Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
From the Chicago Press and Tribune
Personal HABITS OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN.

In his personal habits, Mr.. Lincoln
is as simple as child He loves a good
dinner and eats with the appetite which
goes with great brain; but his food is
plain and nutritious. He never drinks
Intoxicating liquors of any sort, not even
a glass of wine He is not addicted to
tobacco in any of it's shapes. He never
was accused of licentious act in all his
life. He never uses profane language.
A friend says that once, when in tow
ering rage in consequence of the efforts
of certain parties to perpetrate fraud
on the State, he was heard to say, "They
shan't do it, d-n emf but beyond an
expression of that kind, his bitterest feel
ings never carry him. He never gam
bles; we doubt if he ever indulges in any
games of chance. He is particularly
cautious about incurring pecuniary OBJ
legations for any purpose whatever; and
in debt, he is never content until the
score is discharged We presume he
owes no man dollar. He never spec
ulates. The rage for the sudden acqui-
sition Of wealth never took hold of him.
His gains from his profession have been
moderate, but sufficient for his purposes.
While others have dreamed of gold, he
has been in pursuit Of knowledge. In
all his dealings he has the reputation of
being generous butexact, and, above all,
religiously honest. He would be a bold
man who would say that Abraham
Lincoln ever Wronged any one out of a
cent, or ever spent dollar that he had
not honestly earned. His struggles in
early life have made him careful of
money; but his generosity with his own
is proverbial. He is regular attend
ant upon religious worship, and though
not communicate, is a pewholder and
liberal supporter Of the Presbyterian
Church in Springfield, to which Mrs.
Lincoln belongs. He is scrupulous
teller of the truth-too exact in his no.
tions to suit the atmosphere of Wash
ington as it now is. His enemies may
say that he tells Black Republican lies;
but no man ever charged that in a pro-
fessional capacity, or as citizen dealing
with his ghbors, he would depart from
the Scriptural command. At home he
lives like a gentleman of modest means
and simple tastes. A good sized house
Of wood, simply but tastefully furnished,
surrounded by trees and flowers, is his
own, and there he lives at peace with
himself, the idol of his family, and for
his honesty, ability and patriotism, the
admiration of his couutrymen.
If Mr.. Lincoln is elected President he
will carry but little that is ornamental
to the White House. The country must
accept his sincerity, his ability and his
honesty, in the mould in which they are
cast. He will not be able to make as
polite a bow as Frank Pierce, but he
will not commence anew the agitation
of the Slavery question by Recommend
ing to Congress any Kansas-N ebraska
bills. He may not preside at the Pres
idential dinners with the ease and grace
which distinguish the venerable func-
tionary," Mr. Buchanan; but he will not
create the necessity for Covode Com
mittee and the disgraceful revelations
of Cornelius Wendell He will take te
the Presidential chair just the qualities
which the country now demands to save
it from impending destruction-ability
that no man can question, frmness thai
nothing can overbear, honesty that never
has been impeached, and patriotism thai
never despairs.