The herald., 1895-03-24


To show she must not rule him
"Tis evidently So
The woman she was taken
From under Adam 3 arm.
So she must be protected
From injuries and harm.
Poor Sarah, at whose wedding this song
was sung never lived to see the glory nor
share in the honor that afterward fell to
the lot of her tall and angular brother.
Within two years after her marriage she
died in childbirth.
No feature of his backwoods life pleased
Abe SO well as going to mill. 1t released
him from days work in the woods be-
sides affording him much desired oppor-
tunity to watch the movement of the mill's
primitive and cumbersome machinery 1t
was on many of these trips that David
Turnham accompanied him. In later years
Mr.. Lincoln related the following remi-
niscence Of his experience as miller in In
diana: One day, taking bag of corn he
mounted the old flea bitten gray mare and
rode leisurely to Gordon's mill Arriving
somewhat late, his turn did not come till
almost sundown. In obedience to the Gus
tom requiring each man to furnish his
own power he htched the old mare to the
arm, and as the animal moved round the
machinery responded with equal speed.
Abe was mounted on the arm, and at fire.
quent intervals mado use of his whip to
urge the animal on to better speed With
a careless Gee up, you old hussy" he ap-
piled the lash at each revolution of the
arm. In the midst of the exclamation, or
just as half of it had escaped through his
teeth, the old jade, resenting the contin-
ued use of tho goad elevated her shoeless
hoof and striking the young engineer in
the forehead sent him sprawling to the
earth. Miller Gordon hurried in, picked
up the bleeding, senselcss boy, whom he
took for dead, and at once sent for his ia
ther. Old Thomas Lincoln came-came
as soon as embodied listlessness could
moye-loaded the lifeess boy in wagon
and drove home. Abe lay unconscious all
night, but toward break of day the attend
ants noticed signs of returning conscious
ness.
His Physical Prowess.
BY the time he had reached his seven.
teenth year he had attained the physical
proportions of a full grown man. He was
employed to assist James Taylor in the
management Of a ferryhoat across the Ohio
river near the mouth of Anderson creek,
but was not allowed Il man s wages for the
work. He received 81 cents a day for what
he afterward told me was the toughest
work man could be made to do III the
midst of whatever work lie was engaged
ON he still found time to utilize his pen
He prepared composition on the Amer
ican government, calling attention to the
necessity of preserving the constitution
and perpetuating the Union, which, with
characteristic modesty, he turned over 20
his friend and patron, William Woods, for
safckeeping and perusal. Through the in
strumentality of Woods it attracted tho
attention of many persons, among them
one Pitcher, a lawyer at Rockport, who
with family concealed enthusiasm de-
cared 1.-THE world couldn't beat it,.
An article on temperance was shown
under similar circumstances to Aaron
Farmer, Baptist preacher of local re-
nown, and by him furnished to an Ohio
newspaper for publication. The thing,
however, which gave him such prominence
"a prominence, too, which could have
been attained in no other way-was his
remarkable physical strength, for he was
becoming not only one of the longest but
one of the strongest men around Gentry
Vile Ho enjoyed the brief distinction his
exhibitions of strength gave him more
than the admiration of his friends for his
literary or forensic efforts. Some of the
feats attributed to him almost surpass be-
lief One witness declares he was equal to
three men, having on certain occasion
carried a load of 900 pounds. At another
time he walked away with a pair of logs
which three robust men were skeptical of
their ability to carry. "He could strike
with a maui heavier blow, could sink an
ak deeper into wood than any man l ever
saw" is the testimony of another witness.
After he had passed his nineteenth year
and was nearing his majority he began to
chafe and grow restless under the re-
straints of home rule. Seeing no prospect
of betterment in his condition, so long as
his fortune was interviewer with that of
his father, he at last endeavored to strike
out into tho broad world for himself Hav-
ing great faith in the Judgment and influ
ence Of his fast friend Wood, he solicited
from him recommendation to the officers
of some one of the boats plying up and
down the river, hoping thereby to obtain
employment mose congenial than dull,
fatiguing work of the farm. To this prof.
ect the judicious Wood was much opposed
and therefore suggested to the would be
boatman the moral duty that rested on
Hill w ICinoiH WluH lis Ulll Uue law
released him from that obligation. With
deep regret he retraced his steps to the pa
ternal mansion, seriously determined not
to evade the claim from which in few
weary months he would be finally released
Meanwhile occurred his first opportunity
TO see the world
In March, 1898, James Gentry, for whom
he had been at work, had fitted out boat
with stock of grain and meat for trad
ing expedition to New Orleans and placed
his son Allen in charge of the cargo for
the voyage. Abe's desire to make river
trip was at last satisfied, and he accom-
panied the proprietors son, serving az
"bow hand" His pay was So month
and board. In due course of time the
navigators returned from their expedition
with the evidence of profitable results to
gladden. the heart of the owner. The only
occurrence of interest they could relate of
the voyage was the encounter with party
of marauding negroes at the plantation of
Mme Duchesne, a few miles below Baton
Rouge. Abe and Gentry, having tied up
for the night, were fast asleep on their
boat when aroused by the arrival of
crowd of negroes bent on plumber. They
set to work with clubs and not only drove
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