GENERAL GARFIELD.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1433, 8 September 1881, Page 4

GENERAL GARFIELD.

■The following sketch or the life of th(> President of the United States, couwrniii" whose condition the civili<jcJ .i.-rld has expressed such an\itity, is from the tin 1 columns oi: the Atlanta Weekly (J institution (Georgia) : — J iiniM Ahr iham GiifieM wits Imu ou th>. lithof JNovember, 13.11, abOrmge Ouyahoga county. Obi >. Ho was the youngest of four children, and soon aftei his b rth his father, Abiain Gartkld, died leaving las mother with ,i hard pios])oot iv lite. She 13 a woman of .stiong character and of woudeiful ouergy. Wlien James was quite youug he wu.b nf service to the stiuggling family, and by the time ho was twelve years old helped considerably towards its comfort and support. The Garfield household endured the trials of beveie poverty, and the early days of the futute president weie passed in such piivations as have fallen to the lot of few famous men. At sixteen lie was a raw country boy, fml of ujjwr, and already remarkably well educated for lm oppoitunities. H t » h.ifl a boyish idea, .of pom/ to sea, but was dissuaded from doini; so by nis mother. Ho was then serving at> a common canal liand. When h" was eighteen ho \v,is enabled to attend school by the industry and privations of hismother. He taught hchool and saved $300 with which ho ftirted to William's college in 1851. Finishing a bnlhant course there, he entered Hi lam colletre as pn/fessor of ancient languiges . His fiist appearance in politics was in 1857, when he made several stump speeches iv a state campaign. In 1850 he was elected to the stite senate as a strong .uiti-ila\ury man H" attained g! eat miliifrice in the legislature and was considered one of the icadiest speakers and stiongest dob.iteis in the body When the war began he cnfcied into it with iricat enthusiasm He was ap- } omtod by (lovpinor Dennisnii heufenant(dloiicl oi the Fi'i ty -.second Ohio lrgiinont, but was made rolonel as soon as (he icgijiient was oiganisod. Jle jo-c to the lank ot bilr.idici -genei.il and was made chief of still of the ai my ot Cuinboilaud At ChirLim.isru.i he ruulcied distni'Miish' d ■seivHc, and tliih was the last at live dut\ In- pcifoimed S ion aftci waids he %\ as piomoli d to the i ink of m ijoi-gLiietal of volunteer In 180.J he resigned his fommissinn to accept an election to t lie tlmts -utrhth ( ongre-s ttorn what 11 now the nnii'henth Ohio dibtncl. He sei\ed mk( e-.sfull\ in c\n\ 'ojigjc'ss until he ■was (lo(t(d to pivsidtnfy. Tn 1877 he A\ah ,1 uiemboi ot tlie ( lectoial commission. Befnic bis noinm 111011 .it, ('bit iiro he was elf ted to sik ( ctd iJudiri' Thuiman in the United iSt.itus son.ite, but on the day thai, he w ould h i\ i' t iKcij Ins seat in that body he was inauguiatfd piesident of the United St tlt'h with the giaudest ceremonii's evei known on such an occasion. Tlie conirio^sional c uter ot the piesident is fit'sli in the mind of the (iiuntiy. He was one of tin 5 most piomment figuie& that haji .ippcnal 111 Washington .since the w.u. Aft* 1 Mr JJlainr? went to the benate he was the a< 1 nowledged le.ider of the Jtfjinblican p.nty in the lioiisc. It was his eminent service in this field as well ,1,1 Inn ;nciit populautv m the dt.ubt-fuls-taaV oi Ohio, which cansod the anti(iiant td.i tioti- to unite on him at Chic igo. In the canvass he developed fine poweis of political If adi-iship, and cie.iled gie.it enthusiasm thiougliout tlie .south and west Of his .ulmmistiation little need be said, as it has hten so bi»f, and its e\eiy lmpoit.int tact 1 1 so well known. (!-. 11 held wht n 27 je.iis old 111,111 led Miss, J>ueu'tia llndoli'li, diutrhtL't of a Mai\ land f.vinci, whom he liad met wlion bot'.i weie students at Iluam College. Ho is a denoted member oi the (Jhiisti.m or Cainpbellito Cliuich, mid has ficqucntly appeal ei as „ lav jhcilht in irs pulpits One Mngul<ii incident of Ins life is tliat wiule spending a vacation m Noith j/ownal. \*t , he taught a wutniy (lass in a school wheie Ohe&tei A. Aitluu had been pnncipal a you bonne. The piesi. dent is a man of fine physique, andjust in the punic ot his powti. J'eisjunally he was very atti active, and was notable tor the simplicity ot Ins nianneis, -which the bonois of iho r lufe House .seem to ha\e left entiiclj' unaih't !ed.

A ma>ti u'ITKiMMMio-woiker unites tlio putilie to come and fee his invisible who ienoc. A (JIM' UN economical hotel - kcrper wntcs his own bill ot lan , thucby saving theuist ot pimlmu. One of lus lafc-t announced, " (_'oh< y, K upe, io^te help, fiulo h.itnin, boylf (1 and b.iKt peitatei-, mutling chop-, m I'll 1 cul/eits, ha-ch, and (in* lfied clncKtu-. ' DrniNi. tbo 110,111113: of a ense in the pohce-comt ,it Lymmgton, Kn<,'land, one of the witnesses, <i little <,ml, m l ole\en yeais ot <i<rc, bclmitcin j? to the h.tmlct ot Ureenmoie, stated that bhc di-1 not know hoi own age, had novei bee... to school, did not know tho n.iluie of <in oath, had nevoi been 111 n chin Ili or ehapi 1, had not born b.tpUscd, and hid ne\oi lieazd the Bible X id A singular case came before the Chtheroc (Lanoaslnu ) m.iLfisli.ites not lon» ago Once a y\n thu \ ill.iyrui s of Chippmy go thiouirh the ccioihomv or electing 1 as an inifigiiiiii v niiiyoi the niiin who lin-i distinguished himself by <r('t,tiiig " most diimk " lie is placed upon ,1 fhaii..ind .1 pio< c-s'oii, ht.ided l>y two lutoMc.itud (uuh t piiijer.<, and c.mjniy mopi, imaim.s, and punted sticks, i-, Joimod Tliopolid' summoned two men ioi (<ikmg' p.n t m tin cfH/auiiy, ,is it \\,ib likel} to ueate a distmbancp The cases ■\\cie, ho\\e\ci, di>ini-scd . .tnd one of the jn.ifjjsu.ilps lcm ii'kcd that lie " uppioved of tlic-e old ( ustoms "' I\gi>li>h,it\ on \\ oh 1 . — Mr Buckiii.istci lelatcs the follow 111^ iiniusiujr incident bi'.un.i,' on his 1"< turmg toiu foi the riKoiu.igt ment ot a«ni( ultuial science tl.j^^i s — Some time ago I was s]n>,i| v niir on this subject in one ot the --oiuhein counties. 'l\vo faiirvis got into the same lailrtay (.nuaLre. One said to the othei, ' Did j oil hi'.u tlie lerfuie "' He lephed, ' Vi» ' 'Wli.it c! > j think of it '-' -Wdl, ■wh.it (ould any m.m flunk of it r' fie i\(iit on t llkuiir about t l>o soil cont'iiinng (.\idi s Now, jou know as well as Ido the soil contains nothing of the wub. I liave been .1 f.nn.er ■ill n.y life, a-phmgh-mg and a-tiuning up the land, but I never '.pen any on 'em in my lite, and if they had linn I inusf, have seen 'em ! and tli* 1 ho went on a-tnlking about oxygen, and h-\diogeu, and nitrogen, and other pins, and ho talks so free about 'em that I began to think he had a diop on one on em ; hut he may talk as he like, nothing suits nic like a drop of Plj mouth gin. I'BH'Ainxi. j oil Tin: End or the World. — An ec cent 11c old yentlem.in in LincoliT-hiie, .itrcd eiyht\ -three, is, it is htatct 1 , "-o iiimly convuupd ot the approaching end of I lie world that he ha* oideied an immense baloou to be made for liib 0111 convenience, by means ot winch he hopes to witness the destitution of the planet without sli iring the fate of its inhabitants. Tun numbtr of Salvation Army stations now leporred in Gloat Biitam is 185 ; of offieeis, employed and paid, 39.), and of trained .speakers 0180, while total git tine accomodation is piovided for 141,900 persons, and the total number of people reached in the streets and highways weekly is computed at 3,000,000. The annual amount of expenditure reaches nearly £18,000.