The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-03-16
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,ur and q half miles. and this going
8ek aud forth 20 great u distance o.
pled entirely too much OF his time |
n attendance was therefore only 4,
Ia times and was speedily broken On
Xltogether. The scbcolhouss was much
. the other one near The Pigeon Greek
esiinE house. cIc,tt that u had two
hlmbeys instead of one The course
lnsirurtioa was precisely The same
u under Dorsey and Crawford save
"a, swsncy. like Dorrey, omitted
De great department Of manner
#Iierc." says John Iiosklns. the sou ~
bic settler who had "blaIcd out" the
,ran f@ Thomas Lincoln. I'VE would
choose NJ and spell a. Ia old time-I
&svcry Friday night"
\ Alb never went 90 school again in Ia
eishA or elsewhere Mr. Turnham tells
90 ;ts; be lad =.c-llesi all his masters.
and n vas no use Tor him 10 attempt
70 learn anything from uhem. hut be-
continued his studies ~ home ~ wher
ever be was hired out 10 work with n
] perseverance whlCh showed that h.
eonld scarcely live without some spc
c,es ~ mental excitement lie was hy
NJ means fond Of the hard manual Ia
ecr % which his own ncccssiilc. aud
rhose ~ his family compelled him
Many of his acqualntanors state this
tact with strong emphasis. among them
Dennis Harks and Mr. Lincoln
lis nelghbor. John Rominc. declares
DAT Abe was awful lazy lie worked
ior Tue. was always reading and think
INC used 90 st mad AZ him lie work
81 or me In $50 pnlling fodder ! say
Abc was awful lazy lie would laugh
and tain aud crack ipkes aud tell slo.
rc- 40 the time, diln't love work. but
DID dearly love his pay lie worked Tor
me- ffoqu,utly, q fsw days uny at a
limo Lincoln nll 90 mo one isy that
t flifrr taught h.m ~ work hut
never lramol him to love IT,
Wnhng on a Shovel.
Nhr love-. tp lc under shade tree
u- uI loo 'hr nft N me cabin and read.
~phrr md rbh'c ~ might No. sHt by
hr chimney 'ilmh" and rlph,r~i by
u' I.ght ul thy nrv On thr Noslru trr
shovel Whom the howell WIS isUt
r',crvl Do. would shave Il Oh with h,.
tHttrrs drawing tuifc aud begin again
On thc daytime he used boards Dor th,
slW' purpose out " doors nud went
Mugch r'" having pruccss r,,rlut
nEy
VI uumuuI,r SAYS "Nhc read d.u
gently tie rrtd every hUp, d. could
a1 hs hands nu md when DO uw,
a.ru.. % passage tlfIt struck h.m D,
ulul write u down uu blauls u b,
ha' rH wT.r aud t.p % 'tvr' until M
dd g.i r.por Then hr would rcunl,
TO- ln'k ne &c. ulElt it tie bad copy
ho'h b.ad ~ sgr1ph'lL, in which h
rui down 600 things md thus preserves
'i.m
John Hanks r1mr ori nom kr1'urk
nhHn Abe UlH fourteen years ~ Fr'
HuI Utri mUr yyars with ihr iiuu..us
We rIru1i describe spur Ut AhD's tlb
Iw hotter ihHn John tHs describe,
Them f'r us when iincon Nhy ans
! returned a. the b'usv from work h
NNHl go a. che cupboard snatch
Nrr vt worn brcad. take down a h1,k
no down on chair coyk bis lorY VI
HIGH as his head aud read. lie nud
worked hIr'fulirl. grublrl u, pluvud
moved aud crndlri together; plow0
coru gathered Z, nui shocked corn
Abraham read constantly when b. ha'
an opportunity
Among the books upon which Ah
laid his hands were "E,upH Fau..t
Robinson Crusnc." Wunytns "rIl
grim's Progress" a "llttlry " tI
United States" aud wccms' "iAfc n
Washington" AZ these hc read mau,
times and transferred extracts rrou
Them 10 the boarls and the scrapbooi
Tie had procured tho scmphook hcCaus
most u his literature was borrowed
anu he thought Il profitable 60 take ~
p'ous notes from the books before b
returned them David Turnham hH
bought volume ~ "Thc Rcyisr
S,a,uies " indiana" but ~ be ~
arilnr constable ne tho tirir. be- ruul
M lcnd u 10 Ahc Hut Abe was us
!" w hai'lcd In his puu'osu n up'u