The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-17
Correspondence Of the News.
INAUGURATION NOTES.
BY ONE WHO WAS THERE.

ly east of the east front of the Cap
itol building, We watched the
crowd gather, and at noon the
mounted police coming up Pennsyl-
yania Avenue, through the Capitol
grounds, rounding the curve Of the
hill and coming into view, were the
fOrerunners of greater things. The
nodding yellow Crests of the mill
tary guard of honor, from Ohio, we're
caught by the late sunshine, and
looked beautiful, as they defled in
front Of the great length Of the snow
white Capitol.
Shouts went up from thousands,
as the carriage, drawn by four bay
horses, came over the hill, in which
were seated the President-eleet and
President Hayes. Next came the
carriage with the Vice-President-
elect and Hon. Geo. Il. Pendleton,
and then the trim ship from the
Navy-Yard. Sailors reclined on its
deck, and stood aloft in the rigging.
After the ship, soldiers in blue, SOL
diers in gray, soldiers in white and
blue, soldiers in abundance, until
they extended in rows of blue, red
and gray from the central stand
far utinto the streets around. No
tiOnless these soIdier-boys stood,
with their bayonets flashing like
" siver threads along the oontinu-
GUS file.
When the venerable Fred Doug
lass came out Of the Senate Cham
ber and assembled the main stand,
erected over the steps Of the central
portion Of the Capitol, followed by
the President-elect, the waiting
crowd eheered wildly. Gen. Gar
field advanced to the front Of the
hag-draped elevation, where he was
introduced by SenatorPendleton, and
there was a little group around him
that was the center of the gaze Of
many thousand anxious eyes.
On the Presidents right were the
Chief Justice and his associates, in
gowns of black. Near by sat Gen.
Hancock, and at his side could be
distinguished the silvery hair and
white cap-frills of Gen. Garfeld's
aged mother. It is said that she is
about eighty years old. I could not
help thinking that any mother who
had raised as good a son as she had,
must be a grand, good woman, and
that James A. ought to be proud Of
the old lady who wore the plain cot
tage bonnet, and take pleasure in at
tributing to his mothers influence.
and guidance all his success i8 life,
and that she ought to feel proud to
see her son standing on the highest
pinnacle of worldly greatness, as
President Of the United States of
America.
Mrs. Hayes white bonnet shoDe
like a star, as serenely as ever. Her
true womanly face inspired respect,
and seemed to light the way Of the
new comers to the White House. Il
hope that we will all feel as proud of
Mrs. Garfield on the 4th day of
March, 1885, as we are of Mrs.
Hayes to-day.
After the oath was administered,
President Garfield kissed the Bible,
and then turned and kissed his
mother and wife. We pitied poor
Chester Arthur, as he had no wife to
kiss.
William English was not in attend
ance. I suppose Mr.. English
couldn't get a free pass, and there
was no emigrant train going direct |
to Washington, D. @. Or perhaps
he was unable to foreclose a mort |
gage, in order to pay the regular
fare on the B. & o. R. R. Besides, !
he lost five cents down a crack in the
floor. "Who is there to mourn" for
poor Bill English ? "Not one ~
We saw a great many distinguish
ed men during our three days So
journ, and in our strolling around
we saw enough to convince US that
some Of them devote q great deal of
time to the opportunities of 'John
Barleycorn." There are some very
heavy drinkers in both Houses Of
Congress, men who are as straight
as a dart at home. was credibly
informed that some Congressman
were unable to leave their beds for
weeks at a time on account of
'malaria!" 1t seems as if the mem
5ers are like some Of our folks at
home-they drink until their stom-
achs are all gone and they are IN
able to eat or drink anything, and
have to lay by for a week or two.
They account for their condition
with the general explanation, ''mala-
aria" Malaria fddlestieks It is
more like rllm-atios Our people
ought not to countenance this fash
onable drinking.
The physicians of Washington un-
lerstand their business When they
ind an honorable Senator or Repre-
suffering from too much
'um, they tell him he has the "mala-
ia" They charge him an extra ten