Old settler stories . the nomi-nation and to cast the vote of the state as aunit for him. ... The enthusiasm with which this rail-framed banner was received by the conventionis unrivaled in history, unless we except thereception of Mr. Lincolns nomination inChicago a few weeks later. The roof wasliterally cheered off the building, hats andbooks and canes and papers were tossed aloft,as men jumped and screamed and howled,until part of the awning over the platformfell on their heads. When the enthusiasmfinally subsided, the Wigwam was almost awreck. . It was a complete surprise to Mr.
Old settler stories . the nomi-nation and to cast the vote of the state as aunit for him. ... The enthusiasm with which this rail-framed banner was received by the conventionis unrivaled in history, unless we except thereception of Mr. Lincolns nomination inChicago a few weeks later. The roof wasliterally cheered off the building, hats andbooks and canes and papers were tossed aloft,as men jumped and screamed and howled,until part of the awning over the platformfell on their heads. When the enthusiasmfinally subsided, the Wigwam was almost awreck. . It was a complete surprise to Mr. Lowber Burrows, who was present, thusdescribed the scene. Yes, I was present when Johnny Hankscarried that banner into the convention, and 192 OLD SETTLER STORIES the whole crowd went wild. The memberswere simply frantic with surprise and was wildly called for. You know,he could not be found when they wanted committee hunted around and finally foundhim asleep in the back room of his friend. ion- J Wigwam in Chicago where Lincoln was Nominated for President Jim Peakes jewelry store. Lincoln had wan-dered into the store, seeking for a few min-utes rest and quiet, and, seeing the couch,threw himself upon it and soon fell asleep. He was roused and rushed through a back LINCOLN IN MACON COUNTY 193 entrance to the platform -of the knew nothing of the plot, and when con-fronted with the banner, stood for a fewmoments simply dazed with told that these were rails he had split,he said: Gentlemen, John and I did splitsome rails down there, and if these are notthe identical rails we certainly made somequite as good. After that his days were not long in MaconCounty. He had been called by the world,and he went forth to do the work of theworld, one of the truest, finest gentlemen ourcountry has ever known. Printed in the United States of The Everychilds Series is a growing library of supple-mentary reading. The purpose of this
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