The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-19
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AND BIS
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GenerolEG field tab pc 70 hooks AID mu-
sic and pictures. he is withaI very YER
satile. He sings songs and reads poetry,
studies mathematics, problems, and
translates "kDotty" passages of the Greek
Testament with equal interest AID relish.
l remember once seeing a gentleman
showing him what is called 'trick with
cards." After trying it few TINES, Mr.
Garfield said: THAT is no triek-it is
the result of some law of numbers; it is
a ma'hen atical problem, depending on
the number OF cards, spots, ETC." nat
night Re determined - solve the prob
lem. went to bed about midoirht ard
left him working at it. In the moruir :
he caid he had sat up till at. II three, but
ike Archimedes, he had "found il, nd
he covered dozen sheet of p.per
with f'gebraic formulas in the ope.s
ton.
think Garfield would like to be rich
at least better off than he is; but he
never could endure the kind OF life IT, /.
makes m rich-iae continued r.
iron Jus routine end e. onion Il It
IS required in mere mo1eY-makipg. That
kind of mer al food wouldn't noUrish
! b s intellectual nature. He is ambiLio .
end, in true 6nd laudable sense, proud.
lie Ink 10 excel. he told me the even
the nomir atoms were made in Chi
g. that he would rather have the
crcdit OF making ...e b~st speech bcfo c
su@h . audience i!tan 10 get tie romi-
nation. People may not readily believe
it, but Garfeld's speech nominating
Sherman was very nearly 81 impromptu
sp ca. Garfield is temperance man,
tho b not "total abstinence man." /
lave seen wine on his table twice in
Warning ton, once at 8 breakfast and
e. 4 s1.ms
| Iiqao is not habituaIly used about his
hodse. I'D that he very rarely touches s
himself. He is not at all sensitive on
| the subject of Temperance, nor desircns
of conceaiing his views and practices.
Gen. Garfield is fond Of his home sEd
bis Ia N. He walks his visitors around
and shows them The improvements he
has maze, lad ez .slains those he con-
templates. He shows his stock, ma
chimney and Gro ps with as much enthusi-
asm as Hors c Greeley used 70 on the
source CT perpetual pleasure end inter.
est.
One CARROT be sbout Mentor long
without finding out that Garfield likes
his neighbors and hat they like him.
Mrs. Garfield is yery pleasant bat
not q demonstEative Womon. She is
well -ducatcd nd apr ciates the good
things in literature and art She reads
solid" books, 7d the magazines; looks
well ST the house md teaches her own
children: she js . ahelp-meet'' end an
entes aiming companion for hee husband,
and abundantly able TO entertain his
most intellectual friends a1d visitors. ]
should think her most marked charac-
teristic is that Of perfect attention TO her
osa business, and no meddIing with
other peoples. She Is vnosteDtatious
She reiuS q to allow her photograph to
be sold o. her pictu-e 70 be engraved,
though earnestly pressed 10 do 50 by
photographers, engrayefs and by many
friends. suspect she don't care 20 be
v itten about much either, and don't
wish 10 do S.oienee to her desire In this
respect by extended comments.
The children are two boys, one girl
end two more boys Their first child
was q SRI, which died when few
months old. The last one was boy thai
died when abo1t 40 years old. Han3,
the Oldest living, Is 10; Abram, fke
youngest, is s; ~sim'' is II, Molly 10 end
Irwin 10 years old Harry Is quiet,
steady boy, vely OBJ dieps and dulifnl,
particularly resp csful towards his par
ents and grandmother. The writer had
an opportunity Of seeing q characteristic
letter which he WIote 20 his mother
shortly after the Chicago convention, he
and aJim" being in school at Concord