The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . After a time, Offutt and his general merchan-dise arrived, and Uncoln was duly installed as clerk. His employer was so loud inhis boasts of the prowess of the new salesman, that Lincoln was challenged to amatch with Bill Armstrong, the leading bully of a rowdy gang from a nearby settle-ment known as Clarys Grove. Abe detested pulling and woolling, as he called it, but Offutts wager and hisown honor seemed to be at stake, so he was forced into the combat. A ring was marked out and the two grappled. It seemed to be an even matchun
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . After a time, Offutt and his general merchan-dise arrived, and Uncoln was duly installed as clerk. His employer was so loud inhis boasts of the prowess of the new salesman, that Lincoln was challenged to amatch with Bill Armstrong, the leading bully of a rowdy gang from a nearby settle-ment known as Clarys Grove. Abe detested pulling and woolling, as he called it, but Offutts wager and hisown honor seemed to be at stake, so he was forced into the combat. A ring was marked out and the two grappled. It seemed to be an even matchuntil the Clarys Grove Boys tried to trip up the stranger and take an unfairadvantage. This enraged Lincoln—he seized the big bully by the throat, heldhim up and shook him as a cat would a rat. His strength and courage on thisoccasion did the work of years in establishing Lincoln in the high esteem of thatcommunity. The Clarys Grove Boys became his staunch friends, declaring thenand there: Abe Lincolns the cleverest fellow that ever broke into the MAY SUN. MON. TUES. WED. THURS. FRI. SAT. 1 1809
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