The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-07
Campaign Stories.
GEN. GARFIELD AS A BOY.

" lille driving q team on the second canal
one day Gen. Garfield, then but four years Of
age, was approached by one Of the mules,
who wanted him to lei up a little, as the
weather was hot. The General took the
matter into consideration, and finally agreed
to be more gentle if the mule would assign
10 hun his ratlons for that day. The mule
did SO, and the boy sold them for books,
with which he stored his mind and paved
his way to the Presidency. There is no
doubt he accepted the bride from the mule
but he took it as a citizen, and faithfully
kept his pledge not to Whach the mule ANY
more than was necessary 10 prevent any
suspicion on the part Of the captain.
Is He THE ENUIN HANCOCK?
1t is now pretty definitely settled that
Winfield Scott Hancock killed Abraham
Lincoln. Hancock and John Wilkes Booth
were intimate friends, and the former fire.
q%uently played parts in which the latter was
skilled. Th night that Lincoln was shot,
Booth was in Hancock quarters, ard Han
cock was at Ford's Opera House. The close
resemblance between the men naturally
misled the audience, who mistook Hancock
for Booth, and in the chase that followed,
Hancock was killed, and subsequently buried.
Booth, being a clever actor, assumed Han
cock $ place, and has been taken for him
ever since. He is known for his rebe! ) IN
pathies, and yet the Democratic party pro-
poses to elect him President.
GEN. GARFIELD AS AN
Nothing could be more touching than the
story told OF Garfield and the horseshoe.
One day he picked up a shoe in the road,
and IN Il lecture to some young men, that
night, described the making and uses of the
shoe in all their details, deducting some pic
turesquely moral lessons, drawing tears from
his auditory. On another occasion, he saw an
idle OK cart standing III u field. Borrowing
some harness, he hitched himself up and
drew Il to a nelghbOrlng tow where a Sun
day school convention was In session. When
called upon to speak, he took the cart on
the stand, and after infinitely detailing the
method of its construction, and showing
that each part had its place in the world
however small, he drew the brilliant con
%clusion that it made no difference If all the
cattle on earth were dead, the ox-cart would
be OF great benefit to humanity so long as a
man could be found who was ass enough to
drag it around after him.
Our Ill RATES.
to the above at the following prices, which
places them within the reach Of all. Exam
Inc our list
Story OF HANCOCK ) tredcneTy dt yates
burg, Illinois, 81 CO
Story of Hancock's beating a board
ing house keeper, ! sc
Anecdotes showing that Hancock
can't ride a horse, 3 p
Afidavits proving that Hancock was
only a sutler, & 90
Documents showing that Hancock had
no father or mother, 5 d
Evidence that Hancock was a rebel
spy (very tine), 9 5C
Afidavits that Hancock died before
the war, ; 80
Afidavits that Hancock died after the
war, 5 81
Afidavits that Hancock was born in
Siberia, 4 &C
Story of Garfeld's buying Bibles on
credit, %
History of Garfeld's good intentions
(frst-class pavement), 3 20
Affidavits of mules as to Garfield's
youth 3 81
Sworn statements OF canal boatmen as
to GaItield's good conducc. 5 sc
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is untrue, SO that papers not desiring to use
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