The sun., 1885-06-07
LINCOLN As A BOZ.
The Man whs Ta~sst hia &c Rssa Adds A.
sshsr Chapter te his Weaasrfai Hisserx.

Dennis Hanks Of Paris, H., Is q cousin OF
Abraham Lincoln. Uncle Dennis is 4 typical
Kontuckian. born In Hardin county. 1893. To
our query he replied choeriy:
Certainly. certainly sls. I'll talk to you
about Abe. kin talk. too. bein' az I'm the
only livin' man that knows oil about him."
" How old was he whom you flrst mot him 2"
About "a hours-hardly that I rikkileot
run all tho way-over two miles-to SEQ Nancy
Hankss boy baby. Twas common then for
connection to gether in them days to see new
one . ninni.. wa; y years old. ana 1t tiokied
When did You I move % to Indiana7"
When Abe was about o. Mr.. Lincoln moved
and Su Ssp 81 and IN Es
this spot Abe grew to manhood.
About fifteen rods. Abe killed a turkey the
day we got there. and couldn't git thro tellin'
81 ors .Ssn MSs
to S and md Sphs AZ sns ne susss
him his letters. il ever there was . good wo-
ma man n ON earth she was one. 2 true Christian Of
arrived and left him without tsacher; his
father couldn't read word"
then ST. 81, in ,o help him; ddn's know much,
Dut ulu the D0Rt could"
"wsbster's spelier. When got him through
that l only had copy Of Indians statptes:
hin q Was il II f soid yarn sbos. isilsr.
draWed the nails out Of his boat, and he got q
daeEEin or d,Ownsd or forget npw
That's it, that's the book, Abe would lay
suVS Sem s tss hoar
but 9s essnsa ss to S,ss fssa bast. rsh. yell "
Yes borrowed for him the. Life Of Wash;
g ingtop' nnd the Spesches Of Henry Clay,
me afterwnrd in tho White House he wanted to
live IKE Washington. His speechos show that.
He was q Democrat. like his father and all OF
s U.S. when T. Z. he beE1n n, TO read # When he
went step by step until he became leader OF the
:Wii YOU describe him when boy3"
Well. he was at this time not grown. only
six feet two inches high. He was six feet four
and onr-half inches when 0rown--taii. lathy.
some. not ugly. but peculiar. This kind OF
fellow: II q man rode up horseback. Abe would
father Hs wona so %
side o. the head; then he'd go throw at snow
0S or Ss Ssn ad,;a ea a" the WHILE"
couldn't rassle him down. His legs were too
foot upon my shoulder. and make me swing
corners swift. and his arms so long and strOngl
My, how ,, he would chop! His axe would flash
down II would come. II you heard him iailln'
trees In clearin' you would say there were
hi% walk in,S crowd p sovdiss. 'sHa sHa
was the same when he was q lawyer; all eyes
whenever he riz wsrs on him there was
% Whae Hd did you ,a"eh sPs hin a,% to Write with p
charcoal, or the E'int OF burnt burnt stick. on the
county town. and 1 made ink out Of black.
berry brier root and little copperas in It, 1t
per after n while. made his first pom out OF q
turkey buzzard feather; thems good for pens.
We a bna he no tsxs to them sonks asys sssarv
No; we had to hire him at first. But whom
he got taste 1t was the old story-we had TO
asai and had wonderful memory wonderful.
N'SSE Mnst 1SrsSa sSareh SayininH dia HSe astend"
The Baptist. ri tell YOU a circumstance
she 81 she eabn oor
and and reneat the Sc ssrmint r from text to doxoiogy.
Was he q religious man p
We'll. ho wasn't in early life religious man.
He was moral man strictly-never went to
neyer swore. But in nfter life no became moro
religious. but the Bible puzzled him. especially
or s,lin', around the fireplace nights. to ex-
plain serinturs: He never Joined any church
How did he fare for food and clothine2"
Plenty. as it. wRs.cnrn dOdger. bacon. and
game. some fish, and wild fruits: Pve often
sfa at %hen % 81 had whsss
flour. The nearest mi III was eighteen miles. A
and Il ssa to sag his ScS
stand and cat the flour as fast as it was made.
and then be ready for his suppe !. For clothing
ali. wool pants.'' "' WIN
Did YOU ever visit him in Washington p"
in Charleston and l. for their folks' sake. went
ths war Ee bs fer
ss1 WITH WITH sosrs vent up to sse
fnid Who DO yGY yeni 70 zee I said; NJ;
cant. hahn. come here from Illinois soS Tor :
Of his office. Outside was ' heap p Of feIIsrs
S ssf kinder Ass and oa a d.t css 9sss nSo
PESssiient; sin't yonT Hs looked, up and ssid.
could s ssis T.! abs to s. ssiE I. s]siS; ] don't
Dennis and smiled kinder tired. told my er.
rand and a he said to GENE ~ Pexs morning
he told me- to go down TO ths, house and see
Mary-Ihat's his wife. She's dead now, poor
soul. knOwod they was too highfalutin' down
to Mary's for me: so I went to a tavern and
an arm load OF Indictments and he said: Take
these over to Stanton and he'll fx it, I said:
Ape. don't know where the plageoned place
is:' fo he called u porter standin' by and said:
Take these to Mr.; stanton Pretty, soon Mr.
Stanton. In q bobtail coat, came In. He didn't
want To lot 'am 20. but Abe was kind an made
HIM aign. When Stanton went out said: Abe.
II WAS as big as you are I'd take Stan ton ovor
my knee and spank him. He laughed and said |:
1t Is not easy to keep my Cabinet in good
humOr.' 1 left an came home never saw
him again. The next spring b" was killed"
Ons more question Dd he fst his sense
both: his strong yill from his father. III
little. and one day his haby cir picked up. a
foul oath and was bruis!n' tho bitter m mmorsel IN
and said: Listen. husband He stoppsd that
habit thar, never swOrc again. BUT Abe's
:nyery. all came from her. lam free to cay