. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . efficient help. On an appointed day Abraham was to meet Offutt at New Salem, but whilehe was tarrying at Farmington his large dimensions attracted attention, and acertain Daniel Needham. the champion wrestler of Coles county, began toresent the invasion of his territory by this big-limbed interloper. Needham hadplaced all of his muscular neighbors on their backs at one time or another, andwas not slow to talk or to
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . efficient help. On an appointed day Abraham was to meet Offutt at New Salem, but whilehe was tarrying at Farmington his large dimensions attracted attention, and acertain Daniel Needham. the champion wrestler of Coles county, began toresent the invasion of his territory by this big-limbed interloper. Needham hadplaced all of his muscular neighbors on their backs at one time or another, andwas not slow to talk or to fight. Lincoln received from him a special challenge,and readily accepted it, and time and place were agreed upon. At Wabash Point 50 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. the battle came off, and Needham, after ;i brief struggle, was placed on theground, flat on his back. Greatly chagrined, the defeated athlete demandedanother trial, which was readily granted, with a like result. On the day appointed, Lincoln became a citizen of New Salem. He was tobe a clerk in Offutts new store. He was now in a new atmosphere and in newsurroundings, and was to attempt to carry on a new business. Lincoln had. paddled down the river in a canoe and landed at Rutledges mill. Offutt wasthere to welcome him and escort him to New Salem, then a prosperous village,located on a bluff a hundred feet high, and surrounded by an expanse of fertile fieldsand pastures. The Sangamon river skirted the base of the bluff, and presented afine view from the summit. North of the town was the old mill over the damof which Lincoln had taken his flatboat. Of the surrounding country Judge ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 51 Heriidon writes: The country in almost every direction is diversified liy alter-nate stretches of hills and level lands, with streams between each, struggling toreach the river. The hills are bearded with timber—oak, hickory, walnut, ashand elm. Below them are stretches of rich alluvial bottom land, and the eyeranges over a vast ex
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