Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-11

slock until i became greasy and a.,
e'ren, believe he would cljng 20 Z
heek-tie Tor a year. His collar i wo,,,S
- ashamed TO wear. While 49,
p no,. Sia Mr. Williamson never talked
~ uiu nc encourage IL In his barber.
,i u', was !, never guilty, during The eight
oars laat ne patronizcd my shop. Of 4
na 10! Ills niece, he told me. alwoys
S IA mn hair, was always sure OF nv
AZ cents Tor my shave, but NO ,nore
ana ne never remembered me M Cbrist.
mas out suppose he meyer thouoht a,
~ ohe evening about : o'eloels 10
came into the shop and was more feahIo
lhan usual ! had TO hang his coatand
vest up Tor him. As | placed the VOC,
on the peg saw Fat wad of graen'
n 1850 7. sucking out OF the upper pocket
anu IN mere staring me In the face was a
si,vVO Dill. lie must have had very
,nrge sum OF money on him that day.
heh ne LETT and went into Elbow lane
;. Wa pilch dark and ! thought how
easy II would have been for even a how
70 baye robbed him them
ABOUT noon IL was Mr.. Wiiliamson's
custom TO go 10 saloon and call for "A
gIass OF beer. He would get near the
iree-lunch and eat good many crack
o. some cheese. He never drank nm
the beer. ard il was the suppositiop
lhal ne irequcnted the saloon for the
lunch he got After his cracker and
cheese dinner he would frequently 20
BACK 70 his office and and fill out A
eheck Tor some charity. When he be-
came so feeble that he was Obliged TO
set up carriage he ceased drinking
beer and took 10 spirits. always send
Ing his c0aehman lnto the saloon for a
lunch about noon.
For many years Mr. Williamson went
10 Mrs. Conant's little shop, al the
corner OF Exchange place and Carriers
alley, 10 have his clothing repaired his
socks daPned, and his underelothipp
patched Mrs Conant has good many
customers, but none. she says. like the
old millionaire. when he would bring
hts clothes 10 be oyerhauled. she saws,
they were ready 10 drop OF OF him
aud Just hung together. IL was an aw-
lnl Job 70 tlE them up. His underclothes
be wore until there was no more wear
tn them and they could be mended no
further. When he would bring me his
socks 20 be darned no would always
bring along the yarn 20 do Il with. aud
would want that counted In the bill"
Mrs. ConAnt says he always haggled
over the bills
Mr Williamson's charities were nu-
meros,s. What they amounted TO mo-
body will ever know. Much oihis pri-
Yaie contributions cannot be traced,
The FIRST Institution known 20 have re-
eeived his bounty WAS the Lincoln In
siituilon for Soldiers Orphans. That
was soon after tho war.
In 1873 he made a donation 10 the
Mercantile library OF ground rents 10
the value 81 sl2. i66 GO and Zoo acres
~ timber lands IL Clinton county.
Pennsylvania. Ills gifts Ia 1875 were
two large stores. Nos. ~ aud 72T
Chestnut gissAci. they each being valued
AZ 100000. No. ~ was given In
equal parts TO the Presbyterian hospital.
childrcn's hospital, aud Swarihmorc
college No. rs went entirely 10 the
Merchants fund The Jewish hospital
received ground rents 10 the value Of
$4,000, MS did the Educational home.
Tho University Of Pennsylvania re-
eciycd q gift 81 fourteen acres OF city
property. valued at $500. 600, aud the
Episcopal hospital ten acres. valued nj
$4,000. The Womau's hospital and
college authorities last year received
thir,y-eight ncres 81 land In the SOUTH
oru section u the city. valued al over
EiB1. 600 In 1877 Swarihnorc college
was again remembered with n gift Of
ground rents valued at $4,000, and In
1883 he gave ESQ. 600 additional TO found
the II. V. Williamson protcssorship Of
civil aud mechanical engineering In
1850 he made subscription OF $l0j, 900
for the now House OF Refuge
The Philadelphia home for incura-
bies got a.. 900 In cash; the Episcopal
hospital. the building 400 Arch street,
valued nj Sl7. 900; 81. LulSo's hosbital,
Bethlehem. $4,000. Among the other
institutions that received substantial
donations were the Pennsylvania
Asylum for INDECENT Widows, German
hospital, Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty To Animals,
ST Marks Workingmons home,
Pennsylvania Home for the Blind
Men. Philadelphia Orthopedic hos
pital, Protestant Episcopal City Mis-
sion. Old Mems Home, Industrial
Home. for Blind Women, Foster Home,
Newsboy's Home. and Church Home
for Children. The most of the above
were 5000 subscriptions Haverfotd
and jefferson colleges we're also the
recipients Of large gifts, that o.. the lat
ter being $4,000.
His last and greatest gift was for the
formation OF the Williamson Free
School OF Mechanical Trades, for which
he SET aside securities now valued at
81, 600. 600 1t Is estimated that his
private charities, beyond the lndnstri-
nj school project, have amounted TO
at least 81. 100000. lie leaves an es-
tate variously estimated ut from $1,000
600 70 $4,000, 600.
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