| Show MEMORIES OF DAY told 2 by one who was act quainter quain f ted with the grea emancipator and his opponent dougla S sf fw JOHN LYMAN CHILD MRS who Is a eighty two years ww ol 01 I 1 knew lincoln per conall beard lincoln and douglas oka debate has aw a store of interesting in abw connected ay alth her fa therin 7 law iw an ardent abolitionist vy uy as mellas rev fi ay tales of her father 1 anbo served as ad of illinois mrs aasin childs maiden name with mary ellen kil f derson a she was born ahr find 2 reared w near springfield lived in that 7 locality for eighty bears ul nov re sides in chicago efer y te bif yes I 1 remember aa blell anas ft nothing but w a wy aher ay i taw the horses anere dilvert ilief to tle ff iari bourl f f house 1 unhitched tied wy to the af baal at of the aagon and fi fed waff there yh I 1 binel w 0 R faim not far from town we 7 inc the people 1 in ife town yi 7 an iska I 1 NA ent 7 in to ti political meetings iway iw fy in j biffi dia you wy know ff kiy frets ax to getler wf N each trying ay to ff get i fwu for ir I 1 af is s r le if a I 1 heard lincoln and dougli azy folks said that douglas fy wf yas ta smartest fest man but that 77 lincoln vf mas it fi shrewdest once I 1 heard dolglas w a ff 70 to lincoln you awl sir ava ud to set vf r I 1 when w lincoln aar got jf up this avas hi ft answer Y y to that les I 1 did aal while 7 cwi iwi I 1 fr officiated in one ay 30 7 douglas V d d in f another you dl I 1 th g rv auary douglas w aas a drinken absy tle wf at he aff made A the best speecher fl eche zofi kilei iffa iff be anas under the influence the daa saw in fat er introduced him to a little bo fr mho alas for douglas v thourl it e bov of y v father inas ay strong iy r on the araw other off st I 1 knon he had been diw drinking a this bo s father ay stephen iy afar ca III the boy ey iad the fi same name swea wa khoan all arkind vasy as an w abolition i i the boy only M ten years ai old for w ao ii W nas not 17 on that wl adf one the father while at snork in the fla p wy aff aw his team being driven by f iss stephen out to the of road f as jy fast a chev w could go ile hollered ay iy for the ff bov f to bring afaf it e I 1 back but he f w a paid dy no attention afi ff i after aini ile aft r y cl lid san a gang of bo s drive 7 back w jy to the t house ayi they yf had a I 1 ole i in jy iba their w ay thea tool this i out vw tin w yaw i pretty soon began trang wr w to r raise ww it sw ivy for i a ww flag pole in front afy of ta sy e house vy afify air child by the JK inac diw he gatei be f VIM came effy my vent oner and offered to help i atyim ay although yiM ay iy fay it ma a hickory pole fafty but aft little stephen jaw said no this Is a ff democrat F tole and no abolitionist shall touch ilaf little stephen had anno faff atit he called w douglas and wi lincoln he took wi fine care wv of douglas but he u cd A to iw beat lincoln 15 7 TI it was 1 a long time ago A but he Is still living and W still remembers ff affy his aits J fay my aw father vas a democrat wy we ff aled fV is neighbor to tic aff childs and one day father wi took little a stephen f to a wy meeting where dolglas bwy spoke after ew wy yie the meeting fathel avid the boy si ake af issa is sv hands alth 7 jv douglad and I 1 e 2 intro f waff deuced him as a ten 5 ear old democrat son of an abolitionist fw afy wy father inlaw was an adful strong w abolitionist ile sa s1 altered ayi col wn vl ored wiyu people 7 and fifa helped she N fl SiW them vy the iab north he had a horse aimed I 1 oil p they wea said he py would put a col wr bied ru naNNay on the abw hore a send iw it off wr an be pretty ei sure oi oiin it iw bould do nas expected of it N run af along 2 steadily then awa fw A kick up its iW heels and throw off its load right at ti e dor W of anoil er abolitionist NI father in law vf used to hide runways runa hf ays in his cellar which had no w outside door just aby a trapdoor a in V 1 0 ise once he abw had a lot of it a em there and searchers sear cheis came aang sui I 1 acting him air child tol I 1 the ay iy here flaw ii elcome to bearch j looked all around but not in 7 the right W I 1 pice 7 TI at night he loaded it e col oid people in i the aw bottom a of it e ningon a piled isy on top bags of hay an I 1 ait oit for salt creek 0 1 the al at the side 7 of the ff roi I 1 he met a t aai NO 0 asked 9 for a ride air CI i alsed his NN I 1 lp and naiff vA told hii iff i to get af out of ta e way that he d t anant vr 7 iny fw one A to adv ride a and yV hurt his load isow ile got the people safely to salt creek 3 there in ff logan county as then honed it em the liay isa north arraf rr af fm I 1 es I 1 knew sf lincoln I 1 kne N alai 3 told too T slightly she anas aff v after their marriage marri ige it hurt her w thit 18 4 bam I 1 na rs c john lyman 7 ch ia lincoln 7 vw nas so plain s an I 1 diessel so si iliin she canted ff him to dress up sw I 1 first yaz knew i him i he likel to wiy the linsey woolsey v f it mas I 1 W homely ayi man wy but i ff drew sf wf to way him ile nias a afi great iw friend to vf the tool made moie ay iy asiye a ragged boa wi or iyih gar than any other kind afy ry wS everyone Ee wi w around springfield dav or nhen evv lincoln anas 17 killed ff I 1 a as though it anas yesterday vf his body r A in fy state thele 7 in the state house and I 1 re the lay wy my I 1 band fAW and tw I 1 went ww to pay a tv out rejects ts that anas VW the fi biggest if fight on the streets wy of springfield that I 1 fi hid h id ira ever fifes seen colored ia people i y bad flocked there nw from 1 all side abe afi evere present in ofey such 2 fey numbers them eker more tl in filled the sidewalks side malks there really d a in t seem to be aft any room for vi any of it e white people that a hinted i to go to the house it nv as shout ed wyit it at the colored 7 should fi go W out into the road not take ff ill the Nal A big fight followed fol loved chete anas much noise and faff confusion but the ay allce finally stopped lwft it tin calil la in s state a day and night an army of people had opportunity ff to pass along as r he lay ww it ei e with the guards adv about him zw ivy POPE yav refreshments 7 were sold in that genera S asa stori faw ln new seem where va lincoln worked copyright Arff ww 1920 western ff newspaper Vivy rf union |
