Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-13
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A telegram to the CsnxnnolAI, ON kon-
day, after our Last edition had been closed,
brought information Of the death Of A. T.
Stewart He died ct bis residence In New
York between l and 2 O'Clock, p. m, Mon.
day, in his 7sd year, Of lnhammation Of the
bowels. after being eoahnsd TO the house
about ten days.
He was born In Belfast. ireland, whore
his pArontA ware In good though not
wealthy circumstances, and was designed
for the ministry, but the death OF his father
caused him to leave college, at the ago Of
sixteen. He landed In New York In 1918, not
like the case Of Franklin with bic Loaf, nor
that Of Aston without penny !; but that Of
Of clothing, . good education, and lettsrs
Of introduction. For i've or six Year, he
taught school, and then decided to
engage In trade, but he was, soon
after beginning business, called home to
Ireland to settle his fathers estate, from
which no received about thousand pounds
sterling. Before leaving Belfast, he In.
vestsd the whole Of his patrimony In Irish
''insertions' and "sooIlop trimmings, then
rare commodities In this country, and sm-
barksd with them himself from Belfast on
. ship bound TO New York. Arriving hero,
ho bad what was then very large stock Of
goods, and he made the most Of his oppor-
tunity. Instead Of selling out his stock to
other dealers, - he might easily have done
At large profit, he rented the ct ore No.
2S3 broadway and embarked In business
for himself. From this his great
career rose, for he at once put
In force those business principles to
which he adhered throughout his life. The
frat NJ fl,aSA },.. Lan k.k.
buyer and seller He was . thorough be-
lever In the maxim that ''nothing can need
Z ie." II was his rule to never permit q
clerk to misrepresent the quality Of HE
wares, and that was something unusual in
those days. His next innovation was that
OF selling at one price. II was not his habit
then or afterwards to sacrifice his goods,
but after careful examination he liked their
price at reasonable profit and to that
the goods sold or not. His third rule was
cash on delivery, and although in after
years he sometimes departed from it In ex-
csptionh cases. may be safely said to have
been one Of the bases Of his business.
Mr. Stewart always enjoyed an unusual
degree OF good health, aud, in fact, 1t was
almost said " that he nevor was sick" He
inherited Q powerful constitution, which
WAS never abused by dissipation His mode
y. me LIMO UeeA bAuple Anu VI Al Ap3llh6nt
character. In HIS dress Mr.. Stewart was
simple in the extreme, but always neat. AL
most his only personal luxury outside his
home was the fine horses he used In driving
to bis stores, and he had several Of these
which were not surpassed in the
City, although he never made any pre-
tensions to or seemed to want speed. In
his personal appearance he could not be
shrewdness, force, and large capacity, that
he was. His figure was erect aud finely
formed. He had blue eyes, brown hair,
light brown beard, without mustAche, and
regular features. Up to the day Of his
death he showed few marks Of age, and
when taken with his last illness seemed
good for twenty years more Of that hard
work which amAssed the largest fortune
America, not even excepting that Of the
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