The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-08-03
Gossip About the llayscs.i
Fremont (o.) Letter to n. Y. Herald.


Fremont (o.l Letter to n. Y. Herald
"Oh, yes, knew Sardis Birchard
Mr.. Hayes's uncle, very well. II.
left Mr.. Hayes his big fortune and
made him quite rich man. Ye see
Mr.. Birchard came here from 1iflin 1
little before | did, and opened a
county store where you could barter
for anything from a jack knife to q
barrel of whisky. | clerked for Mr.
Birchard for some time, and | Away,
found him mighty fine man. Ye
see, there was any quantity of In.
dians there then, and as Sardis Bir.
chard was man of some quality, he
was rather looked up to as a sort oi
arbitrator. He was mighty shrewd
at a bargain, and prospered very
smart from the first, but we always
thought him to be downright hon
est and square man to deal WITH
Well, as business prospered, Sardis
put his money into real estate and
had sense enough to hold on to it,
and, in the course OF time, he got to
be very we'll fixed in the world. Then
he went into banking, and died quite
rich man. Oh, yes; Sardis was a
square man.
"Did | know Gov. Hayes when he
was young man? Well, indeed l
did, and a nicer boy never drew
breath than he was, and it was sub
ject Of remarks all over the country
that young Hayes was one of the
most perfect little gentlemen that
could be found anywhere. Somehow
that boy was never bad like many of
the town boys. lie never caroused
or got into bad scrapes, for he SEEM
ed to be above that. He wasn't
stuck up, either, like some boys are
who have expectations from rich rel
atives, but he was always kind and
pleasant with al the folks he
came in contact with"
''Is Mr.. Hayes well thought of by
all his neighbors?' "Well, he is
that, and | don't believe he has an
enemy in town, unless, perhaps, a
few Germans here who keep saloons
don't like him, because he let the
praying women use his hall, one
night, when tho crusade was going
on, but guess they have forgiven
him for that long ago. Oh, ! tell you
| have been praying that the Repub-
licans would nominate . man like
Hayes, for God knows the party
needs some such man to purify it.
Hayes has heart that's honest, in the
first place, and when he comes into
kingdom and goes down to Wash
ington, tell you he won't have such
a crowd sitting around him as Mr..
Grant has had for some time, and he
won't hunt for third term either
Some of the papers say that Mr. Hayes
hasn't grit enough to be President,
but that's where they are wrong, for,
after years Of acquaintance can say
that Ruthford Hayes is grit to the
backbone, and the rings can't man
age him, neither. Oh, he'll make
the thieves hump themselves. Then,
too, Hayes was alwaysa careful fel-
low. He don't tell all he knows, but
he keeps up powerful thinking for
all that, and when he does talk he
talks sense, and is always ready to
talk just what he wants to, right out
in meeting, without fear or favor
Yes, he's splendid man, and | feel
very proud to know him as l do.
"Then, there's his wife. Now she
is what | call splendid, magnificent
woman. think she is one of the
very incest woman | ever saw, and |
don't know another who would make
better show in the White House
She has got pretty face, but, bless
you, she is asiolly as plain country
girl. She's a right pert talker, but,
bless you, she's never too stuck up
to associate and be friendly with her
old neighbors, rich or poor. She's q
firm Methodist and belongs to our
church. | want to see Mrs. Hayes
before she goes down to Washington,
to say good bye and God bless you,
and to tell her that when she gets to
associating with all the great digna-
taries from foreign lands that in the
midst Of her glory she must never
forget her duty to her Creator. Oh,
bless you, she isn't too proud to take
advice from an old man who loves
and respects here as much as / do"
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