Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 27 May 1895 — Page 4

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I A N S S

ONE GIVES RELIEF

Iin

Beginning Life on His Own Account.

SjECOITD TEIP TO NEW 0ELEAN3,

JTarfy Smvorst.itions—Another Visitation of

the Sick"—Abe Attains His Ma

jority—1':« lousiness Ability and Physi

cal I'I OV.OKS—Clerk IN a. Store.

"Fron: "Tho Life of Lincoln" by William H. Ilcriul in and Jesse W. Weill. Copyright, l&sS, by ,T-.M• \Y. V.'T.-ik. Copyright, 1892, by

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Although gay, prosperous and light hearted, those people wore brimming over with superstition. It was at onco their food and drink. They believed in the baneful influence of witches, pinned their faith to the curative power of wizards in dealing with sick animals and shot the image of a witch with a silver ball to break the spell she was supposed to have over human beings. They followed with religious minuteness the directions of the water wizard, with his magic divining rod, and the faith doctor who wrought miraculous cures by strange sounds and signals to somo mysterious agency. The flight of a bird in at the window, the breath of a horse on a child's head, tho crossing by a dog of a hunter's path, all betokened evil luck in store for some one. Tho moon exercised greater influence on the actions of the people and the growth of vegetation than tho sun and all the planetary system combined. Fenco rails could only be cut in the light of the moon and potatoes planted in the dark of the moon. Trees and plants which bore their fruit above ground could bo planted when the moon shone full. Soap could only be made in the light of tho moon, and it must only bo stirred in oito way and by one person. They had tho horror of Friday which with many exists to this day. Nothing was to bo begun on that unlucky day, for if the rule were violated an endless train of disasters was sure to follow. •Surrounded by people who believed in these tilings. Lincoln grew to manhood. With them he walked, talked and labored, and from them lie also absorbed whatever of superstition showed itself in him thereafter. His early Baptist training made him a fatalist up to the day of his death, and listening in boyish wonder to the legends of some toothless old dame- led him to believe in the significance of dreams and visions. Hir. surroundings helped to create that unique character which in the eyes of a great portion of the American people was only less curious and amusing than it was august and noble.

Tho winter of 1829 was marked by another visitation of that dreaded disease, "the milk sick. It was making the usual ravages among the cattle. Human victims were falling before it every day, and it caused tho usual Btampede I in southern Indiana. Dennis Hanks, discouraged by the prospect and grieving over the loss of his stock, proposed a move farther westward. Returning emigrants had brought encouraging news of the newly developed state of Illinois. Vast stretches of rich alluvial lands were to bo had there on tho easiest of terms.

His land groaned under tho weight of a long neglected encumbrance, and, like many of his neighbors, he was ready for another change. Having disposed of his land to James Gentry, and his grain and stock to young David Turnham, ho loaded his household effects into a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, and in March, 1SJJ0, started for Illinois. The two daughters of Mrs. Lincoln had meanwhile married Dennis Hanks and Levi Hall, and with these additions tho party numbered K5 in all. Abo had just passed his twenty-first birthday.

After a fortnight of rough and fatiguing travel the colon}- of Indiana emigrants reached a point in L.^nois fivo miles northwest of tho town of Decatur, in Macon county. John Hanks, son of

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JOHN 1IANKS.

that Joseph Hanks in whoso shop at Elizabethtown Thomas Lincoln had learned what ho know of the carpenter's art, met and sheltered them until they were safely housed on a piece of land which he had selected for them five miles farther westward. He had preceded them over a year and had in tho meantime hewed out a few timbers to bo used in the construction of their cabin. With tho aid of tho oxen and a plow John and Abo broko up 15 acres of sod, and "Aboand myself," observes Hanks in a matter of act way, "split rails enough to fence tho place in. As they swung their axes or with wedge and maul split out tho rails how strange to them the thought would have seemed that thoso selfsamo rails were destined to niako one of them immortal! If such a vision flashed bofore the mind of either, he made no sign of it, but each kept steadily on in his simplo, unromantic task.

Hi-ginning Life oil Ills Own Account.

Abe had now attained his majority wid began to throw from his ehouldrfrs

the vexations of parental restraint. Ho had don*) his duty to his father and felt alio to begin lifo on his own account. As ho steps out into tho broad and inviting world wo take him up for consideration as a man.

For a long time after beginning life on his own account Abe remained in sight of the parental abode. He worked at odd jobs in the neighborhood or wherever the demand for his services called him. As late as INol he was still in tho same parts, and John Hanks is authorit}' for the statement- that he "made 3,000 rails for Major Warnick," walking daily three miles to his work. During tho intervals of leisure he read tho few books obtainable and continued tho practice of extemporaneous speaking to the usual audience of undemonstrative stumps and voiceless trees. His first attempt at public speaking after landing in Illinois is thus described to me by John Hanks, whoso language I incoi--porate: "After Abe got to Decatur, or rather to Macon county, a man by tho name of Posey came into our neighborhood and made a speech. It was a bad one, and I said Abe could beat it. I turned down a box, and Abe made his speech. The other man was a candidate. Abe wasn't. Abo beat him to death, his subject being the navigation of the Sangamon river. The man, after Abe's speech was through, took him aside and asked him where he had learned so much and how he could do so well. Abo replied, stating his maimer and method of reading and what he had read. The man encouraged him to persevere.

For the first time we are now favored with the appearance on the scene of a very important personage,.one destined to exert no little influence in shaping Lincoln's fortunes. It is Denton Ofi'ut, a oris!-: and venturesome business man, whose operations extended up and down the Sangamon river for many miles. Having heard glowing reports of John Hanks' successful experience as a boatman in Kentucky, he had come down tho river to engage the hitter's services to take a- boat-load of sto.-k and provisions to New Orleans. "lie wanted mo to go badly," observes Hanks, "but 1 waited awhile before answering. I hunted up Abe, and I introduced him and John Johnston, his stepbrother, to Ofi'ut-. After some talk we at last made an engagement with Ofi'ut- at 50 cents a day and §00 to make the trip to New Orleans.

Having loaded the vessel with, pork in barrels, corn and hogs, these sturdy boatmen swung out into the stream. On April 19 thev reached the town of New Salem, a place destined to bo an important spot in the career of Lincoln. There they met with their first serious delay The boat stranded on llutledge'smillflam and hung helplessly over it a day and a night. "We unloaded the boat, "narrated on of the crew to explain how they obtained relief from their embarrassing situation—"that is:, we transferred the goods from our boat to a borrowed one. We then rolled the barrels forward. Lincoln bored a hole in the end projecting over the dam. The water which had Irakid in ran out, and we elifl over." (Ma.t was profoundly impressed with this exhibit-it Lincoln's ingenuity. In his enthusiasm he declared to the crowd who covered the hill and who had been watching Lincoln's operation that he would build a steamboat to plow up and down tho Sangamon, and that Lincoln should be her captain. She would have rollers for shoals and dams, runners for ice, and, with Lincoln in charge, "By thunder, she'd have to go!"

Alter release from their embarrassing, not to say perilous, position tho boat and her crew floated away. Early in May they reached New Orleans, whero they lingered a month, disposing of their cargo and viewing the sights which the Crescent City afforded.

In June the entire party, including Oftut, boarded a steamboat going up tho river. At St. Louis they disembarked, Ofi'ut- remaining behind, while Lincoln, Hanks and Johnston started across Illinois on foot. At Edwardsville they separated, Hanks going to Springfield, while Lincoln and his stepbrother foliowcd the road to Coles county, to which point old Thonu.s Lincoln had meanwhile removed. Hero Abo did not tarry long, probably not over a month, but long enough to dispose most effectually of one Daniel Needham, a famous wrestler who had challenged the returned boatman to a test of strength. Tho contest took place at a locality known as Wabash Point. Abe threw his antagonist twice with comparative easo and thereby demonstrated such marked strength and agility as to render him forever popular with tho boys of that neighborhood.

His introduction to tho citizens of New Salem, as Mentor Graham, the schoolteacher, tells us, was in tho capacity of cleik of an election board. Graham furnishes ample testimony of the facility, fairness and honest}' which characterized the new clerk's work, and both teacher and clerk were soon bound together by the warmest of ties.

A few days after the election Lincoln found employment with tme Dr. Nelson, who, after the style of dignitaries of later days, started with his family and effects in his "private" conveyanei— which, in this instance, was a flat-boat— for Texas. Lincoln was hired to pilot tho vessel through to the Illinois river. Arriving at Beardstown, tho pilot was discharged and returned on foot across the sand and hills to New Salem. In tho meantime OfTut's long expected goods had arrived, and Lincoln was placed in charge. OlTut relied in no slight degree on the business capacity of his clerk. In his effusive way he praised him beyond reason. He boasted of his skill as a business man and his wonderful intellectual acquirements. As for physical strength and fearlessness of danger, he challenged New Salem and the entiro world to produce his equal.

I-'iliuI Devotion.

Lincoln's love for his second mother Was a most filial and affectionate one. His letters elaow that he regarded the relation truly as that of mother and son.

PRETTY FAIR PAY.

Mr. Foster Jvaitl to Get 31 ore Than S100,000 I"or Two Mouths' Work.

It is claimed that- John W. Foster will receive more than $100,000 for two months' service as a diplomatic adviser, helping to iet Li Hung Chang down as easy as possible with the Japanese. Mr. Foster is one of the most- experienced, if imt-

one

of the ablest, commercial dip

lomats in litis country, perhaps in tho world, but

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Lion and Mouse.

A mouse was put- in the cage of a lion t:f test whether, as the old fables asserted, there was a natural affection between them. The experiment demonstrates that each was so afraid of the other that no affection cordd exist between them. The lion saw the mouse before he was fairly through the bars and was after him instantly

Away went the little fellow, scurry-" ing across tho floor and squeaking in fright. When he had gone about ten feet, the lion sprang, lighting a little iu front of him. The mouse turned, and the lion sprang again. This was repeated several times, the mouse traversing a shorter distanco ait-er each spring of tlie lion.

Finally tho mouse stood still, squealing and trembling. The lion stood over him, studying him with interest. Presently he shot out his big paw and brought it down directly on the mouse, but so gently that the mouse us not injured iu tho least, though held fast between the claws.

Then the lion played with him, now lifting his paw and letting tho mouse run a few inches, and then stopping him again as before. Suddenly tho mouse changed his tactics, and instead of running when the lion lifted his p.aw sprang into tho air straight at the lion's head.

The lion, terrified, gave a great leap back, striking the liars with all his weight. Then he opened his jaws and roared and roared again, while the little mouse, still squealing, made his escape. Of the two the lion was tho more frightened. —Yt uth \s Companion.

The f'-.tilin- I'oi: t.

There sire socio curious thin .-? ssbar.t tho boiling point of different lit avid which tho most f-Mtirkivfai never take time tu reflect upon if you have 1 out of school r'.\ montus, it is It) to I that you have entirely forgotten tho meaning of the term "boiling point" as applied to the different- elements. It is "the temperature at which, the elastic force of the vapor of any liquid is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere." The various liquids havo different boiling points Sulphurous acid boils at afraction above 17 degrees of the Fahrenheit scale, aldehyde at 71, other at Do, wood alcohol at IM, water at 212, sulphuric acid at 020 and mercury at 1(12 The above refers to tests made at sea a a 0

When the barometer stands at .'JO, it shows a pressure of l." pounds to the square inch. Remove this pressure, or even a portion of it, and the boiling point- of all liquids changes correspondingly. In making reckonings on this score it. is calculated that there is a diminution of one degree, for each filO feet, of ascent. In the City of Mexico water boils at 108 degrees F. and in the Himalaya at ISO. By the above it will be seen that "boiling" water is not always equally hot. This explains why it is next-to impossible to cook beans, potatoes, etc., in mountainous regions.— St.. Louis Republic.

.John Bright and !l ilton.

Mr. John Bright onco quoted tho lines from Milton I urjjne not Against- he:iven'y liaiul er v. ill, tmr l::te a

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Of heart or hope, lmt still hear up and steer Right-

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The reporter was not familiar with the passage, and having no idea that Mr. Bright was quoting poetry he turned it into prose, in the third person, as follows: "Ho would not argue against the hand :r will of heaven, nor would he bate a jot of heart or hope. He would still bear up and steer right onward. —MuciniUsui's Magazine.

Unie-s y-.n waul, to buy your--vTiuvvnre at hard-Unit- prices. We art. prepared 'o niuk. nay ami all k'lais ot

TIL.ware

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imp: rtanco of his service

to the Chinese government can hardly be overestimated, as is clearly shown by a statement- made by a wide awake member of the diplomatic corps. "Before jolm W. Foster left this country," said this gentleman, "he had made a contract- with the Chinese minister by which he was to receive a very large sum for his services as adviser to the Chinese government in the efforts then being made to secure peace with Japan. The cable today indicates that lie has earned every penny of it. When Mr. Foster was first- engaged, it had not been decided to send Li Hung Chang to treat with Japan. The first thing M.r. Fester did was to insist that lie be called to Peking, restored to his former honors and sent out with full powers to negotiate a treaty. lie knew that the Japanese would receive the veteran statesman with greater courtesy th they would extend to any other living Chinaman, and he shrewdly guessed that Li Hung Chang would command some sympathy for tho harsh treatment received by him at the hands of his emperor. The result lias fully justified this expectation. Li was received with distinction, and since the unfortunate incident of his attempted. assassination, which, however, view if tho happy outcome, can hardly be called d'orinnate, the mikado has done everything in his power to make his task an asy one. The shrewd Foster was constantly at his elbow, and when Japan demanded au indemnity of J300.000,000 taels it- was at Foster's suggestion that Li besought tho Japanese minister not to cripple the revenues of China.-, for all time by demanding so high a price for peace The plea, was successful, for the Japanese finally consented to put- the amount at 2i0,000,000 taeLs. As a tael is worth about Te cents in gold the minister's shrewd work has probably saved China more than #70,000.000, so that tli!1 emperor can well afford to pa.v the American's little bilL "—Detroit Free Press...

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Brown, editor of The Frankfort- CresI eeiir, tl'.ed hero yesterday, lie had been prominent- in pontics, having served as state senator, made the race for congress

lrom the Ninth district a few years a.^o, I besides having held a number ot minor ollik os.

JIn'lc Ilurrtor.

Tlie Hacillus slirmrp'tl his shoulders, "This kiss theory makes me fired," hd eNrlaimt'd "My mission was certainly unpopular eiioujih without, draf^in^ me into the chaperon business. "With which lie flowered savagely into spiiee.—Detroit Tribune. 1

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