The Newtown bee., 1897-08-27
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 of your business
 "'Well, yon'll find out l will make it
 my business, mighty quick and setting
 his gun down, he pitched into that Irish \ man with real, Pennsylvania pluck. But the hack nan was just drunk enough to l fight with fury, and for time l feared he would prove too much for my soldier, and should really be obliged to take hand and help him. But he soon got the better of him, and throwing him with some force upon the sidewalk, he cuffed 1 his head right and left till the Irishman began to beg and was willing to promise anything. All that time stood by, and I assure you I enjoyed it nightly. I got five dollars worth of fun out of it, and no mistake. Then the hackman, being thoroughly whipped, was willing to do anything he was told to do, and I ordered my Bucktail to put that fellow under arrest, mount the box with him, and not release him from arrest until ht had delivered the lady safely at her ho tel. The soldier gave military salute, and the driver gathered up his reins and drove off, while continued on my way to the Capitol"
 The old man laughed heartily as he told this story, and evidently enjoyed ped the drunken hackman by proxy. After this story he talked of one thing and another concerning the ''war times,' and soon Lees invasion of the North was mentioned. This brought to mind the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and Mir Lincoln's singu larly beautiful address, delivered on that occasion, November 19. 1863. Gov Cur tin began by saying that there had been much discussion as to how and when that address was written, and he contin- ! ued
 ''I can tell you all about that. Of course was there, and the President and ] his Cabinet had arrived and were at the hotel. Soon after his arrival. as we were E sitting around in the parlor, MT Lincoln looked thoughtful for moment or two, and then said: I believe, gentlemen, the committee are expecting me to say \ something here to-day. If you will ex cuse me I will go into this room here X and prepare it. After time he return ed, holding in his hand large, yellow Government envelope, on which he had written his address.
 "'Here, gentlemen he said, I want to read this to you to see if it will do !; and sitting down he read it to us, and then said: Now for your criticisms.
 Will it do? What do you say?'
 "Several spoke in favor of it, and one or two commended it in strong terms.
 'WeI,' says the President, haven't you any criticisms? What do you say, Sew ard?'
 "Mr Seward made one or two sugges- tions, bearing on some slight verbal changes, which I believe MT Lincoln in- corporated.
 s' Now if you will allow me, gentle
 men, continued the President, T will copy this off, and again withdrew and
 made copy of the address,"
 "Ah," continued the Governor, Eff had had wit enough about me to have
 begged of him that yellow envelope,
 what a trophy it would have been. How much it would have been worth to some of the Ladies' Fairs which a little later
 began to be held to raise money for the
 hospitals and soldiers. But I did not
 think of it then"
 suppose this ought to put at rest the ! question as to when and where this won- derful address was written. I have giv- en here the above account in almost the
 exact words of Gov Curtin.