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Show 11---- 11 11SALUTE ' - - - - 4 . SALHTB SALUTE TO SAMUELWILSON SAMUEX SAMUEL WBLSON WILSON , ! ' THE QMGINAX ORIGINAL ORIGINALcCUNCLE O1UGINAL"UNCLE O1UGINALUNCLE UNCIX cCUNCLE ; " SAM SAM99 " By LOUISE LOUISC \ M 1\1 1 . COM.STOCEEN COMSTOCK COM.STOCE COMSTOCE COMSTOCK"riTEN . MEN "ri/TEN "ri ri TEN " / EN variously v3riously serve their theircountry theircountry tlieirJ.VJL tlieirJVJL . country . . Some live hve , others othersdie othersdie othersdie die for it . Samuel S3muel Wilson ren- ren rendered rendered ren rendered - dered the United States of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica America ! ! ( a service no other in- in individu31 individual in individual - dividual dividu31 has yet been able 3blc to toduplicate toduplicate toduplicate duplicate . He gave his country countrythat countrythat countrythat that symbolic personality pcrsonahty which which'embodies whichembodies whichembodies 'embodies embodies ' embodies all the traits tr3its popu popu- popu13r1y popu- popu popularly popularly - - larly 13r1y attributed attnbuted to its people ; the name n3me by \ which \ hich it has been beenpraised beenpraised beenpraised praised praisedand and reviled , revered reveredand reveredand reveredand and ridiculed the w \ world \ orId orld over over.He overHe . He did it uniquely , simply by bybeing bybeing bybeing being himself . . S3muelVIlson Samuel S3muel \VIlson VIlson Wilson Wilsonwas \ Wilsonwas was \ as Uncle Sam . For this service Samuel SamuelVII Samuel'Vil Wil \VII- VII \'Vil- 'Vil Vil Wilson \ VIIson 'Vilson ' - son recently received his na- na nation's nation's na nation's - - tion's tions ' thanks . At the impressive impressiveupright impressiveupright impressiveupright upright oblong of granitehich granite granitewhichmarks \\hich hich which whichmarks \ -whichmarks whichmarks - \ hichm3rks m3rks marks his grave in m Oakwood Oakwoodcemetery Oakwoodcemetery Oakwoodcemetery cemetery , in Troy , N . Y . , a new newflag newflag newflag flag climbed its pole , a stiff stifffresh , fresh wreath wre3th tipped against thestone the thestone thestone stone , a band played pl3yed and st3te state st3tetroopcrs statetroopers statetroopers troopcrs troopers fired a military salute saluteThe saluteTic saluteThe ( , The Tic New York department of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Veterans of ForeJgnVars Foreign ForeJgn \Vars Vars Wars \ Warsconvening , convening at Troy , thus p3id paid p3id110mage paidhomage paidhomage 110mage homage to an early Trojan Trojan.But TrojanBut . But , " "We We " are arc not in in the finalanalysis final finalanalysIs finalanalysis indi- indi indiiduaJ Indic indi-AJdualj indi AJdualj indiAJdualjsaid analysIs honoring a 3 single - - c \ iduaJ idual , " said s3id National N3honal Comman- Comman - - der-in-Chicf der in Chicf dcr-in-Clucf dcr Clucf der-in-Chief Chief - - - - James Jamcs J amcs E VanZandt V V3n Van VanZandt 3n 3nZ3udt i Z3udt Zandt . . "Rather Rather "Rathere " \\e e \ w \ \ \ e 31 ai aie e dcd1cat111g dedicat dcd1cat- dcd1cat dedicat- dedicating dedicating - . ing 111g this program to our country countryItself countryitself countryitself . Itself , to the- the thespirit . . - spirit spint of o American Amcrican- Amcrican American- Americanism Amcricanism Americanism - ism which prevails prevalls in m our rela rela- relations rela- rela relations relations - - ' tions with one another and \ witlthe Ith Iththe iththe the world " Had Samuel Wilsor WIlSOI b bee e e iawaro n naware naware aware during durmg his l lifetime ehme that he helaS hewas hwas ( \laS laS was \ to become all that , it IS ISprobable isprobable i ; probable he would have thought thoughthis thoughthis thoughhis his metamorphosis a huga hugs hug jokeThat Joke JokeThat jokeThat That , we gather , is the sort of ofperson ofperson operson person he was Kindly Kmdly , shrewd shrewdhumorous ' , humorous , scrupulously honest honestthe : the best of New England broad- broad broadened broadened broadened - ened a bit by its first adventur- adventur adventurous adventurous adventurous - - ous step westward westwardA A Bay State ScotHe ScotHe Scot ScotHe He was born in 17C6 17G6 1766 at Menotomy Meno- Meno Menotomy Menotomy ? - tomy , now Arlington Arlmgton , , Mass Masseighth , eIghth of thirteen children cluldren in a aScotch aScotch i Scotch famlly family wluch which could claIm - , 7 7t t f x \ r rx rc x r33 . + + c ' t 'a a . li " " "s s " j jr j4v r " * ' -4v 4v - ' ' xbr s # ' .b b . ) / \ M Mf e eh . h ti i \ f/ f fw / w Y Ys s J t ' L r s t ' 1 7 ( . 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I local situation s1tuatIon Already the more moresubstanbal moresubstantial moresubstantial substanbal substantial citizenry clbzenry of Albany Albanywas Albanywas Albanywas was advertising adverbsmg its substance byliving by byhvmg byliving hvmg living m 1n , > n buck brIck houses , their thclr ma- ma materIals materials ma materials - - terials imported , like the urge to toown toown toown own them , from its native Hol Hol- Holland Holland Holland - - land . . The Wilsons bought a farmon farm farmon farmon on Mount Ida : and md went into the thebrIck thebrick thebrick brIck business busmess busmessThere businessThere businessThere There arc are buildings standmg standing standingin standmgin in JEroy Troy today toda ' constructed ofWi of ofWIon ofWiI WIon WiIon WiI } . , on bncks brIcks . For that matter matterthe matterthe matterthe the whole country is rich with withC withevidence withevidence CIdence evidence C\ C \ Idence of their In hies lists cs there . . 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Manon Marion W1lson Wilson Sheldon . , early and influential mfluentlal connectionin connectionsin connectIons 111 in Boston but never rose to the thedlgruty thedignity thdignity dlgruty dignity of a coat of paint pamt on Its Itsown itsown itown own shack 1 ! In 1780 the famlly family famllymoved familymoved famil : moved to Mason , N . H . And i 10 in 1781 the youthful Samuel , having hav hav- havmg having - ing mg attained the advanced age of offiftecn offifteen oififteen fiftecn fifteen years , , did dJd his lus duty as he hesaw hesaw hesaw saw it by enlisting enlIstmg as servIce servIceboy serviceboy serviceboy boy in ill m the American Army of the theRevolutIon theRevolution theRevolution RevolutIon . Had he been even n a ndrummer adrummer adrummer mighthave drummer boy , history lustory mIght have caught him lum early . But he hewas hewas hewas was merely a service boy . In 1789 , at the comparabvely comparatively comparabvelymature comparativelymature comparativelymature mature age of twenty-three twenty three - - , Sam Samleft Samleft San-left San left - left Mason with his hl5 brother brotherEbenezer , Ebenezer , and followed the trencof trend trendof trendof of veryfar the tunes times westward Not very ver ; far bythe west , except as measured by b bthe the near-sighted near sighted near-s1ghted s1ghted - eyes of 1789 1789What . What is today the city of Tro Troywas Troywas ; was then but a raw settlement on onthe onthe 01the 1 the banks bmks bmksof : : of the Hudson river rlver riverEarly . Early TrojansSam TrojansSam Trojans TrojansSam Sam and Ed Wilson Wllson weramong were wereamong wereamong ? among the first to settle there thereThey They thereThey chose well Bciand Beumd Beiund the set- set settlement se1ticment - tlement settlement rose two small hIlls hillinamed , named m in accordance v/ith v ith wIth / tharegion's tharegions that thatreglOn's thatregion's reglOn's reglOns region's regions ' taste in classical class1cal no- no nomenclature nomenclature ncmenclature - menclature . , Mounts Ida and andOlympus andOlympus anOlympus Olympus . . Their western slope slopes ; ; , where is today Troy's Troys Tray's Trays ' pleasant pleasantProspect pleasantProspect pleasarProspect Prospect park , contained contamed clay clayswtable claysuitable clasuitable y swtable suitable for making makmg bricks bncks . Sam Samand Samand Sarand i and : Eb Ib had learned about brIcks brIcksback bricksback bncl bnclback < Theyhad back in New Hampshire . They Thehad had also sized up shrewdly shrewdlj ? th the e home He and his brother lefttheir left I their thelr maik on their holdings holdmgs Insuch insuch in such local terms as "Wllson's Wllsons "Wilson's Wilsons "Wllson'sBol "Wilson'sBowl "Wilson'sBowl WilsonsBowl " ' Bo\\l Bo l Bowl \ \ " and "Wilson's Wilsons " ' Hollow Hollow"Betsy HollowBetsy . " Betsy Wilson was a New NewHampslure NewHampshire Hampshire Hampslure girl , daughter of a aveteran aveteran veteran of cf the Battle of Bunker BunkerHllI BunkerHill BunkerHill HllI Hill In 1797 , tue tiie brick busmess business busmesswell businesswell businesswell well under undcr way , Sam returned to toMason toMason toMason Mason bringher to marry her and brmg bring brmgher bringher her back to Troy . . She bore hIm hImfour himfour himfour four ch children dren , two h0 h\ h tv \ 0 o of whom whomreached whomreached reached reachedmatunty reachedmaturity maturity matunty . Benjamin be- be became became be became - - came a lawyer . It was his rus lus daugh daugh- daughter daughter daughter - - ter , the late Mrs Marion Manon Wilsor VI11son Wilson VI11sonSheldon WilsonSheldon Sheldon , who erected to her hergrandfather's hergrandfather's heigrandfather's heigrandfathers grandfather's grandfathers ' memory the monu monu- monument monu- monu monument monument - - ment which marks his lus grave to today to- to today today - day . Her son , Carlton Wood Shel Shel- Sheldon Shel- Shel Sheldon Sheldon - - don of Kansas City , his lus daughter daughterMrs , , Mrs Helen Marion Marlon Brockett Brochett , andher andher and her daughter , Betty SheldorBrockett Sheldon SheldonBrockett SheldonBrockett Brockett , are Uncle Sam's Sams ' dnd and dndAunt anc andAunt Aunt Betsy's Betsys ' ' only living hvmg descend- descend descendants descendants descendants - . ants today . . _ Early Packers PackersThe PackersThe The brick business busmess \ well \ ell In Inhand inhand inhand hand , the Wilson brothers ex- ex extended extended ex extended - - tended their efforts . . . AdJoInrng Adjoining Adjoiningone AdJoInrngone one of Sam's Sams ' farm houses was a alarge alarge alarge large field suitable for grazmg grazing grazingwatered , watered by two ponds Here the theWllsons theWilsons theWilsons Wllsons Wilsons undertook to raise r.use ruse . stock stockTheIr stockTheir stockTheir TheIr cattle flourished . The Wil Wil- Wilsons Wilsons . - sons erected a slaughter house houseand , and entered the meat bus business businessAs businessAs mess messAs As early as 1805 they could ad- ad advertIse advertise ad advertise - vertise m In the local papers : "Two Two "Tsvo Tsvo "Twolarge "Tsvolarge "Twolarge Twolarge " large slaughterhouses and convenient convement slaughter houses , " where could beuhilled be uhilled "killed killed "killedcut killedcut " , cut and packed 150 head of cattle cattleper cattleper cattleper per day . " When tunes times were at attheIr attheir attheir theIr best , the slaughter houses housesreqwred housesrequired housesrequired reqwred required employment of 200 men menI menStill menStill I Still the Wilsons Wllsons Wilson expanded e'qanded eqanded ' ) . At Atthe Atthe Atthe the foot of what is now Ferry Ferrystreet Ferrystreet Ferrystreet street they built bwlt a dock . . The They Theypurchased Theypurchased purchased their own sloops . Oul Out Outfrom Outfrom t from the firm of S . . and E . . Wilsor Wilson Wilsonat Wilsonat Wilsorat " at Troy and down the Hudson to toAlbany toAlbany tc Albany and points pomts east came cameWilson cameWilson cameWilson Wilson meats and Wilson brIcks brIcksby bricksby brick ; by the shipload slupload . Andhat And \ what \\hat hat is 15 so noble m ln in that ? What to warrant flags and andwreaths andwreaths anc wreaths and military salutes ? Nothing Nothmg at all Uncle Sam was wasSlmply wassimply wa ; s simply Slmply being bemg himself , working workingshrewdly \ orklng orklngshrewdly shrewdly but with honor for lus his lusown hisown hi ; own interests . The War of 1812 created urgent urgentdemand demand for provisions for the thetroops thetroops e ( troops saving savmg the United Umted State States States ; from irom Statesfrom the British Bnhsh . One Elber Elbert t Anderson Jr . , of New Jersey ob- ob obtamed obtamed ob obtained - - tained tamed a government contract for forraborung forrationing forrationing raborung rationing the New York and NewJersey New NewJersey NewJersey Jersey troops stationed near nearAlbany nearAlbany nearAlbany Albany . The contract , still sbll to be bee'Cammed beexamined beexamined e'Cammed eCammed examined examinedin ' m In the War Department Departmentrecords Departmentrecords Departmentrecords records at Washington Washmgton , specifies"2,000 specifies2000 specIfies " 2,000 2000 , barrels of prime pnme pork and and300 300 barrels of prime beef in full fullbound fullbound fullbound bound barrels of white oak " In Inthose Inthose Inthose those days there were no refrig refrIg- refrIgerated refrigerated refrigerated - - erated freight cars ElbertAnder- ElbertAnder ElbertAnderI ElbertAnderson Elbert Ander Anderson - - I son took stock of the local localsources localsources ' sources of supply . . He advertIsed advertisedin I Im m in the Troy papers As a result resultthe resultthe resultthe the slaughter houses of Sand S and EWilson E , . W Wilson son were commissioned to tofurnIsh tofurnish tofurnish furnIsh furnIsha a goodly portion of the themeat themeat themeat meat required , and Sam WIlson WIlsonwas Wilsonwas Wilsonwas was appointedUnited additionally a p pOl p o i n t e d dUruted dUnited Uruted United States |