The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-06

Immensely, o, wasn't # sad about Presl.
dent Mckinley being shot. 10 think OF IN,
the president meeting 9 perfect stranger.
then the man to shoot hint GA therc is
no punishment great enough for thar man.
lie not only injured himself aud Mr. Me
kinlcy, but ne injured the United States.
This Is tho third president that has been
shot and II we don't mind wen get up cur
name as tough set. But. OF course, every
one knows that there is no use in arguing
with an Ignorant person, aud as long us
thcre are so many ignorant people IN our
Union ms there rs at present this commit
ting Of such heinous crimes win he kept
up. WITH much love and success TO our
dear Mrs Foster aud the countless llaps l
remain as ever your friend.
Iufkln, Texas Dear Haps: see that
Mrs, Roster has suggested that we all
about something Of as much interest az
possible. think that win be better than
q contest, for a while anyway We have
q subject that will be q great benefit 20
us all. Those that don't know anything
TO write dixie MYSELF will begin to study
and read and see whose writings or whose
life history shows the most sterling quail
tiles. | know now who ! VIII take my
stand for Abraham Liucoln sixteenth
president of our country. He had the
hardest time from c"..e until he ocru-
pied the White House az any man That !
ever read Of. First his parents were as
poor ms people generally ARE that Hive on
The crest Of the wave Of immigration,
fighting the Indians and enduring many
hardShlps OF pioneer life Thomas L'u
coin and Nancy H1nks parents OF Prcsi'
dent Ilncolnl were married on June H.
1906, near BTachand, Washington county,
Kentucky, by Rev, Jesse Head, a Meth
odiSt minister. They hCNnu married life
IN wrctcned poverty tn a dreary cHnIn
about fourteen feet square in Elizabeth
town aud he hcgau working at the car
peuter trade but soon grew tired of this
work and thought he could do better MS
farmer He removed TO a piece of land
In In Rue county three miles from
Hodgensville, on the south fork OF Nolins
creek. The soil around their new home
was poor ond wild, desOlnte place They
took up their abode In little uncomtor-
able log cabin which stood on litte
hill. from which gushcd nm excellent Hprlng,
which sent sparkling little brook wind
ing it's way down through the desolate For
est and finally empiylng Into Noin creek
On February IL, 1900, was born the babe
who was TO become president Of the United
states His father was away from home
at tho time Of his birth There was no
food in inc house and had It not been for
the kindness Of the ncighhors he would
have persisted But he "ps child OF
destiny and grew and WuNed strong Ihcy
gave him his grnndfnlhpr's name, Abraham.
The cabin In which Abraham Lincoln was
born on that cold winters night was q
forlorn howell with one door ana no win
dow. There were great thlnls 4n the
walls. through which the sun mud rain
came driving in at pleasure. At night the
stars we're plainly visible shining through
the cracis IN the roof The room was
cold and hare as It, had scarcely anything
In II that could he cglled furniture and
no no1r save the beaten earth And I'm
one end a wide fireplace. Here the moth
or gathered her infant son I'm hcr arms
here she went about her daily tasks, get
ting something for her family to cnt and
woHr All the cooking was done on the
hearth before the open Ore. Tue fare
was simple. usually cCrnbrcad and bacon
or game Frequently her husband would
be gone for weeks NJ a time on hunting
or boating trips or NJ york Mt his trade.
leaving her md the children alone. Az
night they could hear the growl Of the
wolf the cry OF the panther and the lone
some desol0te boot Of the owl From The
door no signs of humanity could be seen, for
there were no rogds for any one TO travel,
and If there had been there was no one
to travel Thcre was nothing on either
side save the dense wilderness, ] would
Hike 10 write moro OF the history of this
great man but fear 81 will make my let
Ter too long. Sow. Haps, don't YOU al
think that a man Wlscd in such surround
lngs an Honest Abe" was must have been
q very great man to overcome al hard
ships and misfortuncs that hcfell him and
reach as high standing in life MS he didi
know that General George Washington
was a great man. but we must remember
he never had TO battle with poverty us
Lincoln did II he had he might have
never been Of any more note than any
other brave soldier whose name has bccn
forgotten long ago. ] thank YOU for read
Ing my letter. Willie Powell