Sundays, 
  too, 
  if 
  we 
  could 
  steal 
  

   away, 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett 
  was 
  very 
  pious." 
  In 
  February, 
  1855, 
  

   in 
  company 
  with 
  his 
  sister, 
  Mrs. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Doud, 
  late 
  of 
  Platts- 
  

   mouth, 
  Neb., 
  he 
  left 
  Poughkeepsie 
  for 
  Charleston, 
  S. 
  C, 
  

   with 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  teaching 
  school 
  there. 
  He 
  called 
  on 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  professors 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Carolina 
  College 
  to 
  seek 
  

   inlormation 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  Said 
  he 
  : 
  "I 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  

  

  ^°r^ 
  ^^^^^ 
  ^° 
  teach 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  home 
  there. 
  He 
  at 
  once 
  

   asked 
  me 
  wheiice 
  I 
  came, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  answered 
  from 
  New 
  

   O'k, 
  he 
  replied, 
  while 
  slowly 
  swinging 
  in 
  his 
  revolving 
  

   otticechah-; 
  ' 
  Well, 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  feeling 
  between 
  the 
  North 
  

   and 
  bouth 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  I 
  doubt 
  very 
  much 
  w^hether 
  you 
  will 
  

   succeed.'" 
  And 
  he 
  didn't. 
  From 
  Charleston 
  he 
  and 
  his 
  

   sister 
  went 
  to 
  Alexander, 
  near 
  Augusta, 
  Ga. 
  Here 
  he 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  a 
  position 
  in 
  an 
  academy 
  and 
  taught 
  one 
  

   eim. 
  One 
  morning 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  class-room 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  

   uge 
  living 
  snake 
  writhing 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  big 
  open 
  fire-place 
  

  

  its 
  middle 
  and 
  

   the 
  boys 
  had 
  

  

  suspended 
  by 
  a 
  stout 
  string 
  tied 
  tightly 
  about 
  i 
  

   nangmgfrom 
  a 
  hook 
  in 
  the 
  chimney, 
  where 
  ...v. 
  ^^j 
  ^ 
  

  

  l\T 
  ^r^*^' 
  ^""' 
  Upon 
  mv 
  once 
  inquiring 
  whether 
  any 
  in- 
  

   ,."*o^ 
  special 
  interest 
  lu^d 
  occured 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  there, 
  he 
  

  

  epjied: 
  "No; 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  incident 
  was 
  to 
  get 
  

   vlt^A 
  ^^ 
  ^^^^'y 
  distinct, 
  even 
  now." 
  He 
  returned 
  to 
  

  

  otsdam, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  of 
  April, 
  1856, 
  an 
  event 
  took 
  

  

  anH 
  7^^^^^ 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  possible 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  enormous 
  

  

  a 
  valuable 
  work 
  he 
  has 
  since 
  done 
  for 
  American 
  mycology. 
  

  

  nis 
  was 
  his 
  marriage 
  to 
  Miss 
  Arvilla 
  J. 
  Bacon, 
  who 
  has 
  

   conV^ 
  ^^^^^"^ 
  partner 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  vicissitudes 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  a 
  

   for 
  tT"^ 
  '^"d 
  painstaking 
  assistant 
  in 
  his 
  mycological 
  work 
  

   is 
  on 
  ? 
  A^^ 
  thirty-four 
  years. 
  They 
  have 
  one 
  daughter, 
  who 
  

  

  I 
  of 
  New 
  York's 
  most 
  popular 
  professional 
  musicians, 
  

   emv 
  T^ 
  ^"^^ 
  °^ 
  ^^5^ 
  ^^e 
  became 
  principal 
  of 
  Canton 
  Acad- 
  

   Hc 
  sni 
  1 
  ^^^^' 
  ^^^' 
  ^v^th 
  Mrs. 
  Ellis, 
  w^ent 
  into 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   ciiools 
  m 
  Potsdam 
  village. 
  Fie 
  was 
  engaged 
  there 
  until 
  

  

  ptember, 
  1864, 
  when 
  he 
  entered 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Navy 
  

   UnuJ? 
  o^"' 
  ^'- 
  Y., 
  and 
  spent 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1864-5 
  on 
  the 
  

   Atl-m? 
  i^^^^ 
  steam 
  frigate 
  Susquehannah 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  

   bomh^^ 
  Blockading 
  SqSadron. 
  He 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  

   and 
  °f 
  '*^"^ent 
  of 
  Fort 
  Fisher 
  three 
  days 
  in 
  December, 
  1864, 
  

   Whill 
  '^^ 
  d'^ys 
  in 
  January, 
  1865, 
  when 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  taken. 
  

  

  "'^e 
  on 
  the 
  war 
  ship 
  he 
  became 
  acquainted 
  with 
  a 
  man 
  

  

  