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Secretary of War. Secretary Lincoln is as yet best known as the son of his father. A legacy of great ness has descended to him by that inevita ble law of inheritance which gives to the worthy son a goodly portion of the esteem in which his ancestors have been held. By, Robert T. Lincoln, however, is himself a very able and promising young man, #9 tay as his limited opportunities in public life enable the biographer to form an opinion. Robert Todd Lincoln is the oldest and the only surviving son of the “Martyred President,” Abraham Lincoln. He was born at Springfield, Ilinois, on the 1st of August, 1813.” He was prepared for college under the tutorship of a Mr. Estabrook, of his native city, afer which he entered the Ilinoia Sate University. He went East in 1850 and one year later entered the Philips Academy at Exeter, where Daniel Webster received his early education. After a brief attendance at this school he was admitted to Harvard University as a mem ber of the class of “H4, having asset a highly creditable examination. Graduat ing in due time he entered the lay school of the University, from which he retired after a brief stay to accept a commission Captain in the United States Army and Assistant Adjutant General on the tail at General Grant. He soon resigned this po sition and resumed the study of law at Chicago, where he was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1569. In partnership with a Mr. Searmman he began the practice of his profession, but soon withdrew for this connection and made a tour in Europe Returning in 1 °72 he formed a partnership with Edward 8. Isham, for the practice of Taw under the firm name of Isham Linc coln. With this gentleman he has since been associated in his professional labors. In I he was elected Supervisor of the town of South Chicago, and was sent from Cook County to the Ilinois State Conven tion held at Chicago in I-76. he was an elector on the Republican ticket for the State of Illinois, and was appointed a trus tee of the Illinois Central Railroad by the Governor. Mr. Lincoln was appointed by President Garfied to the high position he now fills so acceptably. It was a most satisfactory choice and a most fitting tribute, not only to his own ability, but to the illustrious name he hears. While he has found it im possible to escape criticism, yet he late ex hibited sound judgment and marked ability in the discharge of his duties at Washington, Mr. Lincoln, like many other eminent men, has a pardonable horror of the news paper interviewer, but there is one inter viewer which all his ingenuity has been unable to evade. We refer to the people, especially the veterans of wah,” who insist upon expressing to him the unspeakable gratitude they feel for his father. He is often made the involuntary recipient of congratulations from time representative of the colored race, on his being “de son and born image ob de oe man.” “Look da, genimen, at dat mousands years!” said an old fellow who had stolen in to Mr. Lincoln’s private office. “Dat smile, genimen, dat smile” he continued, seizing him by the hand. “IL of a seed your Jader, sah.” By considerable persua sion and the tender of a dovern, the old man was at length induced to retire. Mr. Incoln has been very successful in his profession. He has a frank and hearty manner and a very pleasing address. His eyes are the only feature in which he resembles his father. His hair is dark, is height about five feet nine inches, and his weight something like 145 pounds. He is particularly careful in the matter of dress, and in every respect he is a most courteous and urbane gentleman. His career thus far is such as to justify the hope that the glory of the name he bears will, at least, suffer no detraction at his hands in 162 he married Miss Mary if a clan, and he now has a son and three daughters, the eldest of whom is fifteen years of age, _— January Harper's. There are four profusely illustrated arti cles in the January number of Mercer's Magazine. ‘The first is in praise of the aged Quaker poet Whittier, by Harriet Prescott Spofford, exquisitely illustrated with ten drawings by Harry Fenn; the second a sketch of travel, written in dialogue, by Constance Fennimore Woolson, and called “At Mentone ;* the third a spirited story of the “Old Packet and clipper Service of New York,” by G. W. Sheldon, and the fourth an account of the early days of the Republic, called “The Birth of a Nation,” by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. In all there are seventy engravings, all of the highest order, making the magazine re markable as a work of art. The most nota ble feature in the way of fiction is the first chapter of William Black's “Judith Shake speare,” in which not only the poet’s daughter is a character, but the poet him self is promised. The beginning is not al together satisfactory, the language of the period seeming to be awkwardly handled, as if hardly a master of it were writing. The miscellaneous matter of the magazine is of the usual interest. _ The Osbornes. Ming's Opera House had a visitation of the Osbornes as well as other cold chills, the latter brought about by a want of proper warmth of the heating furnaces. There was a neglect somewhere and somebody omitted to start fires in time or neglected to make them big enough for a cold night in winter. Gentlemen sat with their over coats on and ladies were shivering inside of sealskin cloaks and sacques. The enter tainment, with the exception of the good voice of Mrs. Osborne and her grand elocu tion, was nothing more than a tough farce that should find encouragement where the suiri gon and flour business is applauded, much less than in our Opera Houses, where only first class performances are supposed to be produced. There was a very good house last night, which is pretty generally to be expected on a holiday such as New Year's.
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Helena Weekly Herald
Helena, Montana, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1884
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