The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-10-29
MRS. HARRISON DEAD.
The Wife of the Fresid ent Passes Ava
After Long Illness.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 25.-Mrs.
Harrison died at l 10 \. NJ.
For the second time in the his
| tory of the White House, Presidents
vile has died within lis walls. Mrs.
Harrison met death with the patience
| and resignation of "A devout Christian.
Mrs. Harrison was the daughter OF DR..
John W. Scott, who was pre- sident OF an
| academy for young ladies in oxford. o..
while young benjamin Harrison was
student OF Miami University in the same
town. HARRISON at this time was little
more than boy, and although noted for
his StudiOu>HeSS and regularity of habits
he was anything but an aScetlc. and was
dlilscnt in his attentions TO the young
ladies, and particularly 10 Miss Caroline
W. Scott, the daughter of the president of
the academy. Attractive IN person, witty,
and intelligent, and although but a glrl
Womaniy IN thought and sentiment. she
soon became endowed In the mind OF
young HARRISON with all the quail
ties that comprised his IDEAL OF
a perfect hclpmate. His admiration
was not misplaced, and his love was rccia-
rocated. They became engaged, and from
then on young Harrison gave UP all atten-
tons to the falr scholars of DR.. Scott :
academy and became more than ever
slave to his books. soon after he gradu-
ated and bade good-by 10 his atlianced, but
not for long.
little more than year afterwards he
returned to oxford and was married 10
Miss Scott October -. 1885. He was tneu
but little over 70 years of age and his wl1G
was SILL younger. IN the early days OF
Gen. Harrison career at the bar his wife
was of the greatest help to him, and be
has often said tnat she was ''hali his rapl-
tai She did her own cooking and house
work and aided her husband i'll many
ways.
After eight years Of happy married life
Fort Sumter was fired ON. and then life
for the young couple began in dreadful
earnest. The husband went TO the front
as colonel of an Indiana regiment, VI hlie
the wife renamed behind. keeping house
alone with her two children. Gniy once
dld the husband return home on a brief
leave OF absence. On this occasion he found
his son very i'll with typhoid fever.
but the crisis of the disease had not been
reached when his furough expired, and
he was forced 10 leave hIs wife aone~fo
watch the outcome OF the battle between
life and death Twice she went with
her children to the front to see their
father. When Sherman, army left Nash
Vile for Atlanta, Gen. harrison marched
al the head OF his brigade. while the wife
and children returned 10 the lonely home
IN indianapolis.
The war over, and with Gen. llarriSon's
rise in the political world and increasing
prosperity in his profession. the home lite
OF the HarrisonS became more pre-
tentious, but none the less a happy one.
The Harrison home was long one of the
centers OF the social world of indianapolis.
The son and daughter, before they mar
ricd, often entertained their friends. aad
many receptions were given there. After
the children married and LETT home the
hospitality OF the household WAS frequent
I'll I..
the guests being, as rule, the law part
ners of the General. The dinner was
usually an unpretenliouS affair without
VINE and the evening was passed in CON
yerSatlOn.
Mrs. Harrison was always an early riser,
and managed the affairs of her household
very carefully. leaving little To her >crE
ants. Three times a week she made an
early morning yisitto market When Rus
sell Harrison and Mrs, Mckee visited
home their children claimed much OF the
grandmother : attention. She batheu them
each morning. and played with them all
through the day when there was not some
thing else 10 impcratiyely claim her atten-
ton.
Mrs. Harrison was an accomplished wom-
an in more ways than one, and ever since
her girlhoOd had taken WarM interest III
art. She eSSaycd OF painting for time,
often with considerable success, and later
paintings which decorate the Indianapolis
home reflect glat credit upon her. she
always made it a practice To see each visit
or who called upon her and was never
known to show irritation or annoyance.
She was always fashionable dresser but
never adopted the extremes m anything.
Mrs. Harrison WAS Il woman OF cuItur
and refinement, whose mental endowment
only added grace TO her gentle and lOV!n.
disposition. She made home sacred an
happy. and through the long years OF MAJ
riage she proved herself not only bless
ing but of invaluable assistance to her nus
band. NOmanly, mOthcriE and KIND, ali
who approached her felt the tender lntiu
cnce of her nature. l'lgntcd. but unaS-
Suming. she was as coultrefS TO the mum
bleSt as to The highest. High station could
not change the kindly heart Of the girllSh
bride of oxford and there was rs much
pride in her humble homes IN OHIO and
Indiana as there was IN ihe White House.
Mrs Harrison illness dated back to
1890. when she was pr0rsrattd by an al
tack Of the grippe. from which she never
fully recovered. Last year the summer
and the Invalid seemed 10 improve
considerably, so much so, in fact,
that she resumed her Duties as
hostess at the " hlte House during the
winters social season. Early IN tho
spring of this year hacking cough gave
siderable uneaSInesS bat the mistress Of
the White House did not consider it any
more than q severe cold. from NnIeh She
would soon recover. THIS was IN FEB
ruary but it did II I get better rs the sea
son advanced and Il removal to the
A Adirondack Mountains was suggested ny
the physician, Dr. Gardner. Loon Lake,
a pretty sumner resort in the Empire
state was chosen as the reSt!ng-place
for the patient, and here Mrs.
Harrison remained unit! TIE cncamp-
mcnt week OF the Grand Army
of the Republic at the national
capital Fairly in the morning OF Ncptem-
her % a sorrowful cOrtcge slowly wendcd
its way no the private road ieadinG 10 tie
executive mansion, and from 4 comi"itt,
bly, arranged ambulance the President of
the United States and his Sex VIE were
escorted into the VI hltc House.
IpOn arriving home Mrs.. HARRISON
seemed to rally. but her stay at Loon Lake
had not been Of any material advantage,
as her physician unhenltdtInGIy an
nounced. At that time II, SAID It was only
a question of time ere tn" Suilercr would
b. released from In" inr0adS Which CON
sumption was making upon her CohStIti-
tion, and the family we're so informed.
Ever SINCE that ann0uEr mcnt the pTcSl-
DENTAL household has been waiting for
the dread summons, knowing that II was
A hopeless case. lnhitrajlOn ot the Tlght
lung rendered that oT-an useless anu Inc
lpft lung was affected shortly after Loon
Lake was reached. NO air could pass int"
the diseased organ, which, as ir Card
ucr EXPRESSED it, lay like piece "f
lead and perfectly dead. How long the
left lung would hold out remained to be
seen. inis was nearly rnrce "eeks ago,
and the vitality manIf st"d ny the sufferer
ever since has been a marvel to the doctors
and the family. vino kn"" her cohal'Ioh.
Floods IN Sardinia.
C.GLTARI, oct 22-i most APPALLING
calamity ias be'alien the village of san