The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-02

sage has been Uuil anU SlUpiu. "p"!
in The vicinity OF Mentor was up long before
any mere rooster could crow once. lei alone
thrice. The Garfield family shared tue all
pervading feeling. To them II meant long
goodbye not al all like the adieus OF con-
gresham who goes TO Washington LOT tne
session, but a four years severance AZ lue
least. and some enthusiasts arc iouuu "uo
nrf diet already an added term 10 The presl-
dental chair
EMBARRASSING ENTHUSIASM.
The dav was raw and damp and chilly,
suooe>iiyc of collie and coming snow
storm. Every now and then scuTries OF
snow filed the air, aud a keen, cold wind
penetrated The thickest clothing. making
blazing wood fires comfortable TO the SIDE
exDosed 10 their heat and tantaIizing 10 the
other. All the roads leading TO memoir
were deep in mud, walking was unpleasant
and wheeling almost impossible, but niue
things like that bad no effect on the rural
determination TO abe at the derOt ana see
the President OIL" So general was tbe
desire to extend farewell courtesles 10
the departing party that it was evil
dent that something must De cone
10 balk il. and General Swaim's Ingenious
mind suggested The idea of change OF
e,
tiludc OF shoulders in The crow ded CleVe'
land demo, he requested the manager to take
the Lake Shore road TO Ashtabula, ana 90
thence by TIC Ashtlbula and Pittsburgh
road to Pittsburgh, and 20 on Utd Harris
h,rrr 10 Washington. This created much
feeling IN Cleveland, but was perhaps the
hest programme, a ii relieved Garfield OF
much physical fatigue in the car.splittlng
and hand shaking way.
MENTORS GODSPEEp.
AZ 7 O'Clock Mentor vas actually alive,
and by Q O'Clock there were more tppets
down by the DEPOT than would warm
whole orphan ASYLUM. An army OF news
raner men besiegcd tue General for permis~
SION TO accompany him, but he was power
lc,. 10 help them. a. he was guest OF The
road hin self TIE Associated Press ana
New York Herud had thOughfully or.
ranged Tor themselves, but 1t was rot until
the last moment that General Swain con.
cludcd to have an extra car put at the head
OF The train for the accommodation OF The
otherwise unpiovidod and luckless ScllOe>.
Mean lime near ncighbOrS, friends, ana
relatives packed the homestead ana Darrl-
cadpd The places of exit. The hnal
Dackines were greatly embarrassed by these
oood.naturcd teoplc. nho would gladly
have helped; but there was nothing i0r
them 10 dc. Train after train arrived,
bringing tall men in huDiing-boois, ana INN
women in red tippcis. Old ana youh" hau
but one dcsirc--io see Garheld's car ana say
goodbye 10 their old-lime representative.
At noon long eXclrsion train from Ash
labua and gainesville arrived in binding
snow. storm, packed with brass band, ca
diets, and shculers. | regret to say that
they also brought an orator in the hirsute
pprsOn of Mr.. A. l.. Tinker, a local talker
OF fame and ambition. These people Joined
the noble army Of shiycreis, all but Tinker,
who went behind 40 immense pile CT WOOD
and warmed himself by rercading his con-
templated speech.
TIMERS OPPORTUNITY.
The first real relief Of the day was the
arrival Of Garfield trunks. The driver was
q hero, and the servants were regarded with
awe. The cadet. from AShiabula came TO
- Company. a,. tntiou :" and the bras band
from Paincs, i.r played Hail Columbia
and "Thc Girl Let Behind Me- Then,
when the crowd had assumed large proper
lions, camc q carrilgC containing The Ven'
erablc mother OF General Garfield, MIS-.
Garfield, Miss Mollie Garfield, and the two
bows, Irwin and Abram. This party was
safely enSconced in one Of the two private
ears and before the eapers bad ended thelr
gossip General Garfield and General swain
Iappeared. Tie PiesIdent-elect was wei
coined heartily by people. band, cadets, ana
all, and Thinkers opportunity began. lie
storm suspended, the crowd condensed,
Garfield stood on an cXlcmp0rzed platform,
and Tinker. having adjusted his spec'acles.
unroled Il huge manuscript, and, chilled to
the bone, with red nose and a shaky voice,
delivered q farewell address.
THE PGEsIOrNT-ELECT's BEST FRIEND.
During Thinkers TRADE the people nearly
peri,hed. The cold wind whistled through
the red tippcts aud laid the foundation OF
pneumonia and consumption. UncOmpli-
mentary remarks were made about Tinker
and Thinkers check, not TO say Thinkers rhc-
tOric. think, perhaps, Tinker rather out
did even himself when he reminded Gar
field that Tinker was really his friend, and
therefore warranted in advising him, and
the further suggestion that, although
other people would pretend in The
future also to be friends, 1t would
be money in bis pocket TO remember
That he and only he was the real, genuine,
and original Tinker, after all. One irreye-
rent youth said privately that he didn't
think drinkers praise was worth tink-
er's -; but it was cold aud he was par
doned. Brief a. The Grafton would appear
If set in cold type, 10 the victim who had ii
shouted In his car and The audience who
stood in the mud and slush it appeared in
terminablc. All things have an end, and
when Tinker closed loud cries and cheers
summoned General Garfield 10 the front,
and, hat ia baud, lac SAID;
GENERAL GARFIELD's ADIEU.
"Fellow. Citizens and Neighbors Of Lake
County, thank you for:lhis cordial and
kindly greeting aud farewell. You have
come from yOuf homes, than which no hap
pier are known in this country, from this
beautiful lakeside, full OF that which makes
the country happy, TO give me your bless
ing and farewell You do not know how
much leave behind OF friendship and con.
fdence aud homelike happiness. But |
know am Indebted TO that for acts OF kind.
ness, OF nciehborly friendship, OF political
confidence, Of public support, that few men
have ever enjoyed at the hands OF any peo-
pie. You are part Of this great commu-
nifty Of northern Ohio, which for so many
years have had no political desire but the
good Of their country, no wish but the pro-
motion OF liberty and justice; have had no
scheme but tue building up OF all that was
worthy and true in our republic. III were
10 search over all the world could not find
a better model OF political spirit In aspirs-
lions for the truth and the light than have
found in this community during the eigh-
teen years its people have honored me with
their confidence.
al thank the citizens OF this county for
their kindness, and especially my neighbors
Of Mentor, who have demanded so little OF
me, and have done 20 much 10 make my
home refuge aud 10. What awaits me
i lannnl onn.l ni hut 4 .hau a