Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-29
LRTTERs or LINCOLN.
Honefy Advice Gives BY tie Martyr Prss-
2AnWH
WAsHINGTON. Dec. "a

singular that you should have forgot
ten n Judgment against you, and it is
more singular that the plaintiff should
have let you forget It SO long, partic-
ularly rs | suppose you have always
had property enough to satisfy . iudR-
ment for that amount. Before o 3
II It would be we'll to be sure you have
not paid it, Or,,at least, that you cannot
prove you have paid 1t. Give my love
TO mother and all the connections.
A~tfectionately your son,
A LINCOLN.
Dear Johnston: Your request for
eighty dollars l do not think 1t nest 70
comply with now. At the various times
when hAve helped you q little O
have said to me, I'VE can get along
very we'll now" but in a very short
time lind you in the same difficulty
again. Now this can only happen
through some defect in your couduct.
What that defect is, l think I know.
o. are not lazy, and still you are an
ldler. | doubt, whether since l saw
you, you have done a good whole DAYS
work in any n day. You do not very
much dislike to work, and still o do
not work much, merely because it does
not see to you that you could get
much for it. The habit Of uselessly
wasting time is the whole difficulty,
n 1t is vastly important to you, and
still more so to your children, that you
should break the habit. It is more i'm
portant to them because they have
longer to live, and can keep out
OF an die habit before they are in it,
easier than they an get out after they /
are in.
You are nov in need Of some ready
money, and what l propose is that you
snail go to work tooth and nail" for
somebody who will give you money for
~. Let father and your boys take
cnarge OF things at hOme-prepare for
d CROP, ana maket lex crop; and you 20 |
10 work Tor h best money wages, or
discharge OF any debt you owe, that
you q get. And to seizure you q fair
reward for your labor. And to secure
you q fair reward for your labor, l now
promise you that for every dollar you
May, get for your labor, either in
money or on your " in~debtedness.
| Will the give you one other dollar. /
BY this, If you hire yourself at ten
dollars a month, from me you will get
ten more, making twenty dollars a
month for your work. In this, l do |
not mean that you should go OF to St. |
Louis, or to the lead mines, or the gold |
mines In California, but l mean for |
you to go at it for the best wages you /
can get close to home-in Coles county. |
Now If you will do this you will soon be
out OF debt, and, what is better, you
will have a habit that will keep you
from getting in debt again. But II I
should now clear you out, next year
you would be just as deep in as ever.
You say you would almost give your
place in heaven for S75 or $50. Then
you value your place in heaven very
cheaply, for l am SURE you can, with
the offer | make you, get the seventy
or eighty dollars for four or FIVE
months work. You say if l will fur
nish you the money you will deed me
the land, then If you don't pay the
money back you will deliver possession
-Nonsense! II you can't now live With
the land, how will you then get along
without it. You have always been
kind to me, and / do not o mean to
be unkind to you. On the contrary, If
you will but follow my advice, you will
find it worth more than eight times
eighty dollars to you.
Afectionately your brother,
A. LINCOLN