The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-26
Henry Wilson.
[From the CINCINNATI Commercial. ]

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Henry Wilson, Vice President of the
United States, died in Washington yes
terday. at 7.30 A. NJ, and in the room
in the Senate wing Of the Capitol TO
which he had been confined since the re-
cent attack. which it was then feared
would prove fatal. The daily Bulletins
subsequently issued were of so cheering
and encouraging n nature that the friends
of Mr.. Wilson had reason to hope for his
recovery In this hope Mr.. Wilson him
self shared almost mp to the moment he
breathed his last. The announcement
Of his death, therefore, takes the country
by surprise. 1t was sudden and peace
fnl. When he awoke, after a night of
uneasy slumber, he spoke 10 the attend
ant of feeling better than usual, and as
the day promised to be fine, he gave di-
rections for ride he had anticipated
about the city. Shortly after he was
noticed to breathe heavily, and when the
attendant, not even then alarmed, felt
his pnlse, 1t had ceased to beat Henry
Wilson was no more.
There have been greater men born to
this Nation than Henry Wilson-men
intellectually more largely endowed.
with more prodigal gifts of tongue and
pen, and with finer qualifications, NO far
as education goes, for public life; but
none whom we recall surpassed him in
high moral qualities and the stnrnv
virtues of an upright and conscientious
man. Springine directly from the Ia
boring classes, a workman who was new
er ashamed of his trade, he was the de-
termined enemy of oppression in all
forms, and especially the foe Of human
slavery "a he was the champion Of the
oppressed. His strong sense of right,
his real democratic devotion to the doc
trine of the political and civil equality
of all men, without respect to race, color
or previous condition, held him aloof
from the trimming of those politicians
who, when they see storm of opposi
tion arising. hasten to seek shelter in
compromises and expedients. However
conciliatory or conservative in language
he may have been, he was firm and un-
shaken in his attachment to principles
that commended themselves to his indg-
/ ment.
Mr.. Wilson was born in Pennington,
New Hampshire, February 16, 1912.
His parents were extremely poor, and
when Heney was ten years ofage he was
npprenticed for eleven years to a farmer,
and Jared, during this time. much as
bound boys usually do. He had the ad-
vantage of some months of common
schooling. and by outstanding his time
and taking some hours that should have
been devoted to rest and sleep. he man
aged to do a great deal of miscellaneous
reading. II is said in this way he read
over a thousand volumes of history,
biography, travel and discovery, and
came to be regarded as the best inform
ed hoy in the region round about. The
picture of this poor lad, a bonnd appren-
tice, working hard studying hard to
uahe up koT opportunities uShIeo hAH
by the poverty of his parents, is one that
commenda itself to young men who go
about iamenting the want of education,
because of the want of the means to OBJ
tain it. Such are now the abundant
facilities of obtaining knowledge that no
young man resolutely determined to
have it need fail to crafty his ambition.
When twenty one years of age, Mr..
Wilson left New Hampshire and entered
shoe shop at Natiek, Massachusetts.
He worked at his trade three years. and, /,
having earned and saved some money,
returned to New Hampshire and entered
Straford Academy TO ft himself for
college.