The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-11

cants for appointment 10 the police
force.
"Abrehom Lincoln was president OF
the United States be was a very smart
and endust man he was very kind 10
all the people who he had controoi
over he was grately thought OF BY all
the officers that were IN once while he
was he was a very brave man all thrue
the war Of 1862 he did nearly all he
took IN bis head 10 do he trust In god a
crate deal he was at the head Of many
battles and fought very bravely In all
battles he was 10 when he died he was
regarde by menny Oniaees whom
thought grately Of him Is picture IL
now In menny buildings and grately
thought Of be don Is duty In all he az :
dertOok to-"
HE was shot while at a theater by
Decota lie sota'). He had been
President for a year and six months. +"
"Abreham Lincoln was elected for
the second turn but only served a part
Of Il ben shot and killed by a man
named Guitar who was aaterwords
caught and imprisoned"
He was a good Presented but he
was XIII and we did not hove one so
good senoe Il was 10 bad 10 have him
KIN II be had TO live Il would BE- a good
Presented he was trying TO make a
rood Country for us when he shot but
Tor the war We would be slaves 90 the
People Regards him FOR that. 30 don't
think I no very much about Lincoln
Tor went 10 work at nine years Of
age"
Abraham Lincoln was 10 the best
u my knowledge the Commander In
Chief OF the fighting forces Of the
North during the battle for supremacy
between the North and the South IN
he year eighteen hundred and twelve. F."
started life on a ferry boat on the
Mississippi River and from there he
went 10 Lincoln Nebraska 10 run a Eat
boat and after that he started ia the
Dry Goods business and IN this he
vent Bankrupt and after that the peo-
pie thought 10 much about him that
hey nominated him for United States
senator"
WAS president for one term after
the sivii war in which he served and
gained great distinction"
He did not die Immediately after h,
was assasslnated. He lived until AprI
"a 1865 and died at his home IN Lonl
Branch Il was he who issued the proc
lamation that freed the negroes ant
that enlisted them 20 citizen ship n,
. was In power during some Of the prln
cipal battles Of the late Civil War n,
p was shot entering a Theater and hil
e assailant Il was said was insane"
+ HE was the President that freed IN
!. South and let the Donkey 30 fred an,
. he was shot by Garfield this Il all tha
p renber Of Of prestonded Lincoln 8,
8 I viii close hoping that I viii pass.
I'VE have sertinly had very few Tx
p unto Lincoln. as far as can End on
5 be was a tall lathey man a great raj
. splitter true 20 principle true to nj
Z Country true 10 his GOD"
Z WAS assasslnated by Booth at Chi
p ago 1854"
}. HE was a man Of good moral car
actor have you a copy Of His life
!. 90 you phase lend TO me for a wee
|. or so"
/. HE received hls education reading
/. Bible and a speller."
4 was borne In Kentucky 81. Aial
: age his father moved the family I
4 Ohio floating down the Mississippi"
Il hereby try TO pass a mental e,
, aminations for position a. patrolma
/. and hoping 10 hear from your reques
I have learn Common Quotations an
/. willing 10 learn more n Il IL convlnel
/. think could an position 10 your "a
lafaction."
He was a poor boy assisting h
father at work In the year iSea VIII,
the war broke out Mr.. Lincoln W
one Of the hrst to the front. he ma
such rapid progress that he recelvl
> the honor Of generals OF the Unit
States Army. Mr.. Lincoln has mai
= engagements In war and wa hound
be victorious especially AZ the bait
Of Gettysburg when he swept all /
fore him"
The most laughahle extract is frC
= an Irish applicant for a Job on [
e force. He says; "Ther be Difference
% opinen ahut Llncolns ancestirs. 81
4 say they Gums frum Limerick. VII
l. Tim Quinn ses they Gums frum n
pereary. behave meself that N
10 cum from Tyrone"