Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-07

lOu, LOUIS duecClOnaIely,' anu Seuer-
ally and enthusiastically abstained
from the use Of the word love- That
word cannot be found more than half
dozen times, if that often, in all his
letters and speeches since that time. I
have seen some Of his letters to other
ladies, but, he never says love- He
never ended his letters with Yours at
fectionately,' but signed his name,
Your friend, A. Lincoln"
After Mr.. Lincoln's election to the
presidency he one day met an old
friend, Isaac Cogdale, who had known
him intimately, in the better days Of
the Rutledges at New Salem. - "Ike,"
said he, "call at my Office at the state
house about an hour by shutdown. The
company will then all be gone" s-.--
Cogdale went according to request,
land sure enough" as he expressed it,
1.-The company dropped off one by one,
including Lincoln's clerk - ...
CT want to inquire about old times
and old acquaintances,' began Mr.. Lin
coin. When we lived in Salem there
were the Greenes, Potters, Armstrong;
and Rutledges. These folks have got
scattered all over the world Some
are dead. Where are the Rutledges,
Greenes, etc.?'
AFTER we had spoken over old
times" continues Cogdale-'persons,
circumstances-in which he showed a
wonderful memory, then dared to ask
him this question::
MAY I now. in turn, ask you one
question, Lincoln?'
Assuredly. I will answer your
question, if fair one, with all my
heart
"Well, Abe. is it true that you fell
in love and courted Ann Rutledge?'
cit Is true-true! Indeed I did.
have loved the name of Rutledge to
this day. have kept my mind on
their movements ever since and love
them dearly
"'Abe, is it true,'" still urged Cog
dale, "'that you ran little wild about
the matter?
81 did really. I ran off the track.
1t was my first. I loved the woman
dearly. She was a handsome girl;
would have made a good, loving wife;
was natural and quite intellectual,
though not highly educated. I did hon.
estly and truly love the girl and think
Often-often-of her now"
A few weeks after the burial of Ann
McNamar returned to New Salem. He
saw Lincoln at the postoflce and was
struck with the deplorable change in
his appearance. A short time after
ward Lincoln wrote him deed, which
he still has and prizes highly, in mem
DRY Of his great friend and rival. His
father was at last dead, but he brought
back with him his mother and her fam
lily. In December Of the same year his
mother died and was buried in the
same graveyard with Ann. During his
absence Colonel Rutledge had occupied
his, farm, and there Ann died, but "the
Rntledge farm" proper adjoined this
one to the south. f"Some Of Mr.. Lin
coins corners as a surveyor are still
visible on lines traced by him on both
FARMS" -. s ...~.~
On Sunday, the 14th day of. October,
1866, William II. Herndon knocked at
the door, of John McNamar at his resi-
dence, but; a few, feet distant from the
spot where Ann Rutledge lbreathed her
last. After some tpreliminaries not
necessary to. be. related Mr.. ,Herndon
says: II asked him the question: :,
- did you, know, Miss Rutledge? II
so where did she dto9' .~~
He sat by his open window, looking
westerly, and, pulling. me closer, to
himself, looked through, the window
and said: There, BY that -choking up
with emotion; pointing his, long fore
finger, nervous and trembling, to the
spot there, by that currant bush, she
died. The old house In which she and
her father died is gone
Grave Of Ann Rudedge.a
"After further conversation, leaving
the sadness to momentarily pass away,
asked this, additional question:
"'Where was she buriedY
In Concord burying ground, one
mile southeast Of this place.
Mr.. Herndon sought the grave. rs.
G. Berry" says he, James Short (the
gentleman who purchased in Mr.. Lin
coins compass and chain in 1884 I'M
der an execution against Lincoln or
Lincoln & Berry and gratuitously gave
them back to Mr.. Lincoln), James
Miles and myself were together.
II asked Mr.. Berry II he knew where
Miss Rutledge was buried the place
and exact surroundings. He replied:
I do. The grave Of Miss Rutledge lies
just north of her brothers, David Rut.
ledge, a young lawyer OF great prom.
Use, who died in 1872
The cemetery contains but an acre