True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 228
e, but also spinningand weaving thecloth, which Mrs.Garfield made intoclothes for the chil-dren. Dont you think this was a very hard life ? So it wouldbe to most of our young people now. But they owned theirlittle farm and house; both together, perhaps, worth two orthree hundred dollars. Of course,… … THE BOY JAMES GARFIELD BRINGING HIS FIRST DAYSEARNINGS TO HIS MOTHER. 230 JAMES A. GARFIELD when Mr. Garfield went away, with his axe on his shoulder orfollowing- the plow, you might have heard him whistling orsinging a merry tune. As soon as breakfast was over, the lit-tle fellows, in the summer,…
