When his health began to fail, he retired from business and spent several months in Cuba hoping to derive benefit for his pulmonary disease by a change of climate. His condition did not improve, and after returning to Cincinnati, he spent some time in revisiting several points in his old Congressional district.
As his health declined, the man left his business and traveled to Cuba for several months with the intention of improving his lung ailment through a change of environment. His condition did not improve, and after returning to Cincinnati, he revisited areas of his former congressional district.