Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 31 May 1895 — Page 4
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W. \Y, ik. Coj.yi-ij'ht, Ih'.y, by I). A fo Co. .. VII :t Liticohi's tt r.)pt to make a lawyer of l:ir.i.-c!f ::dver .u and unpronji.-iii.y circuuisrauces excited eomnu::t is not to bo wondered at. Russell Gcdby, £iii o: 1 man who still survive-:, toid r.:o lu lN(i." that, lie had often employed Lincoln to do farm work for liim and v/ :.- sr.rpnsed to find him one day sitting barefoot on the summit of a •wood i)ik- 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. 'I'm not reading,' he answered. yi'in studying.' 'Studying what?' I inquired. 'Law, sir,' was the emphatic response. It was really too much for mo as I looked at him sitting there proud as Cicero. 'Great God Almighty!' I exclaimed and passed 011."
Hut Lincoln kept on at his studies. Wherever he was and whenever he could do so the hook was brought into r^e. Ho carried it, with him in his rambles through the woods and his walk's to t.'io river. When night came, lie read it by t::e aid of any friendly light he could, iiitd. Frequently he went down to lie coop' r's shop and kindled a fire out ho waste material Iving about, and
Horded read until far
by the light it into the night. l'ro'iiiiiniiry I'rnctice.
One of his companions at this time reiates that "while clerking in the storo or serving as postmaster he would apply himself as opportunity offered to his studies, if it was but five minutes'time would open his book, which he always kept at hand, study it, reciting to himself then entertain tho company present or wait on a customer without apparent annoyance from tho interruption. Have frequently seen him reading while walking along tho streets. Occasionally he would become absorbed with hi, book would stop and stand for a few moments, then walk on, or pass from one house to another, or from one crowd or squad of turn to another. Ho was apparently seeking amusement, and with his thoughtful face and ill fitting clothes was the last man one would have singled out for a student."
It was not long until ho was able to draw up deeds, contracts, mortgages and other legal 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 chargo for his services. Meanwhile lie. was reading not only lawbooks, but natural philosophy and other scientific subjects.
It has been denied as often as charged that Lincoln narrated vulgar stories, but the truth is he loved a story, however extravagant or vulgar, if it had a good point. It' it was merely a ribald recital aii'i ha no sting in the end—• that is, if it exposed no weakness or pointed no moral—he had no use for it cither in conversation or public speech, but if it had tho necessary ingredients of mirth and moral no one could use it with more telling 't- A.s a mimic ho was unequaled, and with his charaeteristic gestures he built up a reputation I for story telling, although fully as many of his narratives wt ro borrowed as original, which followed him through life. On" who listened to his early stoI ries in New Salem says: "His laugh I was striking. Hitch awkward gestures bohnigod to no other man. They atfraeted universal attention, from the old sedate down to the schoolboy. Thou I in a few moments he was as calm and I thoughtful as a judge on the bench and as ready to give advico on tho most important matters. Fun and gravity grew on him alike.
A Strikiii/j Figure.
As a salt sman Lincoln was lamenta-
bly deficient. Ho was too prone to lead off into a discussion of politics or morality, leaving some one else to finish the trade which ho had undertaken, One of his employers says: "He always disliked to wait 011 tho ladies, preferring, ho said, to wait on the men and boys. I also remember he used to sleep on the store counter when they had too much company at tho tavern. Ho wore flax and tow linen pantaloons I thought about fire inches too short in tho legs—and frequently had but one suspender, no vest or coat. He wore a calico shirt, such as he had in the Black Hawk war coarse brogans, tan color blue yarn socks and straw hat, old style and without a band. His friend Ellis attributed his shyness in tho presence of the ladies to tho consciousness of his awkward appearance and the unpretentious condition of his wearing apparel. It was more than likely due to puro bashfulness. "On one occasion, continues Ellis, "while we boarded at the tavern, there came a familj*, consisting of an old lady, her son and three stylish daughters, from the state of Virginia, who stopped there for two or throo weeks, and during their stay I do not remember Air. Lincoln's ever appearing at the samo iablo with them."
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,^he ladits nor aided in the circulation of vi iiage scandal. For woman ho had. a high regard, and I can testify
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fiver from unpleasant that" of most men. -v* While wooing that jealous oy-l 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 ith. By dint oi sividry jnhs h'-'Ve anil In Iptng Ellis in Ins storo re"iay, splitting rails for James Short tomorrow, ho managed to k""p his head above the waves. His i'r mis wero firm —no young man ever had truer or better ones—J,iuc he was 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 the darkest hour of his adversity.
Sonic one, probably a Democrat who voted for him in the preceding fall, recommended liim to .John Calhoun, then surveyor of the county, as suitable material for an assistant. This office, in view of the prevailing speculation in lands and town lots, was the most important and possibly the most profitable I in the county. Calhoun, the incumbent, was a Yankee and a typical gentleman. I He was brave, intellectual, self possessed and cultivated. He had been educated for the law, but never practiced much after coming to Illinois taught school in preference. As an instructor he was the popular one of his day and age. 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 a.s 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 the tariit question in tho courthouse, using r.p the better part of two evenings in the contest. Calhoun was polite, affable and an honest debati r, never dodging any question. This made him a formidable antagonist in argumentative com rovers}*. I have heard Lincoln say that Calhoun gave bin'! more (rouble in his debates than Doughs ever did, because he was more captivating in his manner and a more learned man than Douglas.
But to resume. The recommendation of Lincoln's friends Avas sufficient to induce Calhoun to appoint him one of his deputies. At the time lie received notice of his selection by Calhoun, Lincoln was out in the ods 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 v.'IKTO lie was working with the cheering news. Lincoln, being a WIU'L and knowing Calhoun's pronounced Democratic tendencies, inquired if ho had to sacrifice any
principle in accepting the position. "If 1 can be perfectly free in my political action, I will take the office," ho remarked, "but if my sentiments or even expression of them is to bo abridged in any way I would not have it or any other office A young man hampered by poverty as Lincoln was at this time, who had the eonrag" fo deal with publie office as ho did, was certainly made of unalloyed material. No woraier in I after years, when he was defeated by I Douglas, he could inspire his friends by the admonition not to "give up after one nor one hundred defeats."
Honors wero now crowding thick and fast upon him. On May 7, he was commissioned postmaster at New Salem, the first office he ever held under the federal government. The salary was proportionate to the amount of business done. Whether Lincoln solicited the appointment himself or whether it, was given him without the asking I do not know, but certain it is his "administration" gave general satisfaction.
Nature's Stamp of (irc.'ttiicss. No little of Lincoln's influence with tho men of New Salem can be attributed to his extraordinary feats of strength. By arrangement of ropes and straps, harnessed about his hips, he was enabled one day at tho mill to astonish a crowd of village celebrities by lifting a box of stones weighing near 1,000 pounds. There is no fiction (ither, as suggested by some of his biographers, in tho story that ho lifted a barrel of whisky from the ground and drank from the bung, but in performing this latter almost incredible feat he did not stand erect and elevate the. barred, but squatted down and lifted it to his knees, rolling it over until his mouth came opposite the bung. His strength, kindness of manner, love of fairness and justice, his original and unique sayings, his power of mimicry, his perseverance— .all made a combination rarolj* met with on the frontier. Natures had burned him in her holy lire and stamped him with tho seal of her greatness. I
In the summer of JM.'i Lincoln determ im to make another race for the I legislature, but this time he ran distinctly as a Whig. He marie, it is presumed, t^i" usual number of speeches* but a.s the art of newspaper reporting had not reached tho perfection it has since attained wo aro not favored with even tho substance of his efforts on the Btump. I have Lincoln's word for it that it was more of a handshaking campaign than 'anything else.
The election took place in August. Lincoln's friend, John T. Stuart, was also a candidate on the legislative! ticket. Ho encouraged Lincoln's canvass in every way, even at the risk of sacrificing his own cnances. But both wero elected. The four successful candidates were Dawson, who received 1,5300 votes, Lincoln 1,:7, Carpenter 1,170 and Stuart 1,1 (if.
At last, Lincoln had been elected to tho legislature and by a very flattering majority. In order, as he himself said, "to malco a decent .appearance in the legislature," ho had to borrow money to buy suitable clothing and to maintain his new dignity. Coleman Smoot, one, of his friends, advanced him "$200, which he lef^rnori." relates tho generous Smoot, "'according to promise." Here wo leave our rising young statesman to tal:o up a different but very interesting period of his history.
Did .Nut Do .\nwiimif.
Cora 3iay il.—The in* rstate miners' convention adjourned without uoing anything. TJie )J',o miner.- ih,*n met and appointed a Co .'- liiitte^ to conter with the (mto oper-4
a tors, on the wan ve si [j!e.
at liooplci Willing Wav U:
The mover of this motion s: \iconvention floor that they ah tln matter
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-,vJ., -May ol.—'.fne miners O., to t:- numoer of J.tiTll. resolution expressing their to join the American Kail-
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Kifpx^sentative H.U to Improve-. WASHINGTON. May :ii.—Kepreseutat.ve Hitt continues to improve.
THE .'ATTLER.
Mmc. Parti usually sleeps with a silk scarf around her neck. Mr. Jennie June C:\!vis now president of lie American Federal ion of Women's Clubs.
One of Mrs. Levi P. Morton's vorv «vrcU p-jwns is of white satin, embroidered in pearls and trimmed with point lace.
Mine. Hissa (!iya ma, wife of the. .Tananese minister at Vienna, has joined the Honu'.n
Cat holio church, with her husband's consent. of Randolph, secretary to has trone to
Miss Mamie Powder] Mass., is assistant private Lady Henry Somerset and Kmrland with her.
Mrs. Audenreid, mother of Countess Divonne, who voluntarily exiled herself from I her home here during the visit of her tit led daughter, has returned and opened up her house in Washington. S
Mrs. John Jacob Astor may lw .said to have the athletic, fever. She rides horses—• this probably being her favorite sport, Then she rid^s the bicycle, going often when home for a morning spin over the line roads of the park.
Miss Margaret Benson, daughter of tho archbishop of Canterbury, is about to follow in the footsteps of two of her brothers and enter the thorny paths of literature, Miss Benson is clever, essentially feminine and charmingly sympathetic.
Harriet Beecher Stowo is not insane, as reported recently. Her physician declares: that there is no change in her condition,' except that she is in better health than usual. She spends much of her time outdoors, visiting freely her friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Cooper Hewitt is extremely fond of rubies. Upon her left hand she wears a most magnificent one, weighing eight carats. Unlike most rings of the kind, it, is not set in diamonds but, with its circle of plain gold, it looks like a, veritable flame of lire.
The Duchess of Devonshire is pretty well I fixed. She is mistress of eight magnificent, I country seats and town houses, a chateau in France, a villa on the Riviera and has :i daughter married to a man who
three dukedoms—Hamilton, Brandon ami Chatelherault. Shu herself lia-s been twice led to the altar by a duke.
Mrs. Itenry Ward Beecher will move on May 1 from her modest flat in Orange street, near Plymouth church, Brooklyn, to the old frame building in Orange and Hicks streets which had been the old home of the family many years before Mr. Beecher's death. The owner says Mrs Beecher can live there till she goes to a belter world.
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Mrs. Frank Leslie, upon the third fiiurer of her ri:r!.t hand, wears an enormous solitaire diamond, weighing ID carats. The setting is very simple, shewing a.s btile gold as possible.. -v
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