Smyrna times., 1875-11-24
Death OF Vice pro.idon+ x,y.1

AITs!uent OF the United States. die,
1li inc United States Capitol, at WASHING
Ion, on Monday morning last about 3
20 'a4tN ntt Two ot the Capitol police, detailed
W VIM TytVliu MN, were present when he died
nat transpircd during the last nicbt ..
ms sickness has been obtained from &
noyGen, Lieutenant of the Canitol poI;oa
an an old TREND Of Mr.. Wilson. and +
;"oou, Ihe police referrcdto. Inhis wakino
itnterVaiS, Mr. Wilson asked for wator
no"u' midnight he rose, drank some loo
water and walked around his room Thon
gong to his table he took up a little bnoi,
OF poems, entitled "Thc Chanood Croo, :;
WI With the motto, Not as I will. Lut -
lhou witt and read three verses from Il
one OF which is as follows: ~
lielp us, 0 Lord, with patient love to hon,
each others faults. "''i
=, 10 suffer with true meekness.
''''p US each others joys and gricfs to
but let US turn to Thee alone in weak.
| ness.
Other verses had hoo,, ,,,,,.,..., ,
| book. '''"i nc" III the
This volume belonged to his wife and
photograph Of her and their
I' Soi' ooth deceased. He treasured it beyond
E'' "i,! Always made it his companion.
comfort. After reading the verses no ,,,"1 ,i"I.l
with gratitude of the kindness ofIi' fn,,'i l"Ie
uurlh@ ms sickness, and Of the wida.,,rno'
sympathy in his behalf. He then rnt,Irn"J
70 pea IN happy mood and slept. When
NC put doWh the book of poems he W..
iesuIiis' 2, II" marked the place where he l,d
NJ. on reading with Il clipping from tbe
~ ,e" ORE H@r'/d Of Nov. IL. comrrisin,,
1ne eGltor:3l Of that paper in re-ard ~
himself ." 'e-"r" 10
At I o'clock Mr.. Wilson awoIic. ien,q,l,
ing tnat II" felt brighter and bette, tLg,, -, +
any t!hle previously He said that bn ,v.s /
Goihg to ride out to-day, as his I,bysic;a,,
Df' baxter, advised him to do .n If Ill., I
weather was fair. Mr.. Wood. comm, -
IN GLli' moment, was privately consulted ~,
DIr' boyden as to the adyisaIiliIv or c.,,,|
inruiicatlHg to the Vice President lin. low.
"i senator Fc1y'a death. He concIn,I,.l
'""' 1t would he best to mention the r,.t
'''%uSe MI. Wilson would he ccrt3i,, .,
0'" II m III Ihe news apcrs Il few ulinut...
i"I'r' ln'y accordingly introduced Ito
;',J'G' 81 MI tcryS illness, and mon.
, '"" mornings news Of it, fatal
',',i 'ii'i'tIoh' c'' he Vice President was rrr
III :. ~ - an" expressed no surprise. but
~ i"or Ferry lie has been - .,r.,t ,
sufferer, He then proceeded to sm..I. "r
'cnator Ferry political services in tar,,. =
Il hlgh commcndation. charactorizi,,r LiI,, +
> an able, active, and useful man IT, :
i>o talked about Mr.. Ferry's early life. and |
oIut ms a i3st election, and added: .Tbat d
l'hGS ." dead with whom | have sat i, /
nv Nv 9eIi"'e. W hat record don't tbiul &
~ i""" now l!vlng can say the same L
Mess, perhaps, it is IIamlin OF Maine If Il
IiTe 70 the end ofmy present term I .hoIi y
{ lhr sixth in the history of III. co,.ni,,. y
no have served 50 long time NJ. !,
o{Geh says that the Vicc-Prcsjlcpt ,ftn,. q,
aklns remark about his good ni"lt.s d
81 &C. looking up with cheerful ,miIn an
~ Iiayiniiy said to him. I'm a Irotlv il
ISIlt looked boy this morning. amt ~. fl
~ t"rh'y minutes past : o'clock he said Al
"ouIi get up and take breakfast. he m
eh c"il"9 ior bltterwatcr. which he'd ".
,faoioLe 3'eh prescribed for him. anil st.
WING drank 1t, laid with his left s;dn nn II
" pillow as if with exhaustion Lro'tI.;,'. i
"IIly' out uttering no word, and in = r.w ia
nutes died without a struggle ~.
Henry Wilson was born in F,rm;n,to., ".
!" hampshire. February lG. 1912 Ills t.,
rents were extremely poor. and tJ;. l.,
! '"ey were driven 10y their poverty 70 wr
~ our TO iainer as an apprentice. when i
was OUT ten years Of age Thouol r,if.
), hucn as other bound BOYS do in raoarI
'he laoor OF the farm, he had his fir L.
IRE OF schooling, and 10y some a,,,ro,,,;,. j.,
u OF The hours usually devoted t6 siao,, cl,
careful Outstanding of these which hor
couId r@htiully call his own. he had ind
haSed' IN those eleven years. to ra,d III,
T,rI!, ana treasure more than a tbou. low
q volumes OF history, biography, travel. abl
,ovcry, etc. '''''' Tim
or some reason Henry dronpcd tho gre
NY name, and assumed that of Wilson low
zen ms apprenticeship ended he was tho sch
'J' I pi YOKE OF oxen and six sheen. hl
ca ne soId Tor elghty-four dollars. -. rail
"!' nc once Sald, would cover every trai
;Iiy spent from the time | was born has
IL !, | was twenty-one years Of age" sati,
men Mr.. Wilson was twentv-ono voor, com
&c, he left New Hampshire. and enforad sion
oc shop at Natick, Mass. TO learn tI,a con,
OF Shoemakins. He labored NJ this OthC
g ior three years, and, at the end of volu
t'Ie' having, as hc supposed. earned n
cleht sum to enable him to Obtain = ~
gate education, he returned IN Nov, ol
ipSiire, and, in 1896, entered Strotinr,I iillgt,
leIhy' TO complete his preparation for ,..i III ~
III ~ 'U'li'A lor obtaining higher old a
"'i0h IN academies and colleges were catio
hGd to be short. The man to whom the
ad intrusted the earnings which were cnro
"y hls way through college became ciotiC
vent, and the money was wholely lost wLicI
ina scinnI a'I cps 20 N"tlck' and after pupil
.or 'lile' engaged IN the whicl
business and prosuercd IN 5O
in this pursuit for several wb;cI GC
, still employing all his leisure in was a,i''
al cultivation. va, mH:,
life rs a public man commenced in i1otio ai'I,
and booon ,mo iii'o tHe Harrison adopt
as as sent to the Massachusetts, Legisla- Car
,"' year. lie was sent to Congress room
: ' '"u never lelt that body until he men,
lected Vice President.
for la
NtHKKl4GE fREvENTED.-Very much this W
ST mas been excited in Washington bv rates.
81 startling revelation conccrning
real estate nnprufnp | Lad