Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-08-05

las GfGt RDhtEA3 lApAu N&e excitement
OF Congressional session.
Bat this summer he will not be
able to do anything on the farm him.
self. His time from dawn to the
hour for his early retFem5 lit il oeeu.
pied with the duties his nomination
has brought. He is visited by large
number Of people each day, aud has
a mail bag fail Of letters every aight
and morning. Since his return to
Mentor, about four weeks ago, he has
received nearly 5000 letters, and has
CT will have answered every one Of
them
II is understood at the depot and
at the livery stable when strangers
60 to procure vehicle to take them
to Garfield's farm, thai he does not
desire to receive company in the
morning, but reserves the time until
noon for work, and leaves the after
noon for entertaining callers.
/ He rises about six in the morn.
ing, reads the letters that have been
received the morning before, and
| dictates answers to the short hand
amanuenses he has been compelled
70 employ. The ,ilsla library or
office that stands apart from the
house has boon turned into a cores.
pondence bureau aud telegraph of
flee. Here the General attends TO
his correspondence, assisted by Mr..
Thomas NJ Nichol, Of Wisconsin,
two slenographers, and a telegraph
op rator. Tho Western Union and
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph wires
run by his house On eh3 TURNPIKE
to Cleveland, and it bas been au
easy thing to tap then aud mako
connection with an Instrument Id
tho library. Gen. Garfield receives
and sends 3 hundred o. more mes
sages e7ery day, and iada the in.
strgment in his librsry Of import
aaoo as we'll as OF convenience.
TO tarn 10 bin daily life After
reading ard answ ering letters FOR An
hour ID the morning, Goaeral CIR.
| fold breakfasts at z, sarr3uoded By
his family aud clerks. oni almost
always by the many Tiai oFs whom
ho eutertaiuF. and then returns to
tho work CT correspondence. A
great demand upon his time has
been made By biogrspheFs, OF whom
not less thaG soFen arc engaged up
on his life. The chief bioer4phers
are M. e. V Smallay, correspond
ent OF the New York Tribune; ex
Congreesnap, A G. Blddle, If
Cleveland President Hina3ale. 81
Hiram college, aud @ G. Catlin, of
Boston. Those geHtloman aad
Others have been ABOUT General
Garheld'a residence ere1 eiuce his
return fsum w asi,is tsstI, 4aa have
occupies every moment IT his time.
Their labors ere Eenoreils over COW,
and the subject Of 50 much hiogra-
| ply feels much relieved. OF tie
three or tour hundred tettsrs hs
rsceiges daily some 80 of grsat i'm
/ poYtance, but the n9ss are Of the
slightest consequence. IL IS ID ear.
respondenoa with laaaIog repuelis
cans in every etato, and thsir COM
munieations require and receive the
greatest poasibI3 ATTENTION, but The
letter which the average cisizaa
writes is nuisance.
Half tho letters received are never
seen BY tho general They are
opened aud reed by Mr.. Nichol and
and the other clerks, whs submit
them to him only when they con.
tain communications Of importance.
All Of them aro answered, aud the
greater part fsho replies sre signed
by the generals narno, but be ats
taohes his name to ulread letters,
having faith in The judgment Of his
assistants,
People sesm 50 suspect such 81
arrangement, and half of than mark
their envelopes "privato" a "per-
sonal" o. Confidential" but 30 such
ruse cau 2ro!ec. tbsm from the
CLERKS, u he h&Ys -heif Instructions
to open aad road evary hing.
Many Of tae }ossess US very fan.
nv Fvofv dty thcv oo ! 6lled
with Ill s5s.s IL eaaes..lons. il.
ouiri~s AM requests. Men ask I'd.
vice about the c7aeatjop Of their
sons, She m4a.g cement IF thejr farms
and tho investn4et ot their monsy
Autographs and photographs are IN
ereas demand
Tho trustees of . Campasllite
church ii Virginia aek General Car
field to prssoa1 them 1 pulpit Biols;
q GOOD republican id Indiaaa seads
q check for $50 aid wants General
Garfield 10 bay him j h3r*e; II w3-
man IN Mippssota sends FIR The
measure If lis foot al s. +, k6it him
stockings: shoem .l5srs wsak 10 make
! him boetR. aud SaiiotB clothes: ladies
senG hi'n hecS H., aad saa@fo'@e seo
oal sset,i,la. III s'ui9&s @.esy
eon .e, atss sQs Y 4o.s sa'l %e'l"
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