Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-03-01
EsECOND EDITION.
A.hASlN1 MkN LOAs.
President eRecs GaMaeld's Last
Day NJ Home.

Presidents elecs Ganaeld's Las
Day nj Home.
General Garfield passed q quiet da,
at Mentor, Sunday, and started a
noon Sunday for Washington. 1t is lin
derstood that nothing has been accom-
plisL~A a,. the inaugural speech excep
perhaps in the way of making fsa
notes. General Garfield, and his family
went to church as usual, Sunday, and
bade good bye to many of his friends
Speculation about the Cabinet is still
rife, but little is known positively. A
special despatch from Mentor, Ohio,
says: Sunday was q day which doubt.
less General Garfield and the people o.
Mentor will alike long remember. He
attended service 10 the little Disciples
Church here for the last time before
entering npon his new sphere of life.
The church is a simple white frame
building, with cupols-plain to utter
baroness, both on the inside and out
side, with broad expanse Of white
washed wall inside, and hard backed
seats. The church filed with what
must have appeared like great crowd,
about 200 people, inasmuoh as the
attendance often numbers only thirty
or forty. The preacher was the Rev.
Harrison Jones, Of Union, OHIO, who
was former pastor Of this church and
also chaplain of General Garfeld's
regiment, the 42d Ohio, and 80 has
special relations with the mex! Prssi-
dent.
General Garfield was present with
his wife, MS. Laribee and Miss Laribee,
General Gsrield's sister and niece,
and Captain Rudolph and Mrs. Rudolph
the former Mrs. Garfeld's brother,
who will manage the farm in the Pres
dents absence. The family sat in their
accustomed pew. There was no aIlu-
sion in the sermon to the fact that the
President elect was present. 1t was
an old-fashion discourse upon the
atonement and the literal resurrection
Of the dead. At the close, according to
the Christian custom, penltents were
Invited to come forward. General
Garfield always takes part in the sing
ing with zest, and his voice could BIZ
heard in the invitation hymn beginning
GAN you that are weary and sad"
The Lords Supper was celebrated after
the sermon, in accordance with the
Church custom. The final hymn, GAN
hail the power of Jesus name" was
followed with prayer, in which the
preacher, who was yisibly affected, in
voked the Divine blessing upon "our
dear brother and sister Garfield" an6
prayed that the hand of God might |
sustain II EN- at all times and bring
them back safely to their home.
When the service had ended all the
congregation gathered about General |
and Mrs. Garfield and began their fare. |
wells. There were many old friends
III number, and there we're many heart.
ty hand shakes and kind words on both
sides, with come tears GLOWING upon
The simple and earnest service. Twas
an impressive and touching scene. and
will not soon BE- forgotten by those who
witnessed it.
Perhaps it might mentioned here as
's an instance of the errsnds on which
people come to Mentor, that one person
.isited General Garfield, whose main
'bject seemed to be to persuade him to
7alk when he goes to church in
As this is Just what the
ieneral is in the habit of doing thei
Mission did not seem important.