Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-03-02

OfSl aNhtt. She Is ianitfess az tha
frhin building Ia ST. Louis and she
drudges all day long. But Aunt /
Ruth has a past which lifts her above
the common level on which she seems
TO tread. She has lived with graat
folks almost all her life, and when she /
was 4 years d age typical Topsy
who just groves" she was a SER
want 10 the family Of President Abra-
ham l-lnc0la Who then resided In |
Springfield. lll That Was Ia 1919 |
and the leading chAraa ter ii The civil |
war was then poor lawyer. The NJ.
Train We are coming Father Abra- +
ham, 30O,00 strong did not echo m
his ears a. he sat Ia his Office and
nalted for clients llis destiny was a.
hidden A. the secrets III the sphinx.
and, therefore, what Aunt Ruth re.
members oi him ana his family is
worth repeating
When reporter asked her 10 tell
All she knew u the llntolns She
ehuckled after lhe peculiar manner OF
her rAce She has 4 kindly face. aud
siie gr-Rned and laughed as she told
her STORY, all the while lingering ihs
big bunch d kegs which hung from
her apron string
/" 'bccd. she said don't re-
member much about the i.incolns
She spoke with AZ intelligence and
dlstinclaess phieh comes from COZ
stAnt association wilh cultured peo-
plc. Hence il will ~ needless 10 give
her story Ia dialect
i0a s@c, i.ted ulth them only d
year. and nas only "a years aid then
was born in Madison county Illinois.
ana ms nam6 WAS Ruth Hurus My
parents Mrre fcrr, bus ! ms bound
oas 10 general sampie's family. ior
ny mother used 10 telone 20 them
Tho family moved 70 Handalia When
t.rusral Semplc bcrame senator !
aas sani IA Springfield 70 lifc with
. tho family 81 John Bradford who wAs
married 10 General Sempies sistcr
At Springfield ! fret 10, q know
I $40 Lincpns They wcrc poor and
Mlcd sn . frame house with siG rooms
Mn. Lincoln hciDnstd "a ihe Episeo.
pal church and 30 did the hrAdiords
/. / ased 10 take the iira iiord children
IL SUNDAY school and an tbs Aas We
auuld sometimes ss.e Robert Lincoln
Whu Was uuly , yrArb old he WAS
gpsng "a SUNDAY school too. and Tie
4 Bradford children would say on
Eula. ,hyru'r that nobhy Lincoln with
bis patched pAni~ Let's 81 the other
uAy ~ a. w. woni meet him Then
49, would 20 by q roundabout Mas -
church 70 gct AWAY from ltuhhy Lin
colin lscramsa ne uscd 10 wear blue
scans pants whlch his mother made
'or him, and pAtehcd ~ him when he
WORN = hole IN tham After a while
Aira l'radiord sen, me over 81 help
Alrs ianrasu every SATURDAY.. Tor she
tx ~ servant ana had u do her own
house work Then Mrs Bradford sent
~ a. !irr with ibc I.inrolnN
I scrubbed she floors and waited
"a tho table and bclrcd Mrs i.inco6n
ID cloAu ;hc dishes and 10 a." wash.
tng she did all nc upstairs work.
made rlothc. Cor Tia boys Kulcri ami
While. ami cookrd the meals Mir
Lincoln was very good ani kind
man. hu, don't remember anything
particular about him. Tor ! was very
,n,ing iic was very tall man.
Thafa all can remember 81 him.
III u.cl ID ~ II his otiir All me day
long ana ijd not .ce much ~ him,
but mover expected ~ snc him pres.
idant ~ thn United states.
MIR, Lincoln was very nice lady
She worked hard and was 2 good
church member Every Thursday the
- Wins society ~ the Episcopal church
would meet ~ Mrs. Lincoln's house
AMI make clothes for the very poor
,noBlc. She WAS very plain in her
wara. and remember that she used
ID 90 10 church wearing 2 cheap cal
loo dress and sun.honnct She
didn't have silk or satin dresses, The
children. Robert. , years old, ana
Willie. q few gears younger, wore
yery good boys used 70 take care
az ,hem. for they were too small TO 50
~ school. We would play around me
s,rre,s 81 Springfield and the white
children would throw stone. at Inc
rnlorod children. ! was a. bad as any
!, tho white children in throwing be-
canso lived - much with white peo-
, pla thought ! was white
..Somctimes Mira Lincoln would eaten
: M ana tho boys throwing at colorel
,hildren. then she would call KUN!
. Nam. ! would say
What are you throwing At those
! children for. Aren't you coloreds
eyes. nam. but am not BLACK
like them"
There we're many colorcd children
, in Springfield in those days ana th'
whites would always throw at them,
: stayed with the lincolns about
, ,oar for when General Semple w 4,
,nrned from the senate the fanny
moved 70 Jersey county and wa
called from Springfield to work IN u'"
!. cral somple's bone
X 40. - a Grand IA other.