Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-02

mored men whom the landlord9 9s'As s f
 at the inn generallv s a
 with the most indifferent accoa, ru'
 tions. He said once he never so s'
 pletely felt his own unworth,na'9' s9'a i've " 1le bote, cleylr -"o0 With alsa
 He was never. says enc of b,s
 panions on the circuit, seated nass,a sr ss9
 landlord at Q crowded table and V a got chicken liver or the best cnt ss's' ss' the roast. He never complaioed ot 1'sp v food, bed Or lodgings. If eyerv o.s Y fellow grumbled at the bill of fare zssss' ss'a greeted us at many of the dnlgy tara..s " Lincoln said nothing Yet he loyaS ss life and never went home without z luctance. Accommodation at tha ~ erns were exceedingly limited, for tb;s. then were necessarily crude and nri,11, tive. When the court moved iron, county to another, there were great 1n- tie and activity at each successive nlsas Men came together when a term of cons. rolled around to meet the celebrities :. the bar, to buy family supplies, to ns gotiate loans, to buy and sell live stoet to hear the lawyers 'plead, , and ;s short, for almost every imaginable mn pose. The best room at the tavern wac reserved for the judge and such chocs spirits among the lawyers as he miobs select. The ether lawyers slept two in ! bed, and three CT four beds were loeatsS ill one room. At meals the judge Iaw yers, suitors, jurors, witnesses, cort officers and prisoners out on bail ate t,,. gethcr at a long dining table. The com. vcrsation was general ''I well recol. lect. relates one Of this promiscuous company, "a term Of court at one place where . prisoner who was on trial for perjury used to spend the evenings with us in Judge Davis room, and at another place where the prisoner on trial fer larceny not only spent his evenings in our room, but took walks with us and ate i'll cur immediate company
 In this crude society and nomad life Lincoln spent over half Of each year Without the convenienccs of the modem lawyer, stenographer, typewriter, with. out books even, he moved from court to court, his papers i'll his hat or coat pocket, his business in his head The consideration m-d tl:.,l ef each case be. gan and ended with itself, and each successive county brought new business and different class of clients. h the matters of food and dress he was less fastidious than any other man on the circuit, and his personal habits were of the very simplest character. His hat
 was usually brown and faded, and the nap almost invariably worn or rubbed off. He wore q short cloak, and some times a shawl. His coat and vest hung loosely on his giant frame, and his trousers were always a trifie short. He carried with him ill one hand faded green umbrella, with his name, A. Lin
 coin, in large white cotton or muslin letters sewed on the inside. The knol
 was gone from tho handle, and whel
 closed a piece of cord was usually tiet
 around it i'll the middle to keep it iron
 flying open. In the other hand he car
 ried literal carpetbag, i'll which wer
 slowed the few papers to be used il
 court and underelothing enough to las till his return to Springfield.
 T shall never forget, /" related an | linoi3 lawyer to me several years agC
 the first time I ever saw Mr Lincol1
 It was in Danville in 1853. had St
 ont from my home in the east to find the great west suitable place in whic
 to locate and begin the practice of law A friend had given me q note of intrt duction to A. Lincoln, Esq, whom | designated one of the leading lawye, in central Illinois. had expected t meet Mr. Lincoln in Springfield, but
 was told that he was then out on tn circuit and that I would doubtless fin, him at Dauyille In few days I re paired t0 the latter place. When called at tho hotel, was told that would find him in Judge Davis room. In the region where l had been brought up the judge of a court WAS man generally whose presence was gravity itself, an( l was therefore not little abashed aft er'I had climbed the unbanistered stair way to find myself so near the presence and dignity Of Judge Davis, in who's room 1 expected to find Lawyer Lincoln h response to my timid knock, tw' voices responded almost simultaneousl, Come inl' Imagine my surprise whel the door opened to find two men un dressofs or rather dressed for bed, en gagged in lively battle with pillows fiinging them at each others heads One, low, heavy set man, who, ex hausted with the sport leaned agains Inc foot Of the bed and puffed like { lizard, answered to the description ol jndge Davis. His companion was maI Of tremendous stature. h comparison to Davis he looked as if he were 2 feel tall He was incased in long, indeserib able garment, yellow as saffron and from beneath which protruded two of thu largest feet it has ever been my privi lege to behold. This immense shirt, fol snch 1t must have been, looked as if il had been literally chopped out of ths original bolt of flannel of which it wa made and the pieces joined together without reference to either measurement or capacity. The only thing that kept il from slipping off his gaunt, attenuatec frame was the single button at tht throat, and conf bss to q shudder at ths thought of the result i'll case that button should by any mischanee lose it's hold cannot describe my sensations as this ap partition, with the announcement, 'MJ name is Lincoln, sir, strode across thu room and grasped my trembling hand will not say he reminded me of satan