St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-02
THE PRESIDENT.
STILL IN A CRITICAL STATE.

70 ICHlONS IhO ICSluChO ut pICSCh''
Dr. Hamilton was of the opinion that
it would be worth while to run the
risk of moving him to where the air
was better, but the others were Oppos
ed to it, thinking it would certainly
prove fatal. His condition was so crit
ical on that day that only one of the
doctors would express any hope. On
Friday and Saturday mornings the case
seemed almost hopeless, and death was
expected at any moment. But on Sat
urday afternoon more favorable symp-
toms appeared, and hope revived again.
The surgeons said on Sunday that
while there is cause for hope, the crisis
is not yet passed, and considerable APP
prehensiOn was felt on account of the in
dication of assesses on the lungs.
FAVORABLE INDICATIONS PREsI-
DENT AND HIS FAMILY.
On Sunday afternoon the President
expressed desire to see his daughter
Mollie, and when she entered the room
and came to his bedside he took her
hand and asked about her health. She
replied that she was well, and inquired
how he himself felt. He said Il am
better. Ask your mother if the boys
cannot come in Soon afterward
James came to the bedside and was
greeted by his father atfectionately.
| The Presidents pulse, however, began
! to rise with the excitement and emo
ton of this interview with the children
and it was thought best not to allow
Harry to see him. Late in the after
noon Mrs Garfield and her daughter
Mollie, with Mr.. Rudolph and c. R.
| Rockwell of st. Louis, went out for a
ride. Mrs. Garfield looked bright and
cheerful, Notwithstanding the terrible
nervous strain which she has borne
with such uncOnquerable courage for
eight long weeks, and as the carriage
passed through the main gateway on
Pennsylvania avenue, around which IA
crowd of people had fingered all day,
she responded with a bow and bright
smile to the salutations of the guard
and to the greetings of one or two ac-
quaintances who were passing. Some
one standing near the gateway cried,
"That is Mrs. Garfield ~ and, by Il
sudden and spontaneous impulse, al
most all the men i'll the crowd took of
their hats and stood with uncovered
heads while the carriage passed, as II
they wished to show, in the only way
they could, their profound and tender
sympathy with her suffering and their
respect and admiration for her noble
courage and undying faith. ..
WHAT THE PHYSICIANS SAY.
The physicians were themselves sur
prised at the favorable change of Sat
urday. They had given him up and
had looked for death within
twenty -four hours. They still regard
the situation as very critical, and say
that it is altogether too soon to enter
tain any other hopes than those which
a condition of suspense can justly give
rise to. The chances are greatly
against recovery, but the chances are
not all gone, and if the sixtieth day
which was Tuesday, be passed before
death comes, they believe that death
will have been warded off. One of the
physicians believed that the pOisOnOu.
element in the blood was being to some
extent eliminated, and this being SC
l the food which is taken is assimilateC
better and is transformed into richer
and purer blood, which as it circulate'
through the system adds to the vitality
of the President. He believed that i
the several conditions of mind an(
stomach can be kept up for a few days
even though the strength should no
increase at all, he would begin to fee
some hope of ultimate recovery. .-
MRS. GARFIELD's STRONG FAITH.
The UNCOMFORTABLE faith of Mrs
Garfield in the Presidents recover!
was illustrated on Friday in an inter
/, view between her and the physicians
1t appears that the surgeons, after thu
alarming symptoms of that morning
decided that it was useless to longe
continue the struggle, and two of thei
number were selected to wait upoI
B Mrs Garfield and to inform her tina
: medical science could do no more, ant
that she must prepare for the worst
Capt. Harry Marshall of this district,
/, friend of the President and his family
t says that Mrs. Garfield heard the new
with great composnre, and that, smOth
ering her emotion, she arose and said
Gentleman, you shall not give hin
t up. He is not going to die. He is go
ing to live. feel, | know it. O.
back to your post, every one of you
and leave it not until every remedy i
, exhausted. until death itself has Sc
his seal upon him, for | will not be
, lieve that he is dying. Go back ant
do what YOU can. You cannot do more
but don't give up. | am his wife, ant
| I hot ~
end itself is upon u.s. Mrs. Garfield
has never surrendered more than
} moment or two ut a time to her grief
and then she has retired to her room
7 and after brief absence has returned
to her post of duty at the President
bedside.
| GUARDING GUITEAU.-TIIS TRIAL.
Extra precautions have been take
: to secure Guiteau against any attack
from outsiders, but the authorities
while constantly on the alert, do no
believe that any violence will be mt
tempted in case the President dies
f The threats against the prisoner ar
| almost wholly from people outside
, Washington.
5 The Grand Jury of the District o
| Columbia will meet on September II
b. If the President is dead ut that tim
the facts connected with the assassina
a ton will be laid before that body AM
= Guiteau will be promptly indicted TO
4 murder, and as speedily as pOssibl
e thereafter be brought to trial before tn
: Criminal court. Public expectation i
e very general that in the event of tn
e Presidents decease justice will b