Note 39 — Chapter XX · THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876—AT HOME—THE MARSH FARM NEAR LANSING.

In the fall of 1877 Mr. Chandler delivered the annual address before the Branch County Agricultural Society, and while in Coldwater was the guest of the Hon. Henry C. Lewis of that city, who invited a few friends to meet him socially. In the course of the conversation Mr. Chandler said that he was going to his Lansing farm to spend a few days. His reticence in regard to the Hayes administration was then a matter of remark, and the Hon. C. D. Randall said to him: "Well, Mr. Chandler, when you get out in the center of your great farm and alone, you will have a fine opportunity to express your opinion about the Hayes 'policy.'" Mr. Chandler's reply was: "No, sir; that Lansing farm will never answer my purpose. To do that I shall have to be on the top of a high hill behind the meeting-house and with the wind blowing the other way!" The audience responded with a hearty laugh.