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Show PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW i Siesioutlifnl Lincoln, Ci I 1 tMs-' A V " I (In Garfield Park, Chicago) ;rf; , 1 "A M':uri ni jp:-: "'V'S r$ . m, r KSwii&8 11 Mil-! Wk ' If-x 1 .WfCt' Lincola. the Youxvq Statesman . jaartyr. 1 j recent- years, however, there has been a I t incy to perpetuate-In bronze and" stonrcer- , I ' ' "A K s 1 -1 li'ii h .ixicoln.. tlue Hoosier "Youth., By ELMO SCOTT WATSON N SCORES of cities and villages throughout the United States and In several foreign countries stand statues and other memorials io. the great American whose birthday we will celebrate on February 12. Most of them, having been erected to commemorate his services as President Presi-dent during a critical period in the istorv nrt- his-world-wlde renown as P humanitarian, portray him as the bearded f.iof mature years and benign countenance, ? Wmanrlnator. the "Man of Sorrows". 'itl " ' ' saartyr. inev to Dertetuatrln bronze and" stonr cer Jneidents in his earlier life which will mem- I m i ' l. n 4-1, n aKowoa fjw inose lornmuve yearo wueu me luaiac- yt the future American immortal was De- shaped and molded. So we have the "Kaij- er" statue In Garfield park In Chicago, the I Hawk War 080181 statue In Dixon, HL, "candidate" statue in Cincinnati, Ohio, and "Young Statesman" statue in Louisville, Ry. newest of these "youthful Lincoln" sta- Is the one which was erected last year on .aza of the Lincoln National Life Insurance pmy at Fort Wayne, Ind., and which por- !'LIncolnr the Hoosler Youth." It la the of the famous sculDtor. Paul Manshlp. fc main facts of Lincoln's earlier years are known to most Americans, thanks to tne ktaklntr labor of such biographers as Eev. jam E. Barton, Senator Albert J. Beverldge Carl Sandburg and others who seem to broHrfit to lieht everv slnele fact which slcnificant In maklns Lincoln the man that Jecame. But It Is doubtful If anything more resting has ever been written about tnat pe- of Lincoln's life than the report of an irlooked Interview-with Dennis F. Hanks, asln and close companion of LIncoln,whlch not rtnain ki Rnhert fiTnhrM an attorney 'yn recently come Into the hands of the author KMs article. The Interview to part follows: found him hale and erect, ready to recount She benefit of a younger generation, the In to which marked the youth or the martyrea AenL His name Is Dennis F. Banks, and ji t cousin to Lincoln. Uncle Dennis, as he illed. Is a tvblcal Kentucklan. born In Har- county, 1799. His face is sun-bronzed and ed with furrows of time; a resolute mouth firm grip of the jaw ; broad forehead above lr of nnwearlnhle eves. The eyes seem out t"lace, In the weary, faded face; they glow Sash like two diamond sparks, set In ridges all gold. The face la a serious one, but play of light In the eyes, unquenchable by betrays the nature full of sunshine and ' life. A sldewlse glance at the profile shows stri.klngly Lincoln-like, prominent cheek r, temples, nose and chin; but best of all twinkling drollery In the eye that flashed pe White House during the dark flays or vil war. To my query he replied cheemy: ertalnly, certainly, sir, HI talk to you about I kin talk, too, beln' as I am the only uvur that knows all about him." low nu t Uncoln when you first 1 jkiinr . - a fJOBt 24 hours, hardly that; I rekolect I ran 0 r Wfiy. over two miles, to see Nancy Hanks' . I huh, kt. than fnr nnnPi1on to f- In them day to see new babies. Her f- was Nancy Hank before ahe mamea l-M Lincoln. I held tne wee one a minniu It t years old. and It tickled m. to hold the 7. n Uttle Lincoln." t tm t c A -TniBnJl, 3a Abe was about nine. Mr. Lincoln moved i-iu uuiu a camp OI oruau m opcuv-ci vvu-r- jt came nnt a roar later, and be then "had a op, and he gave us the shanty. On this 1 if , r part were jvur 4s: iwst fifteen rods. Abe killed a lurkey the mm rnt . .nTn mi mm to in - iucC, AH VUUlUli n v. tt. The name waa pronounced Iinkhorn ie rrew to manhood. nnon mv shoulder and make me swing corners swift, and his arms so long and strong 1 My t how he could chop 1 His ax would flash and bite Into asugar tree or sycamore, and down It wnnlrl ramn if von heard him fallln' trees In a clearin you would say there was three men "at work by the way trees felL But he 'never was sniiav nr.nnflrrplsnmp. I've seen him walk Into a crowd of sawln' rowdies, and tell some drole yarn,, and bust them all up. It was the same when he was a lawyer ; all eyes, whenever he rlz were on him: there was a suthln peculiar- some about him." Lincoln, tKe Candidate by the folks then. We was all unedducafed. Aft er a spell we learnedt better, "Tn th Ufe of Lincoln,' published after nis nomination, It is stated that you taught him to read." vo etr I did. I tauirht him to spell, read and cipher. He knew his letters pretty welllsh; but no more. His motner raugni mm ma ters. If ever there waa a good woman on earth T.o mi nnn a true Christian of the Baptist church; but she died soon after we arrived, and left him without a teacher; nis rainer coumu i read a word." "Is it possible be had no schooling r "Only about one-quarter; scarcely that I then set in to help him; I didn't know much, but I did the best I could." "What books did he read first r "Webster's speller. When I gothlm through tht T nniv had a codt of Indiana statutes. Then he got hold of a book ; r can't rlkkolect the name; mavhA vnn Wn lf-1 teu you someinin" . in it It told a vara about a feller, a nigger or suthln. that sailed a flatboat up to a rock, and the rock was magnetized and drawed the. nails out of his boat, and he got a aucKin-, or arowneu, or anthln'. I. f oreot now." ' That Is the story of SInbad, in the -AraDian Nights'." "That'a it? that's the book. Abe would lay on the floor with a"chalr under his head and laugh over them Rablan Night by the hour. 1 toia him It was likely Ilea from end to end, but he learned to read right well In It" "TTad he anv other booksr vh t hnrrnwed for him the Ufe of-Wash- inrtAn and the 'Soeechea of Henry Clay.' They had a powerful Influence on mm, tie 101a me afterwards, in tne wnite House, ne waniea 10 iim nv Washineton. His speeches show that; tm tha otier book did the most amazing work. He was a Democrat. llk his ratter ana au or m hen ha beean to read It When he closed It he was a WW, heart and souL and he went step by step tin he Became leaaer or me kc-publlcans." kc-publlcans." --will- von describe him when a boyT "WelL he was at this time not grown, only a f 9 inohmt tilc-h. H was 6 feet 4 when Brown tall lathy and gaifgllng not much ap- pearance, not nanasome, noi ngiy, uui ynnuiai. Tht kind of a feller: If a man rode up borse- koov ih wnnld b the first one out up on the fence asking questions, till his father would give him a knock side o - ma, neaa ; men oea and throw at snowbirds or suthln. but ponderln' all the -whiles "What did you teach him to write with r "Snmttfmea'he would write with a piece of charcoal or the p'lnt of a burnt stick on the fence or floor. We got a little paper, at the country town, and I made Ink out or black- p,or large installations, bury briar-root and a Tittle copperas in it It f,, Rhmilhe 8ecured. but was black; but the copperas would eat the paper " f h fellraInar, after awhile. I made his first pen out of , tnrtey I"'"6 be ' de b, the land- Duzzaru learner: memo swu iui o. . . . i author nimspir." no geese them days. After he learnea to write he was scrawlln' his name everywhere; some-timoa'hA some-timoa'hA would write It in tfce white sand down on the crick bank, and lea v It till the freshet would blot it out" wa be active and atrongr tt was that I waa ten years older, but I couldnt rassle him down. His legs waj too long . .. trr. .1i l. 4w f6T m to tnrow nim, ja wuum uuk Vatch Growing Pigs More pigs, suffer from a lack of an1 minerals In thplr rn- UU1U UlUk IV vuv. . ... I lrULClU auu iitn,nnw - - "Did yoo have any idea of hii future great- tjona than 1a generally realized. nessr This would not be the case if more -V - laV wwrnm m nan MMinfpff tTlA tlA VAI PflW I a. a. a.!. nnM tA thalr fooA lU, IL vv no is. ucr vvuun j, wuu v " " flLlcUUlULI ttcao yaiu v boyrrather a bright an', likely lad, but the big a pig that Is self-fed and all pigs world seemed far ahead of him. We were stow intended for the market should be goln folks, but he had it in him, though we gelf-fed--a ration of corn or other never auspeciea iu "Did he take to books eagerly r urn u wu w nw 6" ; , mixture ot launnge, w "No, we had to hire him at first But when meaj and linseed or cottonseed 26,698 Will Study Farming by Mail Correspondence Enrolling Drawing students From Various Occupations. Prepared by Ohio Stat Unlrtnltr. WNU Sarvlca. To study farming by mall. 28.099 persons have enrolled In the cor respondence courses conducted by the college of agriculture since their Inception In 1919. Enrollment's In the 24 courses offered to residents resi-dents of the state Include, business men, farmers, mechanics, police men, bankers, Inmates of state penal Institutions, teachers, and scores of representatives from other oth-er ocupatlons. All correspondence courses are offered free with the exception of the course In poultry farming, for which a fee is charged to cover mailing and other costs. The most popular course Is that on vegetable gardening, next In popularity Is poultry farming, which is followed by small fruits, and soil fertility in the total num ber of enrollments. The courses contain from to fourteen lessons. Each lesson consists of a number of mimeographed mimeo-graphed sheets, anl a set of examination exam-ination questions. The' courses have been prepared and revised by members of the faculty of the coK lege of agriculture. Each course deals with one particular subject In as brief a manner as Is. consistent with clearness and has, in most cases, a special application to Ohio conditions. Many of the courses are Illustrated. -" At present 13 courses are offered by the college. They are In the following subjects: pork production, produc-tion, bee-keeping, corn culture, farm accounts, farm lighting systems, farm water supply and sanitation, orchard fruits, potato growing, poultry farming, small fruits, soil fertility, vegetable gardening, and writing for the community newspaper. newspa-per. . Small Streams Furnish Power for Farmers' Use Harnesslnz the small streams on the farm to produce electrical power pow-er for the farm Is becoming more common in North Carolina and fur: nlshes the means of lightening many farm Jobs. '. "The slopes of western North Carolina furnish excellent conditions condi-tions "for the establishing of small power, plants forjhome use," says David S. Weaver, agricultural engi neer at State college. "Nortn Carolina Caro-lina has a larire area where streams flow rapidly and where the water may be harnessed by water wheels. Some farmers are using overshot wheels, undershot, wheels, turbines and Impulse wheels, but for average conditions the overshot wheel Is the most desirable. In some instances tie results have been unsatisfactory because of. variation In the stream flow and a poor estimate of obtain ing heads.' Before going to the expense or tatabllsKlnff a plant of this kind, Mr. Weaver suggests that the site be studied la careful detail and the possible horse power available be farm rralns. supplemented with a mixfnm" flf tankaee: soybean oil L. - tnittn I area ttA Aid ltnrTA tlftd tn I . a 0n1t ue ul a wwvo, - -" - - ' meal, ana giveu irw bu .w ii h BMr aam tA crtf hof fn tha trAncrh an1 . . i .! 1 -Ul pull luc oun --' - 01)0. BIiniJIB lUlUCIBI UJijkiuic, ' pull her tall to git her away. He read al great not BUffer from mineral deficiencies. Qe&I oUU UaU tv uiiuci iui uicuivi) vuuuiuhJ Never forgot anything." "now did the lad fare for food and clothing" farm-grown grains, -consider that "Plenty, such as It was corn dodger, bacon; gan0na are equal in protein and AmA flati nd wild trni T'ro nf ton . . . . . A i .v. auu k a in gum, uou, - ------ ; mineral conieni iu uu yuuuu m mo seen him take ar dodger to the field and gnaw ,at Lguni trinity protein mixture. The It when pfowlng. We had very little wheat flour.4 mSak0 j9 too often made when The nearest mill was 18 miles; a boss mill If was. with a plug pullin a sweep around ; and Abe used to say his bound coold stand and eat the flour all day as fast as It was made, and the ery beBt proteIn supplements then be ready for his supper. For clothing be',, lt9 protein has a very,, high naa jtam , uc woo iiwh iwivio nvic n wool pants." "Did you move with him to Dlinols?" "Yes ; I bought a little Improvement near him, six miles from Decatur. Here the famous rails were split that were carried around in the cam-Tfcev cam-Tfcev were called his rails : but nobody can tell about that I split some of 'em, and we povuw CAPON PRODUCTION INCREASES PROFITS An Added Amount of Flesh Makes Market Demand, Br U r. Brumfleld, Farm A Kent. Tadkln Cauaty, NFta Carolina. WNU Barvlc. "" The capon retains the tender, Juicy and sweet quality of flesh that was possessed in Its younger life and finds a ready market when there is a scarcity of other market fowls. The production of capons will add profits to any poultryman'a annual Income. The Increased amount of flesh on the body, especially the breast and the Improved quality of meat gives to the capon Its high value and market ' demand. The percentage of edible meat on the capon will average 62 per cent as compared with about 50 per cent for the cockerels and 69 per cent for he fattened fowl. Properly fed. the capon uses a good part of the ration toujnake body growth and a Iprgetrongframe is needed tosup- ort the Increased amount of flesh which, the bird puts on. The capon ca-pon also has the ranging ability of the turkey. The best method In producing capons Is to select cockerels weighing weigh-ing about 1 pounds at eight weeks of age. These are capohlred in the late spring and early summer when broiler prices are low. The birds are then fed so as to develop body growth and are fattened to be sold when about ten months of aga When choosing cockerels for capon-lzlng, capon-lzlng, get only those which, show only good vigor and vitality and have a tendency to produce large bones. An individual of this type will recover from the operation very quickly and with the least halting tn growth. The grain produced on the farm and free range supplemented with some animal protein and a mineral mixture may be used as feed. Rye, oats, rape, soybeans, peas, lespede-, za, alfalfa and clover will furnish range pickings through the entire period , of growth. v TRUE "These street sparrows have soma bad ways," , ? "Still, you never see them picking lip cigarette butts." Dr. Pierce's Pellets art best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathartic Adv. Suffer for Others Intelligent and well-behaved people peo-ple In a community are overdlsci-pllned overdlsci-pllned because laws have to be made to control the foolish. Exchange, Trapnesting Turkeys Is . , Found to Be Good Plan There 1 nothing new about trap-nesting trap-nesting turkeys, but there Is a great deal of profit to be derived from heavy laying hens capable of producing pro-ducing highly fertile eggs of known hatchabllity. Pedigreed breeders In a turkey flock are as Important as pedigreed chickens, and the turkey specialist recognizes this to the same degree as does the hen producer. pro-ducer. Turkey hens, when left to their own resources, will lay enough eggs to make a setting, go broody and proceed to reproduce their kind : they may possess ability to lay and will transmit "this ability through their sons to their granddaughters. Trapnesting determines which turkey tur-key hens possess ability to lay. When this abnitrirfnmd,7the-pos-sessor of it should be mated .to a male similarly endowed for transmission trans-mission pnrposes, j This i simple generic gen-eric practice will work wonders In Improving any flock, but thwise turkey farmer will select breeder of large size and good health. mistake is too often mad? when milk Is fed to assume that most anv amount Is sufficient for balanc ing a grain ration. Milk Is one of nutritive value, but never forget that milk carries only 13 per cent of solid matter. Wallace's Farmer. Clean the Seed Wheat The treatment of seed wheat Oil leil BUUUl Uiab A oyiLk, aviuv wi cm, auu ir Villi UvJJjnr voiuvuoiu v av . had a rail frolic and folks came and heloed m ' maMehTde la a common practice In split He was a master-band maulln rails. I all grain districts. Frequently, how-beard how-beard him say In a speech one day abont thess erer, seed treatment Is reported to rails If I dldnt make these, I hare made many . be Ineffective In the control of Just as food Then the crowd yelled. j Bmot Experiments which hare been UlUlfS 4UCOL1VU U; fT3V Ui KUSO CODQUClVU VJ Lll? UUilCU Wl""" and sterling principles from one parent or bothr partment of Agriculture indicate aTAft fits tfmne Brtll rVnm lifsl fttriai Tfi . at., umnaral a amnt ImiUbI In iWUI , kl vusj, ww am rnm wav &HMa.. a aa JHOV l" VTUIW tal VI 5ma, vutaw tell you an Incident: His father used to swear the seed wheat Is absolutely essen-a essen-a little, and one day his baby girl picked up a tion to satisfactory results. The foul oath and .was brulsln the bitter morsel In gmut balls are composed of mil-her mil-her sweet mouth, wheavancy called nhomasr non 0f spores which are not en-and en-and said: listen, hushand. He stopped thatitire!y destroyed by the common habit thar; never swore again. But Abe's kln&i 'mPthod f seed treatment These ness, humor, love of humanity, hatred -ef-alavery, .tmnt balls should, therefore, be re-all re-all came from her.. I am free to aay Abe was moved either by fanning or other a mother's boy." j cieanmg BMchmeav-IfLthe formaV . go I bade the old man good-by, pressing hyde dip method Is used, th once more the palsied hand that gnlded the pea tmnt balla may ?e skimmed off that wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. I when the seed la soaked In the so ' f ' . . eaWaatarK.fpaWawl 1 TratJOB. Crooked Breastbones The cause of crooked breastbone Is said to be due to lack of lime and phosphorus In the rations, which are said to make bone or give U strength. Others say that maklnp birds go -on the roost too young will cause the deformity. The probabil try Is that both conditions contrlb ute to the defect; so feed given young birds should contain a suffl clency . of these elements which should be contained in most commercial com-mercial chick rations. . POULTRY NOTES " The 1932 crop of turkeys was 13 per cent above that of J931.It is estlmaled that 18,000,000 were sent to market a Guinea fowls have a tendency to mate in pairs, but one male may be mated successfully with three or four females. To maintain a high level of egg production, it Is not necessary to cull more than a third of the birds from a normal flock' of chickens dur ing the year . 7 It Is not always the lack of grit and oyster shell that causes hens to lay aoft-ehelled eggs, for In many caws-itjsidjie. to the bird being ab normally fat - Eggs from hens fed cod liver oil contain much vitamin D, which nu tritlon experts say is essential for the proper growth and maintenance of teeth .and bone. " Thirty-seven and one half-pound of eggs were laid, by the winning pullet -In the western New York egg-laying contest That Is equivalent equiva-lent to 310 eggs, weighing 24 ounces to, the dozen, or more than eight times the weight of the hen that laid them. ' I f M Los Angeles Boy - Needed Help Leroy Young, 1118 Georgia St, Los An geles, is a "regular fellow," active In sports, and at the top In his classes at school To look at him now, you'd think he never had a day's sickness but his mother says: "When Leroy Was Just a little fellow, we found his stomach and bowels were weak. He kept suffering from constipation. con-stipation. Nothing he ate agreed with him. He was fretful, feverish and puny. "When we started giving him Cali fornia Fig Syrup his condition Im proved quickly. His constipation and biliousness stopped and he has' bad no more trouble, of that kind. I have since used California Fig Syrup with him lor colds and upset spells. He likes It because It tastes so good and like It because It helps him so wonderfullyr California Fig Syrup has been the trusted standby of mothers for over 60 years. Leading physicians recom mend it It Is purely vegetable and works with Nature to regulate, tone and strengthen the stomach and bowels of children so they get full nourishment from their food and waste Is eliminated In a normal way. Four million bottles used a year shows bow mothers depend on It Al ways look Jor the word "California" on the carton to be sure of getting the genuine. WU Old Bird American eagle does not want t be loved; it wants to be let alone. End Serious Couglis With CreomuTsion . Don't let them get a strangle hold. Fight germs quickly. Creomulaioa combines com-bines the 7 beat help known to modem science. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant1 to take. No narcotic. Your druggist will refund your money if any cough or cold no matter how long standing is not r jieved by Cxeomuluoa, - (adv.) Excellent Advice Don't believe all that you hear, and If you dQ, don't repeat It Tired . . Nervous Wife Wins Back PepI HER raw netvet were aoothed. She baniahed that "dead tired" feel-bur. feel-bur. Waa new vouta- ful colof restful night, active day all ba- r cauar ahe rid bat ayatem of bowel - clogging K iat aafe, alk vegetable laxative worked the tranaformatioo. leta r that were tapping her vitality. I (NaLure'e Remedy) the mild, tabl? laxative worked the iranan Try it lot constipation, biliouaoeaa. bead acheLdizzT epella. eolda. See bow refreshed re-freshed you fed. At all druggiata'' 25eeota. Too Often ''Shady People with an interesting nast usually regret it HASAL inniTATion Relieve all dryness and irritation by applying Mentholatura night and morning. an; ii uui Mpt in i w-rZiV2i J) Heed promptly bladder irregularities, irreg-ularities, getting up at night and nagging backache. They may warn of some disordered kidney or bladder condition. Users everywhere rely on Doan'i Pill. Praised for more than 50 years by grateful users the country over. Sold by all druggists BoANa Pii IV. N. U, Salt Lake City, No. 4-1931 |