The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-13
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mixed union, 1t Is merely a matter Of
discipline, and will probably DO settled
without difficulty. ti.f4l III M.
IlSCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.

The Day Observed Here by the Sons of
+. Veternns-A Pleasant Entertainment.
The eighty.frst anniversary OF the
birth OF the great emancipation. Abraham
Lincoln, which, thanks to the patriotic
order Of the Sons Of Veterans, U. s. A..
is coming to be regarded as a National
holiday, was observed last night in
Wheeling under the auspices OF the
local s. OF V. camps. The &. A. Il. Hall
was filed TO It's utmost capacity and the
exercises were OF an appropriate and en-.
tanning character.
Promptly at s o'clock Col. II. d.
Baguley. Commander Of tho Division OF
West Virginia, opened the exercises
with IN address which was literally ap.
plauded, and tho. musical and literary
programme provided for the evening
began and was carried ont as follows:
Song "sweethcarts'-. Miss Anna N. Summers
Iscr!,asion tliumorous) The prunkard :....
| ...............Mr. Leonard Raymond
song-"A daline' Miss May Princc
Address on the Life and Character OF Abraham
~ ( Lincoln. Judge Il. II. Cochran.
| QnRrtette-"siars Of the summer Night" ....
Messr.. Parker, Chapman, Dunn aud NesGitt.
Observation-Disclosures Rcprieyo' ...,.......
Vocal Duct-"0'er the I'LL; o'eI ihe bale:
Rccl,a,lon-"KSaiacFy; TcIl eS s ~"a"'A"
Piano "Edclwclss" "-"Ml.s Blanche Eizler
Recitation .S; Dec rolack
S0ng-"Little Darling. Now Good gyo"..-.
- ........."...... ....:.. Mr. VIII Nesbitt
| Mr.. Albert Summers presided at tho plRuo.
The entire programme was thoroughly
enjoyed by the audience, Judge Coch.
rams address being appreciated us the
feature OF tho entertainment. He be-
gan withan eloquent outline Of Lincoln's
career from childhood to the grave, and
his address was eloquent and impressive
clear through. He dwelt, in his address,
upon the fact that the great liberator
passed through moro phases ef life
during his early struggles than any other
man OF his day, and told the story OF
Lincoln's life, from which he drew u
pointed moral. The martyr President,
he said, started in life rs n farm laborer,
doing the most mental work for thirty.
one cents a day; next We hear OF him
as IN athlete, great wreatlcr, challeng
ing the admiration OF his acquaintances
then us writer OF essays on temperance
then rs a rail-splitter, earning one yard
Of jeans for splitting 400 rails; then US 4
ilat.boatman on the Mississippi, and
during this part OF his career for the
first time he witnessed the horrors o.
slavery, which planted in his mind the
seeds OF abolition; then We
see him Us n clerk-a salesman then rs
soldier; afterwards debater in literary
societies; now he appears as an unsuc
cessful candidate forthe Legislature, ant
a surveyor; chen rs postmaster, carry.
ing the postotiice in his hat; then us 0
lawyer holding his own with the fore
most Mt the bar; then rs successiu
candidate for the Legislature and paten
tee OF a wonderfully improved steamboat
and shortly after elected to Congress
, then We follow him as leader OF the Re
publican party in the-canvass with
Douglass, and finally as the foremcs
, American OF his day and as President o.
the United States, and as the emancipa
tor OF three millions Of slaves.
!, Judge Cochran then skctched rapidly
but graphically, Lincoln's career from hi
election to the Presidency and his nd
ministration during the troublesome
war times, until his tragic death, giving
. many personal "reminiscences that wer
3 listened to with breathless interest by
those present,