Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 April 1895 — Page 4
THE BANNER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY ABRIL 20 1805
Wil l The price of this Carpet was Seventy-Five SKETCHES OF LINCOLN. Cents, but I £ot a discount, so it only cost me Sixty Cents. |
II sband Yes, but you could have got the same thing
at Allen’s for Fifty Cents.
Wm;—That may be, but then Allen’s wouldn t have I
taken oil anything.
Settling Down to the Practice
of Law.
EFFECT OF HIS POLITICAL DEFEAT,
His Talent a* » Story TVIIor How Ho Appeared In the Law Oftiee Hi* Mont Striking (IharacterlstIc—How the Feet* Were Divided.
Arc unc of the two tiling'nf |iiiiiei|i:il intere'i in every household, ynti iiuiy not he uware of the fact lint il N nevertlieles' I rue, priee-. are much lower than ever helore in the history of the carpet trade. We are showin ' larj'e line' such as the everv day people nujjht to huy. ranj;iii!' in priee for carpets Iroin 2,> to 7'i cente. Ami our >1'KA\\ MATTIXti stiwk is we believe fully double tiie eomhined 'lin k- of the place. 1‘riccs from K> to oh cents.
[From “The Life of Lincoln” by William II. Herndon ami Jesse W. W< ik. (’wpyright, T s, by J.-s. W. W- ik. Copyright, 1 x»2, by D. Appleton & Co.] XVI.
It has heen said that some familic' would part with the cook stove rather than mi's a circus. We hardly think it a true utatement but we lielieve they inijht consider the matter of letting the stove ”o if the deinatul for a new spring die . was not satislied. If yon will come to see our
DRESS GOODS
You will tinil the saeritlce entirely unnecessary for no matter how economically inclined you are we try and satisfy, anil in our very la tee stock you have but little dillicuity as to style or price. Some special new effects just received in
Dresden and Taffeta Silks FOR WAISTS.
NOTICE the little coupon in the lower corner. Cut that out, put in your pocket and present in our shoe department, and we will deduct 2r> cents from the price of any pair of shoes purchased of us within two weeks from date ot this paper, costing if 1 .hh or over. Remember every article in our store marked in plain tignres; then you need not show your coupon until you have selected your si and learned the priee. Hetter yet, we w ill number the coupons as they come in, one, tw o. three, etc., up to one hundred, and the man, woman or child that brings in the one hundredth shall have the shoes they select for nothing. Remember the time—within two weeks after the date of this issue of the Baxnku Timms, flotne now , let's try ttiis little scheme. We will be fair and live up to this agreement. Remember the stock of shoes to select from is equal to any in the county and every pair worth what you pay for them or money back.
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ALaI^IAN BROS. S/joo Department.
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Kefunml to Indict.
Bvttr, Mon., April 2i).—The grand jury, called three weeks ago by Judge Speer of the district court to investigate iie disastrous dynamite explosion of Jan. 15, by which 58 men were killed, refused to indict anyone on the ground that they were unable to locate the responsibility upon any individual. Civil suits for damages agregating #250,000 have been brought against the two hard
ware companies.
.N it coufuaca tin: jto read thla type at li iuchaa from ’ * the face, yon had better go to Dr. G. W. Bence uud hare
{ youv evea fitted with a pair of anectactn*.
The largest Stock of
Indians on thn Warpath.
Winnipeg, April 29.—A Killarney dispatch to The Free Press says reports come in from St. Johns, N. D., just over the Manitoba boundary, that 1,500 Indians and halfbreeds are on the warpath, and that *00 women and children are in tents on the prairie. Troops from Fort Totten are ordered to St. Johns. A man named Ross, living near the boundary on the Canadian side, was chased by Indians and had to Hee for his life.
an spims
Ever brought to the County. Do not trust your eyes to Ped-
dlers or Jewelers.
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While a member of congress and otherwise immersed in politics, Lincoln seemed to lose all interest in the law. Of course what practice ho himself controlled passed into other hands. I retained all the business 1 could and worked steadily on until, when bo returned, our practice was as extensive as that of any other firm at the bar. Lin- 1 coin realized that much of this was duo j to my efforts, and on his return ho theroi fore suggested that ho had no right to j share in the business and profits which I 1 had made. I responded that, as ho had aided mo ami given me prominence when 1 was young and needed it, I could afford now to bo grateful if not generous. I therefore recommended a continuation of the partnership, and we went on as before. I could notice a ditference in Lincoln’s movement as a lawyer from this time forward. He had begun to realize a certain lack of discipline—a want of mental training and method. Ten years had wrought some change in the law and more in tho lawyers of Illinois. The conviction had settled in the minds of tho people that the pyrotechnics of courtroom and stump oratory did not necessarily imply extensive or profound ability in tho lawyers who resorted to them. The courts were becoming graver and more learned, ami tho lawyer was learning as a preliminary and indispensable condition to success that he must bo a close reasonor, besides having at command a broad knowledge of tho principles on which the statutory law is constructed. There was, of course, tho same riding on circuit as before, but the courts had improved in tone and morals, and there was loss laxity—at least it appeared so to Lincoln. Political defeat had wrought a marked effectou him. It went below tho skin and made a changed man of him. He was not soared nt his seeming political decline, but still ho determined to eschew politics from that time forward and devote himself entirely to the law. And now he began to make up for time lost in politics by studying tho law in earnest. No man had greater power of application than he. Once fixing his mind on any subject, nothing could interfere with or disturb him. Frequently I would go out on the circuit with him. Wo usually at the little country inns occupied the same bed. In most cases tho buds wore too short for him, and his feet would hang over the footboard, thus exposing a limited expanse of shinbone. Placing a candle on a chair at tho head of tho bed, lie would road and study for hours. I have known him to study in this position till 2 o'clock in the morning. Meanwhile I and others who chanced to occupy tho same room would be safely and soundly asleep.
On tilt) Circuit.
On tho circuit in this way ho studied Euclid until ho could with ease demonstrate all tho propositions in the six books. How he could maintain his mental equilibrium or concentrate his thoughts on au abstract mathematical proportion while Davis, Logan, Swett, Edwards and I so industriously and volubly tilled tho air with our interminable snoring was a problem none of ns
Murderer Owens Dies. Houston, Tex., April 28.—R. P. Owens, the murderer of Dr. Simmons, who fired two shots into his own breast, is dead. His wife, whom he shot at the same time, is still in a critical condition and thu result of her injuries cannot be foretold. A rumor is to the effect that Owens confessed to an attendant at the hosnital that he killed the wromt man.
mat om Rattletrap
Suspected oi Murder. Ft )HT WA yn K, A1 iril 29. —Last Wednesday' night Mrs. Savannah Dugan, who deserted her husband in Ohio five years ago, ilii’il in this city. She was alone with William Newman, Iter lover, at tho time. The coroner’s inquest held yesterday developed the fact that the woman’s neck was broken, and while the funeral was in progress yesterday afternoon Newman was placed under arrest on suspicion of being the cause of iter death. The prisoner declares his innocence.
Fire in nn 1 n*iinr lloNpltal* Watkins, N. Y., April 29.—About 8 o’clock yesterday morning tire broke out at tlie state hospital for the insane at Willard, on Senaea laki, and before the hospital lire department could get it under eontwil it had destroyed the kitchen, laundry, bakery and tailor shop, which were in an extension back of the middle section of the main building. Luckily no one was injured, although there was considerable excitement for a time. Loss $75,000.
Of it piano may he very dear to you from long association, but you know the action is all giinc and the tone is like unto a tin pan. Yet you will ask your guests and daughters to play upon it. It isn’t fair to eitlter. Think it Over! You need a new one, and ought to get it, and just now is the time to save money. Prices were never lower or terms more liberal. If you don’t want to put the old piano in file iittie, 1 will allow you for it on a new one. However, just come .’11111 see wimt I will do for you. Don’t forget this is the time of year to have your piano t lull'd.
up, curtainime, me corners 01 nre mouth, his frame quivered with suppressed excitement, and when the point, or “nub,” of tho story, as ho called it, came no one’s laugh was heartier than his. These backwoods allegories are out of date now, and any l.iwyi r ambitious to gain prominence would hardly dare thus to entertain a crowd, except at the ; risk of ids reputation, but with Lincoln it gave him in some myst”tiou- way a
singularly firm hold on the p uplo. How Lincoln appeared and acted in
the law otllco has . 11 graphic liy and, | 1 must confess, truthfully told by a gentleman, now in New York, who was f r several years a student in onr office. 1 j beg to quote a few lines from him: “My brother met Mr. Lincoln in Ottawa,Ills., ; one day and said to him, T have a , brother whom I would very much like | to have enter your office ns a student.’ ‘All right! was the reply. ‘Send him 1
down, and we will take a look at him.
1 was then studying law at Orand Rapids, Mich., and on hearing from my brother 1 immediately packed up and started for Springfield. 1 arrived lluro on Saturday night. On Sunday Mr. Lincoln was pointed out to me. I well remember this first sight of him. Ho was striding along, holding little Tad, thi :i about li years old, by tho hand, who could with tho greatest difficulty keep up with his father. In the morning 1 applied at the office of Lincoln A Hern-
don for admission as a student.
A Modent Office.
“Tho office was on tho second floor of a brick building on tho public square, opposite tho courthouse. You went up one flight of stairs and then passed along a hallway to tho rear office, which was a medium sized room. There was one long table in tho center of tho room and a shorter one running in tho opposite direction, forming aT, and both were coverd with green baize. There were two windows which looked into tho back : yard. In one corner was an old fashioned secretary with pigeonholes and a drawer, and hero Mr. Lincoln and his partner kept their law papers. There I was also a bookcase containing abont 200 volumes of law as well as miscella- 1
neons books.
“Tho morning I entered tho office Mr. Lincoln and his partner, Mr. Herndon, were both present. Mr. Lincoln addressed his partner thus: ‘Billy, this is the young man of whom I spoke to you. Whatever arrangement you make with him will bo satisfactory to me.’ Then, turning to me, he said: ‘I hope you will not become so enthuisastio in your studies of Bluckstone and Kent as did two young men whom we had here. Do you see that spot over there?’ pointing to a large ink stain on the wall. ‘Well, one of these young men got so enthusiastic in his pursuit of legal lore that ho fin d an inkstand at tho other one’s head, and that is tho mark he made. ’ I immediately began to clean up about the office a little. Mr. Lincoln had been in congress and had the usual amount of seeds to distribute to the farmers. These were sent out with Free Soil and Republican doouments. In my efforts to clean up I found that some of the seeds had sprouted in the dirt that had collected in the office. Judge Logan and Milton Hay occupied the front offices of the same Hoor with Lincoln and Herndon, and one day Mr. Hay came in and said, with apparent astonishment, ‘What’s happened here?’ 'Oh, nothing,’ replied Lincoln, pointing to me, ‘only this young man has been cleaning up a little.' “Lincoln's favorite position when unraveling some knotty law point was to stretch both of his legs at full length upon a chair in front of him. In this position, with books on the table near by and in his lap, he worked up his ease. No matter how deeply interested in his work, if any one came in ho had something humorous and pleasant to say, and usually wound up by tolling a joke or au anecdote. I have heard him relate the same story three times within as
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could ever solva 1 was on tho circuit many hours to persons who came in at
with Lincoln probably one-fourth of tho time. Tho remainder of my time was spent in Springfield looking after the business there, hut I know that life on the circuit was a gay one. It was rich with incidents and afforded the nomadic lawyers ample relaxation from all tho irksome toil that fell to their lot. Lincoln loved it. I suppose it would bo a fair estimate to state that he spent over half the year following Judges Treat and Davis around on the circuit. On Saturdays the court and attorneys, if within a reasonable distance, would usually start for their homes. Some went for a fresh supply of clothing, but tho greater number went simply to spend a day of rest with their families. The only exception was Lincoln, who usually
different periods, and every time he laughed as heartily and enjoyed it as if it were a new story. His humor was infectious. I hud to laugh hecause I thought it funny that Mr. Lincoln enjoyed a story so repeatedly told.
HivtiHng the Keen.
“There was no order in the office at all. The firm of Lincoln & Herndon kept no books. They divided fees without taking any receipts or making any entries on books. Ono day Mr. Lincoln received $5,000 as a foe in a railroad case. Ho came in and said, ‘Well, Billy,’ addressing his partner, Mr. Herndon, ‘here is our foe. Sit down and lot me divide. ’ He counted out #2,500 to his partner and gave it to him with as much nouchalaiioe as he would have given a few
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spent his Sundays witli the loungers at | cents for a paper. Cupidity had no abid-
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the country tavern and only went homo at the end of tho circuit or term of court. “At first,’’relates one of Ins colleagues on the circuit, “wo wondered at it, but soon learned to account for his strange disinclination to go home. Lincoln himself never had much to say about homo, and wo never felt, free to
ing place in his nature.
“I took a good deal of pains in getting up a speech which I wanted to deliver during a political campaign. I told Mr. Lincoln that I would like to read it to him. He sat down in ono chair, put his feet into another one and said: ‘John, you can fire away with that
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comment on it. Most of ns had pleasant, | speech. I guess 1 can stand it. ’ I uninviting homes, and as we struck out | rolled tho manuscript and proceeded for them I’m sure each ono of us down with some trepidation. ‘That’s a good in our hearts had a mingled feeling of j point, John,’ ho would say at certain pity and sympathy lor him.” If tho day places, and at others, ‘That’s good—very was long and ho was oppressed, the feel-| good iudeod,’until I felt very much
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ing was soon relieved by the narration of a story. The tavern loungers enjoyed it, and his melancholy, taking to itself
wings, seemed to fly away.
Ah a Story Toller*
In the role of a story teller lam prone to regard Mr. Lincoln as without an
elated over my effort. I delivered tho speech over 50 times during the earn- i puign. Elinor E. Ellsworth, after colo- |
uel of tho famous zouaves, who was
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killed in Alexandria early in tho war, was nominally a student in Lincoln’s office. His head was so full of military
equal. I have seen him surrounded by a matters, however, that ho thought little
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Persons in want of old papers for
sbroyed and the plant of Freeze & Peters, j shelving, to put let- carpets, or for
manufacturers of sinks and refrigera- \ wrapping purposes, can he supplied at tors, badly damaged by Are yesterday this office, in any quantity that may he
if v«ruoou Loss $50,000. | desired, at low rates.
crowd numbering as many as 200 and in some cases 300 persons, all deeply ini terested in tho outcome of a story which, when ho had finished it, speedily found repetition in every grocery and lounging place within reach. His power of mimicry, as 1 have before noted, and bis manner of recital were in many respects unique if not remarkable. His countenance and all his features seemed to take part in the performance. As he neared the pith or point of the joke or story every vestige of seriousness disappeared from his face. His little gray eves sparkled, a smile seemed to gather
of law. Of Ellsworth. Lincoln said, ‘That young man has a real genius for
war I’ ’’
I.inrolu’M Hatred of OpprcKMion. To Newton Bateman, October. 1860: “I know there is a God, and that ho hates injustice and slavery. I see the Ktorni coming, and I know thatdiis hand is in it. If he lias a place and work for me, and I think he has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, hut truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it. and Christ is God. ”
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