Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-29
Has Come and President James
A. Garfield
Has Passed Beyond tho Great
Gulf Of Eternity
Leaving a Nation Of Fifty Mil
lion Mourners
With all Civilized Governments
on the Globe
As Sympathizers in Our National
Bereavement.
ms pEATII.

his DEATH.
The president passed away at 1890
o'clock Monday evening. the 18th inst.
From what can be ascertained, his
death was from sheer exhaustion.
The New York Telegam's extra
says: At the presidents bedside, hold
ing his poor emaciated hands In her
own and watching with anguish unut-
terable tho fast vanishing sands Of
life. sat the faithful, devoted wife dur
ing the closing hours Of the presidents
career. Around him were other weep
ing friends, and physicians lamenting
their powerlessness In the presence of
the dark angel of death. Toward the
last the mind Of the sufferer wandered.
lie was once more back in Mentor
amid those scenes where the happiest
hours Of his life had been spent. He
sat In the dear old homestead again
with the loved ones around him-his
aged mother so proud of her big boy
the faithful wife and beloved children.
10 was u bliSsful dream that robbed
death OF its terrors and rendered the
dying man for moment unconscious
Of the cruel rending Of his once vigor.
Gus frame that was constantly going
on.
The moan of the restless ocean min.
gled with the sobs of the loved ones.
as the lamp Of life fickered and went
out forever. Nearly every one around
the president, clung to hope TO the last.
and refused 10 credit the approach of
death until the shadow deepened, and
the destroyers, presence could be no
longer unfelt.
his LIFE.
James Abraham Garfield was born
November 10. 1881. in the township of
Orange. Cuyahoga county. Ohio. about
fifteen miles from Cleveland. His
father. Abraham Garfield, came from
New York. hut, like his mother, was
OF the new England stock. James was
the youngest Of four children. The
father died in 1888, leaving the family
dependent upon a small farm and the
exertiOns of the mother. There was
nothing about the elder Garfield 10 dis
tinguish him from the other plOdding
farmers Of the rather sterile township
OF Ornnge. No one could discern any
qualities in him which, transmitted TO
the next generation. might help TO
make "a statesman, unless IL was indus
try; but his wife, who Is still living ai
an advanced age. was always fond of
reading. when she could get leisure
from her hard household duties, and
was a thoroughly capable woman, of
strong will. stern principles. and more
than average force of character. or
the children, no one besides James has
made the slightest mark in the world.
The older brother Is farmer i'm Mich
igan, and the two sisters are the wives
OF farmers. James had n tough
time of II as boy. lie toiled hard on
the farm early and late in summer.
and worked at the carpenters ben.h in
the winter. The best of il is that he
liked work. There was not lazy hair
on his head. He had an absorbing
ambition TO get an education, and thu
only road open TO this end seemed that
of manual labor. Ready money wa,
hard TO get In those days. Tho Ohio
canal ran not far from where he lived
and finding that the boatmen got their
pay in cash and earned better wages
than he could make at farming CT car
pentry, he hired out as driver on
the tow path and soon got up to the
dignity Of holding the helm of a boat.
Then he determined to ship as a sailor
on tho lakes, but an attack of fever
and ague interfered with bis plans
lie was III three months, and when he
recovered he decided TO 60 to a school
called Geauga Academy. and in an ad
joining county. His mother had saved
u small sum OF money. which she gave
him. together with few cooking uten-
sis and stock Of provisions. He
hired n small room and cooked his own
food to make his expenses as light as
possible. lie paid his own way after
that, never calling on his mother for
any more assistance. by working at
the carpenters bench mornings and
evenings and vacation times. and
teaching country schools during the
winter. he managed TO attend the acad.
emy during the spring and fall terms
and save little money towards going
10 college. lie had excellent health, a
robust frame and a capital memory,
and the attempt TO combine mental
and physical work, which has broken
down many farmer boys ambitious to
get an education. did not hurt him.
GARFIELD AT COLLEGE.
When he was twenty-three years OF
age he concluded he had got about all
there was 10 be had in the obscure
crossroads academy. He calculated
that he had saved about half enough
money to get through college, provided
ne could begin, rs he hoped with the
Junior year. lie got a life insurance
policy and assigned IL to gentleman
as security for loan 20 make nm the
amount he lacked. In the fan of iss4
ne entered the junior class of wiIi;eas
college. Massachusetts,. and graduated
IN 800 with the metaphysical honors
before ne went 10 college Garfield
nau connected himself with tbo me-.
P'eS, sect having a numerous mar
Dersnip Ia Eastern and Southerr Ot,io
west Virginia and Kentucky I,h.Sa % a.,
.' tOunaeI' Alexander Campbell. hal
Travelled and preached. The nT;nc;nai
pecuharities OF the denomination a.
their refusal to formulate their holios.
INTO a creed, the independence of eSch
congregation. the hospitality ara G.
tornal feeling OF the member Ana ar 49,.
lack or q regular ministry. When c..
neid returned 10 Ohio it was ns,,,-a,
that he should soon QTavit.ts 81 ~ .s. =
nfrnuwIlnN 1lfeI. 80 W tat