Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-09-30 | Page 3 | Lincoln Was Fond of Chicken Says Woman Who Knew Him Well

Lincoln Was Fond of Chicken Says Woman Who Knew Him Well I MISSOULA Mont Mont Mont-By By The Asso Asio Associated As o- o elated A Press Press A j 72 old 72 old ear patient at St St. Patricks Patrick's hospital here recalls Abraham Lincoln not as a a. statesman but as a 1 lover lo of good food especially chicken Mrs W W. W W. Johnsons Johnson's view of oC the mart martyred red president goes back bac 67 years vears to the day when he was not president but merely Uncle Abe Abe a a friend of her father G G. B B. Gano Gano Gana and Lincoln had gone to school together not far from Bloomington and re remained re- re remained much In each uch others other's s company until the day came for tach to choose his manner in life Guess Ill I'll be a farmer fanner said Gano Think Ill I'll be a lawyer replied Lincoln According to Mrs Johnsons first Uncle recollection of him Uncle Abe was accustomed to drop in on Sunday for chicken dinner with his old school- school schoolmate schoolmate mate male and his family COULDN'T CATCH CHICKEN A long shadow v coming road on Sunday meant a chicken din din- dinner dinner dinner ner Mrs Johnson recalls smilingly One day Uncle Abe came Into the yard put his hat on a tree trunk and said he reckoned he ought to contrib contrib- contribute ute something by catching the chick chick- chicken en anyhow But he didn didn't t. t continues Mrs Airs Johnson Fie He was too awkward and when we children Uttered tittered at him he gave up But he stayed for dinner Her next recollection of Uncle Abe Abc Is when he was In Washington But Buthe Buthe he lie wasn wasn't t away very ery long One after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon noon an older greyer man than they had known before came c me in for dinner That night he and her father sat on the porch north facing the prairie and talk talk- talked talked ed cd far into the night Uncle Ab answered an answer d freely and frankly to all of h hr r fathers father cues cues' Ions He was troubled all right but It was like a touch of old times when he took me on his knee the next morning and said Be a good girl now for Uncle Abe Whatever you are bs be bea b a good Republican for your jour Uncle Abe says Mrs Johnson I guess you jou ou can tell ull sow liow Ive I've always voted Recollection of the announcement of the death of President Lincoln re remains re- re remains remains mains with rith Mrs Johnson WEPT AT DEATH On a day in April In 1865 when the midwest prairie was teeming with life liCe again she ran across the field to her father who was plowing She handed him a paper After a glimpse at the headlines Mrs Johnson remembers her father crying Here girlie tie them up Lin Mn's schoolmate then burst Into tears while the child won- won wonderingly obeyed Like children declares Mrs John John- Johnson Johnson Johnson son men men stood crying the next day crying eryin as they had lost a father