. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . I guess I understand better than either ofyou. With that he held the axe out at arms length bythe end of%the handle, or helve, as the wood-cutterscall it—a feat not another person iu the party coul
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . I guess I understand better than either ofyou. With that he held the axe out at arms length bythe end of%the handle, or helve, as the wood-cutterscall it—a feat not another person iu the party could per-form, though all made the attempt. In such acts as this, showing that he neither forgotnor was ashamed of his humble origin, the good Presi-dent exhibited his true nobility of character. He was aperfect illustration of his favorite poets words: The rank is but the guineas stamp, • The mans the gold, for a that 1 ? An Amusing Illustration. One of Mr. Lincolns illustrations given by him on oneoccasion was that of a man who, in driving the hoops of ahogshead to head it up, was much annoyed by the con-stant falling in of the top. At length the bright idea struckhim of putting his little boy inside to hold it up. Thishe did; it never occurring to him till the job was done,how he was to get his child out, This, ,is a fair sample of the way some people always do busi- Lincolns fathers monument, near rockport, ind. [250] MISCELLANEOUS . 2 5 I Funeral Services of Lincolns Mother.—The OldPastor and Young Abraham. Several months after the death of Lincolns mother,which occurred when he was but a few years old, child ashe was, he wrote to Parson Elkin who had been theirpastor when residing in Kentucky, begging him to cometo Indiana and preach her funeral sermon. This was asking a great favor of their former minister,for it would require him to ride on horseback a hundredmiles through the wilderness; and it is something to beremembered to the humble itinerants
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