Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 April 1895 — Page 4

THE BANNER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY ABRIL 1.

1895

CHIIjDKE.VS attire.

WHAT THE

LADS AND WEARING.

LASSES ARE

From Three Tears to Ten Picturesque Effects Are Sought— From Ten to Sliteen simplicity Is the Ktile--Hints For Older

tiirls -Hoys’ Suits.

It is a comparatively easy matter to dress babies and children from 3 to 10 years old, after which last named age the trouble begins. Infants’ long robes are understood by even inexperienced young mothers, and tho convenient guimpe waists and empire frocks make things comparatively easy, so far as the costuming of little girls is concerned, until the tenth birthday is past. Then the awkward period is at hand. Wise mothers understand that this undeveloped period is best met with simple costumes. Elaborate drosses only serve to accentuate tho imperfections of the overtall and angular figures of misses of

10 to 14 years of age.

Some of these older girls are beginning to wear tho tailor frocks made with skirt and coat, but this stylo is not becoming to many, as the figures are

SKETCHES OF LINCOLN.

The Weather.

The indications for this vicinity j

for the coming thirty-six hours are | as follows as received by H. S His Attempt to Make a Lawyer Renick <fe Co. from the ollicial 0 f Himself,

weather bureau at Indiananoiis: Indianapolis, April 1, 189b. Local rain or snow and much

A BOOK HIS CONSTANT COMPANION.

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colder tonight, Tuesday fair!

warmer.

Mooke.

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too undeveloped and awkward. Asa the Hamilton university. Laird Ot Lee, rule, dresses made with plain full skirts : publishers, Chicago. Price 33 ets. It and waists will be found more bocoui-

An exchange tells of a man who stopped his local paper and wrote to the editor as follows: ‘T think folks out ent to spend there munny fer paypers, mi daddy diddent and everbuddy sed In* wus the intelligent's man in the kuntry and had I the smartest family of boize that

dugged taters."

r Flie Grlofoe

A PP.ETTT DRESS FOR VOUNQ GIRL. ing. Serviceable for school wear are the cheviots, mixed tweeds and serges, while for more drossy occasions there are tho crepons, challies and india silks. For school wear the sailor dross is much worn by girls. It is made with full skirt, generally plaited. Tho blouse is in ovory respect exactly liko a boy’s, but tho vest piece lias generally a band around the neck, which makes it vastly

more becoming.

Tho simple drosses may be rendered quite smart by the addition of broad

lace shoulder capes and satin ribbon, i .,, ,, ■ , When a tailor gown is preferretf for 1 W,U 81,11 , ' xl,ur#,on i u-k, ‘ (

.Still rolls on

with exeeeilintfly low prices

Package Cortee ... 1 ' iven Tea per pomitl

Why II«* Loved a Story His ]>eflcieiiry as a Salesman How lit* Kept His Head Above the Waves of Destitution—A Surveyor Under Calhoun. fFrom “Th»* Life of Lincoln” by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1888, byjr. s * W. Weik. Copyright, laU'J, by D. Appleton & Co.J

VII

That Lincoln’s attempt to make a lawyer of himself under adverse and unpromising circumstances excitod comment is not to bo wondered at. Russell Qodby, an old man who still survives, told me in 1S<’>5 that he had often employed Lincoln to do farm work for him and was surprised to find him ono day sitting barefoot on the summit of a wood pile and attentively reading a book. “This being an unusual thing for farmhands in that early day to do, I asked him, ” relates Godby, “what ho was reading. Tm not reading, ’ be answered. ‘I’m studying.’ ‘Studying what?’ I inquired. ‘Law, sir,’ was tho emphatic response. It was really too much for me as I looked at him sitting there proud as Cicero. ‘Great God Almighty!’ I exclaimed and passed on.” But Lincoln kept on at his studies. Wherever he was and whenever he conld do so tho book was brought into use. Ho carried it with him in his rambles through the woods and bis walks to the river. When night came, he read it by Lie aid of any friendly light he could find. Frequently ho went down to tho coopt r’s shop and kindled a fire out of tho waste material lying about, and by tho light it afforded read until far

Crackers <1 pound

Rolled wheat 3 pounds Ile-t N Y I’otatoes Best Tomatoes 3 cans Best Migar Corn 3 cans Assorted Jelly in 13 pound pails Syrup per gallon White Fish per kit White Fish per pound

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.23 cts .03 ets . 75 cts . 15 cts .15 cts 40 cts . 35 cts .40 cts .05 cts

Preliminary Practice.

One of ins companions at this time relates that “while clerking in tho store or serving as postmaster ho would apply himself as opportunity offered to his studies, if it was but five minutes’ time; would open his book, which ho always kept at hand, study it, reciting to himI self; then entertain the company pres-

AiSO Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes, j ent or wait on a customer without ap-

parent annoyance from the interruption. Have frequently seen him reading while walking along the streets. Occasionally

COR. MAIN

AND OHIO STS

Clothing, etc. Julius Suiranski

tliat during my long acquaintance with him his conversation was free from injurious comment in individual cases— freer from unpleasant allusions than that of most men. While wooing that jealous eyed mistress, tho law, Lincoln was earning no money. As another has said, “Ho had a running board bill to pay and nothing to pay it with. ” By dint of sundry jobs here and there, helping Ellis in his store today, splitting rails for James Short tomorrow, he managed to keep his head above tho waves. His friends woro firm —no young man ever had truer or better ones—but be wus of too independent a turn to appeal to them or complain of his condition. Ho never at any time abandoned the idea of becoming a lawyer. That was always a spirit which beckoned him on in tho darkest hour of

his adversity.

Sumo one, probably a Democrat who voted for him in the preceding fall, recommended him to John Calhoun then surveyor of tho county, as suitable material for an assistant. This office, in view of the prevailing speculation in lands and town lots, was tho most important and possibly tho most profitable in tho county. Calhoun, the incumbent, was a Yankee and a typical gentleman. Ha was brave, intellectual, self possessed and cultivated. Ho had been educated for the law, but never practiced much after coming to Illinois; taught school in preferonoe. As an instructor ho was the popular one of his day and ago. I attended the school he taught, when I was a boy, in Springfield, and was in later years clerk of the city under his administration as mayor. Lincoln, I know, respected and admired him. After Lincoln’s removal to Springfield they frequently held joint debates on political questions. At one time, I remember, they discussed tho tariff question in the courthouse, using up tho better part of two evenings in tho contest. Calhoun was polite, affable and an honest debater, never dodging any question. This 1 made him a formidable antagonist in J argumentative qontroversy. I have

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Sutherlin Is showing the latest productions in MEN’S SPRING NECK WE A.R, In all the most desirable shapes. HAND HOWS, SHIELD HOWS, FLOWING END TECKS FOUR IN HANDS. WINDSOR

heard Lincoln say that Calhoun gave j CLU H HOUSE TIES, CtC.

him more trouble in his debates than j

he would become absorbed with his

ati* t f

Douglas over did, because he was more captivating in his manner and a more

learned man than Douglas.

But to rt sumo. The recommendation of Lincoln's friends wus sufficient to induce Calhoun to appoint him one of his deputies. At the time he received notice of his selection by Calhoun, Lincoln was out in tho woods near New Salem splitting rails. A friend named Pollard Simmons, who still survives and has related the incident to me, walked out to tho point where ho was working with tho cheering news. Lincoln, being a Whig and knowing Calhoun's pronounced Democratic tendcu-

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For March.

girls of 14 to 10, an appropriate pattern is what is known as an English jacket. This is, in point of fact, a throe box plaited affair, tho plaits running lengthwise and tho jacket belted. Cloaks for children under 12 arc either long enough to cover tho dross or very short in the reefer style. Tho long coats are cut half fitting, with a Haring skirt, or with a full skirt fastened to a waist and worn with one, two or three capes. Rough and smooth cloths are both used. The cloth coats are often guiltless of any trimming and depend entirely on the beauty of material and faultless cut for the look of style. The rough cheviot coats, like peajackets, are smart little affairs worn with school dresses, and liko the boys’ short coats, are particularly good for play and to wear when walking, ns the long coats are somewhat heavy. Boots without heels are worn by little girls, tho spring heel until they grow older. Kid boots, with patent leather trimmings, and cloth and kid, with patent leather tips for dress wear, are the proper footgear. Slippers and short socks are only worn by very small girls, to whom also are relegated colored shoes to match the colored sashes. The little Lord Fauntleroy style predominates in suits for tho small boy on dressy occasions. A very attractive ob-

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YOU Can have your clothing made to your order at the price you pay for ready made. A. G. Lester, No. b E. Washington st.

book; would stop and stand for a few i cies, inquired if lie had to sacrifice any

moments, then walk on, or pass from one house to another, or from one crowd or squad of men to another. He was apparently seeking amusement, and with his thoughtful face and ill fitting clothes was the last man one would have sin-

gled out for a student. ”

It was not long until ho was able to draw up deeds, contracts, mortgages and other leg id papers for his neighbors. He figured conspicuously as a pettifogger before the justice of the peace; but, regarding it merely as a kind of preliminary practice, seldom made any charge for his services. Meanwhile he was reading not only lawbooks, but natural philosophy and other scientific

subjects.

It lias been denied ns often as charged that Lincoln narrated vulgar stories, but tho truth is ho loved a story, however extravagant or vulgar, if it had a good point. If it was merely a ribald recital and had no sting in the end— that is, if it exposed no weakness or pointed no moral—he had no use for it either in conversation or public speech, but if it had tho necessary ingredients of mirth and moral no one could use it with more telling effect. As a mimic he was unequaled, and with his characteristic gestures he built up a reputation for story telling, although fully as many of his narratives were borrowed as original, which followed him through life. One who listened to his early stories in New Salem says; “His laugh was striking. Such awkward gestures belonged to no other man. They attracted universal attention, from the old sedate down to the schoolboy. Then in a few moments he was as calm and thoughtful as a judge on the bench and as ready to give advice on tho most important matters. Fun and gravity grew

on him ftiihu. ” A Striking Figure.

As a salesman Lincoln was lamentably deficient. He was toe prone to lead off into a discussion of politics or morality, leaving some one else to finish tho trade which ho had undertaken.

Tl stupsani Piano

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law piaiiHin-Giiilai

; an- steadily winning favor with scores of ottr mnsic lovers. Hadn’t \ou better bear them? Cash or easy pay-

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ALWAYS ON HAND.

Royal Lenient Wall Plaster, Portland

and Louisville Cements. Plaster Paris, One of his employer* says: “Ho always Hairand Lime. At the lowest prices. | disliked to wait on the ladies, prefer-

ring, he sai 1, to wait on tiiu men and

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People arc surprised that F. C. VKWIIOl SF. s,.||s so many piano:— especially during these hard times. Here's the reason : His pianos are the best and Ids prices arc low. It's a char..VI I aeturistic of tills house to make ex-

principlo in Accepting tho position. “If 1 tl m.rdinarv oil. ring-. A - where I can bo perfectly free in my political V o„ , a ii biiy on credit as cheaply as

action, I will take tho office,” he re- | elsewhere for cash,

marked, “but if my sentiments or-even expression of them is to be abridged in 1 any way I would not have it or any other office.” A young man hampered j by poverty as Lincoln was at this time, ] who had tho conrage to deal with public office ns lie did, was certainly made of unalloyed material. No wonder in after years, when he was defeated by Douglas, ho could inspire Ids friends by the admonition not to “give up after

one nor one hundred defeats.”

Honors were now crowding thick and

fast upon him. On May 7, 1833, he was commissioned postmaster at New Salem, tlio first office he ever held under tho federal government. Thu salary was proportionate to the amount of business done. Whether Lincoln solicited the appointment himself or whether it was given Idm without the asking I do not know, hut certain it is his “administra-

tion” gave general satisfaction.

Nature*'* Stamp of Gr<*atneftM.

No little of Lincoln's iulluenfu with tho men of Now Salem can he attributed to ids extraordinary feats of strength. By an arrangement of ropes and straps, harnessed about his hips, lie was enabled one day at tho mill to astonish a crowd of village celebrities by lifting a box of stones weighing near l,b00 pounds. There is no fiction either, as suggested by come of Ids biographers, in the story that ho lifted a barrel of whisky from tho ground and drank from the hung, but in performing tins latter almost incredible feat he did not stand erect and elevate tho barrel, but squatted down and lifted it to his knees, rolling Rover until his mouth came opposite the hung. His strength, kindness of manner, love of fairness and justice, | his original and unique sayings, ids power of mimicry, his perseverance— ! all made a combination tartly met with on tho frontier. Nature had burned him in her holy fire and stamped him with

the seal of her greatness.

In tho summer of 1843 Lincoln determined to make another race for tho legislature, but this time he ran dis-

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l>oys. I also remember he used to sleep ' tmctly tis a Whig. He made, it is pre-

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SUITS FOR DOTS.

ject is the little man when clad in a jaunty suit of velvet worn ever a silk shirt with turndown collar. Sometimes these shirts are white, but colored ones are also worn with those suits. This Fauntleroy style is also carried out in less expensive material, as corduroy or velveteen. Cavalier suits, in corduroy, with silk plaited skirts; highland dresses, with their accompanying ornaments, and the more practical sailor clothes rival each other in popularity. A dress suit for a bqy of 7 to 10 years is made in black twill, with a vest and round coat, which has a silk faced collar. The knee trouser* are met with cashmere hose. A white linen shirt and wiiite necktie an worn witli Aids suit.

J. lYfRKLE THE TAILOR Has just received a splendid line of spring samples, which he will be pleased to show the public, lit- is prepared to turn out best work in pants aud suits to be had in the city. Ouly very latest styles and very lowest prices. It will pay you to call ami set- him before ordering elsewhere Remember he is at the old stand, e vet the Western Union idEce, on Indiana St.

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The Origin of the Daisy. I lie Races on the Neva. The Players at Chess. Etchings: Afterwards. The Man Who Was Never Found. An Original Assessor. And other sketches are tola* found in the last issue of the Chauddce book published by the passenger department of the C. II. <fc D. R. R. Only a few

much company at the tavern. Ho woro tlax and tow linen pantaloons — I thought about five inches too short in tho legs—and frequently had but one suspender, no vest or coat. He woro a calico siiirt, such as he had in the Black Hawk war; coarse brogans, tan color; blue yam socks and straw lint, old style and without a band.” His friend Ellis attributed his shyness in the presence of tho ladies to the consciousness of his awkward appearance and tho unpretentious condition of his wearing apparel. It was more than likely due to pure bashfulness. “On one occasion,” continues Ellis, “while wo boarded at the tavern, there came a family, consisting of an old lady, her son and three stylish daughters, from the state of Virginia, who stopped there for two or three weeks, and during their stay I do not

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A pretty suit for a boy who is about to wear his first pair of trousers is the three piece suit. Tho jacket and trousers are of cloth and the blouse of flannel or silk or linen as seems most desirable. The jacket to this suit is sometimes outlined w’tli braid. Alice Yarn cm.

day order i- received. Addiv-- ('hand- at tho same table with them

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As a society man Lincoln was singularly deficient while he lived in New Salem and even during the remainder of his life. He never indulged in gossip about the ladies nor aided in the circulation of village scandal. Fer woman ho had a high regard, und I can testify

Burned, tho usual number of speeches, but as the art of newspaper reporting had not reached the perfection it has since attained we are not favored with even tho substance of ins efforts on the stump. I have Lincoln’s word for it that it was more of a handshaking cam-

paign than anything else.

Tho election took place in August. Lincoln's niumi, John T. Sluait, \>as also a candidate on the legislative ticket. He encouraged Lincoln’s canvass in every way, even at the risk of sacrificing his own chances. But both were elected. Tho four successful candidates were Dawson, who received 1,31)0 votes, Lincoln 1,376, Carpenter 1,170 aud

Stuart 1,164.

At last Lincoln had been elected to tho legislature and by a very flattering

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JAMES M. HURLEY

Has a Residence in Crawfordsville to exchange for a residence in Greencastle, and a few Real

majority. In order, as he himself said, I K * tate bargains in property if

“to make a decent appearance in the taken at once,

legislature, ” he had to lairrow money

to buy suitable clothing and to maintain his new dignity. Coleman Hmoot, one of his friends, advanced him “$200, which he returned,” relates tho generous Smoot, “according to promise.” Hero wo leave our rising young statesman to take up a different but very in-

♦erestinu oeriod of his historv.

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