Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-24
GEN. GARFiEID'S HOME.
a,s FANNY and His Home Life
Mrs. s:arfieId As n Teacher OF Her

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A correspondent of the Chicago
T.;b,,ne furnishes the following concern
;nntba Republican presidential candidate:
II is in his quiet home at Mentor that
the general appears to take his most sohd
comfort The little town Is about
tua,1tv.six miles east of Cleveland on the
- Shore road, and its onlypecuiarity
a.,a',;5e If being the home of the next
.,uas;5ent would seem to I've its length,
pb;ch is all out of proportion to its
I'LL The Mentor road is simply a
oantinuation of Euclid avenue, Cleve-
ionJ and the generals house is some
tbing like a mile and half southwest of
tbn station The road is lined with
shade trees which give it very attrac-
t;va appearance, and walking, even IN a
hot day is not altogether unpleasant.
Although retaining his legal residence at
Hiram after 1873, the general spent
most Of his time at Washington, and III
tbe SIMMER Mt various resorts. One or
two seasons he took his family to Ocean
Grove. and in 1876 he AID a number of
Cleveland gentlemen and their families
fitted M an inviting place on what is
known as Little Mountain-an ele-
walton between Chardop and Men
tor. While driving along the Mentor
road he saw the advantages in location
which a Mentor residence had to offer
and made up his mind to buy the place
he now has. A cottage occupied the
ground then, but it was a very comfort
able place, and made the family pleas
a,In,no1 ,,r,rahopa &c
ground amounted to 100 acres, and he
has since bought 40 more. But the
little cottage had not the desired con-
veniences, and was altogether too small
for the generals family. A Cleveland
architect was employed to enlarge and
improve it, and during the last ninety
DAYS the walls have been raised, a couple
of stairs added, and the exterior and in
terror finished off in modern style. The
STYLE of the architecture is Gothic. The
house is two and half stories high,
stands on crest or ridge, is painted a
clear white, and is plainly visible from
the railroad. There are two dormer
windows-one in front and one III the
rear-and a broad veranda extending
across the entire front. The first floor
contains a hall, with a large writing
table, a sitting parlor, dining
room, kitchen, and wash-room, and the
upper story and a half another sitting
room and the sleeping-rooms. His
library is separate little house,
off to the right. Here he does most of
his writing, surrounded by his collection
of congressional statistics and other
books of reference. The rooms are fin
| ished in hard wood, and everything
about the place, while plain and unpre-
tentious, gives it an appearance OF quiet
comfort. The house is not entirely fin
ished yet, but when it is the general will
have decidedly pretty home. The barn
is only a short distance back of the house
and furnishes accommodations for the
two carriage horses, the single carriage
horse, and the heavy working team. OF
the 100 acres comprising the farm, the
Sard, garden, and orchard take up about
twelve. Some seventy acres are under
j tillage, while the remainder is pasture
y and woodland. There are some noble
I oaks about the place, and the ak will
hardly be laid at the root of the tree so
long as the present owner is IN possession.
Gen. Garfield is, very naturally, pas
'sionately fond Of the country. He is a
&home man, and, perhaps, never appreci-
%ated the possession of home quite as
much as he does now in his few days of
rest after the hustle and excitement of
the past few weeks. His habits are reg
ular and methodical. Rising early, he
frequently mounts his horse and goes
over the farm directing the workmen
and studying out what suggest them
selves to him to be needed improvements
Quite as often, instead of mounting his
horse, he walks about the place, and he
has even been known to jerk off his coat
and hold the pillow or rake hay. 1t re-
minds HIM of old times, and is, of itself
| myigorating exercise. At present he has
10 private secretary here, and his CORE
spondence has got the start of him in
the last few days. Most of his letters,
Of course, just at this time, are In the
nature of congratulation or suggestions
Fnd advice as to the fitness Of So-andSo
a or anything from a cabinet position to
SE postmastership at a country cross roads.
be interests himself in affairs of the vii
II lage, and attends the Disciples Church,
S@Where be sometimes speaks. The liberal
8 people OF Mentor were very much
s pleased when, ON one occasion, he was
AL invited TO say something anent the for
81 nation M Of Murphy temperance society.
S# lie Is not believer in total abstinence,
Al ana he spoke, as he believed, cautioning
MI the young against the evils of immoder-
E@ ate drinking, and earnestly urging them
N TO check and control their appetites.
n Reference has been made to Gen. Gar
nelq taste for improvements. He has
Il made something of a study Of farming