Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-11-01
Occasions Regret in Madison.

The death of Bishop Nicholson oc
oastoned deep regret among the
Episcopalans of Madison, to many
of whom he was personally known
In his supervision Of the diocese of
Milwaukee, of which Madison is
part, he visited here occasionally
and number Of times he conducted
! the confirmation services, Rev, A. A,
/ Ewing rector of Grace church, came
| into personal contact with the late
| bishop while rector of St stephens
| parish in Milwaukee, Mir. Ewing's
charge for two years prior to coming
! to Madison, At Grace church roCtory
! last evening, Rev, Ewing recalled his
observation of Bishop Nicholson ro.
marking, however, that as St Steph
ems Is out on the west side, Mr.
Ewings labors IN Milwaukee did not
bring him into so constant and i'm
mediate association with the bishop
as one might expect
Served IS Years as Bishop.
Bishop Nicholson was an eastern
man. educated at Dartmouth college,
and his last charge before coming to
Milwaukee was st. Marks In phila.
delphia He served the milwaukee,
diocese as bishop for lb years, nj,
most to a month, and in that time the
diocese grew In numbers of churches
and IN influence. The bishop was an
extraordinary man, Il was character
istic Of him to assume a place OF
leadership, He had u wonderful
power TO grasp details and hold
them This enabled him to under
take many things himself that might
ordinarily have been delegated to
others, II was his way to look after
things himself and not rely upon as
siatants. In one way this was his
strength, but In another way possibly
It was an element of weakness. for II
has been at various times suggested
that by awaiting himself of assistance
In looking after small details he Nigh
have devoted himself more effectively
to larger undertakings.
Wonderful Memory.
He was a man of wonderful mem
DRY, good friend greatly admired b,
! clergy and people, but possessed of
certain reserve which perhaps nc
counts for the fact that he had few
Intimates among his friends In hi
nature there seemed TO be contradic
tons When occasion offered h'
could be most severe, and then !
seemed that severity was characters
e tie of him. At other times he woult
1 be mild and exceedingly tender, a.
though that characteristic dominated
He was kind and generous Of heart
II was joy 10 him to do charities, Il
d help IN n material way the struggling
; parish and any good cause He wa
G Of a very practical turn OF mind,
good man for business affairs.
r seemed that he liked 10 transact bust
+ ness, and he was keen at II, too, no
0 In the sense that he would oyerreacl
!. another in a business deal, and o
, course there was no suggestion of tn
D business kecnness that approache
g dishonesty, but he had a good bushes
: head, and his knowledge In this lin
). was useful to the diocese and to tn
u Man Of Wide Influence.
churches
He was man Of wide, influence
not only In this diocese. but outside o
the state as we'll His correspond
ence was yoluminous and he ATTENDED
p to It himself until recently EveI
after his physical breakdown, an
q after his sight had become dim, h.
: insisted upon personally handling hi
g corr esponence, and in his own ham
- answering the very many letters tina
>. came 10 him Toward the last hi
a weakness was apparent in scrawlin
# handwriting and then his letters wer
3 dictated ard his correspondents knew
g that his strength must be low. for h