, 1860-05-19
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HONEST OLD ABE"
The Peoples Candidate for President
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Biographical Sketch Of Abraham Lin.
AsaAxAx LINCOLN il q native of Hardin
county, Kentucky. IL MAS born On tho 12,h
DAY Of February, 1905. His parenta were both
ffon Virginia, and were certainly not OF ,he tirst
1asn'l'ss. His patcrasl grandfather, abraham
Alncoln' euigrated. from Rockingham county,
''s'n''' to Kentucky, about isl Of =, where
year OF two later hs was killed by Indians,
NOT IN batt'o, but by stealth, while he WIS labor
mg - open farm in the forest. His anccstors.
Who were respsctsble members of the Spoiety
oi Friends. went t. Virginia from Berks coun-
~, Pennsylvania. Descendants Of thu same
atock still 1asido IN tic eastern part Of that
State. j..
Ar. Lncola' : fatbs:, at the death Of lis futher-
~as but six years Of age, and be grew up liter.
ally without education. lie removed from Ken
lucky to what ia now Spencer county, Indiana,
IN 1915. The family reached their new home
about the time ths State mas admitted into the
uniaa. Tie regien in which they settled IVES
rude and wild. and they endured, for some
years. .he hard experience Of frontier life, in
which the struggle with nature for existence
mud security is t1 bs maintained only BY
constant vigilance. Deart, wolres aud otLer
wild &nilnals still Infested tue woods, aud
3ouug Lincoln acquired more skill III the use Of
thu rifle ihsa knowledge Of books. There we're
institutions here 4ud 4llere known by the Hat
taring denomination Of schools" but no quail
tfcation WAS required Of teacher beyo
readiu'. writin' ane cypherin',' M the ve13ac-
ular phrase ran, n inr III the rule Of three. II
aAtragcer supposed to understand Latin hap
pened 10 &cjourn in The 1,e9hborhood, be was
looked upon as = wizard, and regarded with IN
nwe suitsd to 10 mysterious character.
Hard work and plenty Of it was the order Of
the day, varied, indeed, by IN occasional bear
huut, not unfiequent deer chase, or other
wild spo,t. Ct course Wien young Lincoln
came Of age lc was net 4 sehuIar.. lie could
read aud write, end had some knowledge Of
arithmetic, but that ssAx nlout all; mud as yet,
he lad bul littlo uulbitiou TO know more Of what
MES 10 bs frnnd In books. His attHiuments
otherwise were not to be dcspised. IL had
grown TO he Xix feet four iuchss iu stature, WIS
actiye and athletic, could WELD the a1e, direct
the plow, or usc 4he rife, as well as the best If
his compaeEs, ind was fully up to Ill the nvs.
te1ies OF prairie farming, and fully Injured to
hardship aud soi, Since lie arrised at age he
1as not beeu to school Whatever lis acquire
msnts arc, they hare b. en- picked up from time
to time nj opportunity occurred, or as The pres.
sara Of tome exigency demanded. -.
1t twenty-ous Lc removed, 10 Illinois, and
passed the first yenr i: Macon County, il active
labor nn d farm, y here he and fellow laborer,
{nauled UAxEs,) SPLIT THREE THOUSAND
RAILS, il tue year 1880. 1t will be inteFestugto
the millions before whom, lle is now placed III
candidate for The highest cfco in :Ac gift of
1rse proplst to lEo~ that lie ouce .nanayef J7at-
Gaatca tl.c Ohio Aircr- The anecdotes whichlle
1ometmea rulutes to lis friends of lis maritime
experiences before The introduction Of steuu1
on tue wtAtein rivers, are indescribsb!y laugaa-
ble. From Agcon County he want to New
Salem, in wla. il now Menard County, where
lie remained about year. Then came tile
Black Hawk war. a compupy cf volunteers
WAS raised in Ne. SALEM snd the surrounding
sountry, aud young Lincoln was elscted captain
- succ. Is which, be has since enid, gave him
more pleasure than he Inns ever since enjoyed.
He served with credit duliug the campaign, and
bscanlc popular. Returning to :sungamuu
County, lie Harmed the art Of surveying, and
prosecuted that profession until the financial
crash Of 1867 destroyed the value Of real estate
and ruined the LusjEeas-the result of which
vas that yonrg L'rcoln'a surveying apparatus
was sold on execution by tho sheriff. Nothing
dauntse by this.urn of i'll luck, lle directed Ills
attention to the Inv, and borrowing few books
from i neighbor, which lie took from tic tfice
in Ile evening and returned in tho morning. he
lesrnsd the rudineuts Of the profession in
which he has since breonae 20 distinguished, ~
tAe z9At cf q f'. -fls'rs'~
About thiE time the Wigs 81 his county con-
ferfsd 'poa LIN termination for the 1egis!a.
ture. lie was suects.ful in this snd three suc-
seeding elections. l,y tr;nmI I,haat majorities.
While men'ber Of the Legislature lc first gave
fadicntions OF his superior powers as adcba,tr
And hs increased. Ly frequent practice, biy nat.
ur-i flcuty for rub;ic speaking lie in,p,os cd
andustriol'>|y the opportunities TINT were here
offered It self cultivation. from the position
Of subal:eri1 III tic 5u:,ks ot the Whg pnrty, a
pos'tion thst w"s appropriately assigned lin
by Ills unaffected mydexty artl humble prc,en- !
E'ous, he xooo became recognized and acknow1. |
edged II Il chsmpiou aud leadcr, and his nn- |
varying courtesy, coed nature anI genial nan-
ners, united with utter dis,nseres1cdness nnd |