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UEW YORK.
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPED
incoln's
Lincoln's
j Abraham as a Hunter.
, A postof&ce was established at Gen
tryville In 1824 or 1825. Dennis Hanks
helped to hew the logs used to build
ithe first storeroom. The following .let
ter from Mr. David Turnham presents
'some interesting and perfectly authen
tic Information regarding the village
nd the settlements around it In those
early times:
I When my father came here in the
:aprlng- of 1819 he settled In Spencer coun
try, within one mile of Thomas Lincoln,
ithen a widower. The chance for schooling
!was poor; but, such as it was, Abraham
land myself attended the same schools.
, We first had to go seven miles to mill,
and then it was a hand mill that would
grind from ten to fifteen bushels of corn
!in a day. There was but little wheat
I grown at that time, and when we did
have wheat we had to grind it on the
mill described and use it without bolUng.
'as there were no bolts in the country.
Abe and I had to do the milling on horse
back, frequently goicg twice to get one
grist.
The country was very rough, especially
In the lowlands, so thick with bush that
a man could scarcely get through on foot,
and abounded in game. At that time
there were a great many deer licks, and
Abe and myself would go to those licks
sometimes and watch of nights to kill
deer, though Abe was not so fond of a
gun as I was. The people in the first
settling of this country were very so
ciable, kind and accommodating, but
there was more drunkenness and stealing
on a small scale, more immorality, less
religion, less well placed confidence.
For two years Lincoln continued to
live along In the old way. He did not
like to farm, and he never got much of
his land under cultivation. His princi
pal crop was corn, and this, with the
game which a rifleman so expert would
easily take from the woods around
him, supplied his table. It does not ap
pear that he employed any of his me
chanical skill in completing and fur
nishing his own cabin. It has already
been stated that the latter had no win
dow, door or floor. But the furniture
if it may be called furniture was even
worse than the house. Three legged
stools served for chairs. A bedstead
was made of poles stuck in the cracks
of the logs in one corner of the cabin,
while the other end rested In the crotch
of a forked stick sunk in the earthen
jor. On these were laid some boards
BAXO.T
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
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THI CCHTAUH miNllf, NEW YORK CITY.
Boyhood
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HILL
LAMON,
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Partner
a.nd
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Birthplace
and on the boards a "shakedown" of
leaves covered with Bklns and old pet
ticoats. The table was a hewed punch
eon, supported by four legs. They
had a few pewter and tin dishes to eat
from, but the most minute inventory
of their effects makes no mention of
knives or forks. Their, cooking utensils
were a Dutch oven and a skillet. Abra
ham slept in the loft, to which he as
cended by means of pins driven into
holes In the wall.
"The Milk Sickness."
In the summer of 1818 thei Pigeon
creek settlements were visited by a
fearful disease called in common par
lance "the milk sickness." It swept off
the cattle which gave the milk, as well
as the human beings who drank it. It
seems to have prevailed in the neigh
borhood from 1818 to 1S29, for It is
given as one of the reasons for Thom
as Lincoln's removal to Illinois at the
latter date. But in the year first men
tioned its ravages were especially
awful. Its most immediate effects were
severe retchings and vomitings and,
while the deaths from it were not nec
essarily sudden, the proportion of those
who finally died was uncommonly
large.
Among the number who were attack
ed by it tmd lingered on for some time
in the midst of great sufferings were
Thomas and Betsy Sparrow and Mrs.
Nancy Lincoln. It was now found ex
pedient to remove the Sparrows from
the wretched "half faced camp,"
through which the cold autumn winds
could sweep almost unobstructed, to
the cabin of the Lincolns, which in
truth was then very little better. Many
In the neighborhood had already died,
and Thomas Lincoln had made all their
coffins out of Vgreen lumber cut with a
whip saw." In the meantime the Spar
rows and Nancy were growing alarm
ingly worse. .There was no physician
In the county, not even a pretender to
the science of medicine, and the near
est regular practitioner was located at
Yellow Banks, Ky., over thirty miles
distant. It is not probable that they
ever secured his services.
At length, in the first days of October,
the Sparrows died, and Thomas Lin
coln sawed up his green lumber and
made rough boxes to inclose the mortal
remains of his wife's two best and old
est friends. A day or two after, on the
5th of October, ISIS, Nancy Hanks1
Lincoln restid from her troubles.
Thomas Lincoln took to his green wood
again and made a box for the mother
of the future . president. There were
about twenty persons at her funeral.
They took her to the summit of a deep
ly wooded knoll about half a mile
southeast of the cabin and laid her be
side the Sparrows. If there were any
burial ceremonies they were of the
briefest.
Bat It happened that a few months
later anr Itinerant preacher named Da
vid XUckk. srtwin the Lincolns bad
kMwn la Xantoeky. wandered 4nto the
et&c&et. 4 t tr vatnatssrtdi
if
which should commemorate u
virtues and pass In silence the few
frailties of the poor woman who slept
in the forest. . .,. :.: -. . .
Thirteen months after the burial of
Nancy Hanks and nine or ten months
after the solemnities conducted by El
kin, Thomas Lincoln appeared at Eliza
bethtown, Ky., in search of another
wife. Sally Bush had married John
ston, the jailer, but was now a widow.
Both parties being free again. Lincoln
came back, very unexpectedly to Mrs.
Johnston, and opened his suit in an ex
ceedingly abrupt manner.
"Well, Miss Johnston," said he. "I
have no wife, and you have no hus
band. I came a purpose to marry you.
I knowed you from a gal, and you
knowed me from a boy. I have no time
to lose, and, if you are willin. let it be
done straight off."
To this she replied, "Tommy, I know
you well and have no objection to mar
rying you, but I cannot do it straight
off, as I owe some debts that must first
be paid."
Thomas Lincoln Marries Again. ,
"The next morning," says Hon. Sam
uel Haycraf t, the clerk of the courts
and the gentleman who reports this
quaint courtship, "I issued his license,
and they were married straight off on
that day and left, and I never saw her
or Tom Lincoln since."
From the death of her husband to
that day she had been living- "an hon
est, poor widow," "in a round log cab
in" which stood in an alley just be
low Mr. Haycraf t's house.
Dennis Hanks says that it was only
"on the earnest solicitation of her
friends", that. Mrs. Johnston consented
to marry Lincoln. They all liked Lin
coln, and it was with a member of her
family that he had made several voy
ages to New Orleans.
Mr. Helm, who at that time was do
ing business in- his uncle's store at
Elizabethtown, says that "life among
the Hankses, the Lincolns and the En
lows was a long ways below life among
the Bushes. Sally was the best and the
proudest of the Bushes, but, neverthe
less, she appears to have maintained
lame intercourse with the Lincolns as
long as they remained in Kentucky.
She had a particular kindness for little
Abe and had him with her on several
occasions at Helm's store, where,
strange to say, he sat on a nail keg
and ate a lump of sugar, "just like any
other boy."
Mrs. Johnston has been denominated
a "poor widow," but she possessed
goods, which, in the eyes of Tom Lin
coln, were of almost unparalleled mag
nificence. Among other things she had
a bureau that cost $40, and he inform
ed her on their arrival In Indiana that,
in his deliberate opinion, it was little
less than sinful to be the owner of
such a thing. He demanded that she
should turn it into cash, which she pos
itively refused to do. She had quite a
lot of other articles, however, which he
thought well enough in their way and
some of which were sadly needed In his
miserable cabin in the wildi of Indi
ana. Dennis Hanks speaks with: great
rapture of the "large supply of house
hold goods" which she brought out with
her. There were "one fine bureau, one
table, one set of chairs, one large
clothes chest, cooking utensils, knives,
forks, bedding and other articles."
It was a glorious day for little Abe
and Sarah and Dennis when this won
drous collection of rich furniture ar
rived in the Pigeon Creek settlement.
But all this wealth required extraordi
nary means of transportation, and Lin
coln had recourse to his brother-in-law,
Ralph Krume, who came with a four
horse team and moved Mrs. Johnston,
now Mrs. Lincoln, with her family and
effects, to the home of her new hus
band In Indiana.
When she" got there Mrs. Lincoln was
much surprised at the contrast be
tween the glowing representations
which her husband had made to her be
fore leaving Kentucky and the real
poverty and meanness of the place;
but, though sadly overreached in a bad
bargain, her lofty pride and her high
sense of Christian duty saved her from
hopeless and useless repinintr-.. On the
contrary, she set about mending what
was amiss with all her strength and
energy. Her own goods furnished the
cabin with tolerable decency. She made
Lincoln put down a floor and hang
windows and doors. It was in the
depth of winter, and the children, as
they nestled in the warm beds she pro
vided the.m, enjoying the strange luxu
ry of security from the cold winds of
December, must have thanked her from
the bottoms of their newly comforted
hearts.
"A Little More Human."
She had brought a son and two
daughters of her own John, Sarah and
Matilda but Abe and his sister Nancy,
whose name was speedily changed to
Sarah, the ragged and hapless little
strangers to her blood, were given an
equal place In her affections. They
were half naked, and she clad them
from the stores of clothing she had laid
up for her own. They were dirty," and
she washed them; they had been ill
used, and she treated them with moth
erly .tenderness. In her own modest
language, she "made them look a little
more human."
"In fact," says Dennis Hanks, "in a
few weeks all had changed, and where
everything was wanting now all was
snug and comfortable. She was a wo
man of great energy, of remarkable
good sense, very industrious and sav
ing and also very neat and tidy in her
person and manners and knew exactly
how to manage children. She took an
especial liking to young Abe. Her love
for him was warmly returned and con
tinned to tike day of his death. Bat few
children loved their parents as lie loved
Ids stepmother. She soon dressed Mm
op to entire new clothes, and from that
Msw U ssjsndss U4 anm Uf.
Sv.m Mvarafyd.tar. fcty.tnjfttiftf.
and any "wish on. ms part was gratmea Wednesday.
when it could be done. The two sets . . . . , , " " ' ,
of children got along finely together. Wnirtii.hi.nled rails Ue week and
as if they had all been the children" of T BOW roking fce. - -the
same parents. Mrs. Lincoln soon S Mr. Owens, who bought the Manning
discovered that young Abe was a boy . pice, is now domu-iled in h s new home.
of uncommon natural talents and that.
If rightly trained, a bright future -was
before him, and she did all in her pow
er to develop those talents."
When In after years Mr. Lincoln
spoke of his "saintly" mother" and of
his "angel of a mother" he referred to
this noble woman who first made him
feel "like a human being," whose good
ness first touched his childish heart
and taught him that blows and taunts
and degradation were not to be his
only portion In the world.
"When I landed in Indiana," says
Mrs. Lincoln, "Abe was about nine
years old, and the country was wild
and desolate." It is certain enough that
her presence took away much that was
desolate in his lot. She clothed him de
cently and had him sent to school as
saon as there was a school. But, not
withstanding her determination to do
the best for him, his advantages in this
respect were very limited. He had al
ready had a few days' or perhaps a
few weeks' experience under the disci
pline of Riney and Hazel in Kentucky,
and, as he was naturally quick in the
acquisition of any sort of knowledge, it
is. likely that by this time he could read
and write a little. He was now to have
the benefit of a few months more of
public instruction, but the poverty of
the family and the necessity Jlor his
being made to work at home in the
shop and on the farm or abroad as a
hired boy made his attendance at
school for any great length of time a
thing impossible. Accordingly, all his
school days added together would not
make a single year in the aggregate.
(lot) Continued.)
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corn Oregon rauei.
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.OUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.
OAK GhOVE.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Steele, of Suver,
-Mfiit Thursday in Albany.
Will Adams, ofBuena Vista, was call
ing on friends at Oak Grove Thursday.
M. K. Lewis came out Thursday and
took a birds-eye view of the country,
al-o went on to his farm' "near Wells ti
iook after his interests there.
Mrs. "Diury. Hodges, of Welle, who
has ben Bick tor some time is reported
as being no better.
Dr. Hodges and wife, of Albany, were
nailing on relatives at Wells, Thursday.
Wm. Bailey has bought the David
Bai'ey farm consisting of 20 acres, for
which the former paid $800. Ihis shows
what a bor -andofw ho works (or wages
andfeaves his money. This money has
ben made by working' for day's wages
and accumulated in the last four yearn.
What we need iamore hoys built like
William.
Mr. aodJMrp. Groves, of Alban' . were
g tests of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson,
SiiDttay.
Miss'S tella Williamson is the happy
owner of a brand-new wheel. She at
tends school at Albany and rides to and
rom home nights and mornings
Lawrence Congill, of Albany, si-ent
Sunday with Oak Grove friends.
The remains of tbe infant babe of Mr.
and Mrs. lrve Cady, was intered in the
Palestine cemetery Wednesday. F. W.
L tuner, of Albany, conducted tKe funer
al. Clyde fandElmer Williamson , OAC
students, ume down and spent Sunday
with the home folks.
The voter who passes a day without
meetiog several candidates is to be con
gratulated, as there are many men seek
ing office who eeem to think the porper
thin? to do at this stage of the game is
to gee personally acquainted with the
dfar peorle".and to learn their wants
and . wishes! so that they will be better
able to tarry out the desire of their con
stituents. We hope that every ' candi
dateiwill be aa good alter as before the
elect'on.
Mr. Editor: I am in favor of spelling
reform. I have always insisted that
my natural way of spelling is as good
as anybody's. The only trouble has
been that it is not popular.
Irvin Cady, of Albany, spent Sunday
with his parents at Palestine.
J. B. Williamson returned home Sat
urday evening from a week's sojourn in
Linn county. He reports grain as
looking tine and stock doing nicelv.
When y.iu see a man going by headed
for the mountain streams with a ten-foot
fis'ting pole sticking out behind there is
no indication that tbe good wife who is
spending the day at home will have fish
for supper.
BEAVER CHEEK.
Mr. Daniel and family visited laet Sun
day with Doc McBee and family.
Elder Goode of tbe Evangelical church
preached a very able sermon at the sbhool
house last Sunday.
Mrs. G. A. Peterson is reported to be in
a very critical condition.
Ed Hawkins now has his logging har
ness and is now ready to begin logging. -1
Cbas. Davis and M. Burnap, of Phil
omath, wer Bald Moontai visitors one
day .this week.: " . " ;
J. 8. Inland bought a new horse last
Mr. "Winters has just i ompleted a ne
rait tenee along the bunk of the creek.
Accepted the Call.
A dipatch from Helena, Mon-ta-.
a, dattd At til 17, conveys th
t
iMfurmation hnt Rev. Frank
Powell, who formerlv occupied
te pulpit 11. tiie Christia
church in this city Jias accepted
t ail to fill the vacant pulpit ot
i 'it- First Unitarian church ot
Htltria. S nce leaving Corval
s Rev. Powell changed creed
nd went over to the Unitarian
fVtith. Of late he has beer
-idtioned at Salem. The dis
tich in question reads:
The trustee of the First Urn
atian Society ot Helena, tht
ioueer and largest Unitaria?
-ocitty in Montana, today tender
ed a call to Rev. Frank Powell,
of Salem, Or. The call has been
ccepted. Rev. Mr. Powtl
reached here Easter and th
pievious Sundav, making sue
favorable impression that his
- igagement followed todav to
fill the vacancy caused by tht
esionation of Rev. E. S
Hodgia, who has been called to
vfinneapolis. Mr. Powell lef
oday for Salem, preparatory t
Hssuming his new pastorate the
first Sundav in June.
MeTOoa that should De usea rOr xur
nishing energy for making milk is used
up in keeping the shivering cows from
freezing to death. It does not pay to
treat the old cow that way. Turn her
out during the best part of the day
long enough to walk around a bit and
get a chew from the straw pile and a
drink of water with the chill off it. It
takes more .money out of your cream
ery dividends in a year to let her heat
up her water after she drinks it than
it would to buy directly a good com
mon sense tank heater. Don't let her
out In damp, snowy weather either or
expose her to that sharp, biting wind
that comes in our cold spells.
Notice of Assessment.
. By virtue f authority vested in me a"
Police Judge of the city of Co'vallis and
by Ordinance No . 185, which passed the
common council on the 20th day of
November, 1905, and approved " by the
Mayor on the day of November pro
viding for the improvement of certain
streets in said city at, the cost of the
property abutting upon the same ; I
hereby give notice that there is assessed
and levied upon each lot or parcel ol
land herein described the amount set
forth as follows:
Lot 1 in block 12 Dixon's 2d addition
to epid city of Oorvallis, owned by
Geo. B. Wills and Miles Hendricks.
$2-2.60.
Lot 7 in block 12 Dixon's 2d, addition
to said city of Corvallis, owned by Geo.
B. Wills and Miles Hendricks, the sum
of $22.60.
Lot 5 in block 5 original towu of
Maryeville now city of Corvallis,
(owner unknown) tlO.
Lot 6 in block 6 original town of
Mary8vi!le now said city of Corvallis,
(owner unknown) $11.20.
Lot 6 block 1 original town of Marys
ville now said city of Corvallis, (owner
unknown) SZ'J.60. .
. Lot 7 block 13 old town of Marysville
new Corvallis owned by i. H. Taylor,
$22.60
Lot 1 block 14 coonty addition to
said city of Corvallis (owner unknown)
$32 60.
Lot 2 in Block 14 Couoty addition to
paid City of Corvallis, owner unknown,
$10.00
Lot 3 in block 14 county addition to
said city of Corvallis (owner unknown)
$W. Z
Dated April l7tb, 1906.
J. F. Yates,
Polite Judge.
33-5
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A woman shows good judgement when
she buys White's Oreaiu Vermifuge
for her baby. The beet worm medicine
ever offered to mothers. . Many
indeed are the sensible mothers, who
write their gratitude for the good helth
of their children, which they owe to the
use of White's Cream Vermifuge. Sold
by Graham & Worthar.
Human Blood Kark.
A taie of l.o-ror was told by marks of
human Mood in the home of J W, Wil
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Ky. He writes: "Twenty years ago I
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was near dath whan I began taking
Dr. King's New Discovery. It complete
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conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Drafts'
bought and sold ani money transferred
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Notice to Creditors.
Koxice ia hereby given that the undersigned'
has been auly appointed by the County
Court of the i'tate of Oregon, for Benton
County, administrator of the estate of Henry
Holroyd, deceased. All persons having claims
against said ewtue are hereby required to
present the same tt the oflice of J. F. Yittbs,
properly verified is by law required, at Cor
vallis, oreyon, within six mouths from the
date hereof.
Dated this 13th day of February, 1906.
W. S. McFadden,
Administrator Jof the Estate of Henry Hol
royd, deceased.
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Science has proven that tbe moon has
an atmosphere, which makes life in
some form possible on that satellite; but
not for human beings, who have a hard
time on this earth of ours; especially
those who don't know that Electric Bit
ters enrea headache, . Billicmaness, Mal
aria, Chills and fever, Janndies, Dyspep
sia, .DizzuMas, Torpid Liver, Kidney.
Complaint, General DeabilitT and female
weaknesses. VneooaUad as a general
tattle and apseswav Tsr .weak persons and)
spasaijr snsisa, ji inMees -seead
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