| Show BROTHER OF A PRESIDENT I I JI Thomaa Garfish Living Livin in n Michi Michigan Split More Rails Rail Than Lincoln Lin oln I t L away In n n 1 t firming tl corn com community cornI I HIDDEN I some miles from I i lIch Mich liven GArled only brother of the martyred president fays nH ayi the Detroit Free ree Pre Neither rome nor riches s have been Jils li portion but bat now In Iii the sunset of oft a IL along t long bug life that hOK Iio spelled only toll for tOI him hn ho Is la hap I In the knowledge that thui he be wits one of that army of ot off ofIne husband husbandmen men IMIl Ine who tilted tilled the tho virgin poll noil polli oll of or orth f i th middle west veM While hid hh distinguished brother wa was climbing the ladder of oC tam fame he hi was en on engaged In n fulling the forent and an alII anIn harvest harvestIng Ing In crops to keep keel the larder sup HUll riled a The Tho old ok gentleman Is III I now 83 3 years lf nf ot age RR a n sturdy oak In spite plo of ot his bin dis disabilities d lS abilities When Shen but IS years carlf old ho mci me il with n a Injury front from overtax Ing Ins himself In lifting and he ie RiO i with grf nt being Obliged to toI I use conee to 10 cup support port himself dr This does not keep him from working r It only hampers him for ho he still lino I his hla hI way to It t the th fields to husk hunk 1011 mm ansi I to t eo 4 Unit that mattellI ore ire looked ell otter lifter 1 ii property properly He lie 11 Is Ii If a n typical farmer hM I whole life lICe being bellig wrapped Up 1111 III hi the for tor forest f est eat anti and the I know kno that the former farmer who known know how to till hiM hili Intelligently Is Iss the Ih j i most moNt Independent man loan In the world I Mr mime curne to Michigan nearly r 40 years earll ago ugo purchasing the farm he now nov and he tie hut huB not been off art the I place butt liuK a dozen times since I 1 suppose you ou will think It funny but I have I u never in Washington aId he After James had been heen elect f president I 1 went to Mentor to tI visit hIm S J for Cor a Q Meek before he was l While there thre th rc he ho told me inc that It WOK tin III IIII I N worst thine but could have nae t to him He lie wanted to tn go to 10 the senate where he thought he could accomplish jf more good soI but hut the tho presidency was Vb 11 i forced torce on OnI him himIn himIn I In his homely huwel winy way ay Mr Mv tr Oar jar field III t e pi mid nf ot his hIli brother 41 und ninsi onis Ollor of his hl most cherished hed posses possessions Io le UI l hi Jn a photograph i of It the dead president When I 1 to feme colne home liu hu continued rume NUllO to Cleveland I with Ith roe me ami put mo ma tm till lil Urn the train leNt last l words ti me wern wera Thorium I t hivo r to tt say Bay ay goodbye to you OU oti You Von sire lire going KohlI back to your our Michigan homo white while I am nm where I shall have In Increased creased anxieties und cares curell The Thu next lie time I MW a James he WON WOK a 0 There Is II nothing of tho tim man of if the th world about Thomas Garfield lIe He be belongs belongs longs ong to the tho simple folk who Ilvo closi dOli f to nature Of Ot his hIM brothers political career ho he knows knowN little Uttie hut tho Ih horm p life lie of ot the tho family he does docs knew and Ills biN hl nail and ani knotted hands tell more moret t eloquently than words could VIse he sto stoOf of ot the privations and work he III ie un tint underwent derwent In order that his hl talented brother might lay jay In the tho foundation for Cor his hIli I a future greatness I I 1 1110 s heel ben a 0 P poor r titan man lift hI li paid and never knew what It wins was not notto notto notto to hove have to work hard That lists has been my blessing ansi and I have no for political ambition would not tempt mil inn iii if ir I had hast to live my mw Wo liCe over again II 11 In Once In Ohio I wan WN wa made n it school Inspector I but that In I all for fr I refused to tie lie n a 1 aI I Justice of ot tho the pence The only nitty Interest I 3 ever took In politics was to vote as DS n I Ii i thought right James Janne tas ms a II politician from the time limo ho lie I waN wal a n little fellow telloW Ho lie II was waft a ft natural orator Mator had the bent blIt memory of ot any ally I ever eer saw lie could coul listen liNten to tl n it 1 discourse and repeat It and onro wu t heard beard him working out a it mini um In tn alge algebra bra In his bIN sleep When he ho Hot got ot up UI in ia I the tho morning he Wrote it out outI I 1 only regret that I did not havA r the advantage of ot an nn education I wan wani born torn near 0 unit and father died when I was waa only 10 years yean of ot age oge I II had a n Bister two years yearN older and a II sis lII sister I tel ter younger and James wad Willi wa then thon an anin in feint Being the oldest son eon the tho hard harl work fell on cm m ni me When I Was 1111 12 13 1 years old oki mother hired me out to split rails raliN and for or years ears I worked from da daylight light until dark ark get getting gettin tint ting tin two hilling u a cord I split more rolls rails than Abo ilio Lincoln ever e r slid did but that dish did not no make in ni n u II president It was only Ilus for tor I s to te go 10 to school choon schoola a It day or two nt at a Utile tune but I learned learnel to riad read anti and allt write I l guess I have hae cleared as am much for tar forent foret ent et an us any man In iii tine tho country still havens US os much ambition a n as over ever but my lay old ohl strength IH Is falling fouling me mo Many in its inthe the time I 1 tarried James Jame on my to school when the th snow show wo WOe was too sheet Ilee for Cor ci him bum I took earn euro of ot him until he ho got through hUh school chool und anal then h II I gut ot his hili life lite Insured which earnest carried ll him hunt through college My ty IY duty was wall van to 10 stay at III home and run ruin the tine faun finin and I did disi It After I wile wan 10 eld hl I began to make con ht enible money blinking steers steer and yoK yoi yoKIng 01 Ing uti them for tor the tho plough I guess gues KUt I 1 could 1 have hlll n a small fortune trad trading lug ing In III this huts way wa but hut mother slId did not lIot think It t UK simile tight right and sh sho hl wanted me to stick tlell to the th farm In rill The Tho winter I was 21 years old I carno out here hero to Michigan and lam lum lumbered on oil the river incur neur George Georgetown town When hen I 1 got gal back hack to Ohio I hail had enough money to build a 1 lapie r house on tint tins farm fur for mother NIh KII ten ter Before that wo we lived In u 11 los log house houseMother Mother Iother sold the tho farm and went to 10 live hive with willi Junies as nn he ha way was principal of or u II school ansi ami was Willi better mite liMe to 10 give Ivo her n II home 1 married tind inns u Lt 1 farm faran near incur Ur Solon 0 I 1 stayed until I 1 came camu out litre When tint thu Will war broke out I t tried to 10 but hut they to take lake me on oni account ot of my InY III though they took my any III money for COf n a substitute A relative who lived near Urn mast had wilt ten nine inn III Unit that the tine country good goodHO HO i came annie nile arid paid 1000 for sir 40 iO O acres Afterward bought 40 more acre aeres of ot lurid for tor or mo nto aunt here 11 re I have been over owr since attire It Wits 1 it wilderness then right lit itt the tho heart henrt ot sit th the forest and no Ito roads A little patch match hud lund been betIn clearest cleared on oil Oils t h Is knoll k itoh on oil 1 a II triton tIll III I e altani ty and iome tices t roes hud until brain been laid Ia Iii out for an nit orchard 1 Wo Vu c the e but hut It wan stats hard iso at stork Hoik Two years sifter we wa canine cam tIre Ilc our homo und snail Hili burned ll W pounds of at v WO so n had hn ever Vel wo WI nOVel Jo Vo up UI and arid got started again II I nover had ninny liny ambition to hi hoard ard up nip money inn IW When I got Kot a little ahead I always 1 com place to put putt putU U It t hits been heio hel to 10 visit JAIt us II times but that WOK before hn ha wan Willi elected president ld He lie warded tn IO into to 10 go 10 to Washington but hilt hf hI h thin that 1 I was poor pOOl und bad hilI H II funnily family on m in MO slid did not urge It II Of course I inner nl I haLt hall hi hilts and amI I guess gueta 1 I haYs simply gut got to loo bark back on am what 1 t dune done let tt U it go no nt nit that Gained nid his lila way and ins he climbed pretty high After Her he Inc left heft home hOllo I did not mat see seo tn Pr 0 much of ot him hum hilt but If It I f he III hi a hud bad In nil lived Iv Je t I not have had hial to work w lI sin hard haril dont Ilont know me inns and 1 I am ans glad of or It fun for I nm rm only a plaint plain fanner but hut I would not be hI anything else ell Mr Mi II has been a for tor forthe forthe the mist last live years eau up nip to 10 which time ho lie hoKin h Kin 1111 tine the turin farm arm himself when tl ham m hunt him Now o oa he lie makes his hili hl home with lug hili only nn son con un mid and U It the thi old aM ely that he heline line on 1111 his hili head hend d than hla hili In is son who Is I nulls bald buill hot Hoi people differ mused Mr Ir Oar Gar Held Jamo Jamas wanted to take my m 10 son nion Is Its after r him intro und anil Bend mutt him through college The boy ho would not maya It U nt nS he lie wants wanted want ell to go Into bush busl insects HP lie roamed roam ell about u n while shile hut but now lIe Sie IH is back taking rare nire of me He lie 10 does dO not flat like farming though but bul his hl hisson son BOH Oll In hi ii a n natural farmer and In we could not nol get along alon without him This Thill Is II fainting country if It the tile people scald only null farm Intelligently but Jut they do sin not mOt The apple of oC the tho old aid eye ee CeIs Is his hll granddaughter a Il comely comel little mIss IK lm of age ng who Is III preparing for tor college She In lii more like Ilk James titan than any of or them he said She has hj hI hIs features and hUH hints her nose nope In a ii book Ju just t like Ilk ho hn UHN to tn when n a boy hoy Well ehi he ho said with a twinkle Ui a I his hh eye eI HI at t parting my m knowledge of ot thi Ihl Ii world ut at largo large IK is II confined confine to what I 1 pick lIck up from tine the raisers but forests forestA farm ansi hard hord work I know mow nil alt about If It you doubt me m look honk nt at and the theold old 01 1 proudly held out ft n Ir On I I ot of or knotted hands OH ens evidence of nf his hili of ot a century of tiara unremitting toll Work In Is life liCe to tl him and ana work lie ho will wilt until tine tho last summons calls collo him to eternal rest reat |
