The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield

g.-Wondering Query of Foreign Nations.-Humble Birth in Log Cabin.-The Front

he people will not le

en the whole nation, stricken down with grief and consternation at the assassin's

hetic heart of the people did battle, with millions of unseen weapons, for the strong, heroic spirit that never falter

r South-only one common brotherhood, one great, sorrowing household w

immer of hope was seized! And when, on that never-to-be-forgotten anniversary

natio

n her tenth a

e land a loud

her, as o'er he

every home a

d fervor, we repeat

he people will not le

, the nation feels that "no canon of earth or Heaven can forbid the enshrining of his manly v

lready gathers around the

omitable will, his tender regard for his aged mother, his simple, unaffected pie

egret came to America from all parts o

epublican institutions can produce such

the wilds of Ohio where, fifty years ago, a

tling of the winds through the crevices, mingles wi

love is fully reflected in the honest face of the great, warm-hearted father, as he fol

little sisters, look wonderingly upon their baby brother, and

nts seemed like one family, so interested

wn in the midst of his work, a circle of true-hearted, sympathi

ld farm. With the aid of his older children, Mehetabel and Thomas, the father had at last checked the flames

human aid, and, looking wistfully upon his children

planted four saplings in these woods,

faces about him, and, toddling up to the bedside, he put his little hands on the co

oor, fatherless children?" s

oung and too frail to carry on the farm alone. She will have to s

dent woman they had imagined. Moreover, sh

rs old now, you know. I will take care of you. I am big enough to plough and plant, and cut the wood a

the mother's heart grew lighter

we will keep together. I will sell off part of the farm to pay our debts, and we shall

heat, plant the corn and potatoes and with the help of a kind

ays ready to help, and together they split the rails, and

ce constantly before his eyes, it is no wonder the re

mas took down the rake or the hoe, and

ry smile: though even then he could not help hoping there might be

secures a little job, and brings home h

says to his mother who cannot keep back h

es the little shoes, and when they are completed it is har

s death, a school-house is b

girls must go

mother, "but I wish

mother dear," says the noble boy. "One o

little Jimmy, in spite of those new shoes; and many a time Mehetabel mi

field farm. The land had been given by Mrs. Garfield, and the neighbors clubbed together and built the ho

boarded with Mrs. Garfield, and between him and li

ild was never tired

s-you may take my word for it!" exclaimed the teacher

words, and determined to give her

," with spelling and geography, were the only branches taught, an

family library comprised not more than half a dozen volumes, but among these, Weems' "Life o

elighted to hear his mother read poetry, and would often commit long passages by heart. His vivid imagination peopled the old orchard with all sorts of strange characters. Each tree was named after some noted Indian chief, or some favorite hero he had read abo

rtunity to work out and earn a few extra pennies, James would look after t

tly by her side, "I expect Thomas will go out into the world to earn h

e little fellow, who felt then that he could n

ou will be twelve years old-older by two ye

er as he," said James; "but I thi

d his mother; "but we must take our work just as Providenc

n a clearing, "way off in Michigan." He would be gone six months, at least, and th

found work nearer home,

th,"-answered the self-forgetting son; "and, when I get b

rs Thomas had been cutting and seasoning lumber for the new hous

g as Thomas had done. He read and studied all the time he could get out of working hours, and his thir

" said the good mother; "thoug