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How He "clphered."

he becomes known far and wide
for his triumphs in the courtroom.
Passion for Accurate Language
Lincoln had veritable passion
for exact thought and accurate ex-
preston. AS child he was
reused almost to anger when he
heard people using words and
forms CT expression so vague and
indefinite he could not understand
them. At such times he would
withdraw and ponder their sayings
until he had reduced the thought
to language understandable to any
boy. AS he expressed 1t, he was
never easy until, in handling q
thought, he could bound 1t on the
north and south, east and west"
When, in the study Of law, he met
repeatedly the word demonstrate"
he sought definition that differen.
tiated it from prove" Finding
none that satisfied him, he stopped
the study Of law until he had learn.
ed perfectly every proposition In
six books of Euclid. This done, he
felt he had Q true conception Of
the word demonstrate"
Taught Himself Military Strategy
Lincoln was careful in selecting
the thoughts with which he stored
his mind. 1t was not everything
he wanted to know. AS he read
and studied he made notes in abun.
dance. Later he considered and re-
considered his notes. and only such
as he thought worth while retain
ing did he attempt to fix in his
mind.
The habit Of study, of securing
accurate, thorough aas comp;e.s
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=" We'll, he said, it certainly is
queer when a person comes in here
who doesn't want anything. "
That relieved Lincoln so much he
talked to Depew for two hours.
"The chance to relax and tell his
favorite stories eheered him up as
nothing else could lave DONE" De-
pew remarked.
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he boasts lie never touched n drop
ot liquor, never smoked non gam
.bied. he chose n musician S career
ana Tor years was ON the vaudeville
stage.
Before employing Mcintosh Lin
coin had the boy paint fence and
then Inspected the work. Satisfied,
the lawyer gave Mcintosh the key
to his office and then set him to
work after giving his advice for
success.
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HDri nam Lincoln
while congressman
from California,
W as responsible
for having SEN
tries posted at the
White House dur
ing the dark days
of. '64.
ii is sharpcst
recollection o {
Lincoln is his sub
lime indifference
to his personal
safety.
- temonstrat- :
ed with Lincoln
about his care
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in corn!copas, at % cents each. Mr..
Lincoln bought ore for me and one
for 'Mclia.
'Mclia never before had tast-
ed ice cream and didn I know what
to do with her share.
" Put it in your pocket Mr..
Lincoln told her. She did and of
course it soon melted and became
sticky. Then, Mr.. Lincoln, laugh
ing, bought her another one.
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lus Savage of this
city.
Savage was in
the Ordnance De.
partmcnt at ash :
ington during the
Civil War;. and
used to play ball
with others on a
field behind the
White House.
Frequently we.
would look up and
observe the tall
figure of the pres
ident watching us
from the White
House windows, +"
says Savage.
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gathering.

Fell had sounded the country
tbout Lincoln ana reported it favor
able for his candidacy. Lincoln was
skeptical.
"'Fell told me-" continued Full
wiler, 'that despite Lincoln s
skepticism he was more determined
tlan ever to put over his nomina-
tion. The climax came with Lin.
coin s famous address at Cooper
Union, January Is, 1860. That talk
won Lincoln national fame
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he president.

"Little Mother whispered Lin
coin, and he stopped down and
kissed her. Startled, she looked up,
TO see the tall figure moving slowly
away.
The ''Little Mother was Mrs
Sarah Whitney of this city.
That name still clings to Mrs.
Whitney, who, at 81, is patriotic in
structor of the Relief Corps, G. A.
r. in Akron.
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With a Book at Hand for the First
Light Of Dawn.
By G. Lynn Sumner

BY G. Lynn Sumner
Director of Advertising, In
ternational Correspondence
Schools, Scranton, and Author
of abraham Lincoln as q
Mon Among Men,"
THEY told me that the Lincolns
I had o baby at their houss,
and so jest ran all the way down
thar. I guess was on hand purity
early, for when I held the little
feller in my arms his mother said,
BE keerful with him, Dennis, fur
you air the fust boy he's ever seen.'
sort O. swung him back and forth;
a little too peart, I reckon, fur
with the talkin' and the shakin' he
soon began to cry and l handed
him over to Aunt Polly, who wuz
standin' by. Aunt sez I, take
him; he'll never come to much
fur I'll tell you he was the puniest,
cryin'est little youngster I ever
seen." .
Never come to much-that w.s
the prediction made just ia years
ago at the cradle of Abraham
Lincoln.
Today we know the destiny that
lay before the infant, and how it
was to make a mockery OF the
backwoods prophet. But on that
February day in 1909 when Den.
mis- Hanks, cousin of Lincoln's
mother, uttered his prophesy in the
cabin that marked Thomas Lin.
coins clearing in the Kentucky
wilderness, much could have been
urged in defense of his judgment.
There was nothing by which the
gloomy Dennis might know this
"puniest ,youngster," undisputed
heir to ignorance, poverty and iso-
lation, was to burst from the she'll
like oblivion of his environment
into the title and state of "the
Greatest American" In fact, had
someone told Dennis that a passion
for study and a love of learning
were to bring about this miracle
he would have scoffed. Dennis
was 20 student. and ..Slow not the
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lessncss, - recalls Cole, "saying |
feared the rebels might try to pro-
cure his assassination to throw
Washington into confusion.
-, | resolved when / came here,
Lincoln told me, that / would not
always be dying meaning that he
wouldn't let fear of tragic death
worry him.
Cole stated his fears to Secretary
Stanton.
~ noticed that sentries were reg.
nlarly stationed at the White House
door thereafter" he concludes
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10 MN.
Couch, when a
boy, went up into
the Lincoln hay.
lott near Spring
field llI.,y to rest,
" Ii en- Lincoln
found him there.
SO this is the
Young man who
has been stealing
ray eggs, dra wi
ed. the captcr.
and young Couch
had difficulty get
ting away with Il
weak explanation.
The next day.
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Abra ham Lincoln
in Washington.
'' AS | went in
to see the presi
dent, said De
pew, the tired
est, saddest face
| have known
raised itself FROM
a mass of papers.
. : Well, d e =
pew lie said,
what can [ do
for you?' -
Depew told Lin
coin he wanted
only to pay his
reSDpcts
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Roads Committee Members A

pointed-P. n. Myers of Calipatria,
has been appointed a member of the
reads committee of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce by President
e. w. Duff, the other two members
of the committee being w. II. Best
Of Calexieo and j. L. Travers of Ell
Centre, former members of the coun-
ty highway commission. The first
matter TO he discussed by the com
mittee will be the petition of the Nj
land Chamber of Commerce for ac-
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was Jesse w. Eel
of this city, de-
clared John A.
Fulwiler today.
Fulwiler's inter
est in Hincoln
dates from May
20, 1856, when H.
heard the tall law
yer give his ia
nous r' l. o s t
Speech - at the
a II t i Nebraskan
convention here.
fulwiler is belieV-
ed to be the only
survival at that
,.n Al nn,n,r
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w hlte House as q
child when Abra-
ham Lincoln was
president, recalls
t h c martyred
president as n
kindly, whimsical,
humorous man.
One day re-
lates Mrs. fhomp-
SON, Meiia, my
colorcd nurscmaid,
and l went to
market with Mr..
Lincoln to get
some ice cream,
then a rare deli
.n.,- II ..,, .,.lI
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ACTION ON VET PROBE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-

The senate has authorized a
special committee on soldier
disqualification named several
months ago, to probe charges
of mismanagemont, waste and
inefficiency in the veterans
bureau and report within a
week if investigation should be
made.
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Lincoln learned of his error
through Conch's father. He called
for the hey at his office.
well, my lad he said, kind
~, II uniustly accused you of
stealing my eggs. ! hope YOU will
pardon my mistake. =
And to top it AZ, says Couch,
Lincon sent him off with three
large punches of firecrackers!
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A new commissioner of public
buildings one day ordered the boys
off the grounds. Savage told Lin.
coin.
F" Now, look here, said Lincoln,
you just consider me member of
that ball team and don't 90 away
until | tell you to.
. The order never came"
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corps, was minis
tering to a wound
ed soldier in the
improvised field
hospital of Gencr-
al Grant s Army
of the Potomac,
across the river
from Washington.
Striding through
the aisle of sick
and dying men,
Abraham Lincoln,
idol of the nation,
paused before her.
Absorbed in her
work Of mercy,
she did not notice
a
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Lincoln's Humor
BY NEA Service

SANDUSKY, o., Feb. 13.-Mrs.
Mary Thompson, aged resident of
this city, who spent year in the
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LincOln's Kiss
By NEA Service

AKRON, o., Feb. 12.-One hot
night IN August, 1864, a woman,
member of the volunteer relief
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Lincoln's Advice
; BY NEA Service

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. f2.-"Bo
honest, work hard, don't grumble
Choose what you really like to do for
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Lincoln's Apology
BY f!EN Service

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. f2.-.
Colonel j. G. Couch of this city
boasts Abraham Lincoln apoogized
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A Pleasant Surprise-Mr. and
Mrs. 8. 0. Lingo were surprised yes
terdav by the arrival of Mr.. end
Mrs. Besing and their interesting
family from Rosalyn, New Mexico.
Mrs. Besing is a sister of Mrs. Lingo
and after few days in the valley
the family viii 60 on to Riverside
to Visit Mrs. Besing's mother. r
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LincOln's Comfort
BY NEA Service

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Chauncey
NJ. Dep2w, former L. S. senator and
famous orator, today recalled two
hour session with
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Lincoln's Sport
BY NEA Service

By NEA Service
NEW YORK, Feb. l2.--One of the
first baseball fans in the country
was Abraham Lincoln, says Cornell
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ton to bring about road crossing
of the Southern Pacific line at that
place.
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Lincoln's Courage
By NEA Ser vice

LOS ANGELESE, Feb. 1o.-
Former Senator Cornelius Cole,
centenariGn and close associate of
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The Log Cabin School

The Log Cabin School
Lincoln was ten years old when
he first went to school. The school
house, located about four miles
from the Indiana farm to which
his family had migrated, was a
structure Of round logs, Just high
enough for a man to stand erect
beneath the loft. The floor was
Of split logs or "puncheons," the
chimney OF poles and clay.
Creased paper on a framework of
split boards formed the windows.
Lincoln was always there
early" writes Nathaniel Grigsby,
who attended the same school. "He
was always at the head of his
class and passed US rapidly in our
studies. He lost no time at home
and when he was not at work, he
was at his books. He kept up his
studies on SunG2y c1i eA.ric LIS
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. Linc0ln's Hit
By NEA Service

by NfsA service
BLOOMINGTON, H., Feb. l2.-
.Thc man who was responsible for
the candidacy of Abraham Lincoln
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-12

IT'S HttItUoe OF STUDY WhIIe
Reading Law.
power Of study. Yet Lincoln be-
gan his progress toward earthly
Immortality the day he learned the
alphabet.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE

Probably it is quite unnecessary to
urge the people of the city to attend
the services to be held this afternoon
at Walnut Hill Park in memory of the
late President of the United States,
Warren G. Harding. The people will
attend those services, will pay the last
tribute to the memory of the man
they had chosen to head their govern
ment and there will be added to the
Z incentive of a formal duty to the
memory of the highest official in the
land that intimate, human feeling
which the mans personal qualities
aroused.
AS the echoes of the appropriate
music which is to be played at 2:45
fade, and as the words of the Mayors
proclamation are spoken, the body of
the late President will be lowered into
the ground of his old home land in
Marion, Ohio, and over this city will
float the echoes of the hymn Lead
Kindly Light" the prayer for guild
ance of which President Mckinley
was so fond. The service which fol-
lows will be one of deep sincerity, not
only because the people of New Brit
ain are loyal and patriotic but be-
cause they know that he whose me-
mory they honor was loyal and pa
triotic and died in the line of duty
working for them to the best of the
ability that was given him. Few of us
will weep, for few knew him person.
ally, but beyond thought of politics, or
policies or prejudice there will be that
realization that another good, true
man has gone.
Let us all by our presence honor the
memory of that true, good man.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
THE WOMAN WHO MOURNS.

If the liberty may be taken of try
ing to understand the wishes of Mrs.
Harding at this time, the conclusion
may be reached that she would have
brave bearing spoken, no emphasizing
of the fact that she was the greatest
inspiration to the honored man who
has died. The kindness, the thought
fulness and consideration for others
possessed by him has been perpetu-
ated in her as, remembering the null
titude of people who had just begun
to understand more of his lovable
qualities, she asked that the train
which bore his body pass more slowly
through the waiting throngs in order
that they might pay their tribute to
his memory. Still thinking of others
and, undoubtedly, of the wish that
woud be his, she has chung to that
dignity of grief too deep for others
to relieve.
And SO, today, as the people of the
country stand silently to pay their
tribute to the memory of him, it is
fitting to speak to this woman who
mourns ony the thought of sympathy
which coud better be shown by
look, a pressure of her hand.
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early TO RISE"

= On this day which the nation de.
votes to honoring the memory of oul
late President, we think naturally OF
his manner of life, his habits. And by
analogy we are apt to think of the
man who is now our President.
Harding, the warm hearted, the
kindly man; Coolidge. the man of
quiet, silent manner who has few in
Inmates, few confidantes. Not in dis
respect is this reference made to Pres
ident Coolidge, Many of the fine men
we know are of this type. Underneath
that apparent GOODNESS there may be
strength and good will that will prove
to be of great value to the nation. And
the sentiment of the people today is
softened into the hope that thus he
will be discovered.
President Coolidge is a retiring sort
of person. 1t is said that few vice
presidents have presided over the SEN
ate without making more friends than
has he. Not that he has made enemies.
Rather, his personality or lack of it
has not invited advances from those
with whom he was daily associated.
But the man of New England, Cal
vim Coolidge, has already shown dis
position to follow the old precept
Early to bed and early to rise"
There cannot help but be speculation
as to whether or not his early rising
will bring him the ability to do as
much work in the White House as it
was said former President Harding
did. We used to read of President
Hardings hours of relaxation, and we
would smile. Now, when he is dead,
we learn on good authority that he
did more actual work as President
than any of his recent predecessors.
This habit of early rising is what
might have been expected of the
President who was arm-trained in his
early days. But it will take more
than the following of a precept to fill
the place in many ways of the man
whose memory we honor today. And
on this day we can but wish that, for
his own and the countrys sake, our
new President displays these qualities.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
LOOKS TOCOOL|DGE
TO HELP FARMERS
Senator Capper Thinks Rates Will
Be Reduced Now ''

Washington, d. c., Aug. 10.-Farm
| organizations throughout the country
are confident that the new admins
tration will do all possible to reduce
freight rates and thus materially les
sen burdens of the farmers, Senator
Capper, (Kan,) chairman of the farm
bloc, said yesterday.
Mr.. Capper hopes the Interstate
Commerce Commission will reduce
freight rates before congress con-
venes, but in the event no such steps
are taken, he is sure that President
Coolidge, with the cooperation of con-
gress, will come to the rescue of the
farmers in that respect"
While he believes there are many
excellent features in the Esch-Cum-
minis law, Senator Capper is convinced
that Section 15A-the so-calIed guar
antee clause-should be stricken out
THAT protection for the roads was
necessary, fair and just for a time
after the war. until the carriers got
on their feet after Federal control"
he sara However that period is
passed, the roads, for the most part,
are very prosperous now, and there is
no reason why the government should
be under obligation to guarantee them
any stated income.
1T is that clause in the Esch-Cum-
minis law more than anything else
which accounts for the high freight
rates now charged on farm products.
With its removal, believe the car
riers would see the wisdom of vo1un-
tarily reducing rates. They would
more than offset the loss in revenue
by the increased tonnage. Under
present conditions vast quantities of
produce on farms is left TO rot be-
cause it would cost more to carry the
goods to market than could be re-
ceived for them.
There is no denying there is too
wide a spread between producers and
consumers and that the middleman is
the real obstacle. Cooperative mar
problem and extension of the plan
should have the hearty support of
government officials"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
THE MAN LONG SIDE YOU.

He used to be called your neigh
bor," did this man who, perhaps,
works beside you or the man who has
his home near yours, or the man,
unknown to you, whom you pass,
But we do not theorize about "our
neighbor" these days, and the way
we should treat him. Such illusions
are glanced at and put aside as prosy
relics of other days when eloquence,
inspired by sentiment or the imita-
ton of it, was the vogue.
We are beginning to find out good
many things about a man who has
just died. We knew of his public
actions and we read his publicly
spoken words. Some of us approved
of them and some disapproved But,
since we have found out just what
sort of man he was personally;
since we have heard and read of his
attitude of man to man, there is but
one feeling and that is one of ap-
proval and understanding.
There is a man working alongside
of you, in the same shop or in the
same office-a man you have known
long time possibly. You have seen
things in him you liked. things you
disliked. And probably you have
exaggerated the latter. At least these
things that offended you have pre-
vented your trying to understand him.
to get underneath his skin-and the
days and years have gone along.
Perhaps, in that man whom you see
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10

holds one, II 1t may be seen and
known. Warren @. Harding has left
to the world the example OF a fine,
simple man who died serving the
people who had grown to know and
love him. In his heart was the hope
that the universal brotherhood would
come through good will toward all
through this Christike quality which
is destined to accomplish that which
no force, no trickery. no transient
dream has been able to do.
We will stand uncovered as all that
Is tangible of him is lowered into the
grave. II we have taken the lesson
OF his life to heart we will echo deep
in our hearts his last plea for peace.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
Dissertations ON
The Weather

Forecast for north New England,
generally fair Friday and probably
Saturday.
South New England. fair Friday;
little change in temperature.
East New York, fair Friday and
probably Saturday; little change in
temperature.
Conditions: Over most of the east
ern third of the United States the
pressure Thursday night was rela-
lively high. Temperature changes
have been irregular.
The outlook is for generally fair
weather during the next two days in
the north Atlantic states. Tempera-
lures will be somewhat higher Fri
day in northern New England and the
lower lake region. Elsewhere in the
Washington forecast district changes
will be slight, with reading close to
the seasonal normal.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
rs Years Ago Today
Taken from Herald Of that date)

Macadam has been laid on the
Shuttle Meadow road as far AS Doerr's
Mountain Grove house. A large rock
In the road proved a barrier on the
road last week and the workmen are
still wrestling with 1t.
A bicyclist, turning from Arch
street into South Main near the troll
ley crossing, last night crashed into
two young fellows who were scorch-
ing down the street on the left hand
side. No injuries were reported.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Hatch Will
leave this week for Lake sunapee,
where they will spend n vacation.
One candidate for admission to the
New Britain Normal school and one
applicant for teachers certificate
were examined at the Office of the
state board of education yesterday.
The German and Ladies' rifle shoot
yesterday was well attended.
The street department pay roll for
this week is $34524.
Louis Schmidt, former recording
secretary of the Turner society, left
for Germany today. He will make
his home there in the future.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10
OUR FRIENDS APPROVAL.

AS the feeling throughout the coun-
try today is touched with thought of
the solemnity of it, so other things
may well be put aside and full sig
nificance given to the practical as well
as the sentimental aspect of the occa-
sion. There is one last word to be
said regarding the ambition of the
late President Harding. Just before
he was to leave for Alaska he spoke
quietly to friends gathered to bid him
farewell. They knew him intimately;
he knew them. Much of the re-
straint was absent. He was talking
to old friends. -.. .-
He was going on long trip. Pos
sibly there might have been an exag-
gerated feeling of parting from those
old friends. He did not discuss the
political situation, but, closer to his
heart perhaps, he expressed the senti-
ment that it would be worth while
If, when he returned to those old
friends again, he might come to them
as one who had done something to
meet their approval. He wanted to
make them proud of him, their friend,
This human trait inspired him as well
as the personal ambition to be re-
corded as President who had done
well. The human touch Is under
stood by all of us and Is emphasized
today. There might well follow the
old precept ITO thine own self be
true" tho words, And to thy
friends" u...-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-10

SO often. there is the desire, un-
spoken. to be your friend. your true
friend
Thousands, possibly millions have
learned that the man who has just
died longed to be their friend. Re-
member this-and let's give that man
alongside of us the benefit of the
doubt. Perhaps, If we come out Of
our shell he will, too. A new friend!
That's wealth.