The Dolores star., 1918-02-08
V1z5etae o~Lnge7ESS Nds1s1o0A At1sE
GRAHAM LINCOLN,

childhood, % In manhood,
~ pOssessed Q great heart Of
49, love. ! have been told By
those who knew him a. .
I'll child in Lal3ue county, KEN
- tueky, where he was born.
u that he never threw stones
W. at songbirds. or at birds Of
pretty piumage, and that he
never failed to intercede In behalf Of
lthe dog that was being kicked by its
master. says Rogers Gore. plcturing
the life Of the martyred president as
q boy. Little Abe" as he was known
ny his limited number Of neighbors
land acquaintances, was fond Of dogs.
Austin Gollaher. Lincoln's playmate.
who died at Hodgenville In LaRue
county. told me the Lincoln family had
more dogs than they could support,
and that most Of the dogs had fol-
lowed Little Abe" home at various
ftmea. Llncoln's favorite dog was one
ne found upon the roadside with bro
Zen leg. He carried the dog home In
his arms and set the broken limb. "and
that dog" said Mr.. GolIaher, twas the
best rabbit dog Abe ever had"
While trapping In those days was
necessity. young Lincoln disliked It be-
cause Il caused suffering to Gods
creatures. learn this story from the
traditions In LaFsue county. Tom Lin
coin, Abraham Lincoln's father. was
fond uf trapping. Besides finding much
spoFt In the vocatio4 he provided meat
md furs for his family His traps
were scattered along thGtbouth fork Of
Nolynn river, and. q course. his son
Abraham knew just where each trap
was located. 'sLittle Abe" believed Il
an unpardonable sin to catch too much
game. and he frequently visited the
traps and liberated some Of the game
before his father could make the
rounds.
Austin Gollaher related q story TO
ne shout 4 visit he and Abe once made
% Tom Lincoln's traps, when they
were: caught In the act Of Hberating a
rcd fox from one Of the snarcs. Tom
1ancein came up. Mr.. Gollaher said.
Just a. Abraham was about to cut the
cord which was looped under the fore
1eet, Of the f0x. To avoid the whipping
Abe knew was forthcoming, hs and
young Gollahef made for tall timber.
Mr.. GOllaher said that Little Abe"
never WAS whipped when Mrs. Lincoln
was present to make intercesslons.
~And for that reason" said Mr.. Cola
her. I'VE endeavored to reach the Lin
.coan. cabin In advance Of Tom Lincoln
1or the ordeal*
ONdauntsd when Lad IN Woods.
In taking an Indirect route the boys
were lost in. the woods. "we spent
the entire day" said Mr.. Gollaher, ain
trying to nnd the trail, but to NO avail.
! gave up In despair. but Abe neither
showed fear nor dlscouragement, and
was persistent In his endeavors to ind
q way ont Of our troubles. Evening
was advancing too rapidly to suit me,
and was becoming thoroughly panic
stricken. but the strong heart Of Abra-
ham was apparently undaunted. Abe
rebuked me for my faint-heartedness,
and said: Why. wen sharpen a pole
and climb tree. and the wolves can
mot get M; we can punch their eyes
out when they rear up on the trunk
of the treer But just as the last
etreak Of daylight was going out I
heard q voice, and with all my might
yelled: Here we arer shut your
mouth said Abe. that's pa. and he'll
whip me- Sure enough. It was Tom
Lincoln. but Mrs. Lincoln was with
him. and Abe did not get the whip
ping"
Lncoln's wit developed early In life.
! have been told that when he was q
mere child his fetorts blaxed from his
droll tongue in manner that always
made the offender vince. A man by
the name OF Woodson once kicked
Little Abe's" lame dog; the dog re-
tallated BY biting the fellow on the leg.
Woodson then decided that the dog
should be killed, and In the presence
of Little Abe" made known his decree.
my leg Is already swelling" said
Woodson, sand I am afraid It will have
to be mt o6" ''n that's so." retorted
Little Abe" I'm sorry my dog did
not bitA y0u on the head."
Austin Gollaher rescued Lincoln
from Knob creek, q small river in the
vicinity OF the Goliaher home. Upon
this day Mf1,s Lincoln had paid visit
to ArA Gcllahef,s and while the moth
en- wese II their knitting. the little
soas WSat AsAins. In attempting to
cross. q xpetng sIittie Abe" fell into
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