The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-25
Death of e-President Hen
nv Wilson.

Capitol on the 10th, but was reported
to be getting better and to DE out Of
danger. The report of Saturday was
shat ''He continues to improve slowly,
and at a half-past s o'clock was sitting
up engaged in reading his newspapers.
His physician would have permitted him
to ride out to-day had the weather beer
pleasant. He will probably ride a. short
distance tomorrow" On Sunday he
was not quite as we'll as previously, but
his condition was not such as to give any
uneaeiness either TO himself or his ply
sicians. He retired early Sunday ever
ing, fell asleep at $50, and slept, waking
but once for few minutes, till IL O'Clock
when he rose, walked about the room
and read and talked while. He read
from book of poems. Soon he lay
down and slept till 8 A. NJ, when he
woke had his breast rubbed, and soon
went to sleep agai1, and slept till z
o'clock, when he woke and spoke of
feeling uncommonly well and of having
"that drive" which his physician had
promised him, as it was clear morning.
His attendants, thinking he would get
the news from the papers, informed him
of Senator Ferry's death, which he was
prepared to receive, and expressed no
surprise. He spoke in high terms of
Senator Ferry, and of his active and
useful life After speaking of Mr.. Fer
RVS early life and his last election be
said: ''That makes eighty-three dead
with whom I have sat in the Senate.
What record l don't think many
now living can say the same, unless
perhaps It's Hamlin of Maine.
''After remarking Of his good nights
rest be looked up with cheerful smile
and said; "I'm pretty bright looking
boy this morning, amt /. '"7
Having been washed, as he sat up in
bed, be asked for his customary glass of
bitter water and drank It. Immedi-
ately he laid back on the pillow, breath
ed heavily for minute or two. AID,
without a perceptitle movement. ex-
pireG." His attendant who gave him
the medicine, ''had gone across the room
to set down tue empty glass, when ho
noticed Mr.. Wilson breathing heavily.
He took hold of his hand. and feeling
for his pulse. found it had stopped beat
ing Thus it was he died. a
Henry Wilson was born in Farming
ton, n. H., Feb. 16. 1912 He was ear
ly apprenticed to farmer and ccntinu-
ed with him for eleven years. His
school opportunities were small but he
was great reader aud acquired much
useful information. At the age Of TWEEN
ty-one he went to Natick, Massachusetts.
and worked at shoemaklng, where he
remained three years. Disappointment
in the loss of money prevented him from
securing an education at Pennington as
he expected. SO hs returned to Natick
and to shoemaking. From early lite he
was opposed to slavery and continued
his opposition till the abolition of slav-
cry and the reconstruction of the rebel
states. He commenced his political
life in 1910 by supporting and making
speeches in favor of General Harrison
and by being elected to the House of the
assachusetts Legislature. He was
elected to the House three times and
was then elected to the Senate where he
served two years. In 1848 he became
editor and proprietor of the Boston
Republican and did the anti-slavery
cause good service. He and Whittier
carried to Washington the great Anti
slavery petition of Massachusetts, against
the annexation of Texas. He was a
delegate to the Wing National Conven-
ton in 1S4S and withdrew from it on the
rejection of the anti-slavery resolution,
and became prominent in the Free Soil
party. In 1850 and 1851 he was elected
a State Senator and was President of the
Senate both terms. He was President
of the National Free Soil Convention at
Pittsburgh in 1852. In 1853 he was a
prominent member of the Massachusetts,
Constitutional Convention.
In 1856 Mr.. Wilson vas elected a
Senator of the Unitad States for Massa-
chusetts to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Edward Everett, and
took his nont-ir Eokrnoru u :xnnaoa;