Show 1309 ARAHAM LINCOLN 1865 10 0 iv gg 01 1 mw 6 d e fa q pg m g ae J W hak 4 al fl WO Z 4 ANA 4 MIX 77 A tew few miles from the pretty little incorporated village of j ville ln 16 TO as larue laru county Xen kentucky tucky the noble liable states statesman nian abraham lincoln was born i on april 4 1896 elder S A smith I 1 and I 1 who were missionaries in ken 1 tucky tor for the church ot of jesus christ I 1 of latter day saints often called mormon church Ch arrived at hodgens 1 ville stopped at the hotel overnight overnights tJ and in the PI 11 orning started tor for lin coins birthplace walking it was a lovely spring sunday morning and the walk was waa about three miles along a good road over hills and down hollows and by frame houses and log cabins and big ponds where the cattle it ft was along a country lane through country characteristic ot of old kaintuck the frogs were singing in the ponds and whoever has heard their songs after winter has heard a good song sang for or they proclaim the ap ot of spring the birds thel the pigs 1 I must not leai aae e out the pigs lor or they are one 0 at the mainstays main stays ot or ICen kentucky tucky and ot of the elders and the chickens all seemed to be having a I 1 good time we passed georgetown about halt hall a mile from Hodgens ville where there were nearly one hundred families of darkies living in log cabins Q we came to an old darky named albert handley who had lived by the side bide ot of the lincoln road longer than any other oilier darky so lie he told us he was talking to another old darky as wo we came up how far is it to Lincol ns farm we asked two and a halt miles he replied how tar far did you tell the albert his wife called to him fromi from a doorway about fifty feet away wanting to receive halt half the credit of imparting I 1 the information albert said 1 I told dent dem two and a halt miles ills his wife replied kessall Yes sah sall and its a right smart two and a halt half miles too wo we asked the old dar darlles darkles liles it if they feel grateful to abraham linwin lincoln for what he had done tor for them albert said dessah Yes sah sall we do and I 1 otten often go down and drink out de spring on de lincoln farm and I 1 believe do de water tastes better ion my spring water cause lincoln drank out 0 of it we bade them goodbye good bye and went on soon we passed two little darky hoys boys coming down the road and they were singing at the top ot at their voices some ot at the darkies were standing at their doors and others were sitting in the sun and some were singing 0 lord save de sinners 0 do 0 do the birds were singing songs of glee and even the sad note mourning dove sounded bounded less leas mournful that lovely spring morning it seemed as it everything every tUne was singing a song ot of glad ness and happiness all nature had the semblance of ot joyousness and thankful ness and it almost appeared as it everything ery thing was as singing the sing of 0 praise the sweet singer of th the bible sang praise the lord from the earth ye I 1 dragons and all deeps fire and hail snow and vapors stormy wind fulfilling his word 1 I mountains and all hills fruitful fruita til trees and all cedars beasts and all 6 cattle attie creep creeping things and flying icings 0 of the earth and all people princes and all judges ot of the earth doth both young me and maidens old men and children let them praise the name of oc tile the lord tor for ills his name alone is excellent cel lent his glory is above the earth and heaven psalm when we came near Lincol ns farm we saw a frame house upon it and we went to it to ask tor for a little information about the place A nice young man by the name of drown brown was living in the house I 1 he to and his wife were sitting on the doorstep and he wasi was quite willing to give us any information we desired illow how large a farm is this and w who I 1 to owns it now I 1 asked Th The efarin tann comprises acres lie replied and a mr dennett ot of new york now owns it and has had the nice lence fence that you see placed around it 11 noticing that tile the land was broken 1 up I 1 ask him what they were doing I 1 with it lie he replied we will probably sow red top and blue grass over most of 0 tile the farm do you have many visitors in the summer I 1 asked yes from now on till fall all they come and everyone wants to take away a rock or something to remember their visit here last fall a party at 0 people came here from the east and wh enthey went up on the hill where where Lincol ns cabin is they all picked ap pp P some pieces ot of glass dishes which were near the cabin thinking they were getting parts ot at dishes that abraham lincoln ate oft off but instead they were only carrying oft off remnants of 0 dishes that people belore before them had thrown away atter after eating their lunch mr drown brown then pointed out the ca bin which Is on the spot where lincoln was born ile he said that cabin was pulled down and put up in another place but his uncle john davenport davenpart bought the logs and then it was afterwards replaced on the spot where it was when lincoln was torn born we ve went over to the cabin which had but one room with a fireplace tor for burning logs on oil the side of the lie cabin which was highest I 1 counted 14 logs and on en the lower lover side 11 logs 1 we then went down to tile the line fine spring where I 1 suppose lincoln oftentimes when he was a boy bay could quench lii ench ills his thirst hirst on a warm warin summer day little did he think when a boy a that lie he would become so distinguished we sat down clown by the spring where everything was so peaceful and by which a few sheep were feeding and looked up tip at the little cabin on the hill trying to realize that it was there the noble statesman who has now become almost as great in history as george washington that it was in that log cabin that the great emancipator was born yes such was the case on oil that farm in kentucky on oil february 12 1809 abraham lincoln first saw the light ills his father was not able to read or write and was poor so hoping to better his condition lie he m moved oved to indiana all the family floating down tile the ohio river on a raft when lincoln was 19 years old he hired out as a hand on a flatboat flat boat at 10 per month and made a trip to new orleans when he returned lie he accompanied ills his family to illinois driving the cattle on the trip when they reached their destination he helped I 1 build a cabin and split rails to in lose close the farm ile he became from now on clerk captain in fit the mack black hawk nar ar county storekeeper postmaster and surveyor yet lie he was able to get a knon knowledge ledge of 0 law by borrowing books at an office before it ii hosed at night and returning them at its opening in the morning ile he trained his mind by carefully thinking to a conclusion every subject that puzzled him atter after being admitted to the bar he rapidly rose to distinction he was tall and rather ungainly but was gifted with good co common millon sense and was waa known everywhere as honest abe he was klad kind earnest and sympathetic and ills his great desire after he become president of 0 the united states was only to be of oe service to his country there is now a tine fine memorial building in which the old log a cabin wo we saw is now placed standing on oil the old lincoln farm |