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•Mi! Tad Lincoln —The Trick,*j Llillrhprllr uf the White ll«i hm‘.mi Mint of those who read like 4i»;iatch of JfMWKiia t(klt; \ atli of Tlmtmt* Tik!NO htifk/mlik will u«-\ think I,; the welli„ Known gentleman who died on Satur-,„l The nam*-lt;f “Tail-a pet name given llt;y himself Willi ■ hfci tirsi stammering uiknuieo and wopted hy hb parentsand Ike wo/hi - , 1,^ recall* tl,e trirk«y little -urii wllii liri. ‘ Cave tliat sad ale I solemn white lut:.~“f U*e great war the only comic relief . • it knew. The year-tlial havlt;-follow- ■ i ed, .spent in nin.lv and travel, prmluo- ; /la :,u ticriy .fiflbreiit person. The : Tad l,i ii,m| it of history ceased Met- i W fcm? hrii. Tlie modest aid ronilial :J*~ | yon lift fellow who passed through . a New York a few weeks* ago with hi- | ay | nio|her will never l* known outside , ►r tin* circle of hi- no.timing friends. — i te- Bui. ••liule TVil will be renumbered Pit- as loin* an those live Who boro a per- , fc;- j -onal share in the great movement- , lie wlin-k* ecliter was at Washington for ler four y«»rs. I•ft He was so full of life and visor. mo fa bubbling over with lualth and lush lt;p- i -pint-, that he k.*|d the hnllne alive •ii- wit!i hi-pranks and his fantastic en- | •fn (er|»ri—'ri. He was llwav” a “charter- , If* I el lile-i tine. and afwr the death of a IW Ilia brother Willie, a prematurely w-r- v loo- aiol studious child, and I lie de- ,partore of Itoliert fur eolhgi'. lie in- , klalhst himself as (Ik- absolute tyrant t of ilie c.vsuiUre mansion. J I.- was id di«cd hy hath Ida father all I ninth-it, |ratn-l and indulged hy Ida teach- t «*I its, and fawrn-l (Tpon aMil cars'--.-1 l»v | *•* J that noiitaiiiuu honie of ntnc-seekcr* which infested the atitv-r.»*n« of the | while lion—'. He had a very l-td i opinion ,,f booh- ate! no opinion of ,, di-»Mji|i«e». and tlmught very little any tutor who would not ass ist him in j yoking hie kids to a chair, or in dritini; hi» dogs tandem si vet the south or as he ilawn, fie was as dttefru he ua. lawless, ansi nlways knew whether lie t, could rnnke a'tltlnr wrviroableor imt.If he foiinsl oiic^with olntimile ideas v of tlie »ii|icriorify Sif grain 111,-r to kite -dying as an iiiLellectu-.il einph.yiii'-nt, t lie soon found incau- of getting ril of i, him. He litwixi much to do tiiat he fell that he could not waste tiuisi in learning to sjm‘11. Early in the morn- u ing you could liear his shrill pipe resounding through tlie dreary is.rridors 11,pas-cd in a rapid succession i»f plol-onsl Commotion*, and wheu tlie presi- a •lent hail laid down his Weary |irn, 1 || toward midnight, lie generally found Ills infant goblin asleep Ulld'V Ills ta- v hie, or roasting his I., ad hy the open ,, llrvplmt-; and the tall chief would pick „ up the Child aud tnuljrenirt' Ixsl with „ tie* drowsy i it tie luirsfen sin his shout- j p d*T, stooping under tlie doors ami ' „ dodging tlie chandelier-. The |ires i-dent look iuliuit'* delight In the ,. child'- rude lu'alfli, fr'-sh fun, and ,. Uiinonlrollahlc tnl-t.TOU-lic*-, He r,wa-s plea-od to -ec him growing! up in -dgiinmiDH' f imok.s. tail with u -iugiilnrly accurate iilvtt of practical mutter-. He wa- a fcarh— ri.l.-i, .. while yet so small that hi- Ick- nick out liorijumlally from Owsaddle. It. , hail that |Mi\ver of taming and atlni'li-iugMiluials to liiuiMdJt, which sta-tus rr Lhc s-pts'l.-tl gift of kindly unit imlet-letvd uutures. let him run,” Hie ,, easy-going pre-ideitt would say; “he |t hies time enough |,i l-arn III- let ter-and get jNikey. I toll Wib just sueh a little riwuI, ami now he i- a very ik-eent I toy.”It was evident dial with all his in- [ ,,| suhordimiti.Mi and iwklm mischief u the s|m1IisI child was at hear) of a ,c truthful and generoiw nature. He ! treated tlatlercrs and oltis:c seekers |, with a curious osMuess and contempt, 11) hut lie often espousdl die .•aUse of ,-,, some (-sir widow or I altered uotilicr, | |s wiiom lie found waiting hi die aide- ,r room-, ami it w e- most amii-iug t- sea- die hearty little fellow dragging „| his shabby proteges into die cxeeu- ,.| live preaema-, ordering die usher* out ,.. of tlie way, and demanding imrnc- jdiate action frmn Ueudliuartem. The | ul President rarely refnsod a------------- ..—„— _ gr.icc of!this kind, and Urn demands were not so frtspieut as to loso tlie .'harm of | « uovrlty. . „One of tlie tricks into which liis | iillencKs and hi- ctilerprinu togctlMr i p drove him was the occasion of much 1 n laughter W the judicious ami niuuli t„| horror to to the respectable tit Wash-Ington. lie invested, one moniiug. n nil his poekcl money in the stock inlui trade of an old women who -old gilt- I gvrhread uear die treasury. Ho mmle I hi die governtueiil eariwuU'rs give him | ,t; a board aud -onte trestles, which he I.-..I Ilk. ikl ll.k. Ikkkkl.oi..,. -k —■ I . 't up iii die implying j«kiY«v»c/k.'j-, .if |, ic \V1 the White House, and mi llii- rude p isui iiter di-playcd hm wori-». Hvcry :l, olRoe nct'ker wlm entered Ute hmnK-1 |r that morning I/ought a toothsome Inn- | w cheoii of the keen little nii.*rclkaiit,:ind adieu, an hour after the opening of j, the iwoth, a memher of tlio household j ;,i illsrsivcreil the youug |«sLryuiaii the ,u a.lrnin-; is’iitcr of a grc.iii. or griniiiiig :l| servants and liadie*, he had filled hi.- j » , pocket* and liiit hat with currency, i u,. die «|Miil of the Atuurtatn puWic. The j, juvenile o(KT.ilur made lively work of I ,, hi* Ill-got tell gains, however, and lie- . fore night was |ienniln*s again.Aldmugh still a mere child at the leal ii of iii* (Tulu r. this terrible shock greatly wi'neml and steadied Inm. His i Inutiler Hubert at nuco took charge of •1 his education.a^id he mmlo rapid pro- I gress up to tin* time of Iii* «uli ng for ; Europe with ids mother. He lm* ever sititw rcmajiusi with her, du- 1 playing a thoughtful devotion aud ' ttenderness beyond his yt;w, aud I ar stnuiSciy at variauco Willi the mis- ' eilirvoiis tliotlghtlexsiusw of hi* child- j «i imoii. lie came back a kdiort while ago,greatly improvisl by his residence !' aliroud, but always like «am» coi-liul, a frank, warm lu-.irtcu Imjt. Iii his !»•* tike alnsuiy fearfully hereavisl family 1“ will .sutler a liew and deep affliction, ! and the world, which never did nml 1 never will know him, will lint with- y hold a UilMiteof regret for tno child | **' whose ga.Vcly and aircetion cheered more than anything el«o the worn and at weary heart *f the great president J dr Ihnillgh tlie lollsoiiieyears of the war. p‘ —Join Huy.llatnti Houses.
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Tiffin Tribune
Tiffin, Ohio, US
Thu, Jul 27, 1871
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