Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-02-05

work again. And then he said, 'Goodby.' But fny
brother said, Sir, you have been very kind to me-
and I would like to know your name before we
part
".Well I'm that Abe Lincoln you have been
thinking would be elected live down here
short distance come see me- / have law office
uptown; drop In when you can, read the papers
and make yourself at home
Thanking him again. he said, believe you will
certainly be elected, Mr. Lincoln
The letter goes on to tell how Lincoln met young
Tyson at church and took him home to dinner
Upon being mustered out, after three years serv-
Ice Tyson met Lincoln on the street in Washing
ton. Thereupon Lincoln called him by name exam
med his war record and again took him home to
dinner. Tyson saw Lincoln once more-in his
coffin.
Did YOU know that lincoln was an inyentor7
officials Of the department of history of the Smith
sonian institution the other day came across the
model Of an invention by Lincoln. It bears the
label Improvement in method OF lifting vessels
over shoals May %, 1849
This patent was the result of an experience, in
1891 at the beginning of that voyage down the
Mississippi which was fated to have an immense
influence upon his whole life. Lincoln and several
of his friends built f1atboat for Denton Ofutt
at Sangamontown, which has disappeared from
the map of Illinois The boat was loaded with
pork in barrels, corn and hogs for New Orleans
Anril 10 they reached New Salem, place destined
to be an important spot in the career of Lincoln
There the boatmen met with an unexpected OBJ
stacle The boat stuck on the mill-dam OF James
Rutledge He was the father of LncOn's love-
Ann Rutledge whose death nearly drove the fu-
ture statesman to insanity. And there the boat
hung for day and night, with no prospect OF
release.
Finally, under Lncon's direction some OF the
cargo was transferred to another boat Then the
barrels of pork were rolled forward. Still the
boat stuck Then Lincoln got an auger and bored
hole in the bottom of the after part, letting out
lot Of water that had leaked in. Then the boat
slid over the dam.
Lincoln and his flatboat aoated safely down
the Sangamon and the Illinois. On the MISSISSIPPI
they made brief stops at Memphis, Vicksburg and
Natchez They reached New Orleans early in
Nav. It was then that Lincoln conceived his
hatred for savery-the only thing he ever did
hate-that played so important part in his
career AS one of his companions said, Slavery
ran the iron into him then and there" 1t was a
slave auction that most excited his anger Lincoln
SO the story goes, babe his companions follow him,
saving: sBoys, let's get away from this. II get
a chance to hit that thing, I'll hit it hard"
Remember that Lincoln's election to the Pres
dency hinged on his deliberate question to Doug
las in the historic 'Freeport Debates of 1883
"Can the people of United States territory, in
any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen
Of the United States exclude slavery from its
limits prior to the formation of a state constitu-
tion?"
Douglas answered "Yes' and won the senator
ship And two years later Douglas lost the Pres
idency, just Lincoln had foreseen and predicted
Lincoln made no plumbers regarding slavery
He saw that through the Union only could it be
abolished And January l. 1863 when the time
was ripe, he signed the Emancipation Proclama
tion.