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JW 9 «| 3 -t-t, y -a Writer in Eastern Paper | Lincoln s ooynood | t/ of the Great Emancipator, f mama a _ a .* _ n» . n .ft .A _ M .A . ,T i A great many writers in the last few years have written short sketches of Mr. Lincoln's birth and early history, none of which agree in all particu lars. For the want of proper informa tion many of these writers have jumped at conclusions. First of all was the shameful, dam aging report that Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were never married. They lived in Hardin county, Ky., now Lauer county, ar.d were supposed to have been married there. No mar riage license could be found on rec ord, hence the false report—no mar riage. The article appearing in the Larue Herald says: “Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were married In Washington county, Ky., came to I^artie from Washington county, and their oldest child, Sullie. was probably born there.” So far so good. It also says Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks lived in Laura county “until Abe was about 13 years old.” Frequent mention lias been made, too, In artic les or sketches referred to of Mr. Lincoln's associates in Larue county. These could bate been true— but for facts in history. Mr. Lincoln was born in 1809, and his parents moved to Indiana in lSlti. There was an uncertainty about Mr. Lincoln's birthplace, claimed in Larue county, and on inquiry of Mr. Lincoln about it he said he was not born at the place suggested in letter; was told by his parents it occurred at another place, and his recollection was of the Knob Creek place. An article of recent date about “Lin coln's Neglected Birthplace” says: “There never would have been any question about the plaee if it had not been for a fact which is perhaps gen erally unknown. There is tto record in Hardin county or Larue of Thomas Lincoln as a land owner.” It says they claim a document in the form of a bond for $1*H) from Thomas Lincoln for the support of Nancy Hanks. Now the facts are these as related by Mr. W. F. Broker and William Hardesty—Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were married in Washington county. Ky., dune 10,1800, at the home of Richard Berry. Thomas Lincoln did not realize the importance this marriage could he to his son and failed to impress upon him the date and place. It had been forgotten and the prominence of Mr. Lincoln brought it to the recollection of the few living when it came to be a matter of great moment. To Mrs. C. if. Vawter of Indianap olis, lnd„ must beloug all the honor for the finding of the marriage license of Thos. Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. First she visited an old lady, Mrs. Litsey, living near Buchland P. O. and got a statement from her of the mar riage of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy Hanks. Thl6 was the first statement ever published in regard to the mar riage. Mrs. Vawter, then Miss Char lotte Hobart, boarding in my father’s house and teaching school in Wash ington county, continued her plead ing for a search in the clerk's office for said license until they were found. Mrs. Vawter wrote the first article in vindication of Nancy Hanks when it was stated she was never married. Twenty years after this she received a letter from a lady in Cambridge, Mass., saying she had done more to vindicate Nancy Hanks than any one. In a letter to me last fall she says: I This information was furnished by Wm. Hardesty, an old man living near the Lincoln home, lie told of the year In which the marriage took place between Thus. Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, ami Dr. Graham, whose state ment has been published, says Mr. Hardesty was present at the wedding. During Mr. Lincoln's presidency this Mr. Hardesty and a great grand daughter of Richard Berry, Miss Jen nie Redding, were passing the old Lincoln home, talking of the Presi dent. and Miss Jennie said: “Mr. Hardesty, history says Mr. Lincoln was born in Larue county.” He re plied, saying: “I don't care what his tory says—I know better.” I concerned about what his grandson j would be.” Mr. Lincoln had a mission to per form. and he seemed conscious of it. He started in the race with a heavy burden upon him. He was never rid of it. There were those who cculd have given him relief, but he knew them not. He was looking forward, not backward—mindful all the while of "what the grandson should be." Mr. Lincoln was making history— not writing it. He did not live to see the end, but few, if any, great leaders ever do. They leave names to he honored and places in history of re membrance. Washington county, Ken tucky, comes in for a large share in . ■— LINCOLN S BIRTHPLACE. Mr. Broker, now living and clerk of Washington county, says: “It has been a disputed question between Washington county and Larue in re gard to the birthplace of Mr. Lincoln, but from the record evidence in office and the statement made by Mr. Hard esty, there were two children born to Thomas Lincoln aud Nancy Hanks in the cabin now standing in this county. The first was a girl, who died in her infancy, and the second was a boy. This would bring it up to about 1809, the year A. Lincoln was born, and that Thomas Lincoln moved to Hardin county when this boy was about 18 months old.” Richard Berry, whoso name is con nected with a history of Thomas Lin coln and Nancy Hanks, was uncle to Nancy Hanks, and she was living in his house when she was married, and his name is signed to the marriage certificate as guardian of Nancy Hanks. There have been many statements made concerning Mr. Lincoln's school and boyhood days in Kentucky—not intentionally overdrawn, but seeming ly impossible. Mr. Lincoln was born In 1809, and In 181H bis father with family moved to Indiana. It has been said Mr. Lincoln never had anything to say of his early life and history. lie never knew. What - r t connection with Mr. Lincoln when the facts are all known.—Evan Rogers, in Boston Globe. LINCOLN AND THE WHETSTONE. Incident Remembered Well, Though Fifteen Years Had Elapsed. Concerning the great height of Abraham Lincoln, the following story is told, which is said to be new. When a candidate for the Illinois legisla ture and while making a personal canvass of his district, he one day took dinner with a farmer who also loaned him a whetstone with which to sharpen his knife. Yeai'3 after ward. when Mr. Lincoln had become President, a soldier came to call on him at the White House. At the first glance, the chief executive said: "Yes. I remember you; you used to live on the Danville road. 1 took din ner with you when I was running for the legislature. 1 recollect that we stood talking out at the barnyard gate, while I sharpened my jack knife." “Y-a-a-s," drawled the soldier; "you did. But, say. wherever did you put that whetstone? I looked for It a dozen times, but I never could find it after the day you used It. We ’lowed as now, mebby, you took it 'long with | you." “No,” said Lincoln, looking serious ---, HIS HOME AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. “Mr. W. F. Booker gives the best reasons ever given for believing t hat , A. Lincoln was born in that old cabin in Washington county, Ky.—a lact which she never heard disputed until about thirty years after Mr. Lincoln's deatn." Mr. W. F. Booker was clerk of Washington county, Ky.. when Mr. Lincoln first came into prominelfce, j has held the office continuously since, I and probably there Is uo man now ; living more familiar with the early history of Thos. Lincoln, his marriage and the birthplace of A. Lincoln. The records in the clerk's office were not kept then as now—there wore no dates and the great question was: When and where did marriage occur.” | pleasure it would have given him to have known it ali, we can only im agine. Who he was and what he was came too late when the marriage license, solemnized and returned by Jesse Head, were brought to light from their long resting place In the clerk’s office of Washington county. Even some, claiming great intimacy with Air. Lin coln when a boy in Kentucky, claimed tlie widow Johnson, his stepmother, as his real mother. To correct this mistake Mr. Lin coln wrote from Illinois saying his father's name was Thos. Lircoln and his mother’s maiden name was Nancy Hard s. Again he said he rover knew who his grandfather was "was more and pushing away a lot of documents of state from the desk in front of him. "No, I put it on top of the gate jiost—that high one.” “Well," exclaimed the visitor, “meb be you did. Couldn't nobody else have put it there, and none of us ever thought to look there for it.” The soldier was then on his way home. and when he got there the first thing he did was to look for the whet stone. And, sure enough, there it was, just where Lincoln had laid it fifteen years before. The honest fel low wrote a letter to the chief magis trate of the nation, telling him that the whetstone had been found, and would never be lost again.—Detroit Tribune. i SAVED LIFE OF LEE. LINCOLN SPARED SON CF CON FEDERATE CHIEFTAIN. j Great-Hearted President, Touched by the Heroism of Southern Officer, De ferred Execution—War’s Ending Settled the Matter for All Time. President Lincoln’s magnanimous disposition and kindly nature were never better exemplified than in a case during the Civil War in which two sons of the Confederate chieftain, Robert E. I.ce, were involved, says the Washington Post. As narrated by one of the most hospitable and typ ical Virginians, himself a scion of a family noted for the brave deeds and heroic sacrifices, the story of iancoln and the Lees reveals a depth of fra ternal affection, chivalry and heroism of which Americans may Justly be proud, no matter what state may claim their allegiance. “It was after the battle of Brandy station, in which Gen. W. H. F. Lee, called by his father and family ‘Rooney’ l.ee, was not only badly wounded, but captured by the Federal forces. Upon being taken to the headquarters of the Union army his identity became known and there was consequently great rejoicing over such a capture. Subsequently a Federal officer who had been captured by the Confederates was shot under peculiar circumstances and the captors of Rooney Lee determined that he should be executed by way of retaliation. A day had been fixed when he was to be shot at sunrise. In some manner Gen. Washington Parke Custis Lee, who once owned the Arlington estate, which was subsequently made a na tional cemetery by the United States government, learned of hfs brother’s peril. By means of a flag of truce, Custis l.ee appeared at the headquar ters of the Union eomniauder, who cordially received him and inquired the nature of his visit. si bio.' was the reply, ‘and return him to his wife and children. You must know, general,’ continued Custis I^ee, '1 am a bachelor, and not only that, but i outrank my brother, who is a brigadier-general, while I am a major general. If any one is to suffer, for the unfortunate occurrence by which one of your officers forfeited his life, let the blow fall upon me. There will be no one to grieve and worry about me. for 1 am a single man and a sol dier. able and willing to abide by the arbitrament of war. With my Lrother it is different, tor lie is a man of fam ily. with a wife and four little ones awaiting him at home. He knows nothing of my visit, neither does our father—Gen. Robert E. Lee. Know ing both of them as 1 do, it is my con jecture that if my piiriio.se had been communicated to either of them they would have endeavored to dissuade me frbm such an undertaking. Conse quently I have come to your headquar ters of my own volition, and without any advice whatever, either from my family or friends. Give me my broth er’s life for his family's sake, and take mine as a means of retaliation for a regrettable and unlooked-for act of wrar and its misery.’ “Moved by this appeal the Union general pointed out to his visitor that what he asked was not in his power lo grant. ‘Lots were drawn for the execution,’ he said, 'and fate willed it ♦bat your brother should draw the fatal number. A time has been fixed for the execution, the necessary or ders have been given and it only re mains to carry out the details. There is nobody to help you in your ex tremity unless President Lincoln at Washington sees fit to interfere.’ “This suggestion, coming from the source it did, aroused a gleam of hope within the bosom of Custis Lee, and he inquired of the Federal commander whether it would lie possible to stay the execution of the death sentence until President Lincoln could be in formed of the circumstances. “‘Most assuredly,’ was the reply, 'ami, furthermore, he shall be In formed of your heroic and brotherly offer of sacrifice immediately.’ inis olllcer Kept faith to the let ter,” continued the narrator, “and sent a detailed account of his inter view with Custis Lee to the President of the United States. Abraham Lin coln. Within a few hours after the message was received at Washington there came a reply from President Lincoln to the Federal commander, saying: ‘1 know Custis Lee means what he says. Defer the execution of his brother until you receive further orders from me.’ “These orders never came,” con cluded the host, "for shortly after ward W. 11. F. Lee was exchanged for a Federal oflicer of the rank of a brigadier general and at once set out to rejoin his family. His devoted wife in the meanwhile learning the story of liis capture and sentence and hav ing no means for ascertaining his subsequent whereabouts had pined away and died. Scarlet fever had car ried off ills four children, so that it was to a darkened and desolate fire side that Rooney Lee returned out of the jaws of death. He knew nothing at this time of the offer made by his brother to take his place and it was not until long after the Civil War had ended that he learned what the big hearted Abraham Lincoln had done. "Is it any wonder,” continued the narrator, "that men of the south revere the memory of Lincoln? It was the darkest day in our history when he fell by an assassin's act, and none deplored his untimely end more than brave Old Marse Robert’ and his sons Custis and Rooney Lee, the last named afterward a congressman at Washington. A son of Rooney I^ee, by a subsequent marriage, is now a member of the Virginia legislature. Maple Sugar Cookies. Shave ai. said; “My advertisement toad that I should only pay six dollars a week for the work.” "Yes, I know,” she replied. “And you will come fo^ that?” “It's a very small salary, of course, but as I shall expect to marry you before the year is out. I’ll take it and be along tomorrow morning.” AM CP-TO-DATE UOrsCKKKrERa TTse Bed Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes deau and sweet as when new. All grocers. Some people hang outside like icicles from the roof of the church and I hen complain that Ihe church is cold. Ten cents worth of help will make more religion than a dollar’s worth of argu mrnt. 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