Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-25

oEere their followers had time to come htheir aid. At the foot of MouI dI lMonadoe, in New Hampshire, lived Mr. Ballou, who had two daughter f Eliza and her sister. They were highl III iendowed intellectually, and were reare with care and circumspection. Eliz ak kiwas welded with Abram Garfield. an
 her sister was married to Abrams hal 5k 5k,brother. Unto Abram and Eliza wa abiborn JAMES A. GARFIELD. their fourt
 Bison and our lamented President. bein afithe ninth in descent from Edward of Wa pkjtertown. The event occurred in Or
 Range, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Novembe fEsI9, lS3L When James was but tw,
 ssyears old, a forest fire broke out an, ,sthreatened the distraction of his father
 held. By desperate effort of Abran E Garfield the field and crop were saved
 put the over-taxed man, who was over -ss'ome with heat, sat down iu cool wind q 5and contracted a violent cold which sud Edenly caused his death. When tho 5searth was placed over him the battle Rsof life for the mother of our late Presi kdent began. The eldest child was but kten. The fence around the field was in. Escomplete, and the slender Eliza-mother ts5of our late President-split the rails
 that finished inclosing the field, and she,
 with her ten-year old boy, laid them up. sslt IS no wonder, then, that James Gar
 field loved his noble and courageous
 Smother. The elder son inherited his |, Fathers generous and devoted nature:
 ssiwith him there was but one purpose in . iife-to help his mother and do all
 swithin his power for his sisters Sand younger brother The children .7were all intelligent. They man. saged to attend school during the winter 3seasons, but Mrs. Garfield knew her re ssponsibility and greatly assisted in theiri seducation. The parents of our late . President early became interested in rel .illSlous matters, which resulted ir thel Organization of Disciple Church. To. 5this church Mir. Garfield afterwards be-. scame a member and adhered to its teach-j Rings through life. We have rapidlyE 3passed from the late Presidents birthl sthrough the mythical and legendarys sperlod, which many writers have en-s griehed with fabled stories. We nowE reach the period of his more mature ed [ !Ucation, with the unfolding of thoseE mental powers and the development ofs ithe latent traits of character which sok distinguished him in after life. Hist thirst for knowledge and longing for ihigher education than could be obtained Z from the district schools, was so great that he rode on horseback 70 miles to:
 Athens to sec ra-.t l-.ti-e--
 event in the history of Hiram rather
 than in that of Garfield when he entereds her new fresh halls. The large-headed,B ,B deep-chested youngs
 giant with his supplies of life and vital
 .ity, found vent in his energies on Creek land Latin. One can almost fancy aE thrill from the grasp of his warm, strongs have run back to thef [ old writers whose thoughts he was to
 master with their language. Two year at Hiram and he was much the best scholarl there, and he became the standard byEi which to measure future prodigies. HeS
 wrote to Yale, Williams, and MT. Camp-
 bells young college at Bethany, gave d
 modest account of his acquisitions ands asked how long it would require in theirB classes to complete the university course
 They severally answered two years. HeS entered Williams and at the ends Iof two years received the awarde
 for metaphysics, the best honor of Will .liams. On his return to Ohio he was .honored with the post of languages ink Hiram institute, and the following years became its president, He taught several <
 years in Hiram. He was elected to theI .Ohio Senate in the autumn of 1859, when ! ihe was 2s. In the same autumn he en-
 tered his name ar a student-at-law in the iofiice Of Messrs. Williamson x Riddle, of ( Cleveland, and was admitted to thes bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio at f. iColumbus two years afterwards. Heg soon became a distinguished leader ing the Ohio Legislature. He early joined : the army for the suppression of the re- s Ibellion, was made Lieutenant Colonel 2 iof the Forty-Second Ohio, and soon rose Ito the Colonelcy of the regiment. Gen iZollocoffer was on the road from Cum-e |berland Gap to Mill Springs In con icise words as if to one skilled in mill ,tary tactics, with map before him, he pointed out the position and strength ofs the enemy, the location of the Union 5 forces, the topography of the country and lifting his cold eyes to the silents lGarfeld, said: If you were in com
 lmand of this sub-District what would < you do? Report your answer here at K mine o'clock tomorrow morning" AtE !nine o'clock sharp he laid his plans before his commander. The skilled eye mastered it in a minute He issued tos its author an order on the spot creatlngk |the Eighteenth brigade of the army ofE .the Cumberland, and assigned Col. Gar field to the command. Garfield, whos had never seen an enemy or heard mus ,ket fired in action, lead forth to battle asi brigade, consisting of four regiments of infantry and eight companies of cavalry, against Gen. Humphrey Marshall, thes q, ,. Il .-.,-, ., 4l,a vvark