New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-13

Addison that pedantry and learning like hypcclrsS
In religon-a form OF knowledge without lno sn of
Of 1t. He had nothing IN common win tnose heir
mental malfornaton who arc educated Deyonu 'N9''
niellccts Q.aughter ,.,au.hlv
associated and yet as the Ppu aatre e in chop
have us believe one spent MS nitns them up into
rails. Iaugater) washington GOuia po IIr tJ
story lincoln always Sog8 poSsssed the true
geometical requisites They were d nsgSf lie
and never too broad s:ont,nseI nsci9e near
wateh-are, while lincoln was once telling some SS1e
stories quietly remarked thas nnor forcettsrys
Tbe iest time I ever heard him converse he told
one of the stories which best illustrated his peculiar
talent for pointing moral Win an aaeca od ho sb
onlx Injured herself he said Yes that reminds me
Of shos barber Going to Sf bed When stranger
came along and said he must have shave lie saa
TO ball and the barber must cut It Of The barber
got up reluctantly, dressed and put the stranger
chair with low BACK 70 II, ana s ss Satiept neck
Qaughter) lie began by Gathering his face nelaaing
nose eyes and ears strapped his razor on p b
carried away the beard and pmpie ana TWO or tnrre
warts Laughter The man IN the cha,r saq, V ~
ianghfer1 The barber said. Yes. II THIS
handle don't break, IN get away away WITH Tba
,nsn;s cheeks were so hollow that the barber couldn't
ret down Into the valleys with the razor, and an
ny, MANS mouth and press out the cheeks daughterl
Finaliy he cut clean through the cheek ana INTO ms
own finger lie pulled the finger out OF the mans
mouth and snapped the blood of II and looked AZ MIN
and SAID There, you lantern awed cuss, you've maze
me y NowS SAID Lincoln, England viii find she has
got the South into a pretty bad scrape from trying
70 administer to her. In the end, she will lind she
has only cut her own finger" (ApplauseJ
NOT ALWAYS MIRTHFUL
But his heart was not always attended to mirth.
its cords were often set to strains Of sadness Yet
throughout all his trials he lost the courage Oh
his convictions When he surrounded on all sizes
by doubling Thomases, by unbelievng saracehs, py
disconnected Catalnes, his faith was strongest as
the Danes destroyed the hearing OF ihsIs wa ~, an Of
order that they might not be arighed by ihe an on
battle so Lincoln turned deaf ear 70 all that mlsht
have discouraged him. and exhibited OnWaVerlns lsan
I'm the Justice of the cause and rhe Integrity OF me
Union (Cries Of Bravo " and eheers.l III Is sSo
that for 800 years after the battle of Thermopyiae
every child in the public schools OF Greece wsS 900
uuired TO recite from memory the names OF Ie SvV
martyrs who fell IN the defence OF that pass. ~
would be a GROWING triumph in paifiouo eaucsiIIVl
II every sohoolchld In America coud cohtenpIa.o
each day the grand character and utter tne l5PHnS
name of Abraham Lincoln. cloud applausel
He has passed from our view. We shan hot lnoct
him again till no stands forth to answer to his name
at rollca when tho great of earth are sunm0Deu on
the morning Of the last great ieveiile III h ey
aspos rophizing Lincon's portrait when nnhs aDON
The presidents head, TIL then, farewell gentSt Oh
all spirits nobest of all hearts childs snpncny
You have handed down unto grateful people tne
richest legacy which man can leave to mah-tne He-
ory of a good name the inheritance OF q great eA-
aniplei loud and enthusiastic applausel