Abraham Lincoln: the story of his life printed for the children of New England and their parents, 100 years after his birth . d to do. Incidentally, hesplit 1000 rails to get homespun cloth enough tomake a pair of brown jean trousers to cover his verylong legs. He accepted a job at 50 cents a day poking andsteering a flatboat down the rivers to New through that far southern town he behelda sight which he never forgot. It was a slave auc-tion. A pretty mulatto girl was trotted up anddown the market place, like a horse, while the deal-ers in human flesh looked her over to see if
Abraham Lincoln: the story of his life printed for the children of New England and their parents, 100 years after his birth . d to do. Incidentally, hesplit 1000 rails to get homespun cloth enough tomake a pair of brown jean trousers to cover his verylong legs. He accepted a job at 50 cents a day poking andsteering a flatboat down the rivers to New through that far southern town he behelda sight which he never forgot. It was a slave auc-tion. A pretty mulatto girl was trotted up anddown the market place, like a horse, while the deal-ers in human flesh looked her over to see if sliawere sound and kind. When she had been sold tothe highest bidder, Abe turned to his companionsand said: *Boys, lets get away from here. If ever I get achance to hit that thing (meaning slavery) Ill hitit hard. New Salem in Illinois had 20 log houses and 100inhabitants when Lincoln went there in 1831 to be-come a clerk. Soon after his arrival he was put incharge of a store and given the management of amill. A lot of young rowdies, known as the ClarysGrove Boys, lived in the village, whose custom it 8 LIFE OF LINCOLN. Abe and Jack was to welcome strangers with a thrashing. Some-times the} took newcomers, nailed them up in hogs-heads and rolled them down hill. But for some rea-son or other, possibly out )©f respect to his size andweight^the gang didnt troubleAbe until his talkative employerwent around boasting that hisclerk could beat any man in thecountry, running, jumping orwrastling. The^clerk was immediatelychallenged to a wrestling match,and the rowdies selected JackArmstrong, their chi€f bully, torepresent them on the field ofcombat. Lincoln, modest, and aspeaceable as he was strong,knew that he must prove hiscourage or get out of town. Heaccepted the challenge. When the two men met, in-side a ring of excited spectators,Abe reached out those long arrasof his, seized Jack by the neckand beat the air with him. Seeing that their championwas doomed to defeat, the Clary G
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