. 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 . t I owe; and now,just as Ive got it, here Iopen this infernal ExtraI\t(/isfer [Democratic news-paper], expecting to find itfull of Glorious DemocraticVictories and High ComdCocks, when, lo and behold !I find a set of fellows, callingthemselves officers of thestate, have forbidden the taxcollectors aud school com-missioners to receive anymore state paper at all; sohere it is, dead on myhands. The widow went on totel
. 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 . t I owe; and now,just as Ive got it, here Iopen this infernal ExtraI\t(/isfer [Democratic news-paper], expecting to find itfull of Glorious DemocraticVictories and High ComdCocks, when, lo and behold !I find a set of fellows, callingthemselves officers of thestate, have forbidden the taxcollectors aud school com-missioners to receive anymore state paper at all; sohere it is, dead on myhands. The widow went on totell how her neighbor usedsome bad words. Dontswear so, she said, in expos-tulation, to .Jeff; you know I belong to the raeetin, and swearingfeelings. Beg pardon, Aunt Becca, but I do say that it is enough to make one swear,to have to pay taxes in silver for nothing only that Ford may get his $2,000,Shields his S2,400, and Carpenter his $1,600 a year, and all without danger ofloss from state paper. Shields, like most vain men, was very sensitive to ridicule, and sought theeditor of the paper, demanding the name of the author, which demand wairefused. The editor, knowinji someth. lurts my of the relations between Lincoln and ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Miss Todd, advised him of the circumstances, whereupon Lincoln assumed theauthorship, and was challenged by Shields to meet him on the field of Miss Todd increased Mr. Shields ire by writing another letter to thepaper, in which she said: I hear the way of these tire-eaters is to give thechallenged party the choice of weapons, which being the case, Ill tell you inconfidence that I never fight with anything but broom-sticks, or hot water, or ashovelful of coals, the former of which, being somewhat like a shillalah, may notbe objectionable to him. Lincoln accepted the challenge, and selected broad- swords as the weapons. Mutual friends attemptedto bring about a peacefultermination of what seemedlikely to be a tragedy. JudgeHerudon
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