The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-04-11

A over tht fosu ~ . fsmhy csffy-aH
A other dsys. and the driver poioie3 OF
, The neglected spot According 10 "a
= dnver. several sionss hsve mstked th
. grave. Each has been knocked dos
snd broken TO piece. bu, no one ever trie
TO discover by whom. A tree s,oo
nearby once, ssid the man who isrke
i. the wrs,ber-bestsn reips which guide
/, The snimsi bi,cbed TO the RIG, and IL W
bi, three times by lightning, The los
, time the tree fell. and II Was desder ths
. 0sckersl. il caught FIRE and burned :
ashes right on the grave. Then BIZ
wiod scattered the ashes.
Yearly mile had bsen made before th
driver again spoke. The interlude wa
broken ss II there had been no stop, q
lstes the Chicago Tribune.
Maybe be mish.n't have bssn presiden
bat the man who came after him was
d'tup. Fanny, whsts lille thing 10
mans life settles his hash.
/ Then followed ths remainder OF ths
story as it follows here:
| He stood mighty we'll 10 the minds Of
the people when be started ont. Every
thing seemed 6xsd for him to 60 rish
shesd, There wss . lot OF boy babies
named for him bsiore be ever ran for Of
foe. When he used TO lie over this
road every body be met knowsd him, and
be kuowed every body so we'll that he csll
ed them by their first name,
Ons day he Vas in town and met Q
yeung farmer lad. and be ssys to him,
calling him by his nickname: II you
want to make four bits easy % falling of
q log you go to my barn, clean il out, and
curry and ssddle my horse and fetch him
| 10.
There was circns coming to town the
next dsy. aud the lad jumped Ut the job
II was party hot day. The lad worked
on his job until be looked, when be got
through, as IL be had been doused 10 the
creek. When be rode the horse to town
the owner dida't know the snimal. be
looked 80 sleek and that fus, The own
er made q mount. and turning to the lad
be said: Mach obliged, and road of,
leaving the lad by the stile.bock. for
everybody to laugh at.
The lad got 10 be man and had be
come . store keeper 10 the town where
be had got The NIT from the lawyer.
Every farmer 10 this part OF the country
had bought goods from the merchant
mostly on credit. Ii. bad helped them
sell their corn, and oats. and when the
women folks vent TO town 10 trade the
merchant always gave their children .
lump OF sugsr or . stick Of candy.
Boot this time there YES TO be an cleo
tion. The lawyer had got it into bis
head that he would begin bis political
career by being elected uige: One OF
bis backers was man who became presi
dent OF the United Slater.
The yonng merchant had kept his
mouth shut ell these yesrs. bat when the
lawyer began to ran for Judge the young
msrshsnt hirod 90 extra clerk in bis
place 10 the store and went out into the
country, There wasn't . farm house
where be didn't stay oil night sod when
be left the lawyer had lost % many votes
Is the house bad. Purity soon 1t got
noised abroad what the merchant Was
doing, and then the man who got TO be
president OF ths United States went to
the young man and ssked him what be
meant by Logging against his candidate,
The young merchant told him how the
lawyer had beaten him ont OF four bite,
and thereby causing him to lose chance
Of seeing the circus.
The man sew be was terribly 10 earnest
sud went and told the candidate. A
hslf dtzsn OF the candidsts's friends
called on the young merchant and tried
10 pat oh up things. but be wouldn't hsye
Il. To mske it no longer, when the slec
lion was over the lawyer didn't knew be
hsd been running.
Twict after this the lawyer came up
,gsin for of1ce, and the iour.bit story went
he rounds sgsin, inst - il 1t had bsen
rev, and each time the lawyer GO. laid
,us,
Then the leaders says: It's no use. He
will never do, and then they took up
he msu who bad done so much for the
swyer, and he wss elected to congress,
md then be got to debstin wsth Steve
Douglas. sod Huslly be got to be presiden
II the United States.
The lawyer quit practice Cause the
our bit story clnng TO him like tick
Du country log, sud then be took 10
sad that vas his grave We pass
ID back yonder There's heap Of differ
moe 'tween bis grevs and Abe Lineoin's
iosn st Springfield.
At the mention Of Linccln's name
ooked at my driver, bat be seemed to bs
sholly unconscious Of having told . sineu
ar story. 90 inquiry 10 the little town
Fhicb vas the end Of the journey. two
Id men corrobors'ed the drivers tale,
Doe old msn added: That lawyer hsd
be s.srt Of Abe Lincolp, bat be lost bis
,si.
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law their Own Tfoubtss.