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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 10-01-2012
I knew picking up those tourist brochures in Kentucky would pay off someday.
As for the prize, Roger, I think I'll pass. The short time I spent in Marion (as a reporter, not an inmate) was enough to make me never want to go back. 25 years later and that smell is still in my nose.
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-01-2012
There is a story about the youthful Abraham Lincoln helping a girl spell a word. One day the teacher was having a spelling contest. The girl got the first three letters of the word right; then she was stuck. With the teacher apparently not looking, Abraham helped her out. She looked at him as he grinned and pointed to his eye. The girl then said the fourth letter of the word right (i) and proceeded to spell the word correctly.
What was the word?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 10-01-2012
"Defied," according to David Herbert Donald.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-01-2012
Kudos, Bill. Very good. I have currently run out of prizes, so I will send you the same amount of cash I sent Rob.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 10-01-2012
Like the old song says: "Nothing from nothing leaves nothing."
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-02-2012
When I was in third or fourth grade my teacher read this little story to the class. It may well be apocryphal; I do not know. It's in a few books I have. The story is about a prank the mischievous Abraham Lincoln pulled when he was maybe 10 or 11 years old. He and another person did something to the ceiling of the Lincolns' cabin. What did they do?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 10-02-2012
They created mud human footprints on the ceiling-making it appear that someone had walked across upside down! I think Sandburg mentions this story too.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-02-2012
That's it, Bill. Very good. I've read two versions...in one his "accomplice" is his sister, in the other, it's a friend.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 10-02-2012
I hadn't about the sister connection before. Thanks Roger.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-02-2012
Yes, I think "a friend" is a much more common version. But I know I read one time that his sister was involved. If I can find it, I will post where it was.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-03-2012
Abraham Lincoln gave two speeches in Rhode Island. What two cities were these speeches in?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 10-03-2012
According to the Lincoln Log, he was in Providence on February 28, 1860, but I don't see anything mentioned about a second city.
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-03-2012
One down, one to go, Rob.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-03-2012
Hint #1: The building where Lincoln spoke still stands.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 10-03-2012
Took a while, but I finally found it. Woonsocket in Harris Hall.
Best
Rob