The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

3. 1893.
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homes. surrounded by largo lawns, which,
sre hlled with grcnt forest trees. The
"tToets are paved with brick and they are
ail iined with rows Of great shade trees.
freaidont Hayes' homo is on the outskirts
OF the town and. in fact, as much In the
country az though it were miles away from
u. II consists OF great park OF forest
Trees surrounded on thfoe silesby u stretch
OF rolling country aud on the fourth by the
town. The president calls it Spiegel grove,
ana ne told mo there were thirty different
varieties OF forest trees in the woods about
| ", ana these arc inhabited during tho sutn
mer by moro than hfty-two varictieg OF
Dild8. The house ia Il two-story-snd-n attic
| red brick, built III the Gothic atyle with
q porch about LOG feet long and fifteen
lest wide running ACROSS its front. and
WIN WIN many windows on all OF its
| sides. 1t does not impress you at frs,
glance az being large house and the pres
ident calls II an old fashioned ono. IL it,
| however. judge. more than 100 feet square
ana President Hayes has added to 1t from
time to time until it mCat now contain
more room than the White house. The
| walls IN the rooms are covered with beauti-
ini pictures. among others copy Of tho
picture OF Mrs. Hayes which hangs in the
white house. and there nre n few paintingi
by famous Arsists hanging here and there.
Inc hall contains some old furniture which
has been in Mr.. Hayes family for genera
tions. and long clock which belonged to
ms ms grandfather ,, stands in the corner. A.
tne r1Rht AZ you enter IL little painting OF
Inc pres,dent when he was a boy, and there
are photographs of himself, Mrs. Hayes and
their friends everywhere.
donbt whether there is a family In tho
county who has 80 many photographs al
that of President Hayes. He toll me that
not long ago they had begun TO count them
but had stopped at 5000, and he had no
doubt that there were 10000 different
photographs in tho house. These photo
graphs are OF all character and of all sub
jects. Thousands of them relate to the
president and his friends and great many
OF them are snap shots taken by his chill
dren and by friends of the family.
Many of his photographs represent Mrs.
Hayes and he spoke OF her most affection
htsly rs he looked over them. Iha ono no
likes best ts that made by Sarony of New
York some years before her death. and
among his favorite pictures is one which
he calls the Madonna picture. 1t is the
photograph OF daguerreotype or painting
of Mrs. Hayes at about the time of her
marriage and it is wonderfully beautiful.
The mothery face in the picture is inde-
scribable, and it is more beautiful than
most of the Madonnas known to art.
As we looked over these pictures / spoke
of Mrs. Hayes and the president gave her
the most beautiful tribute that husband
could make to his departed wife. He spoke
of her kindness and said: "She was, be-
lleve. one Of the most wonderful women
the world has ever known. She could do
more things than any woman I have ever
met. and she did them all we'll. She had a
most beautiful soul and she was the person
ification of love. She was thoroughly in
sympathy with the world and she was al
ways doing some kindness for those about
her. During the war she was the angel of
many q camp and she was loved by the
soldiers and by every one. She had more
power over others than any person have
ever known"
President Hayes has. in fact, one of the
finest private libraries in the country. 1t
numbers about II. 900 volumes, and his COL
lection of Americana ls one of the finest in
the country. He bought at one time 4, 600
volumes from Robert Clarke a. Co., of Gin
cinnati. of books bearing on American his
tory and American biography. and these the
book publishers had been years in collecting.
His books are classified 80 that he can lay
his hands in moment on any volume, ana
they are arranged on the shelves by sub
jects. / saw shelf after shelf filed with books
on American history. He has about LOCO
volumes which treat of the late civil war,
and he has books on the various states
properly classified. He has been saver of
intellectual products all his life. and he has
all the newspa pers that he has taken in
early life, and his attic is filled with files of
the leading journals of the day. In these
newspapers you can read the history of half
century OF American life. and some of the
cases of the attic are devoted to bound vol
umes of pamphlets on all subjects. CLASH
lied with & eat care.
l asked Mr.. HAYES to tell me something
about his daily life, and in response to
number of questions concerning it he said:
II rise with the sun both winter and sum-
mer and seldom use the gas to dress by l
dress and come down TO my library and
work from thatt time until breakfast |
think ones brain is clearer in the morn
ing and l find this to be my best working
period. do all my work myself and pen
answers to all my letters with nv own
hand. At eight O'Clock have my break
fast and shortly after this l 90 to work
again and write away until about II. when
l drop my writing for the day. then take
a walk and look about the place. l walk at
least six miles every day and often more,
1t is about n mile from here down town and
l make three trips almost regularly. Ihaye
my lunch at enc O'Clock and after it is over
read and walk about the grounds here.
Along later In the afternoon take drive
of several hours"
At the battle OF South Mountain Gen.
Hayes led tho charge. holding his position
at the head of his men after he received
the rebel ball until he WAS carried faintnc
from the field. He Was distinguished for
his bravery during the war and he was al
ways in the front of his troops. and in the
second battle of Winchester. where he was
of ono of the brigades, he led
his troops to the charge OF battery only
to find himself in morass about fifty
yards wide. He was as usual at the head
of his brigade and he plunged into the
morass. but HIS horse at once became
mi, cd and could not move. He dismounted
and waded across alone under the enemy's
lire. As soon rs he had reached solid
ground he waved his hat and sienaled the
men TO come over When about forty had
Joined him ho rushed upon the battery and
took 1t after haud hand fight with tho
guinness. Hs WAS mado u hrigndisr- general
shortly after this and Gen. Grant saeaks
Of his bravery in hls memoirs.
LEASING TO AN ALIEN,