The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-05
"REMINISCENCES
Detailing the Cosmopolitan Traits Of
Lincoln in Public and Pri-
vate Life.
His Manner of story TeIling---Whnt
lie Thought of GreeIey---His
Literary Tastes and Re-
Mgious Belief.

aco.b,sn Naw yort altar IN The Enmirer.
was introdpced at Soratooa to a gentle
man NV the name of Milton Hay. who was
said 70 have been Abraham Lincoln's very
near friend. and to abound in "reminiscences
| on him Mr. Hav was n singular man. oriei.
nallv fine looking. 1 srppose. and still of Q
pleasing. generous face, though his skin had
| the dark tan color so often found in the bot
| toms of the Mississippi valley. especially
among persons of Kentucky descent, as ]
understood he was. An opportunity oc-
CURED while returning to this city from
| Saratoga TO have some talk with Mr.. Hay.
Said i. "You knew Mr.. Lincoln very wellTr
Eyes, before he was made president of tho
United States 1 knew him almost as well as
anybody. We were of the same general stock.
l liked him, and was glad to be in his COM
pany.n
"Can Won give me an idea said l, "of Mr..
Iincolnis voice-tbat voice which none can
hear again. and which but few had the privi-
leoe Of b~enrinogr
81 do not know enough about music said
Mr. Hav. .to describe that voice exactly. I
hardly know whether it was a tenor voice or
not. 1t was pitched a little high. 1t was not
entirely pleasant to hear. particularly after
he had nroceeded some time in his speech. 1t
WINS n reaching voice with pathos in it, but it
was high pitched"
"What was the color of Mr.. Lincoln's eyes;
were they brownF
"Well, now, l should say" said Mr.. Hay,
"that he had a kind of grayish-blue eye, but
do you know | never looked at that matter
closely. was under the influence OF his eyes
and did not analyze them. think, however,
that he had n light eye"
WAS he a man who laughed out loudf
"1es, he was as hearty a laugher as ever
you heard, When he would get of his stories
he would laugh when he came TO the point,
and his laugh was as infectious as the story
had been sharp. now said Mr.. hay, III
has been denied recently by some dlstln-
gulshed men That Llncon TOLD stories OIL
color. There is no use OF gliding the lily or
painting the rose. Lincoln did tell many a
story winch nave hearu unaI was "hht
might be called smutty. lie did not Tell
them Tor the sake OF the smut or tne coarse
ness, but TO Illustrate his point, and no stories
that ever hearu were 50 cogenI 10 bnat Gnu
l recolect, said MI. hay, "tnat atter ne
had been nominated Tor president a deiega-
ton OF Methodist ministers concluded TO pay
MN a Visit lie received them IN very good
style. de got the gauge OF Them very
quickly, ana ne could not resist the incIiha-
ton 10 Try tne pre1hren "ltha goou yarn,
ana my recohectioh oi IL was 'ha1 ""sa
niue ~ fragrant
'Dld ne invent any OF tnose sOorles' MI
hayf
NO, don't think he did. lie picked them
up among the homely common people with
whom he had lived SO long, in the woods, at
the country store, on the Hat boat, in the leg
lslature ana around the ~courthouses' nc nad
an eHtraoruihhry memory Oh sUorles' a
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is IL true tnat ne was a man OF certain
sauness OF melancnoiyr .
yes thlhK IL Is ne hau uisposltlon al
umes 70 take a torlorh we" Oh hinhsen anu
OF human nature ana OF mans SITUATION IN
space Ihese nus oio not annoy MS LriehdS'
but seemed To De KIND OIL inward depres'
SION"
"ls it true, as Mr.. Herndon says, that Lin
coin was for a part of bis life rather an unbe-
lever or a skepticf'
Yes, guess that is true" said MIR. Hay,
almost all serious men pass through a con-
dition OF belief to skepticism, or vice versa
Unbelief Is merely the passion to believe
something else. l think that Lincoln had
formed views different from those he had
oeen Drought up IN, ana perhaps dinerent
rom tnose ne uieu !, because 4 40 hoe see
no" ne couiu nave nnaue Soheoi Inc speeches
ne MADE as ms presidency proceeoeu, uniess
ne mao oeeh oeleVlng man, ana IN mat case
ne must nave ehhnseu' refhaps neg.eatr re
sp~onsiplntes thrown uPoh nm made nun
l RfODe lis way IOWhfu u supreme TeSDODSlDll-