text: ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...Ol / /wteia!fc<jfe?i I »W» ts $ M\<fck /'■ JO I ' wßwl / K XgjEL firn * ■*■• ■ k • z •:•.••? ." '&< «'X f’, wz* Luana*- X<£ \%. *» v V » \ : x -.ifcraSSsK v' •*•’wv •?'■»• $4.- «; —' ".; fe'tf ; TX7 Sws sOS ~7 • • .J 1 ’ V;; J. r’'" J ’ BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809. DIED APRIL 15, 1885. ■COIN’S LIFE I AN INSPIRATION He Will for All Time Be Num- I bered With the Greatest of J the Earth. Ijtai r HERE are characters so great that their memorials are tributes to those who read them. It is so with Abraham Lincoln. To preserve a fame that is undying, the appropriation by congress of $2,- 000,000 was not weed. As proof of a nation’s great fl appreciation it was wise and gen- e's hear much these days of phil «ophy, most of it not understandable. There are societies that study pro ‘serdly and profess to comprehend. Thee circles are small and the re sits that they gain are uncer- But the philosophy of a Life-like women take hold upon millions; it hides in the hearts and minds of men its influences; it inspires the races. In comparison with it, other is worth while? Born in wretched poverty, an ill-fated child upon whom and whose treat our learned professors would say, "SYER READY TO DO KINDLY ACT." Singer Tells How Abra-coln Helped to Her Piano. HEN court was in session in Decatur, IL, Judge Davis presided. Court week was always looked for with great interest by the people of the county seat. It was customary for the entire bar of the district to follow the court from county to county; most of the lawyers had to, Lin, because he loved it, and Swett went the whole circuit because he loved it, and Swett used to love their company. It was in court week that my place arrived in Decatur. The wagon up to the steps of the Mansion, where I was staying, but the station how to unload it puzzled me, and Lord, just then the court was at hand and a crowd appeared. The crowd gathered curiously around the box that blocked the entrance. It was a piano in that box that he had been wanting some one to work for. I explained the landlord, "I am the gentleman, you are the biggest man." I have frowned, and always poor, he had been numbered with the greatest of the earth. Never in his lifetime regarded as an orator, he is enrolled among the most gifted pleaders of all ages. Never educated, never widely read, never a traveler, he is conceded to have been one of the wisest of men. Never a trained soldier, he commanded in war. Greater armies than any monarch or general. Never having had more than local celebrity as a lawyer, he had conceptions of justice that were unknown to distinguished jurists of his time. Never assuming to be a statesman or an economist, and never until his call to the presidency a successful manager of any enterprise, he became a ruler who will be celebrated forever for wisdom, sagacity, and firmness. Never the author of a verse, he has given us poetry in prose that is imperishable. The humblest, the least assertive of men, it fell to him in an hour of crushing responsibility as commander-in-chief, by the sovereign stroke of a pen, to put human slavery in the way of extinction. There is no obscurity in the philosophy of such a life. It touches every human being, high or low, rich or poor, wise or simple, strong or weak. It is the flesh and blood life, the life of struggle, sorrow and achievement. Its lessons are for all. What have Science, Reason and redondoctrine Theory to offer in place of such a life? Not singly but words, most of them meaningless! That was my first meeting with Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln went into the basement where the landlord had a carpenter shop, and returned with two heavy timbers across his shoulders. With them he made a slide between the wagon and the front doorsteps. He got the piano unloaded, with the assistance of Mr. Linder and Mr. Swett, amid the jokes of the crowd. Before they had screwed the legs into place, dinner was announced, and the men hurried to the back porch, where there were two tin wash basins, a long roller towel and a coarse comb for the guests. After dinner, Mr. Lincoln supervised the setting up of the piano, and even saw to it that it stood square in the center of the wall space. He received my thanks with a polite bow, and asked, “Do you intend to follow court and give concerts?” The immense relief expressed on his countenance when I assured him that he would not be called upon to move the piano again was very amusing. “Then may we have one tune before we go?” he asked, and I played Rosin the Bow, with variations. Someone shouted: “Come on, boys, the judge will be waltzing!" After I had assured them that, if they desired it, I would give my first and only concert on this circuit when they returned to the hotel in the evening the crowd dispersed. That night I played and sang numerous songs, all of which met with applause. As a finale, I sang "Doeth All Things Well," after which Mr. Lincoln, in a very grave manner, thanked me for the evenings entertainment, and said, "Don't let us spoil that song by any other music tonight." Many times afterward I sang that song for Mr. UMohy, always fond of it. Mrs. J. "Personal Recollections." THE VILAS COUNTY NEWS, EAGLE RIVER, WIS. HIS FIRST VALENTINE. NOT OBSERVED AS IN THE OLD DAYS. Valentine. Is Now Neglected, Compared to What Was Done Some Two Centuries Ago. The sending by mail of emblems of love or friendship is about all there is left of the ancient customs of St. Valentine’s day. The windows and play counters of our bookstores and bazars are filled at this season of the year with examples of art and near-art to an extent that should please every sort of taste in regard to valentines. There is a day or two of fun and merry chatter when the tokens are received, or of even more boisterous mirth if the valentines are ‘comic’ here and there a valentine party is given by the young people, then the celebrating ceases and is forgotten. Not so a couple of centuries ago. Then the festivities were much more in the character of observance and ceremonies. The origin of St. Valentine’s day is credited to different incidents. One writer of ancient social customs says that it originated with Mme. Royale, daughter of Henry IV., of France. The lady, having built a splendid palace near Turin, desired to name it for some good saint, and finally chose St. Valentine. Thus the edifice was called "The Valentine," and at the initial entertainment given in the great drawing rooms, Mme. Royale conceived the idea of causing her guests to pair off by means of a lottery. Ladies Drew From Lot. The names of the men were written on slips of paper and folded. The ladies then drew from the list, and whoever each one drew was to be her “valentine” for the space of one year. At the various balls which this gay spirited young princess gave during the season, it was understood that each lady should receive a bouquet from her chosen lover, and that at every tournament the trappings of a knight’s horse should be furnished by his allotted lady, with this proviso—that the lady eventually receive whatever prize he might win. Mme. Royale, however, would not herself enter into this lottery, but reserved the privilege of choosing her “valentine” independently. Doubtless it is true that this lady did originate this costume at her palace in Turin, but it is also quite as true that this was not the real origin of St Valentine’s day, for it is alluded to by English poets before her time. Lydgate, a monk, who died in the year 1440, and who has been described as “the poet of his monastery,” wrote a poem in praise of Queen Catherine, consort of Henry V., of England, in which he mentioned the observance of St Valentine’s day and the custom of “drawing lots.” Indeed, this custom seems to have been a very ancient one, and continued to comparatively modern times. An equal number of young men and women would meet together on the eve St. Valentine’s day and hold a lottery, in which the names of both men and women were drawn; thus each maid and bachelor would have two “valentines,” who were required to make mutual gifts. This, of course, occasioned any amount of mirth and some funny situations. Other Superstitions. One superstition which held good until quite recent times was that the first young man or young woman one chanced to meet on the morning of Valentine’s day would be one’s valentine. Other superstitions included mystic rites, particularly in Scotland, which enabled maidens to learn who would be their future husbands. About the middle of the eighteenth century one young woman—according to the historian of social customs of that time —wrote as follows: “Last Friday was Valentine's day, and I’ll tell you what I did the night before. I got five bay leaves, pinned four of them to the four corners of my pillow and the fifth to the middle, for, of my sweetheart, Betty said we would be married before the year was out. But to make more sure, I boiled an egg hard, took out the yolk and filled the egg up with salt, and when I went to bed I ate it, shell and all, without speaking or drinking after it, and this was also to have effect with the bay leaves. We also wrote our love names upon bits of paper and rolled them up in clay and put them into water, and the first that rose was to be our valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man, and I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning till he came to our house, for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world.” Children Chased Songs. This quaint letter shows how the idea of the powers of St. Valentine were appreciated by the maidens of that time. It was customary in the olden times for maidens to hang their shoes outside the window on the eve of St. Valentine’s day in order that their love affairs should prosper, although the explanation of this belief is not given. Children also went about chanting songs about Valentine and collecting coins as their valentines. The valentine gifts of those days were sometimes very costly, including jewels, rings, brooches, silken sashes, or belts with begemmed buckles, silk gloves with rich embroidery, and other expensive presents which a man might make to his “valentine.” St. Valentine’s day was alluded to by Shakespeare and Chaucer, and one of the earliest known writers of valentines was Charles, duke of Orleans. Drayton, a poet of Shakespeare's time, also wrote charming verses along this theme. What connection the martyred Bishop Valentine has to do with these customs, whose ruler seems to be Cupid, would puzzle the saint himself. The death of the good bishop, which occurred in the third century, was a most cruel one. He was first beaten with clubs and then beheaded. Thus it seems paradoxical that the commemoration of him should be observed in the gayest of fashions, and always in conjunction with the pranks of the little god of love. Many learned historians have given considerable time and investigation to the origin of the romantic observance of St. Valentine’s day, but the secret is Still a secret — the real mystery is still unsolved. TWO VALENTINES A J—A %1-rA— u I sent my love a valentine, And with it sent a kiss. It bore the message, “Be thou mine,” And looked about like this: THE REJECTED SUITOR My love sent me a valentine, But oh, the saucy miss! Instead of saying, “I am thine,” It looked about like this: Many Customs of the Day. The making of paper valentines began in Germany quite a long time ago, but in many parts of the world people still weave couplets of flowers and wreaths of leaves for valentine. The Balkan States have many pretty and graceful customs, connected with the giving of flowers on St. Valentine’s day. 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