The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . of thestock, and offered him six hundred and fifty dollars for it—a proposition which was cheerfully accepted. Berry andLincoln, being unable to pay cash, assumed the four-hun-dred-dollar note payable to Radford, and gave Greene theirjoint note for two hundred and fifty dollars. The littlegrocery owned by James Rutledge was the next to suc-cumb. Berry and Lincoln bought it at a b
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . of thestock, and offered him six hundred and fifty dollars for it—a proposition which was cheerfully accepted. Berry andLincoln, being unable to pay cash, assumed the four-hun-dred-dollar note payable to Radford, and gave Greene theirjoint note for two hundred and fifty dollars. The littlegrocery owned by James Rutledge was the next to suc-cumb. Berry and Lincoln bought it at a bargain, theirjoint note taking the place of cash. The three stocks wereconsolidated. Their aggregate cost must have been notless than fifteen hundred dollars. Berry and Lincoln hadsecured a monopoly of the grocery business in New a few weeks two penniless men had become the pro-prietors of three stores, and had stopped buying only be-cause there were no more to purchase. But the partnership, it was soon evident, was , though the son of a Presbyterian minister, wasaccording to tradition a very wicked young man, drinking,gambling, and taking an active part in all the disturbances. RUNS FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 93 of the neighborhood. In spite of the bad habits of his part-ner, Lincoln left the management of the business largely tohim. It was his love of books which was responsible forthis poor business management. He had soon discoveredthat store-keeping in New Salem, after all duties were done,left a large amount of leisure on a mans hands. It was hischance to read, and he scoured the town for books. Onpleasant days he spent hour after hour stretched under atree, which stood just outside the door of the store, readingthe works he had picked up. If it rained he simply madehimself comfortable on the counter within. It was in thisperiod that Lincoln discovered Shakespeare and Burns. InNew Salem there was one of those curious individuals, some-times found i
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