Fraley.] 150 [Oct. 19, 
the primary schools, the subject of our notice was 
placed as a pupil in the Friend’s Academy, then under 
the charge of Thomas Dugdale and Joseph Roberts. 
These were two of the best instructors of their day, 
and under their care he secured a thorough classical 
and mathematical education. He was very early dis- 
tinguished by the accuracy, extent and diversity of his 
knowledge, and the training which he received under 
these eminent men in careful habits of study, and in 
becoming thoroughly acquainted with what he intended 
to learn, characterized the whole of his life and gave a 
remarkable tone to everything he did. 
After receiving such an education, his first impulse 
was to study medicine, and he made the usual prelimi 
nary preparations for it that prevailed in those days, 
and for some months seemed to consider it as his future 
profession. But while he delighted in the study of its 
principles, he shrank from the labors and uncertainties 
of the practice of it, and after very valuable acquisitions 
in that noble science, he abandoned the study and de- 
termined to become an Agriculturist. He, however, 
cherished an ardent love for medicine, and the mem- 
bers of that profession, who were so fortunate as to 
enjoy his friendship in after life, have often spoken in 
high terms of the accuracy and extent of his medical 
knowledge. 
About the time of making this change in his plans for 
a profession, he became acquainted with the late Wm. 
H. Keating, who had been recently elected Professor 
