Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-06-17
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
Brief Sketch OF the Lives of james A
Garfield and Chester A, Arthur,

| luc ItpuOlCan nominee Tor tne PreSl
dency is a SeIf-made man in the best sensC
of that word. James Abram Garfield
fought his way from the carpenters bench
along the tow path into and through col.
lege under circumstances that would have
made most men succumb long before the
goal was reached Born IN the little vii.
lage - Orange, Cuyahoga county, Ohio,
about twelve miles from Cleveland, on
November 10, 1881, he is not quite forty
nine years Of age, but the last thirty Of
these have had crowded into them history
so full OF incident that it is not surprising
that he should feel himself almost patri.
arch among his fellows. His father died
when he was only two years OF age, the
youngest Of a family Of four, who were lett
IN the mothers care almost without means
of any sort. She was woman of energy
and perseverance, however, and managed
TO get enough together to live upon until
the sons were old enough to earn some
thing themselves. il small farm was all
That they had to look to for subsistence.
James, like the rest, had to learn to work
early, and it was fortunate for him that
there was mot lazy hair in his head, "
as the ncighbOrs said OF him. He did odd
Jobs about the farm during the summer,
and IN winter he started to learn a trade
that OF carpenter being selected, be-
cause it was about the only one whereby
living could be made in primitive settle.
ment.
When sixteen years Of age Garfield had
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was a school house at Orange, where there
was no schooImaster, however, the only
chance for instruction being to listen on
those winter evenings when the citizens
gathered within its rude interior and read
the newspapers and such other literature
as there was at hand aloud, and then take
mental notes Of the discussions that fol.
lowed. Young James did odd Jobs for
the neighbors at his carpenters bench,
but ready money was not very plentiful,
and he began looking about for an oppor-
tunty to earn some elsewhere. The Ohio
canal was near the farm, and hearing
that the employees there were well and
promptly paid, he applied for a place as
driver. He got it, and for several months
he trod the tow path. He was promoted
to be a helmsman, and henceforth he
managed the tiller with signal ability for
about year and half. His experience
on canal boat had quite fascinated him
with sailors life, and he determined to
ship on one of the lake craft. He had
saved some money and he wanted to make
some more as preliminary to setting up
IN the world on an independent basis.
Fortunately for himself, he was taken
very i'll of fever and ague before he could
carry out his intention
This sickness was the turning point OF
Garfield's life. While on his sick bed at
his mothers house he received the visits
OF Samuel d. Bates, who was then teach
ing the district school, and the conversa-
tons ahey had together fired young James
heart with the ambition to obtain IN edu-
cation. He had by this time learned to
read and write and had little knowl- |
edge Of arithmetic. With two other
young men he determined to enter the
Chester Academy, and the three, being too
poor to pay for their board, got their fry
ing pans and their kettles together and
started out in the fall of 1Si9. james
remained there until 1851, when he re-
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where he continued his studies for two
years more. 1t was in 1854, when he had
reached his twenty-third year, that he en-
tered Williams College, Massachusetts. |
He had hard time OF it, his rude exterior |
hlm to the ridicuc Of his com.
pamOns. He, however, persisted in his |
course, and in two years he graduated,
oil the metaphysical prize of his
class.
Garfield was now twenty-five years Of
age. He returned to the Hiram Institute,
which was under the control Of the Camp
bellites. He became professor of Greek
and Latin and subsequently president OF
the institute, The presidents duty was
to preach a sermon every Sunday, and
President Garfield soon acquired the repu-
tatlon OF preaching very iorcible sermons.
He has been frequently described as an ex-
clergyman on this account. He now mar
ried Miss lucretia Rudolph, whom he had
known for years, and soon after this his
political life began. He received the Anti.
Slavery nomination of his district for
State senator in 1859, and was elected by
a large majority.
When the rebellion broke out in 1861,
he offered his services to the state, and
went into the field at the head OF the For
ty'frst regiment of Ohio volunteers, which
olned General Buell's army. He saw
service here, and in 1868 he
was appointed tchief of staff by General
Rosencrans. Subsequently he received
the rank of maior.g general for bravery at
he battle Of ChiCkamauga September,
1863. Having been elected to congress
iurng the previous year without his wish
or solicitation, he now thought it best to
retire from the army, especially as his
health had given way He has been a
leading member of the house ever since,
md his election to the senate last winter
was but the natural consequence of the
'egard of the Republicans OF Ohio for his
abilities and patriotism.
The Republican candidate for Vice
President Is not native New Yorker, as
might be inferred from his long connec.
ion with the states social and political
life. He was born in Franklin county,
VT, October ), 1880, and is therefore a
year older than General Garfield. He is
The son of Baptist clergyman, who came
10 this country from the north of Ireland |
when quite lad, and who died less than
i've years ago, and who was pastor of the
Calvary Baptist church in this city from
1855 to 1868, and also filed the pulpits of
various churches throughout the state.
General Arthur is graduate of Union ,
College, class OF 40. For two years after
eaving college he taught school in Yer
mont, and having saved little money he
.ame to this city and entered the law of.
Ice of ey-Judge 4. ID. Culver. After hav- !
ng been admitted to the bar, he formed a t
partnership with his friend and room I
nate, Henry d. Gardiner, and the two e
lad strong fancy for going west and |
yrowing up with the country. So they $
oamed about for three months trying to !
ind an eligible site where to plant them t
elves. They finally, however, concluded
o try their chances In New York, and Q
hey obtained a lucrative practice almost
t the beginning of then career, The ?
Iemmon slave case ir 1852 brought Mr.. q
Arthur into prominent notice as JOINT L
ounsel with William NJ. Evarts for the r
laves. He was delegate to the first n
lapublican convention held in this state, b
nd ever since he has been an active t
member of the party, Gov. Morgan
ppointed him Inspector General in q
S6l, and shortly after Quartermaster- 0
ieneral, which he held until the expira. tl
ion Of Morgans term of office. The &c, 3,
cunt of New York was very much larger O
han that of any other state, but it was a
udited at Washington before any Of the n
thers, and without the deduction of a Il