The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-02-06

~6 nance was extremely worn and sad
- looking, and his nature ten
der and sympathetic to often
make him appear melancholy. No felt
the responsibilities nation had intrusted to
his care so much as he did and no president
succeeded in acting according to popular opinion
without being swayed by popular whims and
caprices. better than did he. Though often
pletely weighted down by the and trials of
the nation during the most critical period of its
history, he succeeded in cheering himself those
about him and the people
There are many charming and humorous stories
intertwined with his early boyhood. several told
by the colored nanny who worked for then
She says that he often sprawled himself out
the floor and worked to write his He
no more easily satisfied with these early efforts
than with his later undertakings But after he
had worked and struggled and knew he had done
his best, he got and began to criticize his
Den he SEE to me many time, Look at that
VIII you, Abraham Lincoln. Don't look blamed
bit like me- And he'd stand an study 1t SPELL
Though he did not mind hard work and while
still young boy could swing with the ease
Of a grown man. he was happiest when he had a
book near him. AS his nanny says: Seems to
me now never seen Abe after he twelve that
he didn't have book someer round. He'd put
a book inside his shirt and fill his pockets with
corn dodgers an go of to plow or hoe When
noon came he'd set down under a tree an read
an eat. An when he come to the house at night
he'd take cheer back by the chimbly, put his
&.
Aunt Sairyd never let the children poster him
She always said that Abe goin to be a great
some day and she wasn't goin to have him
hindered"
When Lincoln started out to make living
and name for himself. he soon learned that life
is not all sunshine for the boy girl who
accomplish everything by their hard
scentious effort and work. Though the situation
often looked exceedingly dark and his work often
resulted In failure, he had more friends to help
him on than he at first knew. He wonder
fully strong. What exhausted other men seemed
to act him a tonic. Once he was working
in a small town where there was man by the
name OF Armstrong When a new man came to
the place his strength and courage to
be tested with Armstrong The newcomers were
always put through this ordeal, and Abe with
the rest. Much to the surprise OF both camps
Armstrong defeated. Everybody OF the
one opinion that Abe Lincoln was the best and
strongest man that ever broke into the camp To
show that there no pride and boast in this
victory, he became friend of the Armstrong
family. Mrs. Armstrong grew so fond OF him
that she treated him as relative, and the chill
dren loved to climb onto his knees and brush away
the sadness from his face by hugs and kisses.
Abe Lincoln did not have to work long to dis
that he exceedingly poor business
One failure after another These
showed the real strength and character Of the
He never complained nor fretted because
success not coming his way.
He determined, however much luck turned
against him. to be honest and keep his ledger
clean. He often told his friends that he preferred
to go without a square meal than to lose nights
rest disturbed by annoyed conscience The
following story is of the many illustrations
that he lived up to this statement 1t was while
he was doing business a merchant that farm
er's wife bought something OF him which needed
weighing and computation. She had come some
miles from home 1t was only after she left n"
discovered that he had overcharged her thirty
cents and he walked four miles to correct the mis-
take. friend hearing of the incident 1okea
with him about it, when the humorous Abe an
swered, This is not Joke. but a serious matter
! know that this customer needs the thirty cents
more than do l."
Though this sense OF humor natural to him.
he realized when still young boy that pleasant
way and good joke do wonders for making life
easier and sweeter. He loved to listen to good
Joke and loved to tell He had wonderful
memory, and this helped him in making other