Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-12-03

with the request that he make the incision.
Without an an@sthctic and without mur-
muir or muscular contraction by the pa
tent, the lncision was made. He quietly
asked the results of the operation, and soon
sank into peaceful slumber. This oper-
alton. though simple in itself, was painful,
and the manner in which it was borne by
the President in his enfeebled condition
was, perhaps, as any of the wonderful ner-
vous control which charactetizes his whole
illness.
When the stomach failed, resort was had to
other modes Of administering food, which
were repeated at proper intervals for four
or five days, at several periods of mis- illness.
We saw him slipping from our hands
through inanition. We suspected and
dreaded some internal injury, which no
mortal could have dared to explore. We
sought every available means of supplying
waste known to modern physiological sci
ence. Why We could not finally succeed,
is shown by the autopsy. During all, the
president intelligently discussed each con-
dition with me. He often spoke with feel
ing wonder of the marvellous aids which
science could and did give d sufferer in his
condition, saying on one occasion, What
relief those So called artificial methods of
nourishment have given me !! We should
be thankful that science has so advanced
that We can avail ourselves Of it in this crisis.
About ten days after the first subscrip-
ton was made TO the fund for Mrs. Garfield
some one Of the household informed him
that large sum of money was being raised
for her in the event of his demise. At this
he was very much surprized, and said:
What" adding, with evident emotion, as
he turned his face to the pillow, "How kind
and thoughtful! What generous people!
He was then silent and absorbed for some
time, as if overwhelmed with the thought.
T never heard him allude to the subject
afterward.
The fatigues of the trip Ito Elberon)
were shown in the pulse and also in the
facial expression; but the president ex-
pressed himself as glad to be at the sea-
shore, and WAS inclined to think he ought
to have been moved before. His satlsfac-
ton was evident to all. The sound of the
waves, the salt and bracing air, all afforded
him the greatest delight For eight or ten
days his condition visibly and continuously
improved. Upon the evening of the 18th
Of September a noticeable change took
place-a more frequent pulse, higher tenn
perature and increasing feebleness, all in
Dictated deep seated mischief, which his
physicians could not localize, but could
the general septic condition.
On this day was absent from him
for five hours, the only occasion on which
left him during the eighty days. I left
him comfortable, and On returning from
New York found him only presenting signs
OF. fatigue usual at that hour Is p. m.) Up
on my return he held out his hand, and at
tempted the familiar SMILE [ said:
"Mr President, I have been away for
few hours, asy you know, but they seemed
like an age.''
He answered:
Doctor; you plainly show the effect of
all this CAFE and unrest and am glad you
were forced to take this temporary relief.
Your anxious watching will soon be over"
think that then, and probably long be-
fore, the President fully believed that he
could not long survive.
Upon the day before his death he ed
dressed Colonel Rockwell as follows:
cold boy, do you think my name will
have place in human history"
The colonel answered:
eyes, grand one, but grander place in
human hearts. Old fellow. you mustn't
talk in that way. You have great work
After q moments silence he said, sadly
and solemnly:
"No: my work is done.
Often during his sickness, in his great
care for her rest after the fahgues of the
Gay, he gently urged Mrs. Garfield to retire
from the bedside, even when she herself
could scarcely bear to leave. His heart
was not only great, but tender as that of
child
Upon this last evening lad just inquired
of her if she was not in danger of too great
fatigue. She replied:
THE general seems so comfortable and
quiet that it has rested me to remain"
After making some arrangements for the
presidents comfort, and after the arrival of
General Swain, who was the nurse for the
first part of the night, she left the sick
room and retired. At 1890 the faithful
Dan suddenly appeared at the door of
communication, andsaid:
General Swain wants you, quick!" He
preceded me to the room, took the candle
from behind the screen near the door, and
raised it so that the light fell full upon the
face, SO soon to settle in the rigid lines of
death. Observing the pallor, the upturned
eyes, the gasping respiration, and total un-
I, with uplifted hands, ex-
claimed, MY God, Swain! the president
is dying!" Mrs. Garfield Mrs. Rockwell,
Miss Noble Garfield, Miss Rockwell, Mr..
@. O. Rockwell, Mr.. J. Stanley Brown, DR..
Agnew, DR.. Boynton, the servants and my
self were the witnesses Of the astsad scene
in this sorrowful history. While summon
ing Mrs. Garfield, had in vain sought for
The pulse at the wrist. next at the carotid
artery, and last by placing my ear over the
region of the heart. Restoratives, which
we're always at hand were instantly resorted
%. In almost every conceivable way it was