El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-08
By-
Rene Bache

that he was proud of the fact that he
came from the plain people F'razar
Kirkland in his anecdotes of the Re
belliOn,' quotes the following
Seward" said the president to his
secretary Of state. i never told You
did I, how I earned my first dOllar?'
No. replied Mr. Seward
well, said Mr. Lincoln, Il was about
IS years of age / belonged, you
know, to what they call down south the
'scrubs'-peODle who do not own land
and slaves are nobody there But / had
some produce to sell, and. obtaining the
consent of my mother to go down the
river TO New Orleans, I built a little
flat boat for the purpose
"A steamer was coming down the
river While I was proudly cOntem-
plating my new flatbOat, two men came
to the shore in carriages, with trunks,
and pointing to my boat, asked, w no
owns this? I answered mOdestly, I
do
out to the steamer said one OF the
Certainly I replied, glad enough
to have a chance to earn something
"The trunks were put on my nat
boat. the two men seated themselves
on the trunks. and / sculled them out
to the steamer. They got aboard, and
/ put the trunks on deck me
steamer was on the point of starting
when I called out that they had for
gotten to pay me. WhereUpOn each Of
them took from his pocket silver
half-dollar and threw it into the boat
1 could scarcely believe my eyes as 1
picked up the money
Seward, you may think 1t a very
little thing but it was a most import
ant incident in my life ] could scarce
" believe that ], a poor boy. mad
earned a whole dollar by few min
utes' work. The world seemed wider
and fairer before me- was q more
hopeful and confident being at that
time"
There is extant a fly leaf Of Pixies
Arithmetic. on which Lincoln wrote, ~
the age of eight years
Abraham Lincoln
His hand and pen
He Will be good.
But God knows when
Simple story of His Lie
In 1858, the compiler of the Congress
sional Directory cat that time called
the Dictionary Of COngress) applied TO
every living ex member Of the national
legislature for some account OF MS
career To this request, Abraham Lin
coin responded in the following terms:
Born, February u, 1909, in Hardin
county. Ky.
Education. defective
Profession, a lawyer
Have been q captain Of volunteers IN
the Black Hawk war
Postmaster at a very small office
Four times a member Of the Illinois
legislature
And was member Of the lower
house OF congress Yours &c.
Such was the simple story OF the life
of the great emancipatOr up to 1858, as
told by himself.
Abraham Lincoln enjoys the distinc-
tiOn of having been buried more times
than any other man that ever lived. He
was busy man through his life- other
people have been busy with his re-
mains since his death.
Buried Thirteen Times
On the 26th day Of September. 1901,
the coffin containing his body was
moved from its resting place the 18th
time-each previous removal having
been supposed to be the last The cas-
ket was chiseled open at Springfield,
Ill, and IS persons gaZed upon the fea-
lures Of the long dead president Then
it was resealed and placed inside an
iron case embedded in a huge block Of
solid cement beneath the tomb Of the
Lincoln monument in Oakridge ceme-
terry.
There was some argument as to
whether the Casket should be opened
or not Some OF those present, who
were members of the Lincoln guard OF
honor and the monument commission.
said that they did not care to look
upon the remains Others insisted that
of Identification, to be made a matter
Of record for all time TO come. It was
finally agreed to open the coffin, and
the body was exposed TO view for the
first time since Nay Is. 1887 1t was
in a remarkably good state Of preser-
Walton. and the features were rec0g-
nizable.