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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity: For the Year 1881
His education was simply what the village schools Of those days afforded. He was a good reader, possessed a very reten tive memory, and had considerable knowledge of astronomy, chemistry and botany, and was also quite skillful in certain branches of surgery. It is said that he was frequently visited by professional gentlemen among whom was Dr. Jackson, Of Boston: But it was in mechanical inventions and Operations that he displayed his greatest genius. When a boy he made a wooden spring trap for catching rabbits, very similar to the common steel trap now in use.
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