The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-02-13
Sixteen Cash Prizes Aggregating ThrtyTwo Dollars Paid
by the Union to Boys and Girls and
One School Teacher.
There Were Competitors in ALL of Which Twenty
Six Were Country Boys and Girls Under
Fourteen Years of Age.

countless thousands mourn" was not
thinking of Lincoln.
Lincoln often spoke of his duty, but
we love him most, I think, for acts
beyond duty's limit. He went what
has been termed ''the twain mi]e."
FIRST PRIZE-CLASS E.
BY OLIVE M. TOWNSEND.
Five years after Daniel Boone took
his family to Kentucky there came
over the mountains a man named
Abraham Lincoln bringing with him
his wife and children. The Lincolns
and Boones we're great friends.
This Abraham Lincoln, the friend
of Boone, was the grandfather of
President Abraham Lincoln who was
born in log cabin in Kentucky in
1909.
When little Abraham was seven
years old his father moved to south
western Indiana. Here they lived in
little log cabin of the poorest sort
known to backwoods people. It had
three sides closed with logs. The
other side was left entirely open.
There was no chimney but the fire was
built outside the open place.
Little Abraham went to back
woods school. The schoolmasters did
not know much themselves but little
Abraham soon learned to write. This
was great help to his father and
neighbors because they would often
have him write their letters for them.
When one is poor a little money
means great deal. One day when
Abraham was eighteen years old he
rowed two men with their baggage
from the shore out to steamer in the
Ohio river. For this the men dropped
two silver half dollars into the boat.
Abraham was overjoyed.
By the time he was twenty-one years
old he had gained the height of six
feet four inches. The way he got his
clothes he split four hundred rails for
each yard of cloth.
| He was once a clerk in a store. In
this store he showed his careful
honesty. Once by mistake he had
taken little more money than he
ought to. He walked several miles
the same night to return it.
In 1884 he was elected to the Illinois
legislature. In 1887 he went to Spring.
field and began life as lawyer.
Lincoln was nominated for president
in 1860. His election was followed by
the great civil war. During these
long years he showed himself a great
man. He was shot by an assassin
as he sat in the theater on the four
teenth (l4th) of April, 1865. His death
was lamented not only all over this
country but all over Europe.
CLASS A-F[RST.
aY LAURA M'vICAR.
Of all the pictures of Abraham Lin
coin, I like one with his little boy,
''Tad,' the best. He looks so kind,
loving and fatherly. In the darkest
days of the Rebellion it was a
familiar sight to see these two, walk
ing among the soldiers and one that
always brought encouragement to
them for they felt the president was
like one of themselves.
Abraham Lincoln was born in log
cabin in Virginia, February II, 1902
His father could neither read nor
write and Abraham had only one
years schooling. It is wonderful
story how he worked and studied until
he rose from poverty to the highest
Office in the land.
he was in succession: A fatboat
hand, clerk, captain of a company of
volunteers in the Black Hawk war,
country store-keeper, postmaster and
surveyor. All this time he was study
ing law. Admitted to the bar. he be-
came member of the legislature.
In debates he won national fame for
his wit and humor. The irresistible
wit and aptness of his stories con-
vulsed his hearers and rendered elm
coins Stories" household words
throughout the land.
Lincoln was a temperance man and
when he was inaugurated he refused
the wine which other presidents had
taken.
The tragic death of Lincoln brought
to this country the keenest sorrow it
has ever known, but he left behind
him memory OF what he did for the
nation, for humanity and for liberty
that will last as long as our republic.
GLASS A-SECOND.
BY HILMA WAHLFORS.
Abraham Lincoln was born in
Hardin Co., KY. When he was seven