St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-25
Death of Samuel Bowles.
A BRILLIANT JOURNALIST-SKETCH OF
HIS LIFE AND LABORS.

BRILLIANT JOURNALIST-SkETC OF
HIS LIFE AND LABORS.
Samuel Bowles, editor and chief pro-
prietOr of the Springfield Republican,
died on Wednesday night, Jan. Is. Mr..
Bowles was taken ill over three months
ago, and OH December | was attacke ed
with paralysis of the brain, and his
death was hourly expected in cOnse-
quence. He had been for years some
what of an invalid. and great sufferer
from sciatica which finally took the
form of nervous prostration accompa-
MED with an inactiOn of the digestive
organs, and terminated in the fatal at
tack of paralysis. He was fully sensi-
bic that it was his last sickness, and
carefully revised his will, which leaves
his newspaper and other property to be
managed by trustees, i'll order that it
may suffer the least possible detriment
from his decease. To one of his sub
editors he said: 81 have done work
enough to be in my grave ;" and the
remark was literally true. He was con-
scious until within few moments of
the end, and contemplated death with
The same composure as when he was
first brought to its door seven weeks
ago.
Samuel Bowles was born in Spring
field, Feb. 8, 1926, and was therefore
in his SD year. His father, Samuel
BOwles, ST., came from Hartford in
1924, and founded the Weekly Repub-
lican. At the age of Is, the boy com
pleted his common school education and
entered his fathers office to learn the
business, and soon became the chief
assistant. In 1874 the daily was found
ed and the sou was placed in charge of
1T. He has been its chief editor ever
since, barring short period when he
was one of the leading editors of the
Boston Traveller, when it attempted to
launch out into the field of the metro
politan morning journal. He returned
to Springfield to devote himself to
building up the Republican. The daily
was a small affair in its early years, but
has grown steadily ever since it was
established, and now holds an enviabie
country. DR.. Holland became connect
ed with the paper in l849, and was sue
ceeded by Joseph E. Hood, and the
latter by VIM. E. Pomeroy, both capable
and versatile editors. The late VIM. S.
Robinson ("WarringtOn') was also con-
nected with the paper for many years,
and was regarded by Mr.. Bowles as the
Republicans best correspondent. Since
1872, Mr.. Bowles has had substantially
the corps of assistants who will carry on
the paper, now that he is dead. The
principal editorial writer is w. L. War
rem; the political editor, Edward S.
Clark the general news editor, Charles
q. Whiting; the night editor, Clinton
b. Evans, and the local editor, w. E.
Wolcott, with a numerous corps of re-
perters.
In 1865, Mr.. Bowles' health having
been badly shattered, he made an over
land trip to California for it's benefit.
His letters descriptive of his journey
attracted such wide attention that they
were published in book form, and gave
the writer literary fame. Three years
later he revisited California, and then
published two other books; he also
made three or four trips to Europe and
wrote some entertaining letters, but
none of these were preserved in book