Friday, February 21, 2014

Friday, February 21, 1868 – “World always speaks of Lincoln with a sneer…”

This is also a fine day. I feel about used up to day. I was drawing Manure to day. Net Rutherford & Magie Storie are here to day. Magie Storie went home to day. Major Liddle was in here to day. Lolagaging*. Thare is Singing School in Brushland to night. Bill was down to it. One year ago to day I was in the Town of Hamden. [I was with my dear Nettie.]

The World always speaks of Lincoln with a sneer, but a Democratic paper elsewhere calls him the “Nation’s clown.”
Grant and Buckingham.
Brushland 1868

*Lollygagging - spend time aimlessly

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