. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . in life. In his boyhood, with ax and hoe, and by drivingthe oxen before the plow,he helped on his fathersfarm. He was never , when he was notearning money among hisneighbors in the hayfield,he was earning it in a car-penter shoj), or in chop-ping wood, or in drivinghorses on the canal. Hehad a strong passion forbooks, and a great ambi-tion to get an education. At the age of eighteen he wasa school-teacher, at twenty-four a professor of Gree
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . in life. In his boyhood, with ax and hoe, and by drivingthe oxen before the plow,he helped on his fathersfarm. He was never , when he was notearning money among hisneighbors in the hayfield,he was earning it in a car-penter shoj), or in chop-ping wood, or in drivinghorses on the canal. Hehad a strong passion forbooks, and a great ambi-tion to get an education. At the age of eighteen he wasa school-teacher, at twenty-four a professor of Greek andLatin, at twenty-seven a college j^icsident, at twenty-eighta State Senator, at thirty a colonel in the army, at thirty-one a general, at thirty-three a member of Congress. Hisinauguration as President of the United States took placeon the 4th of March, 1881. 23. His administration promised to be a very useful andbrilliant one, but soon became clouded by political dissen-sions, caused by his nominating for an important office inNew York a person who was obnoxious to the Senators ofthat State. A sad tragedy terminated the career of the. JAMES A. GAUFIELU 22. Give a sketch of Garfields career. When did his inauguration talce place ?23. What is said of his administration ? How did it end ? Who became President ?When was he inaugurated ? 1884] A R THUR S AD3IINISTRA TION 285 President; for, within fonr months from his inauguration,lie was sl)ot by an assassin at a railroad de})ot in Washing-ton (July 2). ? lie lingered until the 19th of .September,when he died, at Long Branch, whither he had beenremoved. This mournful event caused a feeling of uni-versal regret in this country, and called forth expressionsof sympathy from everycivilized nation. The Vice-president, Chester , on taking theoath, then became Presi-dent (Sept. 20). 24. The administrationof President Arthur wasmarked by prudence, in-telligence, and official changes werenot numerous, and politi
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