Show 44 4 4 4 tt abraham lincoln this article Is by miss ellen humble an eighth t grade student of the central school this city the most humble sometimes become the greatest so it was with abraham lincoln he was one of our poorest and most hum ble men yet he became one of our greatest 4 abraham lincoln was born in hardin county kentucky feb 4 auary lath 1809 his early life was the rough and tumble life 4 of a frontier settler he learned to chop wood split rails and do all kinds of farm work he said himself that lie he went to school by littles and taken all together it did not amount to more than i a acar ear but he read every book newspaper and anything he get hold of with printing on everything he read he made mace ills his own in his eagerness to acquire knowledge he once walked two miles to borrow a book to read he left it in a window and it was soiled by rain he went to the owner of the book and told him of the accident the man told him to come and work two t days for him and their accounts accod ants would be even he did his work welt well and the hie man gave him the book he was a great lover of I 1 knowledge 4 all his habits were very good he was kind conscientious and industrious he was also very truthful t lincoln was very fond of his mother she died when he was ten years old but long after her death he said all that I 1 am or hope to be I 1 owe to my angel mother he worked at nearly all the trades splitting rails carpentry t mechanics and farming he was also a storekeeper postmaster fand a lawyer t he was always seeking wisdom and took advantage of every opportunity that came in his way demay compare him with the t great men of our nation in honesty truth truthfulness fu I 1 ness bravery and edu 4 cation although he acquired the latter all through his own efforts he was nearly as well educated as any of the men of his time ile he was elected president of the united states in 1860 he served one term and six weeks while serving his second term the met his tragic death he was at fords theatre on the even 4 ing of april 1865 he and his wife occupied a box on the second tier and while there was a pause in n the play a man by the 4 na name deot ot liike booth entered enter edthe the box and ands h ut 14 urnia ry 11 i km t j i m itic iTi 1 bori af djs oil hold the twelfth of ferrua ry sacred bohls memory 4 |