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PAGE TWO THE FREEPORT NEWS A IVTan for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy By IRVING BACHELLER Coorr1«h(, Ir»ln« Rvhatlar NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES—STANTON \A Man for lha Af«i\ U Abraham Lincoln. The boob It Action dealing with fact—hiitnry (n tha guitm of fiction. It it an intimat* •tudjr of Abraham Lincoln during hit formativa period at Naw SaUm, III. It talla a chaptar In his Ufa that no man can raad without amiUa •ad ta.r. and wondar. Abraham Lincoln arrivad at Naw Salem in 18.31, \a ttrangar, a friandUaa, uneducated, pennilrta bojr, working on • flat boat for $10 a month,\ as he himself put it. In IM'7 ha left to take up hit law practice in Springfield. In thosa tix years he transformed himself to • man of acknowledged ability, of promiia, of nota than local repu- tation. It waa at New Salem that he earned the nickname of \Honest Abat\ that he waa dafented for tha legislature and electedi that ha won and lott by death Ann Rutledge. Irving Bacheller it ona of the very few mmn who could writa such a book. His work is well known. Thit will add to hit fame. CHAPTER I. —1— Which Describee the Journey of 6a •on Henry Traylor and His Wife and Their Two Children and Their Dog Sambo Through the Adirondack Wil- derness In 1831 on Their Way to the Land of Plenty—Furthermore It De scribes the Soaping of the Brlm- eteades. In the early Hummer of IK'tl Sum •on Tmvliir and Ills wire, NHIIIII, nnd two children left their old home nrnr the village of Vaniiunai, y*.rnnrnt. mid begun their travels Inuiin! the setting s(in with four Chain, n bread board nnd rolling pin, a feather bad •nd hiiinki'iM, • Hiuiiii loukiiiK glaaa, a skillet, an in, a pack hnNket with a pud of sol* leather on the siune, u water pall, a BOS of dishes, U lull <»r suit pork, a rllle, a teapot, • sark of inenl, sundry small provisions and n violin, In n dotihle wagon drawn by ('leu. It Is u plaUUrfl In note that the}- had a vinllri and were not ills pOMd to part with It. The render must not overlook It! full historic atgnlfl- ranea, The atern, unoompromlalng spirit <>f the. Puritan had u-rt the bjraaa or the. Yankee bafaca a violin ronld enter It. Humor and the love Of piny hnd prereded iind cleared u way for It. Where there wus n fiddle there Here cheerful hearts. A fOUDg bin etc shepherd dm? with lawny points unrl the name, of Satnlio followed the fcjlgon. If we hnd linen at the Congroita- >nal church un Sunday we mint ve hi'iirii che nUmtter laying k Hamson, aflat tlie service, that It win hard to understand why the happiest family In the p.jrlsh nnd the most he loved should be leaving Its ancestral lioiiie Ui IE*i to n fnr, new country of which little WSH known. We might also have heard tsTIMinU answer: \It's awful eaNy to lie happy here. We slide along In the same old groove, that Cur fathers traveled, from Ver BWincB to Paradise. We work nnd piny nnd go to meetln' and put a shin planter In the hox and crow old nnd narrow und stingy nnd menu and g up to glory and nre turned intosnlnt.. nnd angels. Mnyhe flint's the bent . thing that could hnppcn to us, hut Niliiih nnd I kind of thoiiKht we'd try • new starting placa and uiiother route to heaven.\ Sarah anil lampaOB had heen ralHed on iidjolnliif; fnrinn JiiHt mil of the vlllu K e. He had had little ichoollng tint bin mind was active and well In cllned. Sarnh hud proaparoua I>-III lives In BoatOD and luid had tha nil viinliiKe of • year's IcJlOOllng\ III that city. She was it comely girl of II tHHte und refinement unusual In the place nnd time or hei birth. Many well favored youths had sought her hand, hut, better than other* aha liked the big, niattterfnl, good mitun-'l. homoroua lamaon, chida as ha araa, Naturally In her hands his timber hud undergone WMia planing and amoott. liiK nnd his thOUghtl had IK in gently led into new and pleaaani arajra, Let US take a look Ut tlieru us they slowly lenve the village of their lilrth Tho wagon Is covered with tent cloth drawn over hickory arches. They ar sitting on n neat overlooking the oxen in the wagon (rant Taara are itreatn lag down the race of tin 1 woman. Tin man's head IK heat. Ills elbows art resting nn fall knees; the hickory handle of his 01 whip lies across his lap, the lush lit his reel. He semis ti he looking down at his hunts, Inn, tin tups of which Ills trousers have heel folded He IH a Rigged, hlond. heardei. IIIIIM with klndfy IIIIIH eves and a rather proiiilncnl nose There Is n striking aapraaalOB o| power in tin hend und shoulders of S:IMIS..M Tiavlor. The breadth of Ids hack, tha laM of hlK wrists und hands, the color of his face heloken a man of gMki atraagth. This thoughtful, tarfuwfui, attitude Is the only evidence of euio Hull which he hetruv*. In H few lnlnuteH he begins to whistle a lively tune. The hoy Joslah- -familiarly veiled Jo.- sits bafida his mother. lie Is * sieuUwr. tweol faced laA Ba i* looking up wistfully at his mother The little girl Itetuey slU between him •nd her fHther. That •veiling they stopped at the house of an old friend some miles up th* rusty road to the north \Here we are goln' west,\ Sum •on Mioiiied tv • U«- mull at the door lie allghtad snd balpad inn family out tit the wnxon. \You K<> rlj(M In I'll take care o' t)ie oxen, \ nnld the limn laBktOB stiiVVi'il for the bOtMW wltli the K'rl under one nun and the bof Bodoc the o'th*T. A plaaaanl facad •/Otnao ((reeled flictn with a henrty welcome at tlm iloor. \Vmi poor iniui! Ooma rluht In,\ aha taid. \I'oor! I'm Hi' 1 richest limn In the •/Orld,\ laid lie. \Look nt tb« (cold on that Klrl's hend curly, fine gold, t«o••tlm heat then.' Is. She's .Bataay my lltllo toy woman—half pant neven yearH old hlue eves helps her moth- er i<ct tired tvery day. llere'M my toy limn Jo.slnh—yen, hrown hulr and brown eye!) like Sarah- heart o' (fold hel|i* Wd rnothvr, tou—nix times me year old.\ \Wlwit pri'tty fnccH!\ snld the wo- mn us aba ataopad nnd klaaed them. \VeH Da'km. (Jot 'em from the faille*,\ BamfOO went on. \They lave nil kinds o' headK for little folks, n' I fMaa they color 'em up with the lood o' roscM U' tb* fold o 1 butter- Dpi an' the Him 1 <>' violets. Here's hi* wife o' mlii'.. She's rliher'n I am. She owns nil of us. We're her Hlnven.\ \Looks as young UN she did the day he was inunled nine ywurs ago,\ •aid the woman. adi-y!\ lamaon axetalsMd, \Stralicht us an arrow and proud I I iiou't hlumc hat; She's got enough to make tiur proud, I «iiy I fall In love again ev»r.v time I> look tulo her hid, hrown eyei.\ They had • Joyous evening nnd n restful nl^ht with these old fileml and resumed their Journey soon altar day I In lit. They ferried gaWOaa th Inke at IlurliiiKton and fared awn over the mountains and through th deep forest on the ChiitenuKHy trail. Since the Pilgrims landed between the measureless waters and the path less wilderness they and their dex ceiidnutH hnd heen surrounded by tin lure of mystery. The love of adven turn, the desire to eiplore the durk Infested and iiemiiifiii forest, the d I'M in of fruitful sunny lands CU with wnter COIiriaa. •hored with sll ver nnd strewn with gold beyond It— these were the only herltnice of their MM ami daughters SHve the strenrlh nnd COnraga Of the Ptonear. How true ugN this dreuiii of tlielrs gaUtaring detail nnd allurement a« It paaatl from sire to sun. On distant plain to tha west were land* more lovely and fruitful than any of tludr vision; In mountains fnr heyond was |pM fnougb to Klld the dome of the heav- ens, as the sun was wont to do at eventide, mid \liver enough to put n fairly rcspectahlc moon In It. Yet for ga atlonn their eyes were not to Hei their hands were not to touch, thcs< thlncH They were only to push their frontier H little farther to the, west mid hold tin- dream und paxs It on to their children. Those early years of the. Nineteenth century held the first days of full- rillment. Nanisoii mid Surah Tiavlor had the old ilremn In their hearts when they first turned their faces to the west. For venru Surah had re Histed It, thinking of the hardship* and perils In tint wny of the mover Samson, a man of twenty nine when he set out from his old home, was wald to he \Always chasing the bird In the hush.\ He was never content with tin 1 thliiK In hand. There were • lain of their friends who pr Ned to come mid Jidn them when, nt IHHI they should IIMVH found the land of plant?, Hut most of the gfOVB that hade them gOOd-OJ thsMagBl It s fool Mi antarnriaa \\'I apaka lightly af Sninsoii \Wien lhe\ WOra gOaU Amer lea has undeiNuliied the hrsve •.mil who went west In wilKoua. WIIIHMI whose sufellmt POUraga and enduiiuui the plallU would •till he mi uuplowei w II.I.MICSS. (HI,•!! we hear them HC IIOVMI us s.e.lv, shlftleMs dicanien who roiihl not iinike H IIVIIIB HI BOSM They w.-ie i :i I v the hest hlood g iin- world and tin- nnhlaal »t Qad'a WlialaiHrl»a Who does not hono them ahove the thrlftv, comfort lov luu men and women who preferred t slsv st home wheve risks were few tha Mipi'ly af food sure and suffl dent and the coiinola'lonn of frleaid ship and religion always nt hand Samson and Sarah preferred to enlls Hint take 111,• 1 r plai-ex In the frou hatlle line of I'I vl I lotion TaVMl >>ad r**d s little book calle 'he Country of the Hnngnmon. Th» itter was a word of the I'ottrwn- miles meaning land of plenty. It was he name of a river In Illinois drain in \boundless flowery meadows of BCZamptad henuty and fertility, belt- I with tlmher, Idesfi'-d with shady roves, covered with gnrne and mostly •vel, without n stick or a stone to ex the plOWman.\ Thither they ere hound, tOrtaks up a section of DVaronMI land. They stopped for a visit with Kllsha lownrd niirl his wife, old friends of heirs, win •d In the village, of rtnlone, which was In Kranklln counly, sew fork, There they traded their xen for a team of horsen. They ere In rue gray horses named Pete arid 'olonel. The latter wus fat nnd good- nturcd. Ills chief Interest In life ran food. I'ete WH» always looking or food and perils. Colonel wus the ie«r horse. Now and then Harnson hrew n sheepskin over his lm<*k and ut the hoy on It and tramped along •Ithln nrm's rendi of Joe's left leg. 'hi* was a great delight to the little id. They proceeded at a better pare to he Blnclc Illver country. toward hlch. In the village of (tanton, they trrled again fnr a visit with Captain foods •»«< Sll \» Wright, both of 'horn hnd taught ichool In the town f Vergennen. Tliey proceeded through D»Knll>, .Ichvllle and fiouverneiir and Ant- •erp and on to the Sand plains. They ml gone fnr out of their way for u ok at these old friends of theirs. Samson's diary telli how, at the top >f the long, steep bills he used to tit' R small tree by the roadside mid le Its butt to the rear axle and hung >n to Its brunches while his wife mve the team. This held their >nd, making un effective brake. TrnvVhng through the foreat, as hey had been doing for weeks, while he day waned, they looked for a TOOkatda on which they could pans, he night with wuter handy. Munition Tramped Along Within Arm's Reach. tethered, led nml watered (heir hortei anil while Sarnh nml tl hihiren built a fire und imule tea and biscuits, he was getting halt and Catching llsli In the atremn. \In a f«w iiilnntes from tjie limr | wet my hook a mess of trout would he dressed and slwllDg, «Hth a piece of suit pork, in the pan. or It UH. H bad day for flablng,\ he writes. After supper the wagon Wai parti) unloaded, the renilier heil laid upon the planks under tha Wagon rimf ami ipread with blankets. Then Hamsun Hang songs mid told Itorlea or played ui'on the violin lo auiUW the family, Often If the others wn> weary I Icpresscd he would dnn.v werrtl) around the rire. placing a iir«l) tune-. with Sambo KIMII lo laud M bplplug foot and ii11!• ti nOlM lo thi> p| , , l;i , \\y and by the vh.hu «us put »way und all knelt by the flrr whila Hurah Praved MI.MLi for protection through Jhe night. | o it VMII be s,, ,, Thli , thoy carried with tl t li,-ir own I it 11*- thcslei. chiinh and hotel soon arter. darkuu*. fen larai) und ilia children Inv ,!,,„,, r ,, v , ||( . nifcht, while Hamaon atretahed out with bin blanket bj ih« flrt In t i weather, the loaded muskel » U( ] ,i,,. dflg Sanih,. lylni; l,..s|,|,. |, ,,, Oft|%|) the howling or wolves In forest kept them BWakt>, aud iniitieiinK and barklnji foi | Sams,,,, woke II ;l ui|, „ and a merry son* mu l l N ravrilla Hinie in- led Hi,- Iwraaa la IM r drink \M,,.,i tha| set out I,, (ha ,,,o,nin« SnillSOII WMS Wollt |0 Miv In ,|,, . I,,,,,, lad, who ganaraii, H ••wen. ins aojr, whafi the a ( rtol .,, this iiioridiiK '\ Wl,,,,,;,,,,,, ,,„. mmM »sy. |mi rot like -<iod help us an „,„, M1Nki . _. fire to •blue upon m •• \WVII klU r hi. tUkm W««l| » u awer, and no the dsy'» Journey bOflMa Often, nenr Its end, they enrne to some lonely fnrinlioiiMe. Always Kuril- son would stop mid go lo the door 'o ask nbout the roads, followed by IMfa Joe ntid Kctsey with secret hopes. One of these IwpM was related tO cookies nnd maple n(ir and buttered hrend mid hud lieen <herlHhed sln/.» nn hour of good forth— early In tha trip and atVCOtiraged by sundry good- hearted women H)..UK' Jhe roiid. An- other was the |'.|M- of Maittg s l.nl.y —mainly, ,lt tbouid he laid, the hppa of IVIxey. Joe H Inieiest was merely an echo Of hers. He regarded hahlex with an open mind, us it were, for the opinions' of his sister still hnd Koine weight with him, she being » yenr nnd n fiiitf \I'h-r thHri he, hut. hahlcH lnviirlal.lv .li«ii[i|iolnted him, their capabilities being no restricted, stin, not knowing nrjiai night happon, he always took a look at every h:iliy. The children were lifted oat of tho wagon to »tret<li their lei;s at Hioughg nnd houses I hej were sure to he close behind the legs of their father when he stood at a stranger's door. Then, the nlghl being near, they were always Invited In put their horses In the barn and tarry until next morn- Ing. This waa due In part to tile wist- ful faces of the Mule children—a fnct UnNIIKperled hv their parents. What tnolherly heart \Mild resist the silent appeal of chil'lren'i faces or full to nndantaod It? Thoaa were memorable nights fur Sarah and Joe and Betsey. In a letter to her brother the woman said: \You doo'l know how good It seem* to see n woman and talk to her, nnd we talked and talked until midnight, after nil the real were asleep. She let ma bold the Imby in my lap until It was put tn bed. How good it felt : to have a little wurin body in my arms agnln and feel It breathing! In all my life I never saw a prettier baby. It fell good to he In a rval house anil sleep In a soft, warm bed and to i.it Jelly and rookies and fresh ment HI I pntatoaa and 11read and but- ter. Haitmon played for them nnd kept them laughing with his stories until lie'l^ng. They wouldn't tnke us a dozen eggs In a of venison when i. aright day Iti the sand they came to a crude, half frutue boose at the edge of wide/ clearing. The sand lay In drifts on one Bids of Die rond. It had evidently niov.d In the lust wind. A sickly vegetatl'.i covered the field. A ragged, buefooted man and three scrawny, Ill-chid children stood In the dooryitrd. It was noontime. A mon- grel dog, with a hit of the hound In him, rnme Defending: and harking to- ward the wagon ami pitched upon Sambo and quickly got the worst of It. Sambo, ufter much experience In self-defense, bml learned that the beat way out of inch trouble wns to seize a log nnd hang on. This he did. The mongrel began to yelp. Hnm- aon lifted both dogs by the backs of their-necks, broke the hold of Sambo ami tossed f aside the mongrel, who ran away Whining. \That reminded me of a bull that tackled a man over In Vermont,\ he -nil Th e man bad n club in his hand. He dodged nnd grabbed the bull's tall and beat him all over the lot. As the bull roared, the muu hol- I'I.-.I : 'Ifd like to know who begun this fuss anyway.' \ The stranger laughed. \Is that your hoiist..?\ Samson unld. The IIIIIII stepped nemrer and an- Iwered In a low, confidential tone: \Say. mister, this Is a combination I 'house HIKI Idiot asylum. I am tha Idiot These are the poor.\ He pointed to the children. \You don't talk like an Idiot.\ \-aid Sums,,,i. Acroas Naw York Stata. VOICE OF REFORM. \There Ml quite II lively discussion nt n meeting, of the nmatM barben yesterdny.\ \What about?\ \Tiie aoKgeadod wns mndP that (itibllcatlons exploitInt; pmgtllata and Choral Kills shoud ; be banished from all llrst class toruoiial purloin.\ \WIIM the inotlou currh-d y\ \No. BOM Of UM master Imrliert contended that their clieutH lui'l not been educated up to that point yet. HO the motion was lost.\ I'lHl UK roNTINIIKl'l Right View of Life. It Is time to get over the Idea that we have to be comfortuhle because «. »ere brought up that way. while uthers were pjadaiitlnart '\ ••••••' an I ire no burdened »tO tludr condl lion ihat we needn't bother One ef- feel .if travel—If t 1 \ traveler Is Im- lirekilnnable, l«d «>\»> truvelers arcii nut || to show us that M country i II a H inoiiop.ily of certain homely Mimes that take root mid flourish In the LU'iikcst. us in tlie richt'st soil. Nor || miv other country pm-ticular- i> interested ta ™\ »»troaa»cU»i Xudle. of how good we are and our ingrowing Imaglutloa \ f \ ll r if* 1 \- HoaattaU>aM l» « P******\ «\ \*\ lovelj for the BUIUOM »» '« ' • tor \ u * In in give credit t'> «>H'»'rs for p.»- , some of the qualities we utt- mil.' M BMfe l u ouraelveu.—M» Good Taste. Youn(t I.ady—\Who's that tall, dl* UDAHlahed-looking man. atundlng by the llrepluce?\ Dowager—\My nephew. Lives In the country all the year round. Never comes to London If he can help It.\ Young Lndy—\Ob but you must Introduce me to him. I Hlinply ndore savugps.\—I'unch. But lt'« the Faahlon. Wlfay Aroa't y»u positively asl,aui«l thai your wife and daughter are all out at the elbowsT Huh Nope. But I'm aHhaiued thai thai me ail out at the HwtM^-Ama^ Icaa u*i •KM. GOT HIS ORDERS \Why has Regqy shaved off hla mustache?\ \Got a new girl, I believe, and la making aome alterations to ault her Idea*.\ Out of Date. '*Bjx'iik n'mtly\ Bays tho proverb olit-™\ Its potency him down; If iKiwiuluyH your own you'd hold Employ a intsKUphone.. Led by Conscience. \What llrst u)d ycu to go ii,to poll tics 7\ \My conscience,\ replied Senntor .Sorghum. \As n young man I hud so hlgtl \'I opinion of my abilities that I though! It would be an unpnnlonahle lack of patriotism If I neglected to give my country the benefit of my Hervlcen.\ , ' ' Cured. 'Til fine you $10 f.jr contempt of court.\ \All right, your honor. I'll pny It, hot It's II lucky thln« for ma that you don't know wbnt I'm thinking.\ \I'll Just add another $10 for that remark.\ • \Your honor, my mind Is now a per- fect blank.\ Sad Disappointment. \So yon coii-lih'i .luck inlslendlnj and dlHiippolntlng. Why, dear?\ \Well be had me on the tenterhooks lavst-nlght In expectation that ho waa going to ask me to go to the theater.\ \And didn't he?\ \No lie only asked me to niarrj him.\ GOOD IDEA That old fellow has Just In- •tailed a dictaphone In hla office.\ \Why's that?\ \He (ays all hla stenographer! were so pretty, he couldnt keep hla mind on hla business. The Brighter Dawn. A little Una utiii sorrow, imt in her .iiuk.-M ntKht \\. areas af a teroaarew Unutterably brlghtl —I'urple Cow. Setting the Pace. Ted—Tom has sold his ruco horse* und invested In a car. Nad He s \i |1 be wanted MaaetiUaVj that bad a \me speed. Nothing to It. \I'll have to Hue you lor speeding.\ \Hut squire, we came to \ ou to |>« married and wa have only *!•> for you fee.\ \You weren't i-pcedlnc You ciuihi have H|l twice us lust uud not been A Slacker. Mrs. Iloylf If nil men went Ilk* my husband there wouldn't be »uj labor troubles Urs. liovle Wbavt'a tiie uuttter— be work? SAVEAND LEARN Young man, if you want to be- come a leader in the world's affairs, s#ve a part of the salary you now earn, keep your eyes on the future and study your business. Men who make good burn the midnight oil—at home with their books and plans. Put Your Savings in Our Care so that you may have funds on hand to grasp business opportunity when it comes your way. The Freeport Bank 23-25 South Main Street FREEPORT, N. Y. Organized 1892 Total Resources Over $1,700,000 John J. Randall, President D. Wesley Pine, Vice President William S. Hall, Cashier YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY Drugs, Medicines, Toilet Articles or Candy from the city to save money. 'iiirtiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiir We have all of these at city prices, at FREEPORTS MOST UP-TO-DATE DRUG STORE ARCADE PHARMACY INC. THIS IS THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE HARRY A. BARTHOLOMEW, Proprietor At The Depot Freeport, N. Y. 1FREEPORT CANDY KITCHEN I : ^_ : \~\ . 5 Railroad Avenue ICE CREAM • * Reduced to I : 60 Cents Per Quart I
