Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-05-31
Lincoln as he Is.
From the Chicago Press and Tribune, May 2;

| the looks, the habits tastes and other charac-
teristicS of Honest Old ABE. We eanticipate
few of them.
Mr. LINCOLN stands six feet and four inches
high in his stockings. His frame is not mus
cular, but gaunt and wiry and his arms are
long, but not unreasonabIy so for person of
his height his lower limbs are not diSpropor
toned to his body. In walking, his gait,
! though firm, is never brisk. He steps slowly
and deliberately, almost always with his head
inclined forward and his hands clasped behind
his back. In matters Of dress he is by no means
precise. Always clean, he is never fashionable
he is careless, but not slovenly. In manner he
is remarkably cordial and, at the same time,
simple His politeness is always sincere, but
never elaborate and oppressive A waam
shake of the hand and warmer smile of recog
milton are his methods Of greeting his friends
At rest, his features, though those of man of
mark, are not such as belong to a handsome
man but when his fine dark-gray eyes are
lighted up by any emotion aud his features
begin their play, he would be chosen from
among crowd as one who had him not only
| the kind sentiments which women love, but
the heavier metal of which full grown men and
Presidents are made His hair is black, and
though thin, is wiry. His head sets we'll on
his shoulders but beyond that it defes descrip-
tion. 1t nearer resembles that of CDAY than
that Of WEBSTER ; but it is unlike either 1t
is very large, and, phrenologically, we'll proper
toned, betOkening power in all its develop
ments. A slightly Roman nose, widecut
mouth, and a dark complexion, with the ap-
pearance of having been wheather beaten, com
pletes the description
I In his personal habits, Mr.. LINCOLN is a
! simple as a child He loves 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 glass of wine. He is not ad-
dicted to tobacco in any of its shapes He
never was accused of licentiOuS action in all
his life. He never uses profane language A
friend says that once, when in a towering rage
in consequence of the efforts Of certain parties
to peTpetrate fraud upon the State, he was
heard to say. They Shan't do it, d-n 'em !r
but beyond an expression of this kind, his Bit
terest feelings never carry him. He never gam
bleS; we doubt if he ever INDUCES in any games
of chance. He is particularly cautious about
mourning pecuniary obligations for any purpose
whatever, and in debt he is never content un-
til the score is discharged. We presume he
owes no man dollar lie never speculates
The rage from the sudden acquisition 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 the pursuit of know
ledge. In all his dealings he has the reputa-
tion of being generous, but exact, and above
all, religiously honest.
He would be bold man who would say that
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ever wrOnged any one out
Of cent, or ever spent a dollar that be had
not honestly earned His struggles in early
life have made him careful of money but his
generosity with his own its proverbiaI. He is Il
regular attendant upon religious worship and
though not a communicate, is a pew-hoder
and liberal supporter Of the Presbyterian
Church in Springfield, to which Mrs LINCOLN
belongs. He is a scrupulouS teller of the truth
too exact in his notions to suit the atmoS-
phere of Washington as it now is. His ene-
mics may say that he tells Black Republican
lies but no man ever charged that, III a pro-
fcssional capacity, or as a citizen dealing with
his neighbors. he would depart from the Scrip
tural command At home he lives like a
gentleman of moderate means and simple tastes
4 good-sized house of wood simply but taste
fully 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 cOuntrymen.
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 tC
make as polite bow as FRANK PIERCE, but
he will not commence anew the agitation oI
the Slavery question by recommending to Con
gresS any kGnsas-Nebraska bills. He may not
preside at the Presidential dinners with the
ease and grace which distinguish the "vener
able public functionary," Mr.. BUCHANAN, but
he will not create the necessity for a Covodt
Committee and the dsgraceful revelations o
CORNELIUS WENDELL He will take to tht
Presidential Chair just the qualities which tht
country now demands to save it from impend
ing destruction-abilityt that no man can ques
tion, frmness that nothing can overbear, honest,
that never has been ippeached, and patriotism
that never despairs.