January 4, 2007


The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.
~Lane Olinghouse



Substitutes
Resemble
Tail-chasing pup
Follow and follow
But never catch up
Burma Shave
1941



A writer asked me if so-and so's work would be lasting, and I said he will be read long after Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett are forgotten. And then I couldn't help it and I added, And not until then.
Hugh Leonard





ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • 1832 - In March, becomes a candidate for Illinois General Assembly. The Black Hawk War breaks out. In April, Abe enlists and is elected Captain of his rifle company. Re-enlists as a private after company is disbanded. He serves a total of three months but does not fight in a battle. August 6, loses the election. The village store he worked in goes out of business. Lincoln and partner, William Berry, purchase another village store in New Salem.
  • 1833 - The store fails, leaving him badly in debt. Lincoln is appointed Postmaster of New Salem. In Autumn, Lincoln is appointed Deputy County Surveyor.
  • 1834 - On August 4, Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig party. Begins to study law. In December, meets Stephen A. Douglas, 21, a Democrat.
  • 1835 - In January, former store partner William Berry dies, increasing Lincoln's debt to $1000. On August 25, Ann Rutledge, Lincoln's love interest, dies from fever at age 22.
  • 1836 - August 1, re-elected to the Illinois Gen. Assembly and by now is a leader of the Whig party. September 9, Lincoln receives his law license. Begins courtship of Mary Owens, 28. Has an episode of severe depression in December.
  • 1837 - Helps to get the Illinois state capital moved from Vandalia to Springfield. April 15, leaves New Salem and settles in Springfield. Becomes a law partner of John T. Stuart. In Summer, proposes marriage to Mary Owens, is turned down and the courtship ends.
    • THE HISTORY PLACE


    "Brevity is the soul of wit."
    William Shakespeare



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Rutherford B. Hayes Hayes was the first president to visit the West Coast while in office.
    Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881


    It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones and blood all at the same time.

    What is this object?



    "Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!" -- When a friend told him he named his son Sam.


    She that paints her face, thinks of her Tail.
    1736


    Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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