The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-04-26


As Moses has recorded,
Anc soon a bride was made
The Lord thu Eus Thing
That man -iu-k alone
But caused sleep 1pon him,
And from him took bone.
And closed the flesh instead thereof.
And then he took the same
And of IL made woman
And brought her to the man.
Then Adam he rejoiced
To see his loving bride.
A part Of his own body.
The product of his side.
The woman was not taken
From Adams feet. we see.
So he must not abuse her,
The meaning seems to be.
The woman was not taken
From Adams head, we know.
To show she must not rule him
IT'S evidently so.
The woman she was taken
From under Adam 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 after
ward fell TO the lot of her tall and an
gular brother. Within two years after
her marriage she died in childbirth.
His Physical Prowess.
By the time he had reached his seven
teenth year he had attained the physical
proportions of full grown man. He
was employed to assist James Taylor in
the management of a ferryboat across
the Ohio river near the mouth of Ander-
sons creek, but was not allowed mans
wages for the work He received 81
cents day for what he afterward told
me was the toughest work a man could
be made TO do. In the midst Of what
ever work he was engaged on he still
found time TO utilize his pen. He pre-.
pared composition on the American
government, calling attention TO the ne
cessity of preserving the constitution
and perpetuating the Union, which,
with characteristic modesty, he turned
over to his friend and patron William
Woods, for safe keeping and perusal
Through the instrumentality of Woods
it attracted the attention of many per-
sons, among them one Pitcher, a lawyer
at Rockport, who, with family conceal
ed enthusiasm, declared the world
couldn 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 sucl-promi-
nence-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 Gentryville He enjoyed the
brief distinction his exhibitions of
strength gave him more than the admi
ration of his friends for his literary or
forensic efforts Some of the feats at
tributed 10 him almost surpass belief
One witness declares he was equal to
three men. having on a certain occasion
carried load of 600 pounds. At another
time he walked away with q pair OF
logs which three robust men were skep-
teal Of their ability 10 carry. He could
strike with maui heavier blow, could
sink an AK deeper into wood than any
man | 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 restraints 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 Ell.
deavored 70 strike out into the broad
world for himself
In March, 1928, James Gentry, for
whom he had been at work, had fitted
out boat with stock of grain and
meat for a trading 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 accompanied the
proprietor S son, serving as 'bow hand ="
His pay was SIS month and board. In
due course of time the navigators re-
turned from their expedition with the
evidence of profitable results to gladden.
the heart of the owner. The only occur
renee of interest they could relate of the
voyage was the encounter with a party
of marauding negroes at the plantation
of Nine Duchesne, few miles below
Baton Rouge. Abe and Gentry. having
tied up for the night, were fast asleep
on their boat when aroused by the ar
rival of crowd of negroes bent on
plumber They set to work with clubs
and not only drove off the intruders, but
pursued them inland; then, hastily re-
turning to their quarters, they cut loose
their craft and foated down stream till
daylight
At a Critical Moment.
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