Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-18

| up and got so ahead, whercupOn he pro
ceeded to marry Miss Lucretia Rudolph OF
Hiram, a farmers daughter, the woman
whom he says never has said word or done
an act in the course of his long public life,
which has occasioned him moments en-
barrassment in his public relations. He had
then become the president of Hiram Eclectic
Institute. a small college Of the disciples, OF
Campbellite sect, who believed in freedom
from set creeds and appointed ministers, but
laid stress upon fraternal feeling and good
works. 1t was q kind of Western liberal
Christian movement. As president Of The
college, he preached on Sunday, but was
never an ordained minister, or intended TO
be. He often spoke in other towns 70 build
up his struggling institution, and so became
well known in his county. In 1859 he was
elected to the Ohio Senate and chpIl the
shell of his public career,-a swift develop
ment which in twenty years has noniiua ed
him for the highest office in the COUNTY,.
| Reelected to the Ohio Senate, he f0rcsaw
in the Winter of 1861 the menace
of the approaching storm. and helped to
frame laws preparing the militia for
use Early in the Summer of 1861 he was
elected colonel of the 42d regiment, contain
ing many of his former pupils Colonel
Garfield was sent to check the invasion Of
y
Marshall Marshall retreatcd but Garfield
came up with him (in January, 1862 and
had quite battle, as things were counted in
those days, gaining u decisive victory, which
made the Union commander brigsdicr-Eer-
| eral. Gariield's next greatest military ser
| vice was as chief-of-staff to Gen ROsecrans,
in which post he served at the battle Of
Chickamauga, one of the hardest fought cf
the war. In thai struggle, ROsecrans, beaten
upon his left, weak at the centre, AMI iguJr-
ant of what was occurring un.!cr Thomas on
his right deemed it his duiy to 70 to il,,.
rear and find new position on which to fI!l
back. Garfield craved permission 10 20 for
ward in search Of Thonlis. II was Il dan
gcrous GRAND and he had horse shot un!n-
him, but he found Thomas holding the
enemy in check and IT established cnmmuai-
ton, 50 that Rosecrars's despatch from The
rear giving up the day, and his second Quot
lug his chief-of-satf as reporting froGl fIt.
front the ground still held. arrived! 4: Wash
ington the srme time. Rosecrans losi his
command, and Garfield thus became a major
general. As he had already been elected 20
Congress and New York hal gone Demo lat
ic, Mr. Lincoln advised him To- take his se5l
in the House, as on the whole lie WIS mos,
needed
1t is impossible to review is years II IN
cessant Congressional service. Suffice il to
say that Mr.. Garfield has served on all the
important committees, participated in al!
the important legislation and helped 10 frame
some OF tine gravest measures in that long
period lie was chairman of the Arpr0-
priation Committee for Il long tine. lie ms
never taken positions for denlagcgiCai effect,
but nearly always from study and conviction
He has mastered the financial problem,
through and through. He has a liberal
mind his domy head gives an impression of
covering all outdoors in the range Of his
studies. No man of equal scholarship has
been nominated for the Presidency probably
since john Quincy Adams. lie was Cnrc
found in his library ''resling from ovgrwofl,n
by looking up the biography of Horace. Spoi-
ford, the librarian of Congress, is quoted q
SAYING of rare book: 'YoI will fiai il on
such a shelf if it is not there, either Sum
ner or Garfield has it," Powers thus train
ed Garfield brings to bear on every subject
which comes under his hand in the work Of
legislation He is also broad and National
in his sympathies. He is the least partisan
man on the Republican side the man to
whom the Democrats would soonest leave
the administration, the man whose solution
of the deputy marshals problem by dividing
those officials between the two parties was
adopted By the Democrats but few weeks
ago.
Ills HOME LIFE.
Gen. Garfield is the possessor OF two
homes, and his family migrates twice year.
Some ten years ago, finding how unsatifac-
tory life was in hotels and boarding houses
he bought lot of ground on the corner Of
Thirteenth and streets, in Washington, and
with money borrowed of friend built a
plain, substantial three-story house. y wing
was extended a:;erward to make room for
the fast growing library. The money was
repaid in time, and was probably saved in
great part from what would otherwise have
gone to landlords The children grew III in
pleasant home surroundings, and the hoase
became 4 centre CT much simple and cordial
hospitality. Five or six years ago the ll,i2
cottage at Hiram was slld, and fer i ,imc
the only residence the Gariiclds had in his
district was Summer house he built on Lit
tie Mountain, 4 bold elevation in Lake c2un-
tv which commands Il view Of thirty
miles of rich farming country stretched
along the shore of Lake Erie. Three years
ago he bought farm III Mentor, in the sane
county, lying on both sides Of III, Luxe
Shore and Michigan Southern RiilrOld-
Here his family spend all the time when be :
free from his duties in Washington. The
origina! farm house was low, old-flshicnet
story-and-a-half building and its limited &C
commodatious were supplemented by numer-
Gus outbultiings. ore of which Gen. Garfield
uses for office and library purposes Las;
Spring he had the house enlarged and remod-
clled. so that il now has Il handsome modern
look. The farm contains about 100 acres OF
excellent land in L high state of cultivation.
and the Congressman finds recreation. Of
which he never tires in directing the field
work and making Improvements lniEc i.uiiI-
inrs. fences and orchards. Cleveland
is only twenty-five miles away there
is a postoflice and a railway siI-
ton within half a mile. aui the
pretty country town of Painsvil!e is b5i five
miles distant. One Of the pleasures "l sum
mer life on the Garfield farm is a drive Of
two miles through the woods TO The la>e
shore and bath in the breakers. Visitors
who come unannOunccd often find tn ti-:-
eral working in the hay field with his boys,
with his hrua,I, genial, face sheltered fr.fa
the sun under big chip hat and his trousers
tucked in pair of cowhde boots. lie is .
thorough cuuLtrynan by instinct The s,Hcu
of the good brown earth, The lowing ct cattle,
the perfume of the ney-cut grass, ani ali tlie
sights and sounds OF farm life are dCar 20
him from early associations.
General Garfield has five children living
and has los; two who ditd in infancy. IL
two older bows, Harry aui James are bow
at school i'll New Hampshire. Mary, or Molly.
as everybody calls her, is handsome rCsy-
checked girl Of about Il. The two yoHu.yr
bows are named Irwin and AbrGE,. Tee
Generals mother is still living ami ir,s ,Srg
been member of his family. She is ~ i,i-
telligent. energetic Old lady, vi;h q clcar
head and strong will, who keeFs well
posted in the news Of the day aiI is very
proud of her sons career, though more ibrr-
al OF criticism than Of praise
THE EARNINGS oF An Aory Ilrs.
General Gariiel,i's property may amonn, 10
ill Ohio auI his house in Washington ana
every dollar af ii has been earned Ly his cva
eyertious lie has saved a litsip every yesr
from his salary, and ,his, with an accas caal
legal fee, has made Up the bulk Of his estate
When IT., entered Congress he owned q h;ie
house in Hiram, worth, perhaps, Sl.5Ol
Ills hosp;able habits have in;erlered some
what with his economies. II rarely hail'ri4
tnlt llp laislliN are Il NttsN Nv litt.!stlN'7 '.t
Washington or in Mentor. Guests are az
ways welcome. and are ma,ic II feel 80
home hy being taken into Tie daily
life of the family. The long table usiiaity
reaches from one end Of the diningroom
10 the other, and there is a chair AMI =
plate for any chance caller. General Cas-
fields district lies On the extreme north
eastern corner of Ohio, and now embraces the
counties Of Ashiahula, Trumhull, Geuca,
Lake an,l Mahoning. His old home, county
Of Portage. was detached from il 4 ycar
ago With the exception of the coal AID
iron regions in the extreme southern pa r,
the district is purely rural one and is IL
habited by a population of pure New EI--
land ancestry 1t is claimed tlr, there IS
less iilitcracy in proportion TO the popu'a-
,on than in any other district in the United
States. In person General Garfield is ,iX
feet high, broad d-shouldcrcI and strongly
built. lie has an unusually large heal, that
seems TO he three-iourths forehead, light