July 26, 1881 by Michael Ceraolo

July 26, 1881

Garfield:

Science "is the literature of God

written on the stars---the trees---the rocks---

and more important because [of]

its marked utilitarian character"

Today an outstanding man of science,

Alexander Graham Bell, the man

whose marvelous invention the telephone

Crete and I saw demonstrated

at the Centennial Exposition,

brought an invention he calls the

"induction balance bullet detector"

to the Executive Mansion

and Dr. Bliss used it to try

to find the bullet inside me

Dr. Bliss was unsuccessful

Guiteau:

"They always took me

for a gentleman"

"This is another from his work Eighty Days, dramatic monologues by Garfield and Guiteau for each of the days covering the period from the day Guiteau shot Garfield until the day Garfield died."

Bio:  "Michael Ceraolo is a 59-year-old retired firefighter/paramedic and active poet and baseball fan.