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LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS OF
LINCOLN READ LIKE ROMANCE
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Gulf Between Rude Writing on Shovel and Gettysburg
Speech Enormous to be Spanned by One Man.
Eloquent and Scholarly Address upon the Life and
Works of Abraham Lincoln Delivered by Edward F.
Ballen Before the Members of Elias Howe Post
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Secretary of the Board of Education
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for' the high dollar. Yon will sure
find the horse you want among this
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for most any kind of business, from a
draught horse to a fast trotter. Be
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THE PURITAN
. 189 iftirfleld Avenue, .
Edward F.. Hallen, secretary of the
Board; of. Education, -delivered his, ad
dress: n "Abraham J. Lincoln," before
Jthe. members of EHas Howe Post, 'Jr.,
last niprht. in G. A. R. hall. The schol
arly presentation of ' the' subiect was
much,-- app.reciated The substance' of
the, 'address follows; '
"My -subject .th.ig. PVprting. is. .'Abra
'hain, Lincoln and .you do not need to
be. assured, that my performance will
not square r wfth ." my" responsibility.'
)espite careful. bictgrraphy and .ablest
oiogy, a Jull measure of justice has
not and cannot be ' done. The" theme
transcends the ; treatment. His lowly
origin; his rigorous iphildhood, this-toilsome
labor, his dire necessity, his
wonderful self-advancement, the gran
deur of his achievement,' his - suffering
and his martyrdom, and, above all, the
npbility -end gentleness of: his soul,'- all
combine to present a subject . so vast
and so inspiring that the very attempt
seems like profanation.
"Within the compass of .ray remarks
this evening; it will be impossible to
present a complete biographical sketch
of the immortal Lincoln. In my opin
ion, on an occasion of this' kind, it is
well to depart from the line of strict
biography, and to take up in some
measure the principles illustrated by
his eventful life and taught by his re
markable utterances."
Here the speaker gave a graphic and
interesting biographical sketch of Lin
coln, tracing his career from his birth
on a rocky farm in the wilds of cen
tral Kentucky to his trajric death at
the hand of the assassin Booth.
Speaking of Lincoln's mother, Mr,
Hallen said:
"His mother, -Nancy. Hanks, was
frail and' sensitive, of delicate instincts
and tender" disposition. . She was wo
manly and" sympathetic, but lacked
the force necessary to rouse her hus
band "from his rather indolent ways:
The -child's 'best possession, however,
was the love and watchfulness of this
frail but affectionate mother. Even
this was -denied to him, whose cup 'of
suffering was later to be so completely
filled, and when little Abe was Only
nine years old1 his good mother died.
"There is hardly anything more pa j
thetic in "all history than 'the death
and 'burial of Lincoln's mother. The
little family of, nomads had now drift
ed to Southern Indiana, and in a ruae
floorlesshiutr hardly sheltered from
wind and rain this poor piother breath
ed her last. She was stricken sud
denly and knew that she was going
to die. The only doctor was over
thirty miles away, .but they were too
poor to summon him even if he were
close at hand. With a full knowledge
of impendtinig death, with the -two chil
dren weeping at her bedside, the dying
mother gave them her fervent bless
ing and prayed for their protection.
Who will-eay. that this dying mother's
prayer was unanswered, when this lit
tle son, from such wretched misery,
wag raised up to be the leader of men
and the saviour of his country?
. "It was the conjugation of the re
markable and1 diverse elements found
in bis parents, that resulted in the
wonderful personality of their illus
trious son. From his father came that
iron frame, sturdy vigor and remark
able stature; .from his mother that
partial melancholy, sympathetic dis
position, and kindly qualities' that
characterized his after life. His rug
ged environment, his inordinate love of
study, and) his remarkable disposition
to advance himself, despite almost in
superable difficulties, were also great
factors in hi wonderful success in
after life."
Speaking of Lincoln's celebrated
speech at Cooper .Union in ; 1860 Mr.
Hallen said, in part:
"I have tried to give you something
of the atmosphere into which Lincoln
came on that memorable occasion at
Cooper Union. Just before his speech,
he was plainly nervous and embar
rassed, much as a young, orator would
be on his first - appearance 'before a
strange audience, although Lincoln was
at this time a- veteran public speaker.
"His gaunt, homely awkward' figure
and high-pitched voice, due . doubtless
to his extensive open air speaking, of I he thinks must have a lot of trouble
course did not lend ' him aid. He ' jjis friends in Stprinsrf ield endeavor to
; ,"The record., of , the ; literary achieve-
merits of Lincoln, who was compelled
to split rails for, a livelihood when he
was., ip' the -twenties, and " to whom a
''piece of writing paper for many years
-was a- positive luxury, .reads Jlke ro
nance. Lincoln himself saidi that his
entire' schooling, much of- it .received
from incompetent instructors, , would
amount to about one year. 'At four
.t.een Jhe would : write and cipher with
chalk .on ! the. cabin walls or' oi a
wooden , shovel, which tie" would whit
tle "clean again, reserving his scant
allowance . of . paper for literary gents,
which he. would commit to memory.
In early life no avenue of education
was open to himi, except by; greatest
sacrifice' oh his part, yet he made the
sacrifice. His industry was unflag
ginig, his power jo( .literary assimilation
prodigious. ' Lacking opportunity arid
literary environment, it would seem
that the gulf between the rude writ
Ings on the wooden shovel and the
speech at" Gettysburg or the second
inaugural could not 'be spanned by the
same. mortal man. , Yet Lincoln span
ned' it, and his Gettysburg speech and
second inaugural are literary classics
that' will 'endure until the last syllable
of recorded time.
"The style of this rail-splitter is in
deed consummate. His effective
phrases, his neat antitheses, his telling
metaphors, his convincing logic,' his
clearness , and simplicity of - statement
hold us enthralled.
"The Gettysburg address was in
tended to be simply introductory. It
was fitting that the President should
say a few words prefatory to the ad
dress of the day, which was delivered
by the scholarly Edward Everett." It
contains ibut 26S words, yet what a
classic. Every line a sermon, every
sentence 3. benediction. It is too sub
lime to gain by praise, and the best
that can be said is to paraphrase
Webster s statement-of Massachusetts,
!There it is, it stands for itself.'
"In his second inaugural he rises to
equal heights of eloquence and literary
excellence. His intimate knowledge
of the Bible here, as usual, serves him
to good purpose, and! his aptness in
Biblical quotation in bringing home a
great moral truth was simply wonder
ful. . -
"No mention of Lincoln would be
satisfactory, not to say complete,
without allusion to the story-telling
and fun-loving side of his character.
He was naturally of a melancholy disposition,-
and often in his darkest hours
and in his most anxious times, he was
wont to relieve his mind by the repeti
tion of some story . or anecdote that
suited the occasion."
Here the speaker related a number
of stories told by Lincoln which were
of 'great . interest to the audience.
"With us religious freedom, racial
freedom, political freedom have all
been achieved, and1 the most potent in
strument in this work in our country's
history, has" been Abraham Lincoln.
Here . religious liberty is now an as
sured and settled fact. In the tor
rent of abuse heaped " upon the head
of the devoted Lincoln he did not es
cape the charge of religious intoler
ance . and 'knownothingism.' I jncoln
indignantly denied any sympathy with
the Know Nothing Party, which con
sisted of crusaders against Catholics'
and foreigners, and stated that if such
ideas should ever get control he would
rather emigrate to some country like
Russia where despotism could be
taken pure, with no hypocritical talk
about freedom and equality.
; "Lincoln was great in' "mind and
great' in" heart". " "His character was not
a bulge; it was a circle. He was not
small in anything. ' Like his calm but
furrowed face, his nature was carved
in deep lines like" all heroic figures for
dangerous heights and great purposes.
He had 'a' deefr 'faith' in' the masses and
the common people, and they in turn
clung to 'him" with "si love and affec
tion that has never been equaled.
What prettier " t'oticli anywhere than
shown by Miss Tarbell a few months
ago, where ? an old friend of Lincoln
from Springfield!, 111., simple in speech
and rustic in appearance, goes to
Washington, during one of the darkest
nericds of the war to see 'Abe' wno
spoke without gesture, without any
attempt at oratory. As he proceeded,
however, his clear cut sentences and
incisive logic first interested, then held,
and finally captivated his audience.
That masterpiece of Shakespeare, Mark
Antony's speech over the deadl- Cae
sar, produced no greater revulsion of
feeling in his auditors than this1 fa
mous deliverance of the rail-splitter of
the West. It was the most carefully
prepared and the most effective of
Lincoln's extended addresses, and those
who cam to scoff remained to cheer.
Air New -York rang with his praise
and, thenceforth, the slavery senti
ment of Lincoln was the accepted- doc
trine of the East.
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dissuade him. saying that things have
changed since Lincoln lived in their
old town and that the great war Pres
ident had no time for such as he. And
then how Lincoln welcomed him at the
Soldiers' Home where he was then liv
ing; how he made him stay to supper
with himself and Mary; how the Pres
ident walked out with him and they
sat down on a bench overlooking the
Potomac; how he listened to the stor
ies of the ibirths and funerals and wed
dings and building at Springfield; how
they sat there during the greater part
of the night; and how Lincoln in turn
poured out his ' troubles to his rustic
friend; that the great war "was weigh
ing heavily; jipca him;, that he was
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THE SURPRISE STORE IS' OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS TINTED 11 O'CLOCK
'plumb- lonesome. .for Springfield'; and
his troubles "with -Sumner, Seward,
Chase, Greeley and the rest. , Oh, the
0lXliyvj ... . ' r ....... J . w uv..
; "Lonely and sorrowful in life, Lin
coin' death was to be in keeping. God
made him. what he was, and. permit
ted him to 'b; taken 'at a. time and in
a way to make hi work the most im
pressive: Those who have made the
most lasting impression on the race
have not only done much but nave suf
fered much. To them have been ac
corded the cheers and the tears of
mankind. ' Above all, of course, be
cause of .His- divinity and hujmanity,
was1 the Nazarene, who 'Suffered that
an might benefit.
"And yet, despite its sadness Lincoln
was fortunate m his dea.th. Wolfe had
he lived one hundred years could never
again have won a victory that would
have given a continent to the English
speaking race. Wellington could' never
have found another Waterloo nor Nel
son another Trafalgar. Robert Em
met, the young Irish patriot, martyred
at the early age of twenty-four, could
not, had he lived longer, have made a
more glorious opportunity.
"And Lincoln could never have had
an opportunity to carry on another
war, nor was there another race wait
ing to be emancipated'.
"For after all, a man's worth is
measuredi by his deeds, arid not toy the
period- of his existence. Immeasur
ably better is the life, which even in
fewer years, by stirring example and
her jic deeds, advances the cause of
liberty and humanity, than a life of
indolence and inaction, even though it
covers the span of a- century.
"Although Lincoln lived in troub
lous times, it could well 'be saidi of him
'His life was gentle, and the elements
so mixed in him that nature might
stand up and say to all the world',
"This was a man."
: "For he was truly
" A blend of mirth and sadness, smiles
and tears, ,
A quaint knight-errant of the pion-
. eers, ,
A homely hero, born of star and sod,
A peasant prince, a masterpiece of
God. "
O T O X. X -A. -
Bears tie ThB Haw Always Bought
BOUNTIES ON "VETCSIIN
Hawks, W'oodchucks, Wildcats Rac
coons, Skunks, Weasels " rt
and Foxes. 1
Hartford, Feb. 26. The subject of
bounties on various wild creatures was
up before the committee on agricul
ture yesterday afternoon.
Wilbur F. Smith, game warden of
Fairfield county, spoke on a bill pro
viding for bounties on henhawks and
owls. He said that a. henhawk, to the
average person, (meant about any con
ceivable winged creature. By. the pas
sage of the bill a lot. of men would be
sent into the woods seeking henhawks,
so as to collect the bounty,, and this
would result in a great deal of dam
age being done - to our native birds.
He wanted to have specified what was
meant by "henhawks," and exhibited
two species of hawks, that had been
properly prepared by a taxidermist.
One of these was a "sharp shinned
hawk" which created a great deal
more damage than the henhawk, and
the other" was the "Cooper's hawk"
which was likewise as much to be
feared. If the bill meant to include
these varieties of hawks he was in fa
vor of its passage.
There was a general discussion over
a bill fixing the bounty on woodchucks
at 25 cents to be paid by the treasurer
of the town; not more than $5 for wild
cats, $3 for raccoons and $1 for skunks,
weasels, henhawks and owls.
House bills No. 494 and 488, also
heard, had to da with repealing Sec
tions No. 1936 1937 of the General Stat
utes. Mr. Cosgrove, Senator W. L.
Higgins and several others spoke in
opposition, claiming that it would be
disastrous to farmers' crops and fowls
to have these sections repealed, for
they relate to the ; bounty on foxes.
Even with the bounty, foxes are con
tinually increasing in numbers and
with the bounty taken off for a short
time the country would be overrun
with them.
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We also have in stock a collection of new
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991 MAIN STREET
ADVERTISE IN THE PARMER.
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As you will perceive in the picture
on the left, this gentleman was treated
by the Porcelain method of dentistry
and today he is the possessor of a' set
of teeth the counterpart of the ones
nature originally endowed. And they
are only natural looking, tout they feel
' natural' and most important of all they
ACT natural. He isn't obliged to
"favor" these teeth for they are
strong and will stand! more cgewing
than any he's ever had before. They're
good sound "nut-cracking" teeth built
in the . inimitable Porcelain manner
and require no plate or other unnat
ural contrivance in the mouth to pro
mote a fear, pf insecurity or to im
pede clear enunciation in speaking.
These teeth are just as if nature put
them in his mouth and they surpass
nature for NEVER will they decay or
Ibecome loose. And as for . looks
they're BEAUTIES. Just the precise
color of his own teeth and a peculiar
little incident occurred to him to prove
how absolutely impossible it is to de
tect good Porcelain work from natural
teeth. He boarded in the same place
with a dentist-r-sat directly across the
table from this dentist for six months
and talked, laughed and chewed before
his very eyes at even meal and the
dentist never detected the Porcelain
dental work in his mouth until one
day this gentleman asked the dentist
what he thought about Porcelain den
tistry and called attention to the work
in his mouth. The dentist was dumb-,
founded and while he was not a Por
celain practitioner he readily admit
ted that it was astoundtlngly clever
worlff amd paid a pretty compliment to
the dentist who did! it. No one not
even a dentist,, can detect Porcelain
teeth, bridgework and fillings from
your own natural teeth.
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