New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-01

var ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED
n.nera, Garfield left Mentor yesterday in
..s.;oI train for Washington, where he is to
80 to-day. He Is accompanied by
-. ,notber. wife and three children.
m:. ne ,,eiohbors bade him an affectionate
sa..,re,l at Mentor, and he was greeted
-. ,aroa assemblages at Ashtabula, War
" and Youngstown. The President-elect
.,aae br;ef speeches at all these places.
opNppaI, eARFIELD's JOURNEY.
.,,,,n MODEST HOME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
roxvxs OF PERSONAL REGARD-A SERIES OF
r,.,. .urr spERcHEs BY TIE PRESIDENT
RLECT.
p,rrsRuRG Feb. 2s.-Generai Garheid began To-
aav his Journey from fifteen thousand dollar iarm
~ tha chief office in Republic with three million
s,,,are miles of territory. To any one fond of look
~ nrder the surface Of things, the contrast be-
s.r.an the absolute simplicity of his surrounding
srd the mower and worldwide prominence ana
d;ar;tv Of the place 20 which he is going was the
ooet interesting thought the occasion could furnish
I, nust be said that the people about Mentor took
!, as coolly AZ the Garfield family themselves and
.,s latter seemed to have learned the whole art OF
ao,nnos,,re Two hours before the time fixed for
rensral GarfielPs departure the little struggling
ta,,lst NJ Mentor showed no signs Of waking up.
.na a. the Garfield house, with some inevitable
hn.ss there was as much placidty as If one men,
hey Of the family was going on an unimportant Jour-
rev and not the excitement that might have been
espected with the tire family about to move In
te,v hours upon the White House. There were no
no,ticiaus about to-day butthere enough CORE
snondeuts to make sure that General Garfield should
have no excuse for feeling lonesome. There were on
fpyanfv renreanntatlYes OF
napers in all parts of the Union about the premises.
General GarHolds Office the square little frame
building that stands few yards back of the house,
was filled with them. The telegraph wire that runs
into the oce-a wire that has borne the freight OF
GOOD many secrets since last summer-was Kept
clicking till the very last moment, and Mr y. H.
Judd, the Presidents telegraphic secretary, was
busy taking and sending and copying dispatches
until the very time the carriage ready to start
for the depot while the Mr. @. l.. Brown,
q young man with o pleasant, beardless face, who
has been General Gsrfeld's secretary for number
of years, was quite as busy getting documents
books and papers together, several boxes OF which
stood about on the floor. General Swain,
the new Judge Advocate General, was constantly
fitting in aud out with dispatch or letter. The
Office was the centre of such activity there was.
and the General himself strolled out there
in his slippers from the house, with his
soft hat slung carelessly on his big head.
This.workroom of the Presdent-elect is as simple
and uninvting as one can imagine. The floor is
bare There is q small window in each of the three
Sides Two plain desks stand together at one side,
the stove in the middle and the teegraphc desk In
The corner. The walls are lined with books in COM
mon cases of dark wood. The books are O curious
tumble 80 far as arrangement goes. havngevidently
suffered neglect for some trne past. Patent Office
reports, Congressional Globts. committee reports,
travels, law and fiction are oil run in together, but
they are good hooks and just tho books ono would
expect 10 find In the library OF man of universal
knowledge like General Garfield. The two boys,
Irwin Mcdowell, seven years old, and Abram, who is
a young statesman of five summers, were
in and ont of the Office in state
of profound discomfort with tho prospect of ex-
changing the freedom of q farm for the narrow area
of the White House, and utterly Indifferent to the
that the voters of the United States have
thrust upon them. Both these young men spent the
morning in running about between the house
and the Office with their heads bare to the cold
wind, after the paternal example. and trying to
amuse themselves in rather dissatisfied fashion.
Master Irwin went off with the assertion that he
feels more like crying than laughing.
Later there more signs of the departure. Old
friends came across fields to the back door of the
mouse, III real TublC ldbulOu, W WISH buO
pood-bye 1t must be worth while to be one of Gen
eral Garfeld's constituents when the Misunderstanding
time comes. He gives his hand swing upward
as he says in his resonant voice, How
ere you - and he brings palm to palm with heart
ess that Is not the least conventional but is cheer
ing The wagons aud buggies are DOW beginning
to Jog along the road past the house on
their way to the station where the public
farewell is to take place. Now comes general de-
livery of trunks, boxes and parcels. good collection
but showing all told, less avoirdupois than bellies
outfit starting for two months season at
Saratoga These are sent off to the station
In the Generals own farm wagon drawn by two
of his farm horses the other two being harnessed to
the family carriage. The boys and the servants and
some relatives who are going West start off in the
s.age-hack which has carried innumerable loads of
eminent statesmen In its time The family
enter the carriage which barely holds them
all, and the start for the White House
begins. The weather was not amiable. to say
she least The sky was spread with an impenetrable
mass Of gloomy gray clouds, and cold wind was
throwing light fine snow before 1t. The earth,
which Is 80 fat here one would suppose
II had been slapped down with shovel
IN the process of creation is bare and yellow. The
snow has melted of, except IN a furrow here and
there, where it looks like wrinkle in the face of
"inter. AZ the carriage sooo NY oho vi V"ooi INC
neighbors wave handkerchiefs from the win
acws, and the signal Is answered from the
carriage On the left of the road is the red brick
school house whore the little Garfield boys have
been going TO school. An hour ago you could SEQ
The eirs' red hoods and the boys caps hanging
IN the entry. but school was dismissed at
II o'clock TO allow the children to see the farewell
ceremony at the station. and every bird has flown.
altogether 1t was queer progress to Office where
tne incumbent has more actnal power than good
number Of kings and emperors-this ride in a
crowded family carriage through sad and
me'ef landscape with here and there comfortable
ara asiy Irame house planted q few yards back
IRON tue Ioao' tae r'de ending at hamlet which