The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-15

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5sBd. Hsf family had bcea draws
o the pl0Ueer life of keniaeky "
mgch the same way az the LIN.
.cins. but she Ia said 10 bAfc bees
much the sapegior q her husband
Il Stature, education. and ambition
5he had been born IN Virginia, and
here received tome advantages
l0s 20 BE- had 10 kentucky She
wAs delicate. frAil woman. insult
| "a 70 the rough life Of pioneer,
Nhen Abraham was seven years Of
40 his father removed 10 Indiana.
| This removal Is raid 10 have been
partly on account Of slavery. bat
.hlefly on account Of the difficulties
Ia securing land titles In Kentucky.
Nhen they arrived at the site OF the
aew home, the seven year old boy
vas made 10 WELD an axe 70 help
dear the land for corn, and build a
amp for the first home.
Tho story Of Llncolns early hard
lllips Is a familiar tale.
Loss Of His Mother.
4 heart breaking sorrow came
70 him In the death OF hts mother
octooer 3, lois, when he was lssh
,han 10 years old. II Is a pathetic
TACT that the first letter which the
ooy and future president ever wrote
was TO parEoD David Elkins, asking
aim TO come and preach a memorial
sermon for his mother. And 30
Il happened. says the narrator OF
the event, that one Sunday morn
ing 200 people gathered about the
Lincoln cabin and from there pro-
ceeded 10 the tree beneath which her
body was laid 10 rest, where the
touching service was conducted
Sad and great as was Lincoln's loss
In the death Of his own mother the
boy was most fortunate in his step
mother, Sarah Bush Johnston. She
filled the place 10 him OF a most
devoted mother. She made hei
husbands children happy, treating
them apparently with the same af-
lection as her own. She said OF
Abraham, ABE was good boy and
/ can say what scarcely one woman,
a mother. 10 q thousand can say.
Abe never gave me cross word OF
look, never refused In fact or ap.
peaiance TO do anything that re
questod him to do. never gave
him q croEs word. His mind ano
mine. what little | had, seemed t.
run together. lie was dutiful son
to me always think he loveC |
ne dearly" This shows the tender
rotations which existed between LIN
coin and his step mother.
The books to which the lad hac
access we're few in number, but h.
knew them thoroughly and mad,
dem his own. Among these wer,
he Bible, book CT Aesop's Fables,
dobinson Crusoe. Bunyan's Pilgrim
Prog. eSs, a History OF the United
oAhitss NStlbn Inc vi W ohhihE W. Il
aud tho Statutes OF Indiana. He
did not own all OF them Some
lines he had to borrow from neigh.
lors. lie once ted friend that
le had read every book he haC |
heard OF in the country In circuit
81 50 miles" Ii is evident that Ii. i
,oln's intimate acquaintance witt
he King james version OF tn.
that well Of English, pur,
md undefiled, as well as his knowl |
edge of Pilgrims Progress, hac
much TO do 10 the formation OF tina.
Foudertul style and lucid. as wei
- stlcng use OF his mother tongue
u exhibited In that gem OF Englis.
rose. tie oetilssuig grafton. An,
his In spite or the fact that LIN
.oln's school opportunities were ex
limited. The schools wei,
What might be called accidental
on the chance coming o.
olne poor and ambitious young mar
Who was willing TO teach for few
orms while he locked for an open
ng 10 something better. But poo.
. these schools we're. Abraham Lin
DIN made them tell, TO the enlarge
aent Of his knowledge and the De
elopment OF his Intellect,
As 4 Lawyer.
We are familiar with the stories
Z his early struggles as a lawyer.
( his polltica interest and ambition
Z his great debates with Douglasl
wide attention.
President Taft, standing on the
.noa College campus on the exac,
pot where Lincoln and Douglass en-
aged In debate 80 years before
poke as follows. Certain II II
hat We have never had man IL
ubiie life whose sense OF duty wal
whose bearing TOWARD
hose with whom be came In con
ic,, whether his friends or politica.