Connecticut western news., 1922-07-20

Lincoln asked.
 q feel 1t in my bones," was Hern- don's answer.
 After that he used to speak with respect of Bill Herndon's bone phil osophy."
 His term in congress having ended, he came back to the law in partner ship with William H. Herndon-a man of character and sound judgment. Those days Lincoln wore black trou- sers, coat and stock, a waistcOast of satin and a Wellington high hat. He was wont to carry his papers in his hat. Mary had wrought a great change in his external appearance.
 They used to call him "a dead square lawyer" I remember that once Hern- don had drawn up a fictitious plea founded on a shrewd assumption. Lin coin carefully examined the papers.
 "Is 1t founded on factP' he asked.
 "No," Herndon answered.
 Lincoln scratched his head thought fully and asked:
 "BiIly, hadn't we better withdraw that plea2 You know1it's a sham and generally that's another name for a lie. Don't let 1t go on record. The cursed thing may come staring us In the face long after this suit has been forgotten"
 On the whole he was not so con- municative as he had been in bis young manhood. He suffered days of depres- sion when he said little. Often, in good company, he seemed to be think ing of things in no way connected with the talk. Mary called him a rather "shut-mouthed man."
 Herndon used to say that the only thing he had against Lincoln was his habit of coming in mornings and sprawling on the lounge and reading aloud from the newspaper.
 The people of the town loved him. One day, as we were walking along the street together, we came upon a girl dressed up and crying in front of her fathers door
 Whats the matter2" Lincoln asked.
 T want to take the train and the wagon hasn't come for my trunk" said she.
 Lincoln went in and got the trunk and carried it to the station on his back, with people laughing and throw ing jokes at him as he strode along. When I think of him, his chivalry and kindness come first to mind.
 He read much, but his days of book study were nearly ended. His learn ing was now got mostly in the school of experience. Herndon says, and 1 think it is true that he never read to the end of a law book those days. The study of authorities was left to the junior partner. His reading was mostly outside the law. His knowl- edge of science was derived from Chambers Yestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
 He was still afraid of the Abolition Movement in 1852 and left town to avoid a convention of its adherents. He thought the effort to resist by force the laws of Kansas was criminal and would hurt the cause of freedom. Let us have peace and revolutionize through the ballot box," he urged.
 In 1854, little quarrel in New York began to weave the thread of destiny. Seward, Weed and Greeley had wielded decisive power in the party councils of that state. Seward was a high headed, popular idol. His plans and his triumphant progress absorbed his thought Weed was dazzled by the splendor of this great star. Neither gave a thought to their able colleague "a poor man struggling to build up a great newspaper. An office, with fair pay, would have been a help In those days. But he got no recognition of his needs and talents and services.