The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-04
HONOR FOR 4 WOMAN
Monument Dedicated to Lin
coins Mother.
GEN. BLACK THE ORATOR
Big Fish Fry a Feature of the
Occasion.

Lincoln City. Ind. Oct. 3.-The largest
Ger county gathered here to witness the
dedicatory exercises OF the Nancy Hanks
Lincoln monument. Special trains reach
ed here every few moments. loaded with
people representing all ages and condi-
tions in life, from men who are promi-
nent in business and politics in the state
to school children. Governor Durbin and
staff were among those present.
The guests were greeted by large re-
ceptiOn committee. made up OF repre-
sentatives from each town in the county.
The governor was the guest of Spencer
county, and at noon he attended a basket
dinner in the woods Four long, wide
planks were put together for table.
and around this the governor and his
stan ate dinner.
The grove IN which the monument is
located had been cleared of underbrush,
and long tables were built upon which
the people were served with dinner in the
old barbecue fashion. The greatest fea-
ture in the eating line was the fish fry
A colored man from Rockport brought 500
pounds of fish. He dug trenches, in which
he built fires and baked his fish all yester-
day and last night.
Governor Durbin. as president of the
Nancy Hanks Lincoln Monument associa-
tion presided at the exercises and Gen
eral John c. Black of Illinois was the
orator OF the day. In accepting the me-
mortal the governor paid a handsome trib
ute TO J. S. Culver. who so generously
built the monument, and then declared
that in honoring the woman who gave
birth TO Abraham Lincoln he took into
account and paid tribute to womanhOod
and motherhood in every age and cline.
Continuing, he said:
This monument in conception and ex-
ecution. is in keeping with her whose
resting place it marks. 1t is rugged and
substantial. typical of a period when
strong hands and strong hearts were nee
essary TO successfully combat with the
cruel keen adversities of pioneer days
typical, too of the woman who cour-
ageously bore the burdens imposed upon
her, sustained and soothed by trust that
never faltered and faith that knew not
fear"
Governor Durbin introduced General
Black. who said. in part:
we come. o woman and mother. here
to build our memorial TO thee. Thine
earthly garments were damp with the
dews of the wilderness; thy feet were
torn by the thorns of thy pathway but
in thine arms thou didst hold and nourish
the babe of thy sacrifices. him the mas
ter of mis- time; the beloved of the CEN
turtles to be; the servant of justice; and
the liberator of the Oppressed. And so
for thine own sake and for thy chid's
sake we are here TO do this fitting
honor.
Here she gave that child, in the sim
pie log cabin now gone TO ruin. his first
lesson: here in his fathers presence she
sowed the seed of truth and justice, after
ward to mature a mighty harvest Here
she stood and pointed upward, little COM
pretending. If at all, the future that
awaited.
And this is all her story, But the years
passed on-the nation was in the throes
OF great war for its prolonged exist
ence; at its head was the child OF this
woman. The struggle was TO decide. as
the cherished chieftain himself said
Whether a nation dedicated to liberty
could live or whether a government of