The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-04-23
PRESIDENTIAL DEATHS.
How the Lives Of Our Chief Eek.
ecutives We're Terminated.

How the Lives Of Our Chief Elk
ecutives We're Terminated.
George Washington-His death was
the result OF q severe cold contracted
while riding around his farm in the
rain and sleet storm Dec. 10, 1893.
The cold increased and was followed
by u chill, which brought on acute
laryngitis. His death occurred Dec.
IA, 1899. He was sixty-cight years
OF age.
John Adams-He died from old age,
having reached his ninety-lirst mile
stone. Though active mentally, he
was nearly blind and unablet to hold a
pen steadily enough to write. He
passed away without pain July 4,
1896.
Thomas Jefferson-He died at the
age of S3, d few hours before Adams,
July,4, 1896. Hisdesease was chronic
d%iarrhea, s,%lperinduced by old age,
and his physicians said, too thefree use
OF the waters OF the White Sulphur
springs.
James Madison-He too died OF old
age, and peacefully, June %, 1886.
His faculties were undimmed to
the last. He was So.
James Monroe-At the time OF his
death. which occurred in the seventy
third year Of his age, July 4, 1881, it
was unsigned to no other cause than
enfeebled health.
James X. PoIk-In the spring OF
1S49 he was stricken with a slight at
tack OF cholera while on a boat going
up the Mississippi river. Though tenn
porarily relieved, he had q relapse on
his return home and died June Is,
1S49, aged 81 years.
John Quincy Adams-He was strick-
Ell with paralysis Feb. 21, 1S4S,
while addressing the speaker of the
house Of representatives: being at the
time a member OF congress. He died
in the rotunda OF the capitol. He
was 81 years OF age.
Andrew jacksonville died June 8,
1845, IS years old. He suffered from
consumption, and finally dropsy,
which made it's appearance about six
months before his death.
Martin Van Buren-He died July,
"a, 1862, from a violent attack OF
asthma, followed by catarrhal affec-
tions of the throat and lungs. He
was 80 years OF age.
William Henry Harr;son.-Th
cause OF his death was pleurisy, the
result OF a cold which he caught on the
day OF his Inauguration. This was &C
companied with severe iarrhea, which
would not yield to medical treatment.
His death occurred April 4. lS41, a
month after his inauguration. He was
68 years OF age.
John Tyler-He died Jan. II,
1862, at the age OF 70. Ihave been
unable to ascertain the cause OF his
death.
Zachary Taylor-He was thesecond
president to die in Office. Heis said to
have partaken immoderately Of ice.
water and iced milk and then later OF
a large quantity Of cherries. The re-
suit was an attack OF cholera morbus.
Another authority attributes his
death to a severe cold. The former
seems the more likely. He was 66
years old.
Willard Fillmore-He died from a
stroke of paralysis March s, 1874; in
his seventy-fourth year.
Franklin Pierce-His death was due
to abdominal dropsy and occurred
Oct. 8, 1869, in the sixty-tifth year OF
his age.
James Buchanan-His death occur
red June L, 1868, and al caused by
rheumatic govt. He was II years
of age.
Abraham Lincoln-He was shot by
j. Wilkes Booth at Fords theater,
Washington, d. c., April 16, 1865,
and died the following day. aged So.
Andrew Johllson-He died OF q
stroke OF paralysis, July 81, 1865,
aged 81.
The deaths of Grant, Garfield, and
Arthur are recent enough to be remem
bered by all.-American Notes and
Queries.
James Russell Lowell was walking
along Irving street in Cambridge one
day when he saw the son OF PROBES
sor Josiah Boycc-ach child not over ten
years oldnow-handling apiece ofhose
anda stream OF waterratherrecklessly.
Fearing a ducking, he began a remon-
STRANGE as he approached. The boy
listened carefully until Mr. Lowell was
done. Then he turned thehose on the
venerable poet, who took to undigni.
fed flight.
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