The Greensboro patriot [September 28, 1881]

              Established in 1825.
TOPIC,] OF THE WEEK.
ii opposed to monopolies
. :iu railroads-la
bus another puscav
: B itbrd'a incisive blade.
:• ■ Best and his myth
g and Vance's"North
m DIM aud the
lame '
A Danville preacher paid last
the people were io
mini' d inger ot damnation than
in or railroad monopolies.
e Ecumenical conference in
:■ Bishop Simpson said the
: children i I u*i Ih nlists in
ur of other denomi-
.- our of tlie most du>
DDI Bted With Method
ma no longer any donbt
illv i
rdth in the
m i :<■
■ do. Mr
the i".' -:-' and Phosaii
nbo«, G i., nays th«
- i • has 10 10
•i and advantage over i he
'■ iniiuissiouers as far
May "actuallj entered
eemenl with Mr.
K u ii | in- i, assignment
. of which agree-
' • kepi in
I lull] two
il hsiuiiding i hey were
ies and spar
i peuse to carrj
|4ete the contract, re-i
xteusiun HI' rime
ijl only, I,, .
"- j .i~ to their
IL it."
- "i on for this
iee< . " ,, the
t'ouimissii
die words of thi < 'har
' this fairf Is
; honorable I We
'I .im thai reason we
i' ha\e |n-:i«-• Inn
Ii conies from
' IIMII a in.
ig and that regard and
ir ili« law. nliiili lias
Ii Carolina
i
lt,ol the Baltimore
B the North
md will be built with
Hi farther says that
this extension
u retarded1 as material to perfect
. sooth ol Dan-is,
and to afford
al el i .i the busi-md
valuable
rj partially dovelop-n
not provided with
- itiesof transportation
tr. Barboar is now
the North Carolina
«d I '■■ npauy, and it
issoeiatee
the parehase leterred
irge snbacriptlon to
:k df that company,
itb the eoopera-immuaitiea,
the
the road."
iti i ilka as oooly
..: in on HI i ir JJorth
i
m iu i
I n Hie
• ten days
THE LATE PRESIDENT.
GKEEySBOKO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1881.
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are turned away;
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pushed and pro
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audourpeo-lay,
It is tbe
of tbe
rd to party.
believed that all
favor and
■■ . - I'l0l1i wW iIIthII 1l,a1ww
'the pi perativea.
Confident iii their
'■_)'■ "i-ii en-net.
(M are nearly
Sketoh. of the Life and Publio
Servioea of Jas. A. Garfield.
James Abram Garfield was born
November 10, 1831, in the township
of Orange, (Joyahoga connty, Ohio,
about fitteen miles from Oleaveland
His father Abram Garfield, came
troui New York, bat like bis moth-er,
wasofNew England stock..lames
was the youngest of four children,
flie father died in 1833, leaving the
laraily dependent opon a small farm
Mid tbe exertions of tbe mother.
James bad a tough time of it as a
boy. He toiled bard on the farm
early and [atein summei and worked
at the carpenter's bench iu winter.
He had an absorbing ambition to
get an education, and the only road
open to this end seemed of manual
labor. Beady money was hard to
get io those days. The Ohio Canal
i in Dot lar from where he lived,
and, finding that the boatman got
their pay in cash and earned better
a lliin b« could make at farm-i
carpentry, be hired out as
■ n the tow-path and soon
■.'. lity ol holdin • tb I
helm H i was ill threa
months, aud when be recovered he
led to go to a school called
my, in an adjoiuiug
irking at the carpen-ter's
bench mornings and evenings
aid vacation times, aud teaching
country schools daring the winter,
he managed to attend theacadamy
during the spring aud lull term's
and to ftave a little money towards
going to college. In the fall of 1854
he entered the junior class of Wil-liams
college, Massachusetts, and
giadnated iu 1856 with the meta-physical
honors of his ..-lass. When
Garfield returned to Ohio be become
>r of Latin aud Gr k nt
Hiram college. Before be had beeu
two years in his professorship he
was appointed president of the
c illege. During his professorship
Garfield .married Miss Lucicfa
Itudolph, danghter ot a farmer in
ihe neighborhood, whoso acquain-tance
he had made while at the ac
adi-my, -hero ahu was a pupil. Sue
was a qaiet, thoughtful girl, ol
singularly sweet aud refiued dis-position,
foud of study and reading,
possessing a warm heart and a
miud with the capacity ol steady
growth. The marriage was a love
affair ou both sides and has been
a thoroughly happy one. Much of
General Gai field's snbsequeot suc-cess
in life may be attribated to
the never-failing sympathy aud in-tellectual
companionship of his
vrile and tbe stimulus of a loving
home circle. Toe young coaple
bought a neat little cottage Iron ting
on the college campus aud began
their wedded life poor aud in debt,
but with brave hearts.
GOING INTO POLITICS.
In 1856 the college president was
elected to the State Senate. Daring
the winter of 1801 be was active Io
the passage of measures for arming
the S^ate milita. Early in the sum-mer
ot 1861 be was elected colonel
ot an infantry regiment raised in
Northern Ohio, many of the soal-diers
in which bad been students at
Hiram, He took the field in Ken-tucky
cad was soon put in command
of a brigade. Prom Eastern Ken-tacky
General Garfield wastrausfer
ed to Louisville, and from that
place hastened t > join tbe army of
General Bueli, which ho reached
with hi? brigade in time to partici-pate
in tiie second day's fightiug at
Pittsbnrg banding. He took part in
iege of Corinth and in the op-tbe
Memphis and
'' i Railroad, In January,
. ppointed Obiel of
I of tbe Army of the Cumber-land.
His last conspicuous military
service .. a--, at tbe battle of Obiek-aga,
lie was promoted to a
major generalship.
General Garfield was nominated
for Congress while he was io the
Held, without asking his consent.
That was iu 1802. When ho heard of
the nominal ion Garfield concluded
to accept and he was elected. On
entering Congress, in December,
1863, General Garfield was placed
upon the committeeon military af-fairs,
with Sheack and Farnsworth,
who were also fresh from the field.
He tookan active part in tbedebatcs
Ol the House and won a recognition
which lew new members succeed in
gaining. He was not popular among
his fellow-members during his first
term. His attainments and amiable
social qualities euabled him to over-come
prejudice during his second
term, and he became ou terms of
close frieadship with the best meu
in both houses. His committee ser-vice
during his second term was on
tbe ways and means, which was
qniet t a his taste, for it gave him an
opportunity to prosecute the studies
in finance and political economy
which he bad always leltafondness
lor. He was a hard worker and a
great reader in those days, going
borne with his arms full of books
from the Congressional Library and
sitting up late nights 11 read them.
Garfield was regularly returned to
Congress at every eloctiou from
186.' till he became a candidate for
President.
When Jjmes G. Blaine went to
the Senate, in 1877, |the mantle of
Republican leadership in the House
was by common consent placed up-on
Garfield, aud he has woru it every
since. In January, 1880, General
Garfield was elected to the Senate
to the seat which was to be vacated
by Aile.i G. Thurman on tbe 4th ol
March, 1881. Ilereceived tbe unan
im ins vote of the ltepablicau cau
cus, an bonor never given to any
man of any part iu i he State ot Ohio.
After his eh ctiou he was the recip-ient
of many complimentary niaui
festations in Washiogton and Ohio
At the Republican National Con
ventiou at Chicago, June 8, 1881.
Garfield was nominated for Presi-dent
of the thirty-sixth ballot, re
ceiving 399 votes, to 300 for Grant,
42 for Blaiu aud 3 for Sherman.
He was e'ected President on Nov-ember
a, 1880, and wasinaugurated
on March 4, 1881.
HIS ADMINISTRATION.
1" his inaugural address Presi-dent
Garfield reviewed briefly the
progress of the nation and express
ed high hopes of its future. lie
was outspoken iu the matter of ne-gro
citizenship, declaring thai the
negro must enjoy the free andeqnal
protection of the laws. He recog-nized
the dangers arising from ig
norance in the voter, and said that
the nation is under obligation to
educate tbe people. He favored
such an adjustment between gold
aud silver currency as would keep
both in circulation, advocated a re-funding
measure which would not
compel the withdrawal of national
bank notes, spoke briefly of agri-cultural,
manufacturing and com-mercial
interest. took strong
grounds on the Monroe question,
and advocated the regulation of
the civil service by law. Senator
Blaine was called to the Secretary-ship
of state in the new Cabinet,
and the other member selected ami
confirmed were as follows: Secre-tary
of the Treasury, William Win-doin.
i,;.Minnesota: Secretary ofthe
Interior. Samuel .I. Kirkwood, of
Iowa; Secretary of War. Robert T.
Lincoln, of Illinois: Secretary of
the Navy. William II. Hunt, of
Louisiana: Postmaster General,
Thomas L. .lames, of Xc.v York,
and Attorney General. Wayne
MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania,
Throughout the week following the
inauguration the prevailing topic
was Hie advisability of an extra
session of Congress. The Presi-dent'sdeeision
Unit an extra session
was not necessary apparently met
with the approval of the people.
Public attention was then turned
for several weeks to a dead-lock in
the Senate over the reorganization.
Meanwhile in making ii-.nin.i-tioiis
to till governmi at offices iu
New Jfork thePresident gaveplaces
to several supporters of Senator
Colliding. But to placate the'*anti
machine," or anti-Conkling faction
of New York Republicans, as was
said at the time..lodge Robertson,
the leader of the nnti Conkling
wing, was nominated for the im-portant
position of Collector of the
portofNew York. This caused a
political sensation. Mr. Conkling
resolved to antagonize the admin-istration
al i . cry point and espec-ially
to prevent the confirmation
ofhis political enemy. Apparently
for several days Mr. Conkling was
succeeding in his purpose, but the
President again obtained the up-per
hand by withdrawing what
were known as the "Conkling nom-inations."
This was regarded as a
heavy blow at the faction led by
the senior New York Senator and
it caused another sensation in Sen
York politics. A thin] .sensation
then quicklj followed, for on the
Hit hot" May both the New York
Senators resigned their scats in the
Senate. The avowed motive ofthe
resignations was thai an important
iaSIie having been raised between
the administration and Messrs.
Conkling and I'latt, the people
should decide upon the merits of
the case, in other words,Mr.Conk-ling
wanted "vindication.0 On the
18th of May Judge Robertson's
nomination was confirmed by the
Senate and the withdrawn nomi-nations
were returned to that body.
Going to Albany Mr. Conkling and
his supporters, including the Vice-
President, began a long struggle
with the anti-machine men, which
grew strongerevery day. The pre
liminary ballot of May 31 showed
that Mr. Conkling had mistaken
the will of the people.' After a
dead lock of six weeks on the ICii
of .Inly Warner Miller was chosen
Senator for th.-long term to suc-ceed
I'latt. and on Jnly 22 E(bridge
G. Lapham was elected to .succeed
Conkling. In the light the | pie
of New York sustained the Presi-dent.
Shortly alter Postmaster General
.lames look hold ol" the Post Office
Department c neral Thomas J.
Brady was obliged to resign from
the department and there followed
certain disclosures of fraud in con-u.
ctionwiththe "Starroute^branch
ofthe service. At the end ofJune,
the President, having passed
through what perhaps would have
been tie most trying period of his
administration, made preparations
to lake a few weeks' rest.
i»n the morningm'Saturday, Julj
'J, President Garfield was shot bv
Charles J. Gniteau. in tin Haiti
more and Potomac Railroad depot,
as he was leaving Washington for
a trip in New England, lie then
received the wound which has
brought about bis death.
There an-live Garfield children
living, two having died in infancy.
The two older boys. Harry aiid
.lames, have been at school iii New
Hampshire. .Mary: or Molly as
everybody calls her. is a handsome,
rosy-cheeked girl of about i.:. The
two younger hoys arc named Irwin
and Abram. The President's
mother is still living and has long
been a member of his family. She
is an intelligent, energetic old ladj .
with a clear bead and a strong will,
who keeps well posied in the news
nl the day and is very proud of be '
son's career, though more liberal
ofcriticism than of praise, in per-son
the late President was six feet
high, broad shouldered and strong
ly built He had an unusually
large head, that seemed to be three-fourths
forehead, light brown hair
and beard, large, light-blue eyes, a
prominent nose and full cheeks.
He dressed plainly, was loud of
broad brimmed slouch hats and
Stoat boots, cared nothing tin- lux-urious
living, was thoroughly tem-perate
in all respects and was de-voted
to his wife and children and
very fond of his country home.
Among men be was genial, ap-proachable,
companionable and a
remarkably entertaining talker,
mi: NBW PiiKsinK.vr. SKETCH
OF CHB8TBB AI.I.KN AitTiirt;.
WHO NOW BECOMES PBESTOEKT.
The Yicc President ofthe United
States becomes the President on
the death of General Garfield, the
Constitution providing that the
duties of the Office shall devolve
upon the vice President in the
event ofthe removal of the Presi
dent by death, resignation or ina-bility
to perform the duties of his
office. The man who was thought
worthy of this high office, with all
its possibilities, is Chester Allen
Arthur.
Mr. Arthur is by birth a Ver-monter
and of Irish parentage.
William Art bur. his father, came
froiii.P.alhiiiena. County Antrim.
He was educated at Belfast College
and when he was eighteen years of
age he came to this country and be-came
a Baptist clergyman. He
was a man of learning and distinc-tion.
The mother of Mr. Arthur,
Malvina Stone, was a nativeofthis
country. Mr. Arthur was born at
Fairfield, Franklin county, \"t..
October30, 1830. His education
was principally acquired at the
grammar school of Schenectadyand
Union College, from which institu-tion
he graduated in 1848. His
father was no richer than other
members of his profession, and Mr.
Arthur was obliged to earn muck
ofthe money necessary to pay his
expenses by teaching school. After
graduating he studied law in that
home of great lawyers, Ballston
Springs. During this studentship
also he taught school. i|( was ad-mitted
to the bar iii 1852, and be-cainethe
law partnea of Judge E.
1>. Culver, of Brooklyn, New Stork,
v ho in his day was a man of con-siderable
note, having served for
a time as Minister t.. one of the
South American Slates. The firm
lasted five years, when Mr. Arthur
formed a partnership with afriend,
Henry D, Gardner, the new firm
starling out togetherto find a place
to practice in the West. This was
;.n unsuccessful attempt and the
firm finally wenl back toNew York.
where Mr. Arthur has lived ever
since, known to the community
somewhat as a lawyer, but chiefly
as a local leader of the Republican
party.
TWO NOTABLE CAUSES.
Two of the most notable causes
in which Mr. Arthur participated
iu a professional way had connec-tion
with the colored race. Thefirst
was the celebrated l.emmon suit.
The Leinmons, it will be recollect-ed,
were Virginia slave-holders.
In 1852 thej went to New York
with eight slaves, intending to take
steamer for Texas. On a writ of
habeas corpus Judge Paine liber-ated
then-slaves, and the Attorney
General of Virginia and Charles
O'Conor, paid their counsel fees by
the State of Virginia, took an ap-peal.
Opposed to them were Win.
M. Kvarts. assisted by Chester A.
Arthur. The slave-holders were
again beaten and the eight slaves
were set free. The second case
arose in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, a
respectable colored woman, was
ejected from a car on the Fourth
Avenue Street Railroad. Suit was
brought for damages and Mr. Ar
tlmr appeared for the colored wo-man
and won the case, and bis vic-tory
opened all the cars of New-
York city to the colored people.
During the war Mr. Arthur serv-ed
on the stall'of Gover • IS. I).
Morgan, fur the most ofthe time as
quartermaster general. it was
this connection which introduced
Mr. Arthur into politics. After the
war his law practice was of that
peculiar kind which consists large-ly
iu looking after matters oflegis
lalion. Tnia work made him more
and more familiar with the habits
of politicians. He soon ha 1 a wide
acquaintance, mainly, however,
among the publicmen ofNew York.
AN ACTIVE POLITICIAN.
lie was very young when he be-came
a power in the polities ofNew
York city. He was always a friend
of the men who now compose what
is known as the stalwart wing of
the Republicou party. •■Tom"
Murphy was his constant political
associate v bile the Tweed ring was
in its glory, and he has always
been and is now one of the chief
adherents of es Senator Conkling.
He has always been among those
in power in his party, an indefati-gable,
shrewd worker, a skilful
organizer of the party machine.
It was some time after he had
become one of the most reliable
conductors of the •■machine'* that
he was called to his first Federal
otliee. His appointment as Col-lector
of the Port Of New York was
a grievous disappointment to the
commercial community, although
iie was pretty generally accepted as
an improvement on his predecessor,
Mr. Murphy. Mr. Arthur,outside
of political circles, was an unknown
man. His law practice had not
taken him into the courts and in
politics he had remained out of
sight as a manipulator of Hie pup
pets. His appointment was made.
as all appointments were made at
that time, in strict accordance with
the rules of the "spoils system."
Koseoe Conkling was the favorite
Senator from New York, aud Gen-
"jfj!"1'^.""Pointed to the e
New Series No. 701
wltical office of the State, the
mak whom Roscoe Conkling relied
ill*, as the captain of the hosts
that upheld him in ,)ower T,
assertion was made at the time that
he was an able lawyer and a man
ot remarkable executive ability.
ARTBXB AS COLLECTOR.
,J,e tar^ h,s offi<-,(' December -i.
,\ V „ al)uses '» the New York
Custom House were so gross under
his predecessor, Murphy, and the
consequent 0utery against him so
great that he was actuallv forced
to resign. Something better and
purer'wasasked for and General
Grant and Roscoe Conkling gave
the merchants Mr. Arthur. Did
Mr. Arthur fulfil the implied prom
'sesofi those who appointed him
and fWabsolute needs of the ser
J ice he was called upon to admin-ister.'
The records w ill sufficiently
show. His first term having ex-pired,
be was appointed lor a sec
ondttme. But in the meantime
the clamors against the manage
ment ofthe Custom House had not
ceased. 11 was charged bv leading
importers of the city which pavs
seventy per centum of the customs
dues ot the country that the great
Office was merely part of a political
machine, and that its affiura were
administered not for the benefit of
the treasury but for the advance-ment
of the faction of which Mr.
Arthur was one ofthe leaders.
it was during Mr. Arthur's term
of office thai the infamous moiety
laws reached their climax in the
case against Phelps, Dodge & Co.
The informer, Jayne. who, for his
share in the proceedings, was made
forever odious, by tampering with
a confidential clerk secured what
he considered grounds for a claim
against this respectable firm for
•1750.000. Although the actual
undervaluation of goods imported
was only a little over 10,000, and
the loss of duty to the government
only 81,664, and although it was
shown that, so far from there being
an intention to defraud the Treas-ury,
the firm had in the course of
its existence paid $50,000,000 of
duties, and had frequently over-valued
g Is, the customs officers
pursued them vigorously and com-
I •d them to pay 9271,000. Tin
testimony showed that this money
was actually wrung by threats
from the merchants, ami that Ar-thur,
Cornell and Conkling persist
eiitly advised their pursuit. Half
of the sum was divided under the
law between the Collector. District
Attorney, the informer ami Laflin,
the Surveyor. The exposure of
this proceeding led to the repeal
of the moiety law and to the inves-tigation
ofthe Custom House bj
the -lay ('oininissioii.
IBTHtJE'S REFUSAL TO OBB* Ml!.
HAYES.
Soon after Mr. Hayes entered
upon his office he issued his -Civil
Service Order No. 1." In that oi-lier
it was reqiiired that -no officer
shall be required or permitted to
take part in the management of
political organizations, caucuses.
conventionsor election campaigns."
At that time Collector Arthur was
chairman of the State Republican
executive committee and Naval
Officer Cornel] was chairman oftlie
regular State committee. It was
insisted on that they should resign
those positions, but they refused,
anil iu the fall of 1X77, after thi' re-port
of the .lay Commission, Mr.
Arthur was requestedtoresign ami
Theodore Roosevelt was appointed
Collector in his place. Mr. Conk-ling
succeeded in defeating this
nomination, and in duly, IK7.S. Mr.
Arthur was suspended ami Mr. K.
A. Merritt was appointed to suc-ceed
him.
Then began a struggle between
Mr. Conkling and the administra-tion,
which was represented princi-pal])
bj Secretary Sherman, which
has rarely been equaled in bitter-ness
in the annals of political war-fare.
It was Mr. Sherman who.
after an adverse report on the lioin-illation
by Mr. Coiikling'scomiiieree
committee in 1879, put on record
the opinion of the administration
on Mr. Arthur's performance ofthe
duties of the CoUectorship. The
letter was addressed to Yicc Presi-dent
\\ 1 lor ami was based on
the report of the Jay Commission.
It showed that the receipts from
customs ha 1 gradually diminished
from 1872 to 1873 from $148,381,
Hi! to §91,056,968; that the em-ployes
were bribe takers and guilty
of gross irregularities, -and that
"persona were borne on the pay-rolls
as laborers as a reward for
political services who performed
no service except to sign their
names to the rolls and aeceive their
pay. • • * These evils wen-known
to Collector Arthur, yet he
made no attempt during his term
of otliee toremedy them." He stated
also that although Arthur's com
peiisation amounted to (155,860 he
did not attend to the duties of bis
olliee; that, in short, his office was
a sinecure and that the public in-terest
demanded his and Cornell's
removal. In another letter ad-dressed
to the Senate, Mr. Hayes
said: "I regard it as my plain duty
to suspend the officers iu question
i Arthur and Cornell) and to make
th<* nominations now before the
Senate, iu older that this impor-tant
olliee may In- honestly and ef-ficiently
administered." Mr. Sher-man,
in another letter' this time
to the President, said that gross
abuses of administration continued
and increased during Arthur's ad-ministration.
went ont of power and began to
fight the Hayes admiuistraiton. In
this game of party politics the
champions of thespoilssystem won.
Cornell was made Governor of New
York, and Arthur Yice President
ot the United States. The stal
warts retained their power over
the machine notwithstanding the
loss of patronage. When the new
admisistration came into power it
was announced that in secoud offi-cer,
who had been put npou the
ticket as a concession to the Grant
element, in obedience to the wishes
of Koseoe Conkling, would not be
the figure-head that his predeces
sors had been. He proposed, it was
said, to have something to say in
the managemeut of government af
fairs. It soon turned out that this
something was only in connection
with the appointment of officers.
It was the machine ide of the func-tions
of government, lie still re-mained
the friend and follower of
Senator Conkling, and lent his aid
in endeavoring to secure again the
patronage that had been lost under
Mr. Hayes. When that effort was
unsuccessful and Mr. Conkling re
signed his seat in the Senate, Mr.
Arthur tollowed him to Albany,
where ho labored for what his
friend and leader called a "vindi
cation" against the administration
of wh-.ch Mr. Arthur himself waa
the secoud member.
During the week following the
shooting of the President, Vice
President Arthur waa summoned
to Washington by the Cabinet.
During the time that he remained
a! the capital and all through the
iilness ot tbe President,Mr. Arthur
haashiwnn keen appreciation of
tbe delicacy of bis own position.
Hia conduct aud expressions Lave
been in good lasto, and he will as-sume
the position of Chief Magis-trate
with a better popular feeling
toward him than existed provious
to the fatal 2d of July.
covering a pair ol twinkling black
eyes, the old woman carried on
der arm a covered basket, and in
tier hand a great bouquet of fi«ld
nlbes, jewel-weed, golden rod and
clematis.
"Miss Peay, Miss Peachy, Peay,'
said she, dropping another curtsey:
•' I called to tetch you a handfal ol
my sopsovioe apples. My tree is
early, and I thought mebby von
hadn t had a taste of apples 'yet
dus year. And here is a parcel ol
blows I p,cked as I was a coming.
Mebby yon will like them, too. Tiiev
are considerably pretty.-'
As sue spoke, Miss Peay opened
her basket and took oat a dozen
smooth, red apples, fragrant and
I Air.
I do love yon so P she heard Mabel
say; then the party began to move
toward the room.
Miss Peachy Peay at this made
another effort to escape: but the
nail held firmly to the stout ohinU
gown that couldn't tear, for, alas I
it was not woven ou our degenerat*
J25?" ^ac!'J 1>eay u here «»'■ minute, Mr. W.uamaker, and so
you cau see her,-' continued Mabel,
with a lisp that she put on, like a
state dress, upon a state occasion.
M.ss Peachy Peay at this strug-g.
ed still more fiercely, but still the
nail and chintz refused to part cjui-
J,a"y- An*l it was this astonishing
.tableau t,hat, rp"r—ese«n•«te«d■ iimtsecluf tiov Mairr..
" Oh,jiow_nice! Thank yon ever room1!1" ' e,M °S he 6Qtered the
" Permit me, madam," aaid ie,
coming forward politely.
At that instaut the gathers of
Peachy Peay.
The annual check had come fioro
Consia Winamaker, and Mrs. Cald-well
and her daughters were dis-cussing
where they should go lor
the summer. Mrs. Oaldwell was a
widow with but a small income,
and Mr. Winamaker was a million-aire.
Mr. Winamaker himself, though
a widower, was still i\ the prime of
life, and eminently handsome; and
Mrs. Cald«ell, perhaps, would have
preferred his hand to his cheekj
but she knew this was a hopeless
wish.
" So kind of Cousin (Jeorge." she
said "And now, girls, where shall
we go! I am tired of Saratcga
and Long Island. What do you
think of a qaiet couutry retreat
somewhere f
TV „" • , „ . , uomespun, uiue wouu >e suit-
SS "S:I" abieloracltygei^emacbutlwould
ARTHUR'S FIGHT FOR] CONKLING.
The result of tbe struggle wastbe
confirmation of Merritt and Bort,
and Conkling, Arthur and Cornell
some discussion, it was resolved to
go. The place selected was a farm,
up among tbe hills, belonging to a
well-to do farmer, known as Grand-father
Tole. Aunt Phoebe, Grand-father
Tole's sister, bad rather op-posed
the taking of boarders, as
she opposed everything that was
novel; but Chloe.'the eldest of the
granddaughters, who was the Jupit-er,
had spoken up promptly. "Why
not I'' she said. " It will stir us up
and give Maggie some idea of great
folks, for I am told these Caldweil's
are very fashionable. Let us have
them, by all means." Maggie was
Chloe's younger sister, and the pet
and beauty of the family; and when
she, too, pronounced iu favor ol the
scheme, the thing was settled. So
the Caldweil's came—mother and
daughters.
"They're not stuck a;i a bit, if
they did come from down below,''
said Annt Plnebe, when tea was
over. "Appear just like car sort
ot folks."
The C ddweh's were equally
pleased, "Let's stay here always/'
said '.label, the younger daughter,
Io hi r mother: " it is so beautiful
in the country. I hate the city."
It really was very pleasant at th*
old farm house, those early sum-mer
days. There was a tender
green on the field and tree, such
blossom and scent; snch sparkling
cioauiain streams: such wonderful
moonlight. The Tole family, too,
were so pleasant. Maggie was the
lifeot the house. She was 80 full
of fun and was so obliging. "So
cultivated, too,"' said Mabel, who
had fancied that farmers'daughters
must be ignorant. " Why, she has
read more books than I have, ma!'
But as the summer advanced,
and tbedays grew hotter, and tbiogs
lost their novelty, the fickle Mabel
began to be less enthusiastic about
the country.
"Always tbesani.; milk and licit,
always the same drive," she saiu.—
" And Maggie has s i much to do
uow that she enu'e be with me like
she used to. I'd rather a thousand
times be in town. It is so dread
fully stupid here, with not so much
as a doukey-eart going by. The
mosquitoes are ever so much worse
than at home. There wc haw bars,
and there are more people, so they
needn't bite just us all the time.—
And the flies are awful."
In the midst of her grumble there
came a smart rap at the door, and
was directly pushed open by a
little old woman, who dropped a
brisk little curtsey on the thresh
hold, and then stepped in. She
was dressed in an old fashioned
'• short gown aud petticoat," and
wore on her head a hnge green silk
bearing close resemblance to
chaise top. Away in under this
monstrous bonnet was tbe wide
frill of a white muslin cap; and a
pair of colored iron-bowed glasses
and ever so much I" cried the Cald
webs, in a heartfelt way. "Do
stop and sit with ns awhile."
"Yes. I was a meaning to," re
turned Miss Peay. " I live over to
the Cross Uoads, a good bit from
here; but I rode in with my brother
t tiillip as far as the tnrn of tbe
road. He brought his grist over to
the mill bero, for he thinks Oooley
grinds better thau the man does a"t
our place. And he had one or two
arrants to theslore: so I don't need
to be back to the into under hall
an hour or snch a matter."
"Aud you live wi-h your broth-er!'
asked Mrs. Cald well.
Ob, yes! Hi m and me, we never,
ne'er a one of us, married, and
we ve always lived together. We
wa3 twins; but we ara't any alike
You would uot think we was any-thing
to each other."
" 11 it on a farm like this where
you live t" asked Mabel, forgetting
her discontent at once.
"Something like,'' returned Miss
1'eny. " My brother, be carries ou
the out door work and I keep house
lor him."
"Do you do all the work yoar
own self—every bit P asked Mabel,
iu a tone of pity and wonder.
" La, yes, miss, I hope so ; aud I
have a good bit of time left for my
knittiug. I knit tw.-aty-five pairs|
of white mil tins and twenty-five
pairs of feeling lust winter. Mr.
Call to the brick store takes them,
and pays one half tbe money and
one-half the goods."
"l'Vetiag! What are feeling T"
asked Mabel.
"Feetingl Why, don't you know!
Men's socks or stockings, or what
ever they call them. I finished oil
a pair this morning.'"
"Oh, mother!'' exclaimed Mabel,
"can't 1 get a pair of Miss Peay's
leeting, and send to Mi. Wiuaiua-kcr."
.Mrs. Caldwell smiled; aud the
qnick black eyes under the calash
aught the smile aud the thought
behind it.
"Han't likely," said sh?, "my
homespun, blue yarn would be suit-send
him a taste of my sopsovines
iu welcome, if there was a chance."
"Ob, yeaF cried Mabel," do send
him some apples! We are just send
ing a box of lerus and moses for his
aquarium, aud there is plenty ot
room."
"Send them, to be sure," ans-wered
Miss Peay, opening her has
ket again, aud as though it had
been the widow's barrel that never
lacked its handful, producing an
other dozen of smoothe, red apples,
fragrant and fair.
Miss Peachy Peay wont away
presently with another brisk, little
courtesy. But t he effect of her vis-it
lasted longer. It even outlasted
the apples. Mabel's good natnre
and content continued all day, and
as she occupied herself filling a
letter to Mr. Winamaker, with a
picturesque and enthusiastic ac
count of the visitor.
Hut that was not the last visitor.
She came agaiu upon another day,
when Mable was in the midst of
another fit ot dissatisfaction.
This time Miss Peay brought
some early blackberries, and a
great handful of wat T lillies; aud
she came iu a dress sill odder and
older-fashioned, with the same Ii. tie
dipping courtesy, aud the same
quaint cheertciness ot manner.
"Mi. Winamaker was ever and
ever so much obliged for those ap
pi.s, Miss Peay,"cried Mabel: "and
ho says if you are as nice as your
apples, he wishes we would take
you home with us. Will yoa
Miss Peayl Uow please do."
••Home with you!" exclaimed
Miss Peay, her black eyes shining
with mirth. "A plain country body
like mo would make a pretty figure
in the city! And I should be worried
t; d a'h by all the noise and buz.
Somebody Brgoiag by in the i >ad
pretty much continually, I ex;:.'Ct;
and a flic likely enough somewheres
about, almost every day. But 1
thank him and you, too, tor the
invite."
" Oh, Miss Peachy, vou must go !
Mr. Winamaker wants to seejou
awlully. lie truly docs," persisted
tbe inconsiderate child.
Miss Peachy laughbed heartily ;
but before she had time to do more,
the village coach drew up bclore
the door, and Mr. Winamaker bim
self got out.
At that sight Mrs. Caldwell rush-ed
eagerly npou the piazza, follow-ed
by all the children; and Miss
Peay was left alone iu the room,
with no way of e^cjpe but thro tgh
the little square entry, where Mr.
Winamaker stood paying the driver,
and shaking hands with the Cald
wells.
She hid no idea of meeting him,
lif'
atlair, fashionable thirty years ago though, and so she darted across
under the name of "calash,'and ;|,e room to seek an exit thtoogh
the wiudow. But ber dre.-.- caugh
ou au ugly nail that Mabel had
driven in the casement to ha^g
balls of thistle-down upon.
" I am awfully glad you've come.
the gown gave way, aiid at the
-amo time the green calash and i'ou-bowed
glasses fell oil: and down
floated a mass of fair hair, and np
looked a sweet, girlish faca in a
pretty flush of girlish shame.
Mr. Wiuamaker had ou y an in-stant
look, for as soon as she felt
herself released, Miss Peachy Peay
disappeared abound the corner of
the house, never to return.
" Oh, mamma.' what a trick has
been played on us,' cried Mabel.
•• Did you know it was Maggie all
the time!" I didn't dream it.
Mamma smiled with wire supe-riority.
"Country life gets du
times, and we bavi our-selves
wit
said she. in,: side ap ,., ;,i,.
Winam
As to pooi M . . mid
gladly have hidden her diminished
head during: r. Winamaker'sstayi
but that was not possible. The
servant, who was to have bean
such a family relief, never came,'
and Maggie was both chainbermnid
and table-waiter, lint when sho
appeared that night with his cup
of tea, Mr. Winamaker gave no
sign ol recognition; so by degrees
the hot color burnt iisell out on her
cheeks, ami sfa recover d her trim-'
qnility. Nevertheless, be noted
every look, and won.', and gesture,
tbongh so quietly that even Mrs.
Caldweil's observant eyea did not
see It.
So that, for once in ber life, she
was taken unawares when, at the.
end of two weeks, Mr. Winamaker
led her to the arbor at the fiot of
the garden for the sake ol asking
her advice, as he said, and began
to ask it by announcing bis inteu-tioa
of adopting .Maggie Tole as hia
daughter.
"My advice!" thought Mrs.Cel 1
well, curling hev lipali'tle. "Ho
iS pas- advice ami a good way past
it. I have seen for t wo days which
way the robin was going to By,"
Put outwardly she was sweeter
than honey and smoother than oil.
"now nice!" she said, heartily,
yet, as a woman would have per-ceived,
with an undertone of dis-approbation.
"A capital idea,"
she continued, aitir a reflective
pause, '-only—1 doubt il bergraod
father would part with her. And
then, she is rather old for adoption
—twenty-two at least, I fancy."
"Twenty two!" repeated Mr. tViu-amaker,
aghast.
To be sure! What bad he been
thinking of. Whatever it was ho
evidently thought of it no more,
lor, though he staid another two
weeks, be never sp ■: e ol adopting
a daughter.
Neither did heat Christmas when
he came to Cranberry, I i see how
the oonntry looked iu its robes of
transfiguration, white :;-. l cii.u_
teuiug Nor iu the early Spring
time, when he came foi no rea
at all that Aunt Phtebe could dis-cover.
"Unless to si e abo il getting
board for next Summ a; and I
should'most though he'd a wrote
for thai, ami not be to tbe cos* of a
journey dow n here/said -i . •■!,. -k
here! 1 wonldn'i go in the
there's folks tfi, ,■ - that S
g'utleman, Mr. u
L'.kely he « inta Io sec on
same! tdefl]
'; i ' wu the i dra,
looking a i lair and fi .. >■ ..
She went rigbi on, , m
Spite of Apni. PI ..-,:'. warning,
and as I OOn as she I p m d the par-lor
door, Ur. Winam ikei c n le tor-ward
and, bless you kissed her.
•• I want to know " ejaculated
Auut Phurbe, opening In- eyes.
She did know, and soon, for
though Mr. Winamaker s-iii said
ootbiug about adopting a daughter,
U kg ;ii Tole before the water lillies
were in bloom, went to live with
him in bis beautiful home in the
city.
And wh.-n F.t:e went, pack) d away
in the choicest corner of her trunks,
among white satin, and lace, aud
muslin, and orange flowers, waa a
green cala-h.
•• Iu memory," said the happy
bridegroom, "of M.ss Peacy Peay,
who introduced me to my wife."—
s. until.
The II.III. Artemlis Hale, of
Bridgewater, Mass., is doubtless
the oldest ex < 'ongressman li\
ii n ing IK-MI liont ' letober 20, I. .
and is therefore nearh !IS years of
age. I le sen ed in Ci • from
: , isp.,._/;,.//;„ -..
\\ i believe that ex SenatorCliug-man
is still living. His age is un-known
to the "oldest inhabitant.''
- The i. of a mile
■ A.
C. Kendall, I. I. Sulli-van,
II. I i ::. ns, all
Thi havi lour
nown urcs,
quarts a:.d •ulphorels.