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Show I I pounds, was strong and vigorous, but slow in movement. j Trained in Etiquette The second school that Abraham Lincoln attended in Indiana was conducted con-ducted by Andrew Crawford, a neigh bor of the Lincolns. Crawford did more than teach the contents of bonks; he conducted a school of good manners. man-ners. He would send one student out of the room, and bid him or her to reenter re-enter as a lady or gentleman should enter a drawing room or parlor, Wil liam E. Carton wrote In the Dearborn Independent. One pupil was detailed to greet the entering guest, conduct him properly to each member of the school ; those to whom e was introduced intro-duced were taught to respond in the etiquette of the day. It ir not recorded how Lincoln acquitted himself in these formalities. It is known, however, how-ever, that lie was very tall and awkward. awk-ward. He bad shot up almost overnight over-night and had reached his full stature, six feet three and one-half inches, before be-fore he was seventeen years old. lie weighed about one hundred sixty |