MR GARFIELD'S RECORD.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4054, 24 December 1881, Page 4

MR GARFIELD'S RECORD.

At 14 he was at work at a carpenter s bench. , v .....■,.-,,■- ----At 16 he was a boatman on the Ohio Canal, r.y ■: • -.T :::':'

At 18 he was studying in the Chester, Ohio/Seminary. , At 21 he was teaching in one of Ohio's common schools, pushing forward with his own studies at the same time.

At 23 he entered Williams College. At 26 he graduated from Williams with the highest honors of his class. At 27 he was a tutor at Hiram College. At 28 he was Principal of Hiram College. ■-•.. At 29 he was a member of the Ohio Senate—the youngest member of that body. At 30 he Was Colonel of the Fortysecond Ohio Regiment. At 31 he was placed in the command of a brigade, routed the rebels under Humphrey Marshall, helped General Buell in his fight at' Pittsburgh Landing, played a prominent part in the siege of Corinth and in the important movement along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. At 32 he was appointed chief of staff of the Army of Cumberland, participated in the campaign in Middle Tennesse, and in the notable battle of Chickamauga, and was promoted to the rank of MajorGeneral. r i

At 33 he was in Congress, the successor of Joshua R. Giddings. At 48, having been continued ;in Congress since he was 33, he was elected to the United States Senate.

At ,49 he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. At 50 he was elected President, and July 2, 1881, was shot by Guiteau, and received wounds from the effects of which he died.

'Yaas, there's money made in stocks, no doubt,' said the old man, as he removed his hat and ran his fingers through his grey locks, ' but it's a reesky bizness: it's suthin' like bettiDg on where lightning's going to strike, with the odds in favour of it hitting the tree you stand nnderi'j ' Then you ; never; speculate ?'■ * Never. I dig along on the old farm, taking one crop, with another, and pullidg out stumps when I've nothing else to do; and if I don't make any great shakes I haven't anything to worry over. I had a purty solemn warning during the coalile excitement, and it cured me. o' speculatinV ' How was that P" • Waal, I was a widower then ; wife fell down the well, and waif drawed out as stiff as a poker. I had. abig farm, lots of stock, and was called' purty solid. We all got excited about ile, and all of us dug more or less holes in search of the stuff. All of a sudden a widder livin' about two miles from me found ile in a dozen places on her farm. She was a widder with a bad nose, freckles all over her face, eyes on the squint, and built up like a camel. But when she struck ile that was a different thing. Old Deacon Spooner, who was a widower,, got mashed right away. Our preacher, who had lost his third wife, saw the spec. I thought it over, and concluded she was an angel. I guess some six or seven of ns begun courting the widder within sixteen hours after the first sight of ile. I know the procession reached from the gate to the house.' ' And you got herP' 'Not much I didn't, and that's what I'm thankful for. Somehow or other I couldn't work up to the pint. That nose kinder stood in the way every time I was ready to pop the question. She acted like she wanted me but Deacon Spooner got the best of us, all, and they made a hitch.' 'And.then what?' ' Nothing, except she had dosed that farm with a barrel of ile, and thus got a husband for herself and a home for her five children. When the news came out, I was so cold along the back bone that they had to kivver me up with a boss-blanket; and since that time I haven't had the nerve to buy eggs at 7 cents a dozen and hold 'em for a rise.'