The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-23
PAIHEIIO INCIDEN rs
In the PTeAIdoaI'u Illness -G0ship fro
an Old Friend.

Washington Cor. Of n, Y, Herald.
To day Captain Henry Marshal, OF the
District, and an old friend Of the Prssi'
dent, talked with your correspondent
about the patients habits Of life, and more
particularly about bis dyspepsia. He wai
an old army friend as well, and the two
men have been intimate Tor years.
"Dld he ever talk to you about the con,
dition Of bis Htomach?" asked the re-
porter
"0h, yes, we have talked OF that often
and often, and he has always readily Ad
mitted that his trouble grew out Of hia
own careleSsness, | said to him once
Why do you talklo much while you eat 7
You do not mssIlGAte your food properly.
he said be knew that, but would slmUSt
as soon have bad stomsch 90 be quiet d
meal times. He told me then that he was
frequently required by the pressure Of
business TO 60 direct from the table 10 hia
desk and forced 10 apply himself at once
10 the work Ia hand, and that 40 he leaned
over his papers his head has burned and
throbbedBo that he had 10 lie down lor
an hour or two, and have his temples
bathed with cold Water.p .34sNI
WANTS TO 90 TO NRSroR I ~ /
Have you seen the President since be
was woun nded?"
"Not to talk 10 him Of any length"
"Do you know whether ne talked about
bic dyspepSia7"
"No, l do not. Bat be talks about
home. He Is 90 homesick that l do not
know what he will do II presently some.
thing is not done to bring him in assoClA.
tion with the old iarm."
"Have You spoken 10 him about that7'
"No; but to-day Mrs. Garfield, In q
long conversation, said that he was hun.
cry Tor Mentor, and that he hates the
White House. She says that as soon As
he 10 able 10 make the land journey he
shall be taken 10 Mentor and remGin there
until he can walk around aud be altogeth
or WE'LL" 49,.
ut has been said that be should go 10
the Soldiers Home when he could be
moved III he ever got well enough 10
novel"
"No: he wants either to take q short see
trip or 10 go 10 Mentor. He thinks-or,
rather, before this last relapse be thought
that he could he carried TO the river,
where he could be taken on board the
Tallapoosa OF Dispatch, by going 10 large
hammock carried BY twenty men or 30
walking 10 regular step. Ia fact, the
General Of the Army had some men drill.
Ing 10 90 transport him. The General
said he could be carried without knowing
he was moving, provided his eyes were
kept closed, Tor any distance Rhich one
squat Of men could walk. He begged
Mrs. Garfield to take him 10 the Soldiers
Home, but che said that when be left the
sick chamber to take q journey II would
be TO Mentor, II II were not Tor short sea
voyage" {
"Sincs bis last relapse has he had any
letters Of hlS mother or sister read %
him7v s.y g.-.. .-e -. -F ..-,. z
"Nohe. He asked Mrs. G lrasld 10 day
how bis mother was and II che had writ!
ten to him regularly. He was told that
she had, and they asked him Il they should
read him what she had written"
Read me the last letter, please, he
whispered lu reply, When they had done
90 he was aAked II they should read any
more, and he indicated not then. But be
has heard Of all oi lhUss that we're received
from his mother" {
= -lyg REpUcsb IN JLEsH.
"wheu you saw him the other day
what impression did you get Of the change
In his appeAfAnCe7"
"well, hts face does not Ahowit % much
40 you might imagine. Mrs. Garfield,
taking about him, said that he was much
wasted away Id The body, but that he bad
been down two or three weeks before
sho wing any signs oi losing hssh. Then
be lost flesh very last."
"Ahd has ID losG "a much as sixty
potiuds7" IN : .fL ~ - ~
II dare ssy that he has lost seventy.ave
-pefhaps mote"
"Ia II true that hls voice has done7"
mo, although be speaks only 10 4 whis.
per 40 0 rule, which can be heard hall way
ACrnsa the room. When he does epeAk
the tones Of bis voice, although very Inv,
are quite distinc. Since this last spell be
has not spoken abtve whispef Ore oil
the things which inlpresses me most iotCi.
bly, 40 10 bis weakness 10 that be hGs never
tihee be was ehUt asked 10 o-be read TO-
Formerly the q Q. thing he ought 10 have
don't Tor him when he came home W. iul
bis vile or somebody else 10 read 10 him
Not even when lie seemed Il
be on the road 10 recovery did
he care 10 have anything read
except the letters Of his mother nd iAmi
ly. Sometimes he ,GpteAses a desire 4
see some oi hls old ifisnds. He uilen AK
abont Hlnsdale, the President Of Hiram
College, and wonders when he will Rel
blu Of some oi bio olhet old ifieuds. Thit
le has not done % much Ii the IAat ID 10,
dAys: To-day he hes laid quiet most o