| Show lincoln ept for years garret of an old house in north massachusetts the andirons represented the ac picture were made in the barly years of the eighteenth century lincoln the paternal an estor of abraham lincoln they are of forge 1 iron the erial being reduced from ore found in pembroke and fast budgewater the mal er of the dogs was a son ol 01 samuel lincoln who settled in hing iam seventeen or eighteen ears at er the landing of the pilgrims this on established mills for grinding iraln for sawing out boards and other malding material and one for the ex braction of iron from the rather in brior quality of ore found within a ay s haul being a blacksmith he fashioned rons for f replaces tongs and pokers nd to go with them made lade by abraham lincoln s ancestor mordecal and nails horse and ox shoes this well fashioned pair 0 andirons as been preserved by several descend ants of the family who have occupied he old weather worn gambrel roofed ouse in north scituate mass near he lincoln mills at the mouth of sound brook with other interesting relics of 11 days they have held a place in he garret and are highly prized be ig tree of rust the marks of the progenitor of the civil war resident show as distinctly as they id a moment after making the water n the old time cooling tube splutter nd hiss KEPT CASH IN HIS POCKET had no confidence Conf dence in banks when he was postmaster the developments in the postoffice post office department said senator cullom re aind me of the early times in illinois ahen lincoln was the postmaster of he town of salem the cash drawer of the here was lincoln s vest pocket but it aas a cash drawer that was sacred to am I 1 remember on one occasion hen a inspector came round and made a careful survey of everything very thing in the he took account of stock and figured out josf ow much lincoln ought to have in ash belonging to the government ome of lincoln s friends were afraid hat he might be a little short and rent to him with offers of money it he ceded it he replied that he guessed e bad it all when the inspector fig red out the amount that should be here he went to lincoln and told him ow much cash there should be in the well I 1 guess I 1 have it said lin oin as he drew forth a bundle ol 01 oney he counted it out and it tallied to cent to the amount the inspector had iund due the government lincoln ad kept the government s money sep rate at all times although he car led it around with him as the best of caring for it he had never allowed it to become mixed up with is own money that incident waa of lincoln he was ecru ulous ly honest washington star |
