The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-12-03

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" oar ffssxs Pfssidsnt and Hfs Family /
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asrI From II. T. L. Nichols Sketch. J |
10 aGenefSf GsfAeld Hikes b0oks andmnAc and !
ptctures.P he II withaf very versatile. He
sings songs and reads poetry, studies nnsfhe-
matics, problems and translates knotty |
passsse " the Greek Testament with equal |
interest and relish. e tza, TEm.'Eii 10 i
I 7 remember once seeing gsnticmanshow-
ing HIM Whist he called si"tricfstl learh!"
Aftsf trying h few times, MI Garfield n !
marked: :o3E 7tod1 F71u,#s" ,'-i'@a,l@2f@i /
~" Thafis no tfieE--it b ths result Of com %
law Of autnbeiS; III d mathematical prob
lem, depending ON the numbef Of cafdss
spots, ete.."i nom ssa o7odi ,aii4A ii. H. 1
ilThas night No determined 10 solve tho
problem. r went 10 bed shout midnight and
4eft him working air. In Che morning he
said he hsd sstup TIL aftsr three, but, like
Archimedes, he Md, around H." and he had
cSvefed I dozen sheets ofpapef with algebra
ic fcrmulas7in hs'cpefation. u" 9, l9flls1 I
7 4 think Gafheld would Hike 10 be- rich4a- At
least better on thsnh ID; buthe could never
endure the kind Of life that makes mcn rich,
The continued ana sinonotohous routine and
SttentIon TINT Ii required IN mere money!
sstting. That Kind Of mental food wouldn't
nourish hhI IinSellectual Inaeufe. q He b am
bitious and, IN 3 true and . lsuaabie sense,o
proud. He lflces 70 excel. He told me tho
evening the nominstlons we're nxds ID Chi
csso that he would rather have the credit Of
making che BEST speech before such On audi
snce than 70 sct the nomination. People
may not readily believe u, but iGsfasld's,
speech nominating Sherman was very nearly
IN aimpromptu speech. Garfield is temper
ance man, though not ap"totsp sbstinslce
man." have seen wine On histable twice
1 In washington, once sssrbfcakfsst and once
1t Z dinner parry ID know thst iiqucris not
thsbitusny used about his house, md that he
very rarely touches n himself Hstis not %
all sensitive on the sdbjecs of temperance,
nor deslrOpl of eoneslslnlng an lhiisl biz views and
practice. 20
H.Genefsi GarAeld Is fond Of his homo and
his farm. He waiks hisp visitors around and
shows them the improvements he hiss cmads
1 and explains those he contemplstes.ys Hs
shows his stsck, machinery and eropswitf
u much enthusiasm ~ Horats Greeieyuset
10 display on The same sdbjects!q He find d
tho farma source Of perpetual pleasure ant
binterest.qo la IAg15f.1 h3Hu si
tss One cannot be about Mentor long ~ishou
4 finding out that Garfield likss his ine'ghbors
/ lsnd they like him. ny 10 sR9.f 9ELl SH' b
4 IL Mrs. Garfield Is . very pseassnt, batrnot |
demonstfstive woman She ID we'll sducate'
\ and appreciates the good things in iitsfstur
And art. She reads solid book, and, the mae
q szines; looks well After the house and teach
: es her own children; she9is - help.mset an
! an entertaining companion r.her husband
7 and abundsntly able TO enteftainhi aInos
at intellectual friends and visitors. eIshoui
0 think her most marked chsracteristtcis thi
q of perfect attention. To- her own busines, CD
no msddnns with other people'sn She is III
d ostenistiouSe SE EShs refused 10 allow her PHI
+ soesasN to bsseld 6r thsr 9picturs so7be d
sfsved, ,sthdaeE sirnsstly prssssdto doissos
. photosnphsts;7 engrsvsrss snd by many
her friends. suspect she don't carsito
: written about much elther,lttdon'tw wish
do violence to. her desire inithis respect
! lextef,ded comments. ia@G1rg E. gidA 20.
~ THE children are two boys, one girl, a.
Tl swo more boys Their first child wasa Igil
Y (which died when q few months DID, ~
. 1ilsst ons'was . boy, that died when abo
y t~0 yearsold! Harry, the otdest1hvi1g,i
' sixteen; Abfsni, the YOUNGEST ,iis eight; viI
u Is fSdr1ssn5 5Moiiytwelve, ,mdo oIrvinten yea
EIold. aHaIlyiss quiet, steady boy, very Iob
81 disnti isndI Idurif0i, particularly respeeddl
srtwafi iilis pArsnts and grandmother ~
viwritsr hatsTpppostumityi Of of,seeings Sh'
,eI scterissici lsttsEwhicA henwTote to hisrnos
III Or shortly alssrthe Chicago Consensioha
,d Land Jim bsing in school at ConcordszNI I
g E.trthe time. He spoke, Of the fsct.thst bol
n Iof his scAoolmates hsd tmamfssted.S gT
al lAoslnnors interest inihimsef iandor Jig
ar since theirp !" pa y wxs nominated ferI Pre-
r,icdentsdl Hes etidentlyi thought, this q 1t
NJ snobby, and saId hsudian'tconsiderfha
all xerea Bit biggeror hrtter gthana they Iw'
betbeSorS, md that he vonlaI respecte his VI
81 ind, ,as much 4 even if he w6re nothing pa
'afil lDonrfessan III HIS lifH.n He didn't pc
to to think iitls taryi higthmg toisesa Contre
s1 Af.-r faHIF
~ lrq IJin,is called Auellickne, ,boys iHeas Pc
az known to ba stiiiunlsss ssAeepdt Bash Pn
Ne ideally shdinteiiectnallyohe iayefy &neff !
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bissbairl, Enthusiastically good dsense for h1r
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