Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-26

| WIN the superiority or UnaU institution
and left Farmers college to finish his
studies there Carrie attended the female
seminary, and the lovers were much to-
gether
About that time young Harrison's
mother died, and soon after, in compliance
with her last request, he joined the Pres
byterian church, which act advanced him
greatly in the estimation of the Scots 1t
was Carrie who suggested to him MS the
topic of his graduating Grafton; ''The
Poor in England" and she it was who
threw the only bouquet that fell at his
feet, for he wasn't vastly popular
student.
Benjamin returned home to the farm
for while and then he went to study law
with Slower & Gwynne in Cincinnati. 1t
a matter of family tradition that the
young couple never had lovers quarrel
Oct. /, 1858, they were married at Ok
ford. During the winter of 1S5354 they
lived with his parents five miles below
North Bend
Pursuant to their program, they went to
indianapolis in the spring and went to
housekeeping in three-room house, still
standing at the corner of Alabama and
city. While the young lawyer was house
hunting they stopped at the Poll House, a
cheap hotel. About all the capital they
had was $500, which Mr.. Harrison's aunt,
Mrs Findlay, had left him, and much of
that had to go to pay debts.
They paid Sc a month house rent. The
young lawyer had an uphill time for
considerable period, but he has been heard
to remark that nobody could make dol
lar go as far as Mr.. Harrison, and they
managed to get along. His first income
came from the position of court crier
One Sunday the young couple were at
home when a man came along and said
that he wanted lawyer to go to Clermont
and prosecute man for obtaining money
under false pretenses
There was a debate between the pair as
to whether or not it would be right for
Benjamin to consider the case on Sunday,
but Mrs. Harrison suggested that her hus-
band take a retainer fee to insure retention
In the case, as he did. The client dropped
S. gold piece in his hand, and he prom
Used to be on hand Monday morning. 1t
was the first money he had ever earned in
practice, and it was a godsend.
Mrs. Harrison was never a society wo
hdH. Du6 uhS Always DeSn IL ulllGeuU
housewife, and spent her leisure hours in
simple domestic pleasures She had more
than ordinary ability as a decorative art
list. She belonged here to ladies' club
patterned somewhat after che New York
Sorosis, but was not a constant attendant
at its meetings.
OF the two children born to them Rus
SELL the elder, and Mrs. Mckee, she
seemed to have the greater measure of
fondness for the latter, while Russell was
his fathers boy. She was always the soul
of system, and when she was in health the
family gathered at breakfast in the White
House promptly at s o'clock. Then came
family prayers, led by her father or the
president, after which they separated for
the day.
Her room in the White House was the
one into which Garfield was carried after
he was shot, and the brass bedstead in it
is the one on which he lay, One of her
friends once asked her if she did not think
there was an evil omen in the surround
ings; but she had no superstition in her
makeup, and only smiled.
To the president she was always Carrie,
and her tender solicitude lest he should
overeXert himself or catch cold in the
night air was always manifest.