...frozen Middlesex canal, and had many hard fights. The passage of the boats through the lock and the alewife fishing on the river near by were more to his taste. Mr., afterward Dr., Furness and Luther Angier were his teachers in the town school. The latter recommended him, when twelve years old, to Medford Academy, as he styles Mr. John Angier's school, and for a time he was in Mr. Angier's family. W...