The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-02-16
LINGOLN'S
BIRTHDAY.
Some Great Changes Since Ris
BoyhOOd Days.

sunday was tile nlnefAsslNth aA
niversan 81 the birth Of Abraham
Lincoln The passing years have not
dimmed the famool Lincoln although
there has been great MANY changes
otherwise. great many ideas presali
about Lincoln which cause some peo-
PIE 90 believe that II he we're alive e..
dty be- would not bo considered 50
great as he was iifty Years ago But
these are mistaken IDEAS People FOR.
get that al thetime of Llne0n's birth
children enjoyed very ieN Of the com.
forts eaiased hy thase of t3a present
daY They say De was ube0uth he-
cause he vas not supcruclah that De-
vas not tactful because he vas - -.
reeii that no Was more unique thau
brilliant that he was more fortunate
than deserving uat these criticisms
are of the higher critics only
Il will Be admitted that nhls yonlh
Lincoln may have been q little glddy
bat 10 should also te remembered that
at that time there were no " Z r.
Is 70 seize him hY the seai ai the
troassls aud pun him awag from the
primrose path 81 yenthfa fo.ly llis
food was cooked 10 a nuleh oven aud
his father Go his pipe With iint lie
wrote bis loSe-lettens Witb a Fooss
quit pen and fastened h.s eai4 gssa
with a taefn
III his youth ldaeQ.n knew nothing
af golf suits. 81 bleteies aF 81 eating
pie With fofk lie had never heasd
q papofmaghe teeth of the Austria
ian ballot When he was ushered ID
10 The voeld yhe housewives Ieacled
their aWn ne and sepl ne aie aasf
ffom the taale With ! peaeh spfsai
III thOse days theu Werc noHt rree0s
10 coos stoves be earsef weyprs
ia Yeast ctkes no nsigg powder D.
ehautauauasi % spfue msttns g.
30 uuiog saiis ue rUbheT ssn@ H0
cucumber Spoons 50 sewing nahina
no elothes wfIngess, ~ elatUes pias
Think Of t LineoIns naiher a
hundred sears ago never enIeyri tit
inxau % hanging auf eloihe an uash
day with bg-ioar stcamofe
clothes Din hctwetn hef im
A cenlun ago there wen H te
enpn. no railroads. nu steam stfne -
telephones. no tYpsNftsfs So stem
winding satehes,nohatneawlf fences
nc dehofnea cattle ~ Statehood bllls,
no Speaker Joe Cannon. - pnhlhl
tlon. snne t'lat tune tiie shirt ealsE
has been discovered the serri i0fmea
appendix has heen hgated q fs aig
the mIcfoae las been bred - % -
present asoad condition aif standard
and IS registered
ThreshlnE machines have ueeH d
vented sinee Lineolns bofhe0a dafs
andthe threw hoara has teeH invented
Perhaps anie Dc not kHoa atas
tafos-tEand is
Dtd You ever take tie daen.fnN
On a cold Dcceaasf mora
When thf feasi was on tle eampkH
and tie sl0bhef 90 the eann
Il sou hase YOU eah realize Hhal
wonderful invention the tifas-
beard IS. 4 has abolished the tiesa
roe n cefa gathering time ard afa-
utlou4ed the merais q fhe farmer
hut
These Things NeFe iiat Il me q
Liueolus time and they afs only men.
toned to sl4ow tha1 be accomplished
4 stnpendusBs s0fk with what there
vas 10 do uith IN those aay, ~.
We cannot compare Lincoln with thls
slay and aee His eotk belongs Ii lie
past. but II stlll liges in The present
and is full fguitaee heleass 90 re
remotest fHtare Ile viii always he
reyered fof tie life he lived. fof The
klud Of man be- vas