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Show Earliest Home ol Lincoln Described By John CCuller Publishes Folder Giving Account of Visit to Farm While on Mission . A FOLDER. entitled "Lincoln'! Karliest Home." has been prepared pre-pared by John C. Cutler Jr. of Salt Lake, son of former CJover-J CJover-J nor John C. Cutler, who had occasion to visit Lincoln's home near HosKens-. HosKens-. ytUa Kf., in April. IMffV yyh" frw e mission in that state for the Mormon church. Mr. Cutler was accompanied on that occasion by Klder 8. A. Smith., a brother missionary. Tarts of the story contained in this folder are as follows: "On April 4. 1896. Klder S. A. Smith and I, who were missionaries in Kentucky Ken-tucky for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, arrived at Hodg-ensvllle, Hodg-ensvllle, stopped at the hotel overnight and in the morning started for Lln-! Lln-! coin's birthplace, walking. It was a J lovely spring Sunday morning and the walk was about three miles, along a I good road over hills and down hollows, hol-lows, and by frame houses and log cabins, and big ponds where the cattle drink it was along a country lane through country characteristic of 'Old Kalmuck. The frogs were singing in the ponds and whoever has heard their song, after winter, haa heard a good song, for they proclaim the approach of spring. OF 110 ACRES. "When we came near Lincoln's farm we saw a frame house. A young man by the name of Brown was living there. He and his wife were sitting on the doorstep; : "How large a farm la this, and who owns It now?" I asked. "The farm comprises 110 acres and a Mr. Dennett of New York owns it Mr. Brown replied. "Noticing that the land waa broken : up. 1 asked what they were going to do with It. He told me that they intended planting the farm In blue grass. " 'Do you have many visitors In the summer? I asked. MANY VISITORS. "Tes, from now on till fall they come, and everyone wants to take' away a rock or something to remember their j visit here. Last fall a (tarty of people came here from the Kast and when i they went up on the hill where Lin-j coin's cabin is, they plrked up some j pieces of glass d lubes which were near the cabin, thinking they were getting parts of dishes that Abraham Lincoln ate off, but Instead they were only carrying off remnants of dishes that people before them had thrown away after eating their lunch.' "Mr. Brown then pointed out the cabin, which is on the spot where Lincoln Lin-coln as born. He sttid the cabin waa pulled down, and put up in another piace, dui nts uncre, John iarenport, bought the Iocs, and then It was afterward after-ward replaced on the spot where It was when Lincoln was born. CO TO CAilN. "We then went down lo the aprlnc. where I suppose Lincoln oftentimes, when a boy. quenched his thirst on a warm summer day. We sat down by the spring-, where everything- was so peaceful, and by which a few sheep were feeding, and looked up at the little cabin on the hill. On that farm. February 12. 1809. Abraham Lincoln first saw the liicht. His father was poor, so, hoping to better bet-ter his condition, he moved to Indiana, In-diana, all the family floating down the Ohio river on a raft. When Lincoln Lin-coln was I years old he hired out as a hand on a flat boat vt 110 per month, and made a trip to New Orleans. When he returned he accompanied his family to Illinois, driving the cattle on tne trip. When they reached their destination destina-tion he helped build a nome and spt.t rails to Inclose the fsrrn. He became clerk, captain In the Black Hawk war. country storekeeper, postmastrr and surveyor, yet he was able to get a knowledge of law by borrowing books at an office before it closed at night, and returning them at Its opening In the morning. He trained his mind by carefully thinking to a conclusion every subject that puizled him. After being admitted to th bar he rapldlv rose to distinction. He was tall, and rather ungainly, but was gifted with good common eene and was kfiown everywhere every-where as 'Honest Abe' He was kind, i earnest and sympathetic, and his great desire after he became president of the I'nited States was only to be of service to his country. J "There Is now a fine memorial building. build-ing. In whirh the old log cabin we saw is now placed, standing bn the old Lin- 1 coin farm." |