Show t ABE BLACK WALNUT OX YOKE A LINCOLN T 1 T Times have d an since 4 w war a My boy en eft 1 a term farm arK aid at t present It would be rather to by a ready made t for tor the pa patient tient 0 oxen than to devote 1 days to whittling It out with a Jackknife The crude old yoke Oke represented In Ia this illustration now Agues as a valuable relic Nile I in the agricultural museum mm of 01 the of Illinois where hut It has been tor yH years and is Jr kewa as the handiwork of oC Abraham Lh when he hc war 11 I In bis 1111 teens It ts II made of black walnut a wood once wry common In IA JUt Illinois and aad bate f or of hard sad lid faithful service Ioe The rile workmanship is II of at U the most mott the sort Th The iron tron portion came from fm some country shop and toay lea haw have been forged out by If the nail Sputter Splitter himself This reminder of the days when the future pr president earned living In Inthe the lb sweat ot of brow is II now in a r glass topped CUt cue trade mad of f from tb the old Lincoln homestead In Springfield Ju Ills TIle The farm on which he used uNd tile the yoke oke Is near aur l |