The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-01

widow Of the late N. s. Garfield, in the eighty
eighth year of her age.
The subject of this notice deserves more
than this ordinary brief notice. Her maid
en- name (IIawley) and that of her mother
(Evarts) identity her with two well-known
New England families, who at the time of
her birth were not too numerous and wide
ly dispersed TO recognize each others kin
ship.
Stones erected TO the memory of her pa
ternal ancestors for four generations in adj
vance of her stand in the center of the old
burying-ground in Arlington. The ollest
of these was born in 1857 and buried there
in t11t.
Mrs. Garfield inherited robust physical
constitution, which was never impaired by
sickness. case or sclf-indulgence, and this
was mated with corresponding energy of
character and a moral courage and resolu-
ton which no obstacles could daunt. Her
sympatbes were lively and practical to-
wards all who suffered in mind, body or
estate, and they were seconded by active
personal efforts, in which to the end of her
proractcd lie she never grew weary. Her
strong, unwayering Christian faith was
strildngly illustrated by her abundant and
varied good works.
In comprehensive and vigorous grasp of
mind, In strong practical common sense, in
universal and untaling memory, in keen
and pungcnt wit, III genuine and lively
/ hirptSr Ia, 81 aud ,tpfo1tpripfr a1bnvnr ~
/ to principle, and in broad and generous
| philanthropy, she was for many years
/ peerless among her associates.
She had an intense and thorough con-
/ tempt for shams. whether they were found
/ in society, in business, in the church, or in
| the state.
During her childhood books were few
and expensive and schools, especially for
her sex, were poor. This was emphatically
the case, in what was then her frontier
backwoods home
She married when she was quite young
and for sixty years efficiently discharged
numerous weighty and domestic duties ;
and yet few persons of either sex or of any
condition in life possessed more information
in regard to the great questions and issues
Of the present aye or of the past seventy
years. Her mind was an encyclopaedia of
y
available. She read much remembered
and understood what she read, and saw
events not only in their relation to
each other, but to great truths and p:inci-
pies. Her observation was quick and sharp
as well rs general and she always took
the livclcst interest in every movement mt
home or abroad, which promised to be of
service to humanity Without leisure,
pccuniary means. or what would be called
an education, before she was seventy years
Of age, she had visited, examined, and be-
come acquainted with the character, spirit
and working of nearly every public penal
and charitable institution IN New York.
She had also formed her opinion of Girard
college and other public institutions of
Philadelphia from personal observation rs
well as from reading.
She was mighty in the scriptures fol-
lowing rs her guides neither parties, moi
persons, but accepting the teachings OF
Gods word as the infalliblc instructor OF
her judgment, the enlightencr of her con.
science and the rule of her life.
She criticised, often with great force anC
sagacity, congress, councils and conventions
statesmen, divines and philosophers, as
freely rs she would social question, q
common school or Dorcus society. and
yet she had no sympathy with any of the
modern movements in regard to what i:
called womens rights" She often sale
that so much thought and time were giver
to their rights that they were in danger Of
overlooking their duties.
After hearing Thackeray read his lecture!
on the four Georges no argument cout
convince her that he was not himself de-
bauchee and unfit to instruct the public
upon questions that had any moral rela
tons.
Her interest in leading public questions
and all her mental powers continued in full
/ force until within few weeks Of the end o.
her well rounded life.
She was a communicate of Protestan
Episcopal church nearly seventy years. II
was the church of her ancestry
on her fathers side. as far bach
as the history of the family can be traced
Although she loved her church, ii wa:
with an intelligent, not blind devotion
More than fifty years ago, she declined t.
present her children for baptism, on thu
ground of conscientious objection to thu
t hypothetical theory of the Office of bap
, tism for infants feeling, to use her owl
, language, that, in our dealings with God
there should be no legal tictions, that thu
service ought not only to be capable of al
evangelical Interpretation, but that it ough
, " w Va bh1 oAhSi ih'NA P't'beipii
She never felt that a mans official It'll
or position made him Il wiser or NOR
honest man, or added any value to hi
f opinions.
, 1t was characteristic and natural, whei
one of her family recently proposed to con
suit the dictionary as to the meaning of
! word which is seldom used, that she shoul'
quietly remark, dictionaries have no au
thority as to the meanings of words.
hardly know how one is to ascertain VIVA
they do mean, but if we wish to know
e. what they do not mean we can go to tn
q house of bishops Such sallies were OF
everyday occurrence. Who ever criticised
the famous declaration of the house o
bishops more forcibly and sternly :? Her los
= will be deeply felt by large circle of &C
, quaintances, young, middle-aged and old
to whom she was an attraction and an in
, spiration.