The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-30
SONS OF VERMONT.
Death of II. q. HouShton-"fr'hce VI
Publishers"

Henry O. Houghton of the publish.
inc house of Houghton, Mitliin Co., OF
Roston died Sunday afternoon OF heart
disease at North Andover, Mass, where
he had an elegant summer home. larry
In the afternoon he went out for a
short walk. and on returning he com
nlained of a pain in the heart, lie
rrcw worse very suddenly, and before
medical aid was summoned he EXPIRED
Mr. Houghton wds Sutton boy, born
Anril 20. 1923, tho son of VIM. and
Marilla CLAY Houghton, was educated
in the common schools of the place and
If Bradford where his parents moved
until at the age of 13 he entered inc
office of the Burlington Free Press as
an apprentice learning there the art
on which his subsequent career was
founded. Under the persuasion OF MS
brother. the late Charles Houghton'
thc LAWYER and father of Editor +. H.
Houphton of the Holstein- Freslan
REGISTER, he entered Vermont Unlvers-
ity at the age of 10, with l2l2 cents IN
| his nocket. but with a resolution 10
carve out a success in life. Later ne
went TO Harvard where he graduated
in 1S46 and took position on the bose
ton Traveller as reporter anu PROOF
reaaer where he was employed for sew
oral wears. In 1Si9 he joined Mr.
Boles of the firm of Freeman a Bodies
in establishing a printing once DIV
Cambridge Mass, which three years
later was removed to the present sue
of the Riverside Press on the banks OF
the Charles, which has since enjoyed
career of such large success. 10 II
we'll or not at all'' was made the corner
stone of his business policy ana on
this rested his career, business, social
and literary. He became the owner OF
stereotype plates of Dickens, Bacon al''
other writer's soon after he establish
ed the Riverside Press, and some years
later a partnership of Nj. NJ. Hurd ana
H. O. Houghton was formed to produce
tbe works of the authors mentioned.
One year later the firm had put on
the American market, Carlyle $,
Macaulay's, Beacon's, Cooper ana
others. and the editions were remark
ably beautiful. a..
Fourteen years after, this hrm, tnal
of II. O. Houghton and James H. Us
GOOD & CO.. were united, and after
ISIS II. O. Houghton a. Co., became
the designation of the representative
of New England house, which pub
lished Emerson and Thoreau, Long
fellow, Lowell and Holmes, Whittier,
Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
and such later authors as Aldrich,
Sarah O. Jewett and W. ID. Howells.
Hurd 4 Houghton purchased the At
lantic Monthly in 1873.
Since 1873, when Mr.. Hurd left the
partnership. there have been seyera
Ichanpes in the personnel of the flrm.
There are now half a dozen members
in if, and the son of Mr.. foughton,
II. O. Houghton. Jr., is one OF them.
He is 81 years old, and was graduated
from Harvard in 1871
Mr.. Houghton was the actual as wei
as the titular head of the firm. and Il
has been largely due to his energy
saaacitv and foresight that the various
business firms named have been consoll
dated. The characteristics of the WORK
of Hourhton Mitilin 4 Co., have al
WAYS been exquisite neatncss and ele
can't taste: at the Paris exposition Mr.
Houphton was awarded the hlghes
medal given to American competitors
He is understood TO have left AN estate
of half million.
Mr. Houghton has during al
/
relations with many of the brlghtes
men and women of the times ant
because of that association and of hi:
innate qualities has grown INTO a mos
ACCOMPLISHED man of the world. y
the same time his relations with EN-
Moves has always been most cordia
and kindly and among them are sev
cral who were with him when hl'
tnI la N
EIGHT wears president of the Boston
association of Sons OF Vermont ana ma
always been leading figure at thcl'
gatherings.
On the occasion of his o0th birthday
April 80, 1878, Mr.. Houghton was thu
gratified recipient of costly fountain
erected in front of the Riverside pres
works by his employees and co-partners
The occasion was one OF rare interest
and was graced by the presence an'
, speeches of men like William Lloy'
Garrison, Col. Wright, the stat
printer, and Editor Stockwcll OF tn
Boston Journal
On the occasion of Mr.. Houghton
10th birthday in 1893 a further tokel
of esteem from employees followed tn
publisher to his sisters home in Clln
ton, n. Y. whittier he had gone 10
: the day. in the shape of a silver loVlh
cup, beautifully inscribed
Mr.. Houghton has held almost ever
Office in the Cambridge city govern
ment. Early in the sixties he was
member of the school committee. seN
eral wears. In 1868 he was councilma
from ward 4, and in 1863 he was alder
man from the same ward. In 1872 h
was elected mayor, serving one year
: that office At the time of his deaf
he was member of the sinking nun
commission, having been appointed b
Mayor Bancroft IA year ago.
Mr.. Houghton had in later yeai
taken great interest in number {
larger humanitarian movements, -es
pecially he became deeply interested i
the kindred causes of the developmer
of the Indian and the negro. He was
member of the Indian rights associa
;, tiop and constant attendant at tn
ID Lake Mohonk conferences in behalf {
the Indian. of which he was one of tn
founders He was also a stanch frien
and supporter of the Hampton schoo
and Gen. Armstrong recognized him {
an ally of value. He took a leadin
part in advocacy of the internation
copyright law, and had much to {
with its acceptance by congress,
though it was not regarded by him
satisfactory. In all that he did he ga'
the impression of a warm heart an
wise head and can leave behind hi
only the most agreeable of memories.
'e He was large man in frame al
spirit. In appearance he resembled
bluff and kindly countryman and sue
was his nature. He was more than
N. ,,,,,,,.hant of hnnlxs. and while he bv