The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-09-05
WHOLE NO.. 3O1.

ms friends or mlSrepreSented himself to
the public. Believing after the election,
which closed the campaign of 1854, that
he stood some chance of reaching the
United States senate, he began to ''set
things up i'll Egypt" The following
characteristic letter will illustrate his
methods of campaigning:
CLINTON, De Witt County, Nov. II, 1s.4
j. Harding, Esq:
My DEAR SIR-1 have % suspicion that a
Whig has been elected to the legislature from
Edgar If this is not so thcn-nix cum arous
but II 1t Is SO, then could you not make a
mark with him for me for United States SEN
ator! | really have some chance ~ Yours
truly, A. LINCoIN
During one of his visits to Chicago he
was the guest of friend, Mr. =,
whose residence was in the fashionable
part Of the city. 1t was III the summer
of 1858 and about the time of the cam
paign with Douglas, He was sitting
with his hest and family ON the front
veranda facing a small park one evening
when he noticed among the children Il
little fellow who was fat and exccp-
tionally short of stature "That boy"
he observed roguishly, ''reminds me Of
lllilii IIltlIl'u III VINO
suffered the loss of both feet in a rail
| road accident and whose legs are now so
short that when he walks III the snow
the seat Of his trousers wipes up his
footprints. "
The next day Mr.. Z, whose hos
pitality he had enjoyed, accompanied
Lincoln TO the depot where he was to
take the train for Springfield. Hunting
up the cOlored porter who had charge Of
the sleeping car Mr.. E. introduced
Lincoln, saying, Il have brought my
! friend Lincoln, who will ride down with
you to Springfield tonight. Make him
| comfortable, for he is "A friend Of your
people and would make you free if he
could" " Some time later Mr.. E,
happening to meet the porter on the
street i'll Chicago, inquired how Lincoln
enjoyed his ride. "Oh, well enough, "
said the porter. "After he had left Chi
cago and he had been III his berth
awhile he called for darning needle,
and when asked him what he needed
! it for he answered, TO pick from my
ears these pillows, which are as much
! too small as my ears are too large.
lie used to relate many amusing
stories at the expense Of an Indiana con-
| gresham who was renowned for the cx-
treme care Of his physical person and
his fastidious attention TO dress The
latter, General S., had been invited
to accompany the president elect and
his party to Washington in February,
1861, but for some days before starting
had been annoyed by ii boil on the end
of his nose, which had so reddcncd and
| inf1amcd that member as to make him
reluctant to undertake the journey
After he had boarded the train and
greeted Mr.. Lincoln he retired to anotll-
er car and made himself as inconspicu-
Gus as possible. When Cincinnati was
reached, where the entire party stop
ped for the night, he hunted up drug
store and impaired for some remedy or
mixture that would reduce the rcdncss,
and thus redeem his nose, for he had
promised next morning to breakfast
with Mr. Lincoln. The druggist gave
! him Il small quantity Of acctic acid,
caurloning HIM To apply il with . piece
Of cotton very carr fully and slarin-ly
to til" end ut The nose. The general in
his anxiety T. remedy the dinicultf rs
speedily IL p"-''ilI,- r,-,,s Il liitl,. ,u..rfh-
eral IA hls applications nf tho remedy
The next morning ON looking III himself
in the mirror he was amazed to find
that the acid had not only removed all
signs of inflammation, but it had with
cred and reduced his nasal appendagc
to less than its normal size, and i'll ap-
pearance it resembled the blcachcd and
wrinklcd end Of washWoman finger.
Notwithstanding the singular change
in his appearance, the gallant general
venturcd into the dining room Of the
hotel where the president elect and his
party were at breakfast OF course there
was some surprise and a few inquiries,
but the general noting the fact that
Mr.. Lincoln said nothing felt that he
had crossed the Rubicon, and in the
general fusillade Of wit and conversation
that lowed began to console himself
with the reflection that his misfortune
was forgotten. But grievous disap-
pointment awaitcl him, for just as the
party arose from phe table Mr.. Lincoln,
with quizzical look on his face, play
fully inquired, Can any one tell me
| WHY GENERAL D ) nose Is Ilkc Il BACK
slider in the church?' There being no
response, he added, Because his last
condition is worse than his first one. =
cone day while at the White House, -
says Mr.. D, another Indianian, Il
happened in while Mr.. Lincoln was GO
ing over some letters that had reached
him i'll the mornings mail. One was
from a lady in Baltimore, who told the
president that poor people there We're
being punished to the limit of the law,
but that rich persons were allowed ex-
ira privileges and in some cases were
never molested at all. The writer insist
ed that condign punishment be meted out
i'll all cases Now said Lincoln, what
does "condign'' mean? I'm sure l don T
, know. Look into the dictionary, D.,
and see what it means. read the def
milton, Deserved, adequate, suitable
to the fault or crime 2" We'll, he laugh
, ed that shows how l missed it. l
, thought it meant swift or immediate,
although l really never used the word
, in my life as | now recollect. Another
letter was from Catholic priest asking
, him to suspend the sentence of man
ordered put to death. If l don't sus-
pend it tonight, he observed, the man