The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-18

despite the fact that he was very tired
| the kindly man sat up until a very
1 late hour chatting with a host of
friends, among them two of his rela-
tives, one, Robert Lincoln, the other
| Ellen Sullivan Lincoln, brother and
! sister and cousins of Mr.. Lincoln. This
! Robert was afterwards granted a COM
| mission in the army by President Lin
! coin, and, as stated, is the only rela-
| tive OF Abraham Lincoln who ever
J achieved, any sort of distinction. There
was another relative of the president,
a brother Of Robert, Hezekiah by
name, who resided at La Harpe, in
Hancock county, and who died only a
few years ago. Hezekiah was we'll
| known in certain parts of Illinois, was
! somewhat of a politician and a fair
lawyer. His wit was proverbial and
wholesome, and in many respects, it is
said, he much resembled his ;lIustri-
Gus relative in good sense and sagacity.
! There was another cousin of the presi-
/ dent. Mordecai, who lived ~ Fountain
Green, who is said to have been bril-
| liant man, and had not death cut him
short in his prime, would certainly
have made his mark.
He had acquired an education far
beyond that commonly obtained by
| men Of his time. and pioneers who
that he was sound upon many of the
vital issues of the day, was answering
IN his views concerning the right and
wrong Of matters that were rapidly
| becoming Of grave issue with the peo-
| pie
Returning to the hospitable home of
Alexander SIMPSON on that night of
October 10, 1858, we find that among
the most favored of the guests there
assembled to listen to the kindly words
| of the grave-faced man was Mr. Lin
coins own cousin, Ellen Sullivan Lin
! coin. She was beautiful girl and
| had been educated in Roman
! Catholic convent in Kentucky, and was
a gifted and brilliant converse tionalist
Mr.. Lincoln was very proud of her
ana upon one occasion remarked to
one of Mr.. SIMPSONS daughters
What nice cousin have"
Lincoln Has His Picture Taken By
an Itinerant.
| October Goth, 1858, was a. beautiful
day. and the hosts were gathering
early. Mr.. SIMPSON and Mr. Lincoln
strolled down town in the morning and
on the way to the old public square,
Mr.. Simpson said: ''The girls want a
likeness of you, Abe. I promised to
ask you to give them one. [ know
that You have none with you, but here
is an outfit where the job can be
done" Mr.. Lincoln demurred. He
was not posing for portraits in those
days. But his friend urged him more.
Charley Frost, an itinerant artist, had
come to town with his outfit, a sort
of a box affair mounted upon a wagon
truck. After some further urging. Mr..
Lincoln consented to have his portrait
taken. He was obliged to stoop per-
7 ~ al in.
lery." Mr. Frost did the job quick
ly, and the result was an old-fash-
Toned ambertype, that duly reposing
upon a velvet bed in a small black
morocco frame with gilt clasps. was
presented to Miss Mary A K Symp-
| son. later Mrs. ]. B. Quinby, and re-
Gently deceased. as a souvenir. A sa-
cred souvenir it is, and attempts to
obtain it by relic hunters have proven
of no avail.
A Speech at Carthage, ILL.,, in 1883.
! Fully 10000 people heard Mr.. Lin
coins Carthage speech, but so far as
can be ascertained no stenographic re-
port of it was ever taken and, if taken,
was probably never preserved.
| A number. of marching clubs formed
! the crowd that heard Mr.. Lincoln at
| Carthage An eyewitness to the
/ events of that day says that Carthage
was then small village and was with
| out the shelter of trees. Vast prairies
swept the place on all sides. From
| three directions there came marching
clubs across the prairies, and they re-
Sembled three huge SerpentS crawling
along These professions passed in
review in front of the old SIMPSON
home Mr.. Simpson and Mr.. Lincoln
had returned from their visit to Char
ley Frost's gallery, and Mr.. Lincoln
stood in front of the Synson home re-
viewing the professions for several
hours Mr. Lincoln stood on plat
form erected on the east side of the
old court house and faced the mighty
throng that glorious October after
noon of 1858. 1t was one of the mas
terpieces-that speecll-one Of the fin
est efforts of that campaign. Mr.. Lin
coin was dressed in dark coat and
vest and 1ight-colored trousers, and
wore a white shirt with the peculiar
turn down collar and the back bow
tie indicated in the photograph taken
by Frost
Wearied by almost incessant speak
ing and driving, Mr.. Lincoln readily
acceded to the requests Of the Symp-
sons that he rest with them a day or
two. 1t was during this brief respite
| from arduous campaign work that
hundreds of people called upon Mr..
Lincoln at the old SIMPSON home IN
| Carthage anh they were not turned
AWAY. Mr. Lincoln was very fond of
"apple dumplings," and Mr.. SIMPSONS
household took special pains to supply
their guest with his favorite delicacy.
His wit was pure and wholesome. The
late Mrs. Quinby said that Mr.. Lincoln
was the most lovable of men; that she
never knew him to indulge in any sort
of humor that was not purely whole
some. He was deeply sympathetic, and
mo matter how weary from riding or
speaking, would always receive visit
ors.
On the morning of October oath, 1858,
Mr.. Lincoln was driven in a buggy TO
La Harpe by his friend SIMPSON.
Here the friends parted. In day or
two Mr.. SIMPSON received letter
from Mr. Lincoln, written at Blandins-
vile, and post marked at Macomb, Oc-
tober 26. Following is the letter:
Another Early Letter of LincoIn's
Blandinsville, October &c, 1858.
A. SIMPSON, Esq:
Dear Sir:-Since parting with you
this morning [ heard some things
which make me believe that Edmunds
and Morrill, will spend the week among
the National Democrats trying to- in
voting for Jake Davis, and then to
vote for the Douglas candidates for
senator and representative. Have this
headed off, if you can. Call Wagley' S
attention to it, and have him and the