The herald., 1895-09-01

Gated in its name, the company began
carrying on, as incidental to its regular
occupation, banking business for the
accommodation of its customers and the
public. And after the insurance feature
became less and less important the con.
Germ Was reinoorpnorated as the Marine
Bank OF Springfield. The aim was to re-
tain the name as nearly as possible, un-
der which the banking business was built
up. And it was in this institution that
Abraham Lincoln banked.
B. H. Ferguson, son of the old time
head of the house, is at present president
of the bank. And he was one of the
youths of Springfield to whom Mr.. Lin
most engrossing study. His view OF Lin
coin is that of the youth. His contact
with him was different from tnat of
contemporary, and he caught imI rsssions
that one nearer would have been uncon-
sCious of.
''To me it always seemed that he was
a fair man." says Mr.. Ferguson. GAS 1
look back at him, and what l saw of
him l find / have thought of him a great
deal. And that is the impress he leaves
on me. He seemed to be very fair man.
He did not seem to desire the advantage
over any person. L remembe that Won
derfully convincing gesture which he SO
often used in argument, when he swung
his long ana clumsy arm-which never
seemed clumsy at such times, 30 earnest
was his face, so engrossed had he COM
PEELED us to be-and declared: 1t seems
to me it ought to be SOP Al such times
| couldn't have felt doubt that he was
right.
"He was not q very careful business
man and kept only an indifferent watch
of his money. He banked with us and
hara ia check he oaya for x201 IT Mas
drawn In favor of man who had remod-
eled and papered his house on Eighth
street.-the place where be lived when he
was nominated and elected. He seemed
to be away from home good deal. One
of my impressions of him is tha6 of see
ing people greet him good deal as he
came home from travelling the circuit or
from his political campaigns. He seemed
very popular. They all seemed to know
when he was out of town. They missed
him.
g "And they were glad when he came back
again.
az saw him that morning, after all the
rest OF the men had gone to chicago to
the convention. He seemed in way
lost He was over at his office once OF
twice, and then he went up on North
Sixth street and played ball. Several
men were around there. They say ne was
playing ball there wnen the message
came but doubt that. They said he
read the telegram and then stalted 1oi
home, Iemarking: There is little wo-
man down here that is more interested
in this than l am don't know whetn-
er he did say so or not.
He used to get with lot OF men in
the evening at OILERS drug store, just
up the street there and they would tell
stories. Boys were not allowed to stay
around there very much. 1t was in the
evening and l suppose they thought it
was time boys we're at home. Diller was
Pennsylvania, and the crowd that
came there in an early day was largely
from Pennsylvania Lincolns ancestry,
you may remember, was from that state.
too. They all talked politics at times,
and there we're both Wings and Demo- |,
Gratis inlthe store. But they never hao .
quarrel, as earnest as they must have
been. I have oftsn thought maybe his
trend of belief on the slavery question
was shaped somewhat by the contact
with the Pennsylvania crowd in :he drug
store. ."-Chioaeo Times Herald.