Show BOOK THREE CHAPTER chertin young mr lincoln betrays ignorance of two highly important subjects there were two subjects of which mr lincoln had little understanding they were women and finance until they had rightly appraised the value of ills his friendship women had biad been wont to regard him with a curiosity ile he had been ax aare are of tills this an and U 1 for years had avoided women ave bave those of old acquaintance when he lived at the tavern in the N village illa e often ofte n lio lie had gone N without it liouta 4 a meal rath rather er than expose himself to the eyes tho ot t strange women the reason for this s was a s well understood by those who knew him m th the I 1 e young man mail avas wa aan an exceed I 1 angly sensitive human belli no doubt lie he had morae alian uta i n aay drca one knew from ill III concealed ridicule but lie he had been able to bear it with composure in his callow youth later nothing roused ills his anger like an attempt to ridicule him to women he had regarded with great tenderness ills his foster mother the second wife of thomas lincoln find and ann rutledge others had been to him mostly delightful but inscrutable beings the company of women and of dollars had been equally unfamiliar to him he had said more than once in bis big young manhood that he felt embarrassed in the presence of either and knew not quite how to behave himself an exaggeration in walca chic li there was no small amount of truth in 1830 the middle frontier had entered upon a singular phase of its development emigrants from the east and south and from overseas biad been pouring into it the summer before the lake and river steamers had been crowded with them and their wagons had come in long processions professions process ions out of the east chicago had begun its phenomenal growth A frenzied speculation in town tonn lots had been under way in that community since the autumn of 35 it was spreading through the state imaginary cities were laid out on the lonely prairies and all the corner lots sold to euger eager buyers and paid for with promises millions of conversational sat saL ional lonal promissory dollars based upon the gold at the foot of the rainbow were changing hands day by day the legislature with an empty treasury behind it voted twelve millions for or river improvements and imaginary railroads and canals for which neither surveys nor estimates had been made to serve the dream built clues cities of 0 the speculator it if mr lincoln had had bad more experience in the setting getting and uso use of dollars and more acquaintance with the shrinking timidity of large sums sum lie he would have tried to dissipate these illusions illusion of 0 grandeur but he went with the crowd every member of 0 which had a like inexperience in the midst of 0 the session samson traylor arrived in vandalla on his lisit to I 1 mr lincoln 1 I have sold my farm said samson to ills his old friend the evening of his ar rival did you get a good price mr lincoln coln asked all that my conscience would allow nip me to take said samson the man me three dollars an acre in cash and ten dollars in notes we on seven dollars all cash what are you going to do now that iou have sold out 1 I was thinking of going up to tazewell county why dont you go to the growing and prosperous town or of springfield mr lincoln asked the capitol will be there and so will I 1 L it is going to be a big city men who are to make history will live in springfield you must come and help I 1 shall ahall need your friendship 3 your our wisdom and your sympathy I 1 shall want to sit often by our nour fireside find a good school tbt alio e for the children ii it think of it seriously ill try to get you into tile alie public service sen ice we need you plenty samson at as siN scored ered we kind 0 think 0 you sa ont ono 0 the family ill talk it over with sarah and see never mind the job if I 1 kep ani ou be havin yourself be job enough anyway I 1 guess we can manage ini ingo to get along ive had a talk with stuart and have some good news tor for harry and 11 efm am salil sald young mr lincoln stuart thinks she enn can get a divorce under the law of I 1 suppose they are still anti inti rested in each other ites hes like most of the yankees once lie he gets set its hard to change him the kellos have moed to chicago and I 1 dont know how bini stands if harry knos lie he said a word to us about it IL im interested in that little romance aid the legislator its our duty to du do what ie e can to secure the happiness of these young lovers tell bairy hai ry to come over here I 1 walt to talk with inith him to be continued john haslem is reported to be very haslem is in the mr air sick at 1 i millord lilford employ of alma ingleby iagle by and was when taken sick no with the sheep word is received as to the I 1 nature of tho illness but help was sent out otte immediately mea lately upon receiving word mr and mrs abw home owned by fr frank ank move moved d into the baldwin for the winter abe respects to be gone with the sheep until the spring mrs calvert bell entertained at dinner sunday evening nine guests lynn tuft came home irom salt lake to spend thanksgiving mr aar and mrs joseph lowe announce the marriage of their daughter rosetta to john E magleby the marriage was as solemnised in ili the salt lake temple thursday nov 24 mrs magleby Alag leby has been connected with the bank staff several years and has many friends to wish lier her a h happy wedded life and john the son of mr and mrs J B E magleby returned lately from a mission to the southern states and has been an active young man mail in religious activities they went on oil to logan from salt lake where john will enter the U A C for the winter course the community offer congratulations relatives of mrs airs leslie bird gave a shower in her honor monday monda v afternoon and presented her with a dinner set fall flowers were the decorations and after an afternoon of pleasant chat a lovely supper was served mrs airs bird was formbly miss madge jones daughter of A V jones of this city leslie bird ha hails ils from richfield and is noted tor for his musical ability mr and mrs irs bird will reside in monroe at present where leslie will be in charge of the kine ma theatre many friends extend their congratulations for the young couple friends of miss zina brown were delighted to hear of her marriage to earl dastrup of sigurd Wed wednesday nesda y in the salt lake temple mr air dastrup went on to denver colo where he has work and mrs airs dastrup will follow in a short time congratulations A W bohman spent thanksgiving in ephraim Ephr alm born to mr air and mrs airs john swain a girl sat nov 26 all concerned doing nicely mrs albert swain sr mr air and mrs airs albert swain jr mrs airs clifford childs and will swain all of gunnison motored to monroe friday to attend the funeral of the relative jeppa nilsson the misses maud blenda bienda and leona bredsguard entertained at a thanksgiving party games and refreshments fresh ments were the pastimes and those present to enjoy them were nina hansen emily chavis eva forbush ruth doxford ni nelma elma lora roberts ani melba beckstead miss valera spent the week end with relatives and returned to mt pleasant monday where she attends the ti wasatch academy mr and mrs airs F ab B goold spent thanksgiving in richfield Richtie ld as guests of mr air and mi mrs rg CoNy cowley ley remo bredsguard laid off from work at marysvale Marys vale to spend thanksgiving with his family returning to marysvale Marys vale friday elaine the little daughter of mr and mrs wilford hansen had a her tonsils removed tuesday by dr r hanks at the richfield hospital a and Is getting on nicely miss stella ml meyers eyers was a salt lake last week mrs ClIT christina Istina sorensen returned beturne d from manti thursday where she has been doing temple work mr and mrs A D young of 0 richfield mo motored fried 5 over to attend end the funeral of jeppa nilsson friday mrs airs merle cowley was hostess at a thanksgiving supper wednesday evening for misses clara collings ceilings thelma white pablita chavis amy collings ceilings theodore rogers jasper JasCe kHoi hewlett alett charley white music and games were also a pastime of tho the evening X mrs T rs dolly newby entertained at dinner saturday Sat Arday mr and mrs birs parley washburn mr air and mrs alfred newby mr and nd mrs airs june smith john S blaine vada and olive newby mrs M J loring charmingly entertained ferta ined saturday evening music and games were enjoyed and refreshments were served arved to twenty two guests M mrs r s harold simonsen spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs jos hopkins of richfield ernest baker left sunday morning for sunnyside Sunny side to seek work miss aliss gene sherwood spent thanksgiving with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs robert ritchey miss aliss sherwood is from st johns ariz and Is teaching school at sigurd earl collings Colliu gs is spending a week in ili salt lake city mrs lavern pierson entertained eight guests at an oyster stew sunday night mr air and mrs airs earl thalman Thal nian mr and mrs claud payne of sigurd spent thanksgiving as guests of mr and mrs airs elijah jensen and returned home friday mr and mrs joe magleby have taken up tip their residence at the farm south of town mr and mrs boyd brown entertained the members of the sunday school stake board at their home wednesday evening supt bupt heber swindle and sylvia collings ceilings visited the Thom sonville sunday school and boyd brown and milton magleby the marysvale Marys vale sunday ky school sunday sam Alor dorrity rity motored down from ca salt it lake sunday and took his wife with him to circleville Cir cleville monday mrs airs ole larsen entertained at dinner thursday eight guests were present A crowd of jolly boys and girls enjoyed a candy pull sunday night at the home of 0 norma andreason 1 namely fern crawford delma brown gladys dark clark ida arnold maxine dorrity Hor rity valere helen hunt ruth anderson ileen morrison miles tuft verd hansen hyrum lee arthur baker maurice meyers r mary haslem is home after spending ng a few weeks at fayette mrs airs wilburn cloward delightfully entertained the 0 B J club at the farm friday afternoon delicious refreshments were served john S blaine of spring city was a guest of his uncle and aunt mr air and mrs alfred newby sr saturday and returned home sunday mrs lewis jones entertained at dinner saturday for mr fr ind and mrs airs leslie nilsson and family mr and mrs airs arthur nilsson mr and mrs karl tuft and family and mrs irs guy robinson and ralah mr and mrs leslie nilsson mrs guy robison and ralph returned tc their homes sunday about clenty fieldi h hied ed themselves to tho farm of mr air and mrs ire A V jonos jones bigit baden with picnic spent a very eno cn cabla abla evening in ill ganea ame musi i and speech making the infant daughter diug hier of nil mi and mrs barbell anderson born wednesday nov 23 died saturday nov ac G mr via iid mis alis angers anderson oil a ave e the ole sympathy vm pathy of their many friends in the death of this their first born interment took place in the monroe cemetery mrs airs anderson is doing as nicely as can be expected mr air and mrs C W hoopes entertained at thanksgiving dinner thursday sixteen guests enjoyed the delicious feast i mr air and mrs airs arthur nilsson of raymond canada are making a pleasant visit with old friends and relatives and are guests of mrs airs nil parents mr and mrs airs thomas ransom mrs sarah bates returned to her home in monroe saturday after spending twenty eight months with her children in idaho and northern utah ri mrs ada johnson entertained at thanksgiving dinner her sons and families and mr air and mrs airs hans hansen and family u leonard tuft left monday for salt lake where he will attend school mr air and mrs airs gerald washburn went to teasdale last week to make an extended visit with mrs wash ivash burns parents mr air and mrs allen alien hugh newby is home from pan duitch where he has been working for several months mrs airs perry asay entertained the billy club friday afternoon mr air and mrs airs oliver larsen and family spent thanksgiving in richfield with mr and mrs peter christ ensen I 1 mr air and mrs airs elva staples s 0 of central were monroe visitors sunday mrs A W bob bohman boban an left sunday agirs to visit is it her io r daughter mrs wells TJ thompson hoi ompson in ephraim the old timers never will become accustomed to the fact that young men and women now discuss freely among themselves at the therance dance 0 or r over the card tables subjects subjects that grandmothers used to get into corners and talk about in whispers |