, 1881-10-07

inst, hut when 1ru l. eaarr, jnyn,,s. sta'u!lng
III iIrtpu tt, ca!.!, rtG1l nuw bright tnnrIl-
lux. 1'|en surrly It wis tr,lr. rs lie often
snItt, Eurh hay IL II king Fl tllsE,ifse.' 1t
seu,tis to ,no now TINT frnitl boy'lhod 'lu
was Utmost conscious III Ills ffgll destiny In
l!f. liz WIS boril to lcatl n!lt command. lle
capt,trud atl Icnr,s rs naturally rs 1Iu
brruthctt. Ile cuHltl nut lieip whining them
ifIlc wnuid.'
i ca,,l,0t tit l3ettur tian In tl,lote still fur
thor froin Trof. iimlcs:
"Vlsinils cU1Mu aEnii, of fairfield h, The
classroom or tic ctNpcf. They sBc fair.
fucctl, bl,te-tyct y0,,ilg snntr, III tile robust
viE0r Ut carly ntnniood, OrerilnWlng will.
animal spirits and brepxy, cheerful g0o,t
l,aturc staNI[ng beftru cnsi and trr,hltnt.
i,s tho room with tllu grind rnthllsiasms fur
knowledge alHl fs'eas wlifr1' ntntto encll pupil
fcel rs II !lc weru IN Ill atmosphere highly
electrified, ont Ut which he PASSED fcellnp
that life Ind new lneantlQs Il, lin, and l0i,K-
inn for tho rctur1, Ut tic next ftssun. Tllv
crayOM uftel, beCalno II magic wand III Ills
hand. II, Which tew worlds were disclosed
IL the young explorer III starch nf nrw con.
tihents. 'Obserye nll things nlM Question MI
men, were lMnXlns he tlat1y Illustrated. M
ilan IL 50 >lnmhte,' lie often remarked, but
something new can ')c lenr,Iel by talking
with tlu.' With nil men, therefore. HI was
soc!al. Young Garfield haA already learned
that fdens GILL only ba clearly held when
they chi, ba ctcar;y cluthed Il, words, and, as
long rs l.u could 1iud goud listener, liz de-
lighted to pour fort', his own thoughts III
words. tins cl,rystnlliz!'ig hleas ntl opinions
already formed. AfRny i!lHn his wO.lll cred
ut the wealth nt conversation with which Ilu
wns lloot'st[.. Many small AUDIENCE thong!lt
md ts,tv rs uio,,ullty III % 10 tc ';s rs Il tcre W.T.,
thousands 10 be 1iluvctt. Al inen were fuils
strcligtkl alul hrtAtth.'
institutes lit tho surrounding c"lll,sry nlut IN
struct tho tenchers, alul i,crer did 8.e
teacher hear lIul but he. derived new
ing of Inc philosophy ot Instruction. Prof.
Alaxandrr Forbes, now ui Claleago, tells nt i
leetHre which @ l1S ,t lleMrl Mr G.'ilelt! deliver
n ,S ' t ts ss we n s W woik e ectfof tffaSsF Ky s
Prof. Fnrbcs tells It, 1t was some.lling.a .as fol.
lnws:. A[t. Garfield sa!d:
..No tencher t9I r.. Is Mot,y ot tho 1 name who
ll0 should meyer begim to talk until llu !las
tho undivided attention ut alt., When llo has
given MI ilusttustuI Of n subject llU should
stop rs soon ns lie knows, bS tie twinkle q
understand whnt ho las saisl. AnySthins
further on nth TINT iIn*traton VII spoil It's q.
rays OF light ,bcso1lti the focus. They then
beco'r'c perplcxedt an!! lSsipated. father
not catci the first ono viii get tls. 'li,e
others will get the SECOND orc MISC, anu thus
lays1w1 IL this lles tlo wole secret Of
No nun bcttur understood the thoughts OF
his pnpils or in later llfc watched THO Goun-
tenahces Of tho 9reat au1iellceA, whicl, ho
ton uscd by aIr. t;artied IN thnsp days was
tllut Of ,"g0Ilg to tho bottun,." Ila used to
say: ut Is atl !n!n'rtnnt tint, yoar pupils ~
sometimes little doubtful III sunfe OF your
minds whether they lo go to tho bottonl or
net. Tllern Is q dcep hole "yer in thu
wsfu We 1ys boys se, 70 20 n swx sr; e;
were many II them wito elai,i!c,i tfat thcy
used to doubt It very much, Flllnlly,a l1appy
bottun, and brought Zip q handful Of sand
and and gravel TO prove IL. Ever after that
the test 0f whether onu had been to the bot
aud gravel. Teachers, sue 10 il lint your
aln! taen you tlaye sure Indication that they
have been t1ore."
These institute speeches ar,d his constant
lectures III the various towns md cities OF
Northern Ohio brought students by tho hun
dreds to Hiram. 1le was very fond ut this
thus Of what he chilled capturlng Young men
Ignorance, md parents WHO had no Itca be.
ynnl tAe present, nnd dedlcating them to
iof ali tint siobles ind ettliles tic soul. sov.
erahInstanccs Of great interest are told mo
Of these days. Ono Of tho mast remarkable,
Perhaps, Was t. that of future President Of
and iinai!y his 1athar, a plain farmer, con-
alll that he must have tho boy ut home to rs
stst hl!n In the work Of the fnrnl. But the
young man Ind drank enough from tho
fountain Of knowledge to nuke him excectt-
t11gly, soltclto,!s of deeper drouKtts. lie was
ohealent to bis father but ut tic same ttme
bellton at the idea that ile must leayu school
forever. He came, therefore, to Mr.. Gar
field, and with tears In hfs eyes bado
seas @ sSss to sss 5sars III: rhore s &si 'aa
warm attachment already sprung up be-
tween tho youthful President Of tho lnstitu-
% Sa s s @s @ @saia ia sso @ '2a e her n r1 aS e s ds
thsre would be 10 dlaicultyabout tho ret,Irl,'
President Garfield snon after sent M MP
pupil lived, and took for bis subject tic par.
!moanlng Of tho Savior. and hcd that one ot
Il pasut parets arc eiiara Ss S rsho@sG
tendency Of M child and traln { III !hat
Way; that anything less than m ths was fall,
tne Lord. ..Aftor church ho took occaslon TO
eaii upon tho young n,an'a fatlert and cull-
making direct application of lis Thoughts
70 the case in ltand. flo told tho oil gentle
man that his son should bo given atl encour-
aEementt to 10 OIL With his studies. When
the next. term opened tho young tnRn w..s
PACK agntn In his old place, mud continued Oh
to tho end OF hts c0urSo.
An Another case Of capturing y young llan Is
even more marked titaM this, md toUk mucll
moro careful engineering, as tho fntter VIA
much different man,, Tl,o young man Ind
ocen. told TINT lle could not attend school
9iy longer, Md, lR wAs natural fn thDso days,
~ eamo Immediately 10 l'resiaent Garfield
and told Him Ills trouble.
-" Ask Your father to Cntl and SEQ me,h said
Mr.: Garfield.
The. first tlmto tho old gentleman was In
Town ta called nrou1ltt ut tho Presidents
mouse. After Introducing himself le satd:
!" Henry told MA tint Y0u WIHI1Ed tn Kra