Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-21
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
he Editor Of tie Kenne5ee Journal.


s~~" Bosroy, March 20th, 1877.
Wherever one may 20 now. the conversation
heard on every hand 10 principally of the course
President Hayes has adopted, and the reforms he
is likely to make in every department of the gov
eminent. As rule be is commended most hear
tily for oil he has done, and great satisfaction is
expressed that snch wise and honest man-as he
now appears to bs-should have been called to fill
the highest office in our country. 1t is notable
fact that with all the searching into his past Ca
reer, which has been gone through with, not one
blemish rests on the record or name of our Presi
dent. As lawyer. q soldier a congressman, a
governor, and thus far as a president has Ruther-
ford b. Hayes acquitted himself with credit to his
family and friends, and the office be has held
Whatever he may do n the future to disappoint
those who now have the highest trust and conf
dence in his integrity and honor, we can rest as
sured that his noble wife will ever merit the ad-
miration and approval of every one.
Mrs. Hayes was Lucy Webb before her mar
rage, and daughter of DIR. Webb, one of the
earliest settlers in Chillicotbe, Ohio, which was
her birth place. Chlllicothe was for several years
the capital of the State of Ohio, but has stood
still in point Of growth for the past twenty years
other villages not far distant, having in that time
grown to be small cities. Lucy Webb married
Rutherford d. Hayes, who was then prosperous
lawyer, afterwards soldier, then congressman
then Governor and now in possession of the
ehighst position in which he can be placed-tha
of President of the United States.
Mrs Hayes has for years been active n char
table enterprises. her beneyolence being prov
erb among her friends. Although not devotine
her time or mind TO fashion, she is always well
and handsomely dressed, her costume at all time.
precluding criticism. Her ambition scars higher
than the study of fashion plates, or endeavorinl
TO out shine those whom she meets in society b,
the elegance Of her attire. She wears her han
brushed smoothly down on the sides OF her face
passing over her ears, and arranged in simple
coil ct the back of the head, natural flower or
high, antique comb, being generally her only at
tempt at ornament. Her fine features bespeak ar
intelligent and well regulated mind, and thos,
who are fortunate enough to have any length
ensd conversation with her, fpd her possessed o.
an education superior to that Of most women, ant
Of brilliant conversational powers.
1t 10 said that the bill for the entire inauguia
outfit which Mrs. Hayes purchased after it became
. certainty that her husband would be the next
occupant Of the Executive Mansion, did not ex-
coed the sum of $500. Although the most ex'
trsvagapt prices have been paid for articles in
this outfit, any one knowing Mrs. Hayes sense
and discretion would pronounce these extrsvagsnI
estimates false, and written solely for the purpose
of causing . sensation. On March 10Th at the
frst public reception given at the White House
since Mrs. Hayes has occupied her new and con-
spicuous position, she wore costume Of rich,