, 1880-06-09

HHttHftf. tt WIS sn6fGH tuAt th4 tOnVnHLl0D
pr&erl to plnto cnndttiates In nomination for
thus Office Of Vice prcaldcnt Pending this mo.
TIM. n motion Tor adjournment VIE mntlo, which
WIZ carried, md Mt half.past O'clock tho Con-
sent!on took a socoss tlH5 O'Clock.
THE MAN.
0EN. JAMES A. GARFIELD, or ONO.
Jnmes Atrnham Unr!icld was burn Nnv. 10.
1E3l, In tho Township Of OtnnRe, C,iynhnTn
County. Ohio. ht,a,lt t>ftccn miles FROM Clcvc-
lautl. Ills father, Abrnham Garfield, eauaa fro,n
New York, hut, like his inuthor. WINS OF New
Enginnd stock. Jamos WIS tho youngest Of four
children. The father died IN lEr, lowing the FINN
ily dependent upon sfnnll fnrm md tho exer-
Nons uf tho mother. There wns nothing 0bout tho
cider GARFIELD to distinguish him from tho other
p!ol1nx farmers Of thu ratalor etorllo Township
uf Or,i,Ks. No ono could discern my qualities
i'll him. which, transmitted to tho next Ecncrn-
tim, might help IL make d rtntcsman. unless It
WIS industry; but hs wife. who 10 still living at
I'm advanced ngo, WIS always fond or rending
when she could got leisure for hur hard houso-
hold duties. nnd wns IL thoroughly cnpnblo wtstl,-
MI, Of strong will, stern principles. nnl moro
thin nycraBe fnrro nf character. OF tho chill
artl, no uno besides Janrs has tnado tho 8light-
est mark til tho wurld. Tho older bruthor Is II
rNrmcr iu Michigan. md tho two slstera are,
bclluve, fnrtnoys wives. 1nmcs hnt1 n t0itgh
tin,o or 1t M boy. IIc te!}cl har1 on tho lnr1n
enrIy md latc III summer, and worked at tho
eaeI,p,ter's bench In wutur. Tho best OF 1t was
thnt ho liked work. There was not Il luzy hn1r
oi, his hp.ld. lie bud nn absorbing n1uh!tton tu
~, s,.,,,,,u1 thot ~ ,or,,nl in,.r uoa1,. ,nno.,
,r,, w ,ar, ~, ~, ~ thn.o ds~s Thn nh't, Tnro,
w., rn f.r from ,vnora bn ,,yet anI
nn,,,nr tbnt tho hn,tmon gnt t,,ntr INV
IN cash, n1,d earned better wn4es than
he culild make at farming or carpentry,
he hlrrst out US Il driver on tho towputh ar,d
~ n 1,nat rhou ho Jctarm,ncd tn ahln M n
,1,- -, .hn ,uLna hut ~, ottoci ~ fe,.or nn,1
ou,,o rterrcr1d win lin 1,,ons. lin wna IN thrue
n,nn,ha an,1 ,shcn hc r,covnrcl fc ,,ecI,1c to %
IN n schnol rnl,yl flcauun Academy. In NJ, nd
in,n1rv cn,n,r. lila mother mn N,vc, an,nil
ru,r II Inornv. wbirb ahc unyo Him. toootbnr
,vr,,, n fn,v ct,nLin,, ,,tcus,s and ntnrt ~ prf-
vis,s ito I,,rc,1 n ami, rom md t.cnl,tsi hIs
o,v,, fon II, ,nu,,o i,,s cYncnses as ht M npssi
,,n IL ,,n,1 hIa ,,v, wnv .rtnr thnt rnyor coll.
I'm m t,,s mnthcr for ary rnrrc nssistnnco. Nv
,.s.k,r,, mr. tto curnortcr,e 1,onch ,uornn1o nn,t
ovnr,nrs nr,l yntmtjon tt,nna. and tcachinr
r,,,,,rs. ,,tno,s 1ur,,t thr ,rlnt,r In r,unnyn.1
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49,, ~ ., tn,,.,. ~ sn,,itnn ,rsntnl or ,hvatco
,'',. ,,h,nh rs r',ton lawn 1,nnr T'r,,,ar
, ',t.t,, ~ ~, t 49, .1,,aatf ~, ,t h,,..
H., ~, ~ Hos "A s>'>~'>''' 1'N A''S
N'"' ,.,.,r, ,n c,t,r,v
When he syas :3 yp,,rs Of nge he concluded ho
ha Kot about nil thore was to 10 i,ad In the OH
scuro cross~ roads academy. lie calculated TINT
he hal saved about t1alf enough muney 10 net
through college, provided ho could begin. Us ho
hoped, with Tho Junior year. lie not q lifo-
insurance policy pa,d assigned It to a goutleln0u
rs security for d loan to make up tho amount
he laukod. In tho fa,k Of 1854 ho eutnrod tho
JunIor oass of Wtlljaus College, MassaubuBetts,
a1d Graduated In 1850 With tho motnphystcai
honora Of his cIuas. l hayo seen n anouer-
rt,otvna of him tokon about this linn. II
rt,nreaonts n rather nwkwnrl vonth. WITH n shock
~ l0ht hn,r etenf,Inv straight nm frrm !, bi,r
Tot,hcud and a trunk. thmrhtfrl rncc. ~ y
vnrv ,,nrknl T,srn,or tvr, trhn-c ~ mt n iirnn
~ nor,nnn hlnoi in tho faoroct, satnI,v. mt tbIa
nict,,ra would In tnkcn f,r sn,no Pritz nr C.nrl
{nat n,,r- f,or, +t,n r"+nnriond
Tefnrn ho wont N co,ooo f,cr,cl, b.d nm,
roctod h1mac,f with tho nIsrinlna. n aoct bnvin,
. rm-,arc,,n s7,om},orabIn IN 1aatnrn anI su,th.
~, t1h,o West. VIrt,inir and Tort,,ntv' ,vhoro
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