The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-29
MN MENTOR HOME
-.,ooENEDeARFrELDHousEHoLD
~, Of the WIdOw-One Of the Late
Noble t'na- '.,., Earliest and Most ApPreei-
PF',,, ~. rrisnds-GaraeId's EAithfnI-
.es, to his Friends, ETC.
0,.,.,cn to the IntelligeneeE

CLEVELAND oSpteLuDSI %
,od from an interesting visit to
I[e'I, pr;.or at Mentor, this afternoon
Dr. IrDI,, n,o,or was one of Garheld's earliest,
me ;uti,rate and most trusted friends
n nus =. - i,rp,s lie half mile apart and the
Ineii lies are as intimate as those OF
INo,,,sys wv The Doctor is now nearly sew
n,r,ope D,e, wears old. He has known Car
en1, sI, ;.,,,, infancy, and he and his excellent
=. I,.ve been almost as parents to him
.,'-,,,,,b life. beginning back with his most
sb.crT,. and irving experiences He saw
~, President through college and mas
GOOD bv him in every emergency OF MS
. .,,+i,i life David and Jonathan did not
,-..,,.J, other more dearly and unseltsh-
=, He selected Garfield's farm for him at
vsrtor ten wears ago, and suPerintended
.ba building OF his house Their houses
have been open to each other at all hours
of the dav and night Scarcely day
rsssed that they did not visit each other
The doctor was the secret counsellor OF the
President during the campaign and up to
his inauguration The personnel OF the
;,eohate cabinet was often discussed be
,--.an them. The President valued the
s--ons common sense of the doctor lie
I.rs5 10 draw him out to full length by oc-
.,.;,rsl rlrfances of views. The doctor
- IN his best under opposition He Is
n, brafned, big bodied and big
LII man. but born aristocrat-
~. man who has his way in everything
- ~ Cleveland. by virtue OF his ire
r,a,dous force of character, he seems to be
A. bo-s oi nearly every association he is
Connected with. He packed beef here for
~, Er,,Ii.h market for many years and
,,.d.. Iarse fortune. \ few years ago he
NC, wifi, 4 tremendous reverse by the dis
honesty OF 4 New York partner and was
almost swept of his feet, but everybody
&C his friend and he got firmly
On his feet again Since which time
he has packed fancy bacon for
,be same market He has mag
,if;ren+ farm of 100 acres ut Mentor
and keeps open house in baronial style
IIs ,oId his wife when Garfield was lad
That he was q Daniel Webster and only
needed L chance to win 4 great name
With 7 woman's intuition she knew what
WAS in the bnv and cherished him Us one
Of her own children His grand record
shows how accurately these good people
oauped his wonderful yndowments- His
gratitude to them was Of the most devoted
character.
Doctor Robson SAYS tha, Garfield never
forg,ot anyone who hai given him so much
asacup OF water when he was thirsty He
loved his old friends above all other friends.
1t was his old friends here who officiated
in all the closest offices at his funeral Mrs
Garfield knew what the dead would say If
he could speak. and hence she desired to
have them about his remains. They were
his pall-bearers and his eulogists. They,
took precedence over others of far higher
fame. Thus has preserved to the end the
unity OF his simple ifc-
In leaving Mentor to-Iav for the ears,
the old Doctor stopped his carriage at the
Garfield home, as is his custom The
house was full OF temporarily sojourning
persons. some OF whom had come with
the family from Washington. Such as the
Rockwells, Swaims and Secretary Brown
Mrs Garfelds father and brother are also
there Mrs Garfield was busily engaged in
unpaeking the private effects that had come
on from Washington. Doctor Robson
says she will never let down, but will keep
her mind employed in her household du-
ties, and in the education of her children
The house and grounds looked Just as I
had seen them in the great campaign of
1850, and l recalled the balmy summer
night on which three of US from West Viz
gnia had sat out on the broad veranda and
talked until midnight with our gallant
chieftain. / remembered with what wealth
of conversation he fascinated my compan-
ions, and how they came away next day
with enthusiastic ordinations upon their
lips. To-day as turned to 90 could only
say Peace and resignation abide forever
in the old home OF the departed master"