The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-18

his solid shot of argument are exceed
| Ingly effective. On the stump Garfield
Is one OF the very best orators in the Re
publican party. He has a good voice.
an air of evident sincerity, great clear
| ness and vigor of statement, and a way
oil knitting his arguments together so as
to make a speech deepen IFS impression
on The mind OF the nearer until the eli
max is reached
OF his industry and studious habits II
| great deal might be said, but single H.
lustration will have TO suffice here Once
during the busiest part of very busy
| season at Washington, l found him in
his library, behind big barricade of
books. This was no unusual sight, but
when l glanced at the volumes saw
that they were all different editions of
Horace, or books relating to that poet
Il find am overworked, and need rccre-
ation," said the General. Now" my
| theory is that the best way to rest the
mind is not to let it be idle, but to put il
at something quite outside of the ordi-
nary line of its employment. So am
resting by learning all the congressional
library can show about Horace and the
various editions and transIations of his
poems."
GARFIELD AT HOME.
Gen. Garfield Is the pOsSessor of two
homes, and his family mirgrates twice a
year Some ten years ago, finding how
unsatisfactory life was in hotels and
boarding houses, he bought a lot of
ground on the corner of Thirteenth and
l streets, in Washington, and with mon
ey borrowed of friend, built plain,
substantial three-story house. A wing
was extended afterward to make room
for the fast growing library The mon.
ey was repaid in time, and was probably
saved IN great part from what would
otherwise have gone TO landlords The
chlldrin grew up in pleasant home sur
roundings, and the house became a cen
ter of much simple and cordial hospit-
allty. Five or six years ago the little
cottage at Hiram was sold, and for a
time the only residence the Garfield's
had in his district was a summer-house
he built on Little Mountain, Il bold ele-
walton i'll Lake county, which commands
view of thirty miles of rich farming
country stretched along the shore
! OF Lake Erie. Three years ago he
bought farm in Mentor, in the same
county, lying ON both sides of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.
Here his family spend all the time when
he Is free from his duties in Washington
The farmhouse is low, old fashioned,
story-and half building, but its limited
| accommodations have been supple
mented by numerous out-buildings, one
| of which Gen. Garfield uses for Office
| and library purposes. The farm contains
| about 100 acres of excellent land, IN a
high stateof cultivation, and the Con
! gresham finds a recreation, of which he
never tires, iii directing the fielu work
and making improvements in the build
| ings, fences and orchards. Cleveland is
| only twenty-five miles away; there is IA
pOstoffice and IA railway station within
half mile, and the pretty town of
| Plainesville is but five miles distant
| One of the pleasures of summer life on
the Garfield farm is Il drive of two miles
| through the woods to the lake-shOrc and
| Ia bath in the breakers
Gen. Garfield has five children living,
| and has lost two, who died in infancy
The two older boys, Harry and James,
are now ut school in New Hampshire.
Mary, or Molly as everybody calls her.
| Is handsome, rosy-cheeked girl of
about twelve The two younger bows
are named Irwin and Abram. The Gen
| erals mother is still living and has long
been member of his family. She is
an Intelligent, energetic old lady, with
| clear head and IA strong will, who keeps
well posted in the news of the day and
is very proud of her sons career, though
more liberal of criticism than of praise.
Gen. GaTfield's district lies in the cX
treme northeastern corner of Ohio, AMI
embraces the counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull, Geauga. Lake and MahOning
His old home county of Portage was de-
tached from it year ago With the ex-
ception of the coal and iron regions in
the extreme southern part, the district
/ is purely rural one, and is inhabited
by population of pure New England
| ancestry. 1t is claimed that there is less
| illiteracy i'll proportion to the popula-
ton than in any other district in the
United States.
In person Gen. Garfield is six feet
/ high, broad-shouldercd and strongly
built. He has an unusually large head,
that seems to be threc-fourths forehead,
light brown hair and beard, large, light
blue eyes, IA prominent nose, and full
checks. He dresses plainly, is found of
broad-brimmed SLOUGH hats and stout
boots, eats hearty, cares nothing for lux
urious living, is thoroughly temperate
i'll all respects save in that of brain
work, and is devoted to his wife and
children and very fond of his country
home. Among men he is genial, APP
prOachable, companionable, and re-
markably entertaining talker.-E. V.
Smalley.