The Tipton advertiser., 1875-12-09

New York, Nov. 3Oth, 1875.
THE DEATH OF vICE-PREsIDENT VII.
SON.
The flags all over the city are still
flvin9 1T half. mast for the death of
Woe President Wilson, and event
which causes sincere and universal
sorrow. His simple manliness of
character, his unaffected patriotism
and unauestioned honesty have year
by year won for him among al classes
. regard, which death easily exalts
into . tender memory. Like the
late President Lincoln he sprang from
the very dregs of the people, and yet
attained to the second honors of the
Republic, as the o,hor did to the
FIRST. The career Of both admirably
illustrates the free genius Of our in
stitutions, and the absence Of those
barriers Of caste and privileges which
block the way in less favored lands.
WILLIAM B. AsToR's DEATH.
Naked out of the world, naked and
poor as he came into it, goes this
week the wealthiest man on this Con-
tinent, Mr.. William b. As'or, only
surviving son Of John Jacob Astor.
He leaves property. mostly real es-
tate, estimated ut the lowest to be
800, 600, 900, and probably these fig
ures are = good deal too small, big
rs they are. He was born in this
city, in 1872 and was therefore S3
years old. His father died in 184S
at the same ripe age, leaving . for
tune of over sec, 900, 900, more than
half of which fell to William B.
whose portion, increased by a legacy
from his uocle Henry, has steadily
grown to this enormous sum. He
owned more than $500 houses and
lots, many Of the houses being among
the finest in the city. 1t has been a
rule with the Astor family from the
beginning never to sell any real es-
tate, But to buy, which they have
done with rare sagacity and good
judgment ever since old JohE Jacob
got . good start in life. While Will
lam B. may not have had so original
a genius for money making - his
father, he was certainly in oil other
respects his superior. He possessed
an excellent judgment and great
aptitude for business affairs, and man.
ared his vast concerns with wonder
full intelligence and order. He was
one of the best landlords in the city,
strict, to be sure, and exacting his
own, but taking excellent care Of ten.
ements, holding them at fair rent,
and so Just and reasonable that peo-
pie always liked to get into his
houses; and he took care to make it
for the interest of good tenants to
stay. He nearly doubled the old
mans bequest for founding the Astor
library; indeed, it is said that he in
spired the idea of it in his fathers
mind, for it is not generally known
that he was . ripe scholar and found
his chief enjoyment in the society ol
his books. His life was quite une-
ventful, he lived much more simply
and unostentaniously than hundreds
in this city do who are bothered tc
make both ends meet, and worked
more hours . day than most men who
merely get living from hand tc
mouth. So that in life he had nc
more enjoyment of his wealth thar
We all may have and, perhaps, d.
have out Of our small incomes, and
al of his millions could not buy him
one hours respite of the stroke O
death.
"How much did R-leave?" ask
ed one friend of another, when . ricl
man of their acquaintance died. III,
left al he had" was the wise reply
Fortune, indeed, and blessed are they
who leave more than material wealth
houses and lands, and silver and gold
who leave names which pass alon,
down the ages in the kindly speecl
Of the lowly and miserable, lifted up
comforted by their thoughtful ans
tender benefactions.
MOODY AND sANkEY AGAIN.
Moody and Sankev, those might
captains of the church militant, hav
abandoned tine siege of the forires
of ain over in wicked Brooklyn, ant
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