Abraham Lincoln and religion . YOUNG ¥ PEOPLE PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 8, 1942. ^naek ^kuJick INTEREST in Abraham Lincoln andall he said and did was never keenerthan it is today. Nevertheless, bybomc quirk of fate possibly, all the hu-morists whose writings helped to relievethe great War Presidents most anxioushours seem to have been forgotten, Ar-temus Ward, Petroleum V- Nascby,Orpheus C. Kerr, and Q. K. Philan-der Docsticks—every one of these withtheir odd pen names has fallen into aneglect that approaches oblivion. One of the most picturesque membersof the group was Josh Billings (HenryWheele
Abraham Lincoln and religion . YOUNG ¥ PEOPLE PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 8, 1942. ^naek ^kuJick INTEREST in Abraham Lincoln andall he said and did was never keenerthan it is today. Nevertheless, bybomc quirk of fate possibly, all the hu-morists whose writings helped to relievethe great War Presidents most anxioushours seem to have been forgotten, Ar-temus Ward, Petroleum V- Nascby,Orpheus C. Kerr, and Q. K. Philan-der Docsticks—every one of these withtheir odd pen names has fallen into aneglect that approaches oblivion. One of the most picturesque membersof the group was Josh Billings (HenryWheeler Shaw), a true Berkshire Yan-kee, born on April 21, 1818, at Lanes-boro, Mass. His father was a well-knownlawyer who served for years as a stalesenator, a Congressman and the NewEngland manager of Henry Clays ill-siarrcd presidential campaigns. When the boy was old enough, he wentto Hamilton College in Clinton, NewYork, but he never graduated. It was along, roundabout journey in those days,and on one of these trips young Shawfell in with a group that had just re- IN the
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