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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-18
The franklin Marble Company.

Mr.. v. F. Gossett, of the shoe house of
Gossett, Ford & Bro, and also one of the
principal members of the Franklan Marble
Company, which has recently opened q
quarry on the farm of f. S. Doyle, south of
the river, returned yesterday morning from
brief business trip to New York. He
took along some samples of the beautiful vari-
egated marble turned cut by his company,
and it was much admired wherever exhibit
ted We are glad to learn that he was sue
cessful in making some good sales, and his
trip was eminently successful Mr.. Gossett
has a marble which cannot be excelled in
East Tennessee, and he has the requisite en-
terprise and energy to introduce it.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-18

T THERE is feeling of general res
gret all over the country that Col.
Robert Harlan was defeated for the
legislature in Cincinnati.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-18

It is admitted by physicians that Dyspep-
sia and assimilation of food produces
sleeplessness. Colden's Liebig's Liquid
Extract of Beef and Tonic Invigora-
tor, in pint bottles, overcomes these OBJ
stacles to repose as well as urinary troubles,
which are said to interfere with it.
Ask for Cosden's, take no other. Of drug
gists generally
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-18
Died,

At the residence of his parents in Monroe
County, on the 10 inst, James Isaac, infant
son Of Isaac Lindsey, Esq, aged two years
and seven days. The parents of the de-
parted little one have our profound sympa-
thy in the loss of their darling boy.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-18

my labor vas 0Xc0edin0zy bur
the contrary, was followed By
IRoa TOXIC, from which ] re-
1 found that my natural fOrcs
ing IL I have dcne twice the H.
sase. With the tranquil nerve
Ifthe Tonic has not done tka0
Christian Church, Troy, o.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
A DAY OF HUMILIATION.

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. The following
proclamation has just been issued by
President Arthur:
By the President of the United States of
america: A Proclamation.
WHEREAS, In His inscrutable wisdom
it has pleased God to remove from US the
illustrious head of the nation, James A.
Garfield, late President of the United
States and whereas, it is fitting that the
deep grief which fills all hearts should
! manifest itself with one accord toward
] the throne of Infinite Grace, ana that we
should bow before the Almighty and seek
from Him that consolation in our affection
and that sanctification of our loss which
He is able and willing to vouchsafe. Now,
/ therefore, in obedience to sacred duty and
1 in accordance with the desire of the peo-
pie, /, Chester A. Arthur, President of
the United States of America, do hereby
appoint Monday next, the twenty-sixth
1 day of September, on which day the re-
mains of our honored and beloved dead
will be consigned to their last resting
place on earth, to be observed throughout
I the United States as day of humiliation
and mourning, and 1 earnestly recommend
all the people to assemble on that day in
their respective places of Divine worship,
4 there to render alike their tribute of sor-
rowful submission to the will of Almighty
God, and of reverence and love for the
memory and character of our late Chief
q Magistrate.
q In witness whereof, have here hereun-
3 to set my hand and caused the seal of the
q United States to be affixed.
q Done at the city of Washington the 22d
q of September, in the year of our Lord
u 1881, and of the independence of the
q United States the one hundred and sixth.
81 CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
q BY the President:
8 JAMES G. BLAINE,
81 Secretary of State.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

No one has more deeply deplored the
great calamity that has been threaten
ing the country for the past two months.
No one has looked forward with more
hope for General Garield's recovery.
But his hopes, like those Of the nation
have been blasted. 1t being then his
desire to carry out the wishes of the
people, and to continue the policy in
augurated by his predecessor. who is so
well qualified to assist and advise him
in that work as the gentlemen selected
by General Garfield to aid him in de-
veloping his policy? No where else can
General Arthur look for this advice and
lean so reliantly upon that given him
as on General Garfeld's Cabinet. The
gentlemen who composed it were Sc
l lected by the master mind, and the har-
] mony with which they have worked and
the results they have accomplished show
how wise, how discerning, was the mind
4 that chose them. If they should be In
vited to remain in their present posi-
tions, it would be looked upon as an
! earnest of the determination of the new
q President to continue the good work
8 that has been begun"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
COMMENTS.

Gods will be done. The nation can
live without Garfield, but it will be
long before she produces his equal.
Tribune.
What for Guiteau? Law, cold and
just. What excuse for passion here +?
No torture that can be conceived would
match what he has done,-leave him to
the Eternal Avenger.-Republican.
Two things to be again grateful for
to-day-that the assassin was not a
Southerner and not Democrat. The
nation mourns with its whole soul, and
there is no murmur of sectional or fac
tional dissent anywhere.-Irsbune.
Why did we love Garfield? Because
of his unselfsh, fearless devotion to
principle. Because he dared to do
right even when it threatened to end
his public career. Because he put un-
] selfish honesty of purpose always first
] in his public and private acts. If We
loved him as we think, then we shall
not forget that which made his charac-
ter lovely. What a grand thing il
every man elected to office were moved
by this underlying principle of right
eousness which made Garfield great. and
! which would avail for great blessing to
/ the republic. Yet every voter who
] reads may realize the grand possibility
d-Brockto'a Gazette.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S DUTY
AND OPPORTUNITY.
JAMES G.. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.

The New York Commercial AdUer-
tiSer, which has been one of the most
pronounced champions of Mr.. Conkling
and of the views which he represents,
publishes an editorial article which
shows that it has clear appreciation
of the new Presidents duty and oppor-
tunity. After remarking of President
Garfield that his administration was
more than promising, that great results
had been achieved and greater seemed
ready to be accomplished, and that the
hearts of the people are filled with sor-
row that so much usefulness and prom
Use should be thus destroyed, it goes on
to say:
"Their wish and demand is that the
work he began shall be carried forward.
General Garfeld's Administration was
that which was Endorsed by the great
majority of the American people. They
desire no change; they wish his views
and his policies to be carried out. though
he is no longer here to direct them in
person. Such loving regard and such
faith were never shown before. That
it is General Arthur's desire to carry
out the wishes of the people we have
not the slightest doubt. His most ar
dent aspiration will be to win the re-
gard and respect of his countrymen.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
THE AUTOPSY.

By previous arrangement, a post
norton examination of the body of
President Garfield was made Tuesday
afternoon in the presence and with the
assistance of Drs. Hamilton, Agnew,
Bliss, Barnes, Woodward. Reyburn,
Andrew H. Smith of Elberon and Act
ing Assistant Surgeon D. S. Lamb of
the army medical museum at Washing
ton. The operation was performed by
DIR. Lamb. 1t was found that the ball,
after fracturing the right 18th rib, had
passed through the spinal column in
front of the spinal canal, fracturing the
body of the first lumbar vertebra, driv-
ing a number of small fragments Of bone
] into the adjacent soft parts and lodg-
I ing just below the pancreas, about two
inches and a half to the left of the
spine and behind the peritoneum, where
] it had become completely encysted. The
4 immediate cause of death was secondary
hemorrhage from one of the mesenteric
I arteries adjoining the track of the ball,
the blood rupturing the peritoneum and
nearly pint escaping into the abdomi-
nal cavity. This hemorrhage is be-
lieved to have been the cause of the Sc
we're pain in the lower part of the chest,
complained of just before death. An
abscess cavity six inches by four in d.
4 mansions was found in the vicinity of
q the gall bladder between the liver and
Il transverse colon, which were strongly
4 inter-adherent. 1t did not involve the
y substance of the liver, and no commu-
8 nication was found between it and the
Z wound. A long, suppurating channel
. extended from the external wound be-
8 tween the loin muscles and the right
{ kidney. almost to the right of the groin.
z This channel, now known to be due to
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

ANSWER TO PRAYER.

The prayers of the nation, of the
world, have been poured out necessarily
for many weeks for the life of this one
man. Never before since time was has
there been known such an accord of sup
plication, joining the peoples of the
earth as one voice in one desire. And
yet our president is dead. Shall we say
that God does not hear,-that he does
not care? That cannot be. He heard,
and he forbore to change his laws; yet
the state shall live and fulfill its destiny,
which depends on no one life, however
precious and potent, but on the truth
and substance of its citizens. The ac-
cordant petition of millions of hearts is
not wasted, but, bringing them into so
grand unity, builds up The grand fab
ric of human freedom. For it was just
because James Abram Garfield concen-
trated in his character the purpose of
America that he became in his suffering
the object of all thought and anxiety
and pain and imploration it was be-
cause he embodied in himself the high
hope of humanity for all the peoples of
the earth that he centred their prayers.
And now Gods will, not ours, is done.
All that man could. his whole hearts
work has been given; infinitely beyond
his reach the decree has wrought
"And shOuldering weights of pain
We hear submissive, DER the stormy main,
Gods chartered judgments walk forever MORE"
Springfield Republican.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

all parts of our our country the follow
ing will show their character:
This dispatch has been received by
Mrs. Garfield: Words cannot express
the deep sympathy | feel with you, and
may God support and comfort you as
He alone can. THE QUEEN"
1.-The entire people of Vermont are
shocked and overwhelmed at the death
of the President, and | am sure they
unite with me in expressions of the
deepest sorrow and most heartfelt SYM
pathy with his bereaved and stricken
family in the great affliction that has
fallen on them. Notwithstanding the
many weeks of suspense, alternating be-
tween hope and fear, the blow seems
sudden and unexpected. Allow me to
convey to you and your family my sense
of personal loss in the death of the
President, and the coincidence of this
people in your bereavement. The ma
ton is smitten. Vermont will mourn
his death as that of personal friend.
Roswell FARNHAM.
1.-THE people of New Hampshire offer
to the afflicted wife and family of our
late Chief Magistrate their heartfelt
sympathy. CHARLES H. BELL"
"RoME, Sept. 81. The loss of the
illustrious President Garfield has rous.
] ed deep sorrow to the Holy Father,
His Holiness directs me to present his
cond olenee to Your Excellency, and to
the Government and his best wishes fol
the prosperity of the republic.
l.. CARDINAL JACoBINI."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
GEN. GARFIELD's FAMILY.

Naturally, at this time, thought turns
to her who was nearest and dearest to
the departed hero and statesman-to his
wife who for twenty-three years has
been his constant companion and trust
ed adviser, as we'll as the centre of his
domestic life. He met her first in the
spring of l849 at Chester, Ohio. where
they were both pupils at an academy of
somewhat peculiar character so far as
its curriculum of studies was concerned.
She was then seventeen years old; that
also was the age of her future husband.
Her name was Lucretia Rudolph. Her
father, Zebulon Rudolph, was Mary
land farmer from the Shenandoah Val
ley. Her mother, Arabella Mason, born
in Hartford, VT, was a scion of an old
Connecticut family. When Garfield
] went to Williams College, Miss Rudolph
commenced teaching in the Cleveland
public schools continuing that work un-
til he became in 1853 the head of
Hiram University; then they were mar
ried. They have continued their CLASH
/ cal studies to their own pleasure and to
the advancement of their older children
{ whom Mrs. Garfield has thoroughly
Z grounded in Latin and Greek. She has
4 borne the General six children, of whom
. five are living. The first, a daughter,
! died in infancy; Harry Augustus, aged
q eighteen, and James R., aged sixteen,
3 have entered Williams College, their
4 fathers alma mater. Mary, the daugh-
j ter of the family, is fourteen years old.
8 The younger children are Irwin Nc
q Dowell, ten years old, and Abram, sew
D en- years old. The President said of
y her less than a year ago, 81 have been
q wonderfully blest in the discretion of
81 my wife. She is one Of the coolest and
B best-balanced women l ever saw. There
B has not been one solitary instance in
8 my public career where l suffered in the
d smallest degree for any remark she ever
g made"
8 President Garfeld's mother, who now
5 lacks but few days of 80 years of life,
q has in her veins the blood of the Hugue-
q nots. She is a direct descendant Of
II Maturin Ballou, who, when the Edict
81 Of Nantes was revoked by Louis XIV,
s. took refuge at Cumberland, Rhode Is
81 land. Her father, James Ballou, died
s. when she was very young: thus orphan
s. ed, her life was from the first one Of
hardship. When she was eight years
s. old she went with her mother to Wor
s. cester. Otsego county, New York five
s. years later they removed to gainesville
81 Ohio, toilsome journey of six weeks
81 When she was twenty years old SHE
s. married Abram Garfield, whose younger
q son, and youngest child, was to be the
81 future President. The story of her la
s bors for her family. of her assistance il
81 the advancement of her baby, of hi.
s. love and veneration for her. has beer
g so often told that its repetition is scarce
81 ly necessary it is one of the brightes
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

the burrowing of pus from the wound, I
was supposed during life to have been
the track of the ball. On an examina-
ton of the organs of the chest, evil
dences of severe bronchitis were found
on both sides with broncho-pneumonia
of the lower portions of the right lung,
and, though TO much less extent, of the
left. The lungs contained no assesses,
and the hearts no clots The liver was
enlarged and fatty but free from alb
scesses, nor were any found in any 9th
err organ except the left kidney, which
contained near its surface small alb
scess about one-third of an inch in d.
ameter.
In reviewing the history of the case
in connection with the autopsy, it is
quite evident that the different suppura-
ting surfaces, and especially the frac-
tured spongy tissue of the vertebra, fur
nish sufficient explanation of the sep
tic condition which existed.
D. w. BLISS. J. K. BARNES, J. J.
WOODWARD, ROBERT REYBURN, D.
HAYES AGNEw, FRANK H. HAMILTON,
ANDREW II. SMITH, D. S. LAMB.
From the above it appears that the
wound itself got along very well. and
perhaps the best thing they could have
done any way was to let it alone. The
ball apparently soon become encysted,
and the wound quickly and naturally
healed up to near the surface. If it
could have been possible to remove the
splinters Of bone, blood poisoning might
havo been avoided, but of course the
surgeons could not grope around on
hunt for such splinters. The long bur-
rowing abscess. which it seems was mis-
taken for the wound, and of whose pro-
I gress we had such interesting details
] from time to time as to its healing, dis
charge, graduating, etc, probably be-
gan near the surface, on the track Of
8 the wound, and was continued by the
8 force of gravitation. The pus sank lit
8 tie by little until it had burrowed to a
3 great distance. Had the true character
q of this burrowing abscess been under
8 stood it probably would have been i'm
q possible to indicate its cause and arrest
3 its progress. One incision was made,
& and as it now seems, without effect.
d The abscess in the vicinity of the gall
u bladder, as spoken of, is extrao rdinary
q in size, and if it had no relation to the
q long abscess or to the track of the bal
81 it must have been the result Of blood
8 poisoning. Referring to the course o.
q the bullet, the doctor said that the
s. President had narrow escape from in
. slant death, as the bullet passed ever
through the spinal column. but did no
g 60 through the middle of it and toucl
81 the vital marrow. This feature of tn,
wound undoubtedly caused the prick
ling sensations. The blood poisoning
was undoubtedly caused by the fractur
ed spongy tissue of the bone, and tn,
9 wound, judged in the light of the au
topsy, was almost necessarily mortal
g The Astounding thing is that the pa
81 tient lived so long.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR,

The weather this year was perfect and
the attendance unprecedented. The
Union reports a slightly smaller but a
better class of exhibits than last year.
The chiefly important and interesting
things on the first day were the show of
cattle and horses, and the wrestle. Cal
edonia county, the banner county in the
state in oxen never showed larger or
better lot of oxen than this year. There
were five town teams and 60 yokes of
oxen and steers. The heaviest yoke be-
longed to James Roy of Barnet and
weighed 5,045 pounds. The Barnet
string averaged 3.9l6 pounds and took
first premium Lyndon took second pre-
MUM, Waterford third, st. Johnsbury
fourth and Lyndon fifth. The show of
thoroughbred and grade cattle, includ-
ing all the various kinds, was good.
There were 81 pens of sheep. There
was large display in mechanics de-
partment, and over 700 articles in floral
hall.
The wrestle was exceedingly interest
ing to those who enjoy athletic sports.
1t was contested by Dufer. champion of
the world, Flagg, champion of Vermont,
Wheeler. champion of New Hampshire.
! and Burbank, champion of the West.
4 Flagg won 5 falls, Dufer 5, Burbank 4,
] Wheeler 8. Flagg was declared the
q winner. Dufer Immediately challenged
y Flagg and they will wrestle on the fair
4 ground at Barton on the day of the
4 races, this week, Thursday. The races
8 Thursday were somewhat Injured by the
q weather but were of fair interest. Tax.
en- altogether the fair was perhaps equal
3 to any heretofore held.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

The despicable assassin. Guiteau, is
likely to escape the gallows through his
miserable cowardice. When informed
of President Garfeld's death his mus
cles and nerves relaxed to such an ex-
tent that he became limp and unable to
stand. He crouched on the floor of his
cell after the manner of dog in fear of
whipping. Subsequently he made a
passionate appeal to Warden Croker
for protection from mob violence.
Should an attempt be actually made on
the prisoner. as threatened, the effect
would likely be death from fright on
the part of the cowardly wretch. This
same cowardice would seem to 90 fal
toward proving Guiteau to be sane. In
general, persons insane enough to be ir
responsible for their acts are insensible
to fear.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26
FUNERAL SERVICES.

Brief funeral services were held at
Elberon on Wednesday morning. Rev.
G. j. Young. officiating. A few MEM
bers of the cabinet and personal friends
attending. A short scripture reading
and brief prayer was all that could be
had before the departure of the funeral
train. The train, consisting of several
cars, appropriately draped in mourning
colors, left Long Branch at 10 a. NJ,
and run through to Washington in a
few hours. Immense crowds of people
gathered in every town and city on the
route to witness the passing cortege, but
no ceremonies were had.
Arriving in Washington. the coffin
was borne by soldiers, and followed by
large procession of dignitaries and
various societies to the rotunda of the
capitol. Here the remains were open
ed to view for several hours, and near
ly 100000 persons passing in lines
viewed the remains and the coffin, it
being closed for seven hours. The city
was filled with people from surrounding
vicinities. All the public buildings
and nearly every building in the city
we're draped in mourning. The gov
eminent authorities purchased 10000
I yards of mourning goods. The rotunda
and every available place about it were
& filled, while thousands were standing
] about the capitol during the services.
q Rev. DR.. Power, pastor of the Christian
4 church, delivered short but touching
] sermon. The casket was covered and
q surrounded by great profusion of flow
4 ers, and floral emblems, prominent
q among which was one ordered by Queen
q Victoria. After the close of the exer-
8 cises, preparations were made for the
8 journey to Cleveland The train arriv-
q ed in that city on Saturday, where it
8 seemed that the whole great state of
8 Ohio. had gathered to do honor to the
4 martyred son of Ohio.
q The remains, too much discolored to
4 be seen, lay in state during Sunday, and
q will be buried to-day at p. m, in
d Lake View cemetery, description of
3 which appears in another place.
s. WORDS OF SYMPATHY.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

"FELLow CITIZENS Clouds anC
darkness are round him His pavilion
is dark waters and thick clouds of th'
skies Justice and judgment are the es
tablishment of his throne Mercy anc
Truth shall 60 before his face Fellow
citizens. God reigns, and the govern
ment at Washington still lives !"-
James Il. Garfield, on the assnssinatio,
of President Lsncoln.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

Accounts from New York represen,
fall trade as opening briskly. and reports
from thirty-six other cities represent the
prospects of business as very bright
There is no doubt that the autumn trade
of merchants and manufacturers will be
exceptionally large. The shrewdest and
most successful traders are taking time
by the fore-lock by prompt and extern
sive advertising.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-26

Garfeld's words on the death of Lin
coin I: "Sir, there are times in the history
of men and nations when they stand so
near the veil which separates mortals
from immortals, time from eternity, and
men from their God, that they can al
most hear the beatings and feel the pulls
ations of the heart of the Infinite.
Through such a time has this nation
passed. When two hundred and fifty
thousand brave spirits passed from the
field of honor through that thin veil into
the presence of God, and when at last
its parting folds admitted the martyr
president to the company of those dead
heroes of the republic, the nation stood
so near the veil that the whispers Of
God were heard by the children of men.
Awe-strickeD by His voice, the Ameri.
] can people knelt in fearful reverence,
and made a solemn covenant with Hin
and with each other that this nation
should be saved from its enemies; thai
all its glories should be restored, and on
the ruins of slavery and treason the
temples of freedom and justice should
be built, and should survive forever"