Show tho G arfield boys the rain of last night april following tin the sudden growth resultant jesul tant from the heat has given us the first vernal beauty of the year vegetation came riot bously forward in those hot days but it had a forced appearance and its dudec green was dimmed with unreasonable lust springtime spring time in our parka and gardens was fully a month behind the almanac it has caught up fully two weeks in this sudden spurt A similian ai is remembered four years ago when vinnie ream hodies hoxies statue of Farragut was unveiled on the of april under a burning sun fit only for july mrs on the open air platform beside her husband found the shelter of her parasol quite cien tand contracted on the intermittent fever which lingered so long and finally made her removal to long branch expedient from there she returned only to the deathbed death bed of her husband how short a season they had of real home comfort in the white house general Ciar fields brief on that day was the best I 1 ever heard him make and the last he made in washington when alie eldest two garfield boys were here on their easter visit at the home of colonel rockwell their former tutor dr whom mrs garfield sent for to montana to come into the white house and prepare them for the freshman class at williams naturally saw much of them as they liace ever since held him in high regard dr hawkes is now a practicing physician here of rapidly growing repute I 1 asked him the other day liow harry and james seemed acted upon by the consciousness of their mothers wealth if as many of the generals have feared it was tending to deaden their industry and spoil them for career he is a critical candid man and I 1 knew his answer would be truthful he said lie biad watched them care fully fo indications of that sort but found no ground for sion hanry the eldest is now 22 and has the dark huir and small features of his mother he is taller than james and lighter in weight both physically and intellectually for james has much of his fathers quickness of apprehension but the other has more polish of manner james stands about the middle of the first third of his class and harry ranks a liitle above the middle of the second third cioth will graduate in june and harry goes immediately into teaching having been offered a tutorship in the boys school at exeter N II 11 in which he was a pupil before dr hawkes took hold of his training he thinks this a good discipline for himself for one year the bro will then study law james is eighteen hwi teller in the albany evening jonnel |