Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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PX 110111 thc 11191 bottom but 11191 he h.1d 1.11111ed 011 the 1n111.1n.1 N1C1Q .11111 xtoxx ed the 111n1.1111s 01 hu 1.11 1:11 dt th1 houee 01 1 111.111 11.1n1e11 Poxex he xx.11ke1l off 1n1o the YX11C10111CSN H1111 not 1111: be11x1en h1n1x1111 .11111 t11x 1 tlon QXLCIH 1118 dX :11111 11111 H1 1.n.111x tound 011 P11111011 C1eek, Nome 1.11111 '1111 Q1l1t9C1 h1n1, .11111 11te1 111111 h1s 1 .nm 11 X 111Lt3l'll1QN e 11111111911 11.1111 to knob Cleek 111111 told h12 1 1n111x h 1eck0ned thex d '111 put up the 11111101 111 1111113.11111 An1 xxhat .1 xx1nte1 It xx.1s The Wlllfl blexx 1nt0 the pole xhed O1 th1ee xxalled Cdb11'1 thex had b1111t b11ng111g, xx1th It the 101d, xx et snoxx to blanket the beds 01 11I'1QC1 leax ee .1nd make the Q1eepe1s Qnufrgle C1ONQ1 unde1 the bez11sk1ns 16 the 11xed a xe.11 I11 sum 1ne1t1me the pole shed xxax snua enough, but n1en1o11eQ 01 th1t filet xx111te1 plodded the e1de1 L111101n to chop logs 111111 171.11161 1 10111 Slded xx eathel p100f Ld1J1l'l Abe helped ae the spun rl n111e .1xx.1x, t11n1n11n11 b1.1n1heN off the logs A1111 LL1tt1I1L 111uQh He x1.1s kept Q0 bugx xx1th the xz111 om 11111168 01 the 131011061 box that 111 tle 11n11 xx dw lett 101 s1h001 But h1 1f1the1 uN1d to tell hlm th11 he xxax 511011115 11 .1xe .1 1 1.11 L111llLd 101 some 1l.1x 1xp1.11n1n1r 1011.111 .1 20111 11 1111116111111 xx11t111 dllll 11111111111 1 N1h11111110uNe xx .1x 111111 Hllltn 1xx.1x 11111111 1 exx KAXN 11 111.1 x1.11 .1111x 1111111113111 t0 1 11.111 IL N 6111 111 1111 11111111 xx h111 h111111r11tt111 1.111 111e111 11111111 th1 t.1ng:1ew 1111111 hls NdI11lX 1 .1111 h.111 1 SN 1111 .1111 t111 1 n1 11111 1111 to 1h001 IIOXX -X111 and 1.1111 111 x011 11111 And he xx 1111111 luv he1 bac 1nd .111Nxxe1 Xex n11n1n1x The11 one Clix he 1.11111 hon1e .11111 111111111 h1Q n10th111 10111111151 hot and tex 1 1 h 1 11the1 1011 h1111 Nhe 1.111 1 1 n11lk 11111 111 lt xxax o11x 1 sholt t1n1e 1ate1 xx hen hu h1nds .11111 11e1 g1exx C0111 he1 pulxe beat sloxxu 11111 R111 pdwed 111101111 g:1e.1t 110101111 11tt1e Abe xx h1tt1e1l p1n1 xx 0011 pegrx 1111 the ho111e n1.111e 10111n ln xxh1111 1h1x 111111811 he1 A texx xxeekx 1.11e1 11 x111 111k111 11de1 111 the Nlethodxm 1h1111h xx L10 happened to be Ill 1h1 x 111111tx Qp0keth11.1x13x101ds ox Cl the 111 1xe of Nancx Hdnkx 111160111 I n1x 1.1the1s house thele a1e mexnx 111.1nQ10ns, 1I It xxe1e not N0 I xx0111d 11.1xe told you V1 hen Abe xx ae ten, he got a p1e.1s mt bL11Dl1S6 one m01n111g 1'0u1 hone, .11111 .1 xxagon loaded doxnn xx1th 1ea1 1 11I11t1116,1JE'C1s bu1ea11s n111101s .11111 1111 1111e d10x11 11110 the C19d11Hg Hn I 11he1 and '1 st1ong lalge boned, 11151 xx om.1n S.11.1h Bush Johnxon I 1nc01n got out 10110x1 ed bx thlee 111111l1en He1e NX0111 nexx man1n1x 1 1111 husk Abe 111111 been N1E6D1l1g 011 p11ed then1 IH t11e Ndlfl and 5.1111 thex x ould be good 101 the p1g pen 1 1113111 1.11e1 on , th 1t nlght Abe Qank hls head 1151 the 111bt11n1e 111111 f11eathe1 p11111xx 11111 e1 1e.1the1 n1.11t1uN 1L11 xeau IJdNxC11 xx1th that 1.111111 01 1 110 e 31111 1111111111 the box 1.11xx 11110 Ab1.1h.1n1 111110111 th1 n1.1n 1 e.111111l111uw1 1 1x, 11I1f1XX1t 1 11115 1111 ILCN .1x 111n11.1n1011x 111111 es 11111 1he111. 11111118116 11111 11 11111111111 1 111 p111te1 111 the 11111 1 xx.1N e 111 .1511 1111 N .1111111111 111111 1t 111rht1111 he 11111111 1111 11 .1x 11x th1 h 1111111 11111 h011l 1t 11111 111 1 111111111 1101110111111 11119 110111 1 h01111le1, eaxx and ste.11lx ,ut Abex IX 1e1t 10111 111L1l6N 0 Il111NL1Q .11111 170111 xx11e not .111 th 11 111 211 'I'1I1'I I.'1I.1C '. 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THE EXII F Iessle xxas com111Q nea1e1 to the bl 1ck ob ect NQQIEI 11ea1c1 Oh W ax a xx1ld ho1 c Look ou But 1t xxas too latc Iess1e h1t th 1t xx1ld ho1 e NQLIHI' 1nd fdll a11d knocked 1 oxe1 a ne1f1hbo1111ff fcnce II he11 I tu1 ncd to sec hoxx he took the loke he shoxx cd h1 teeth a11d I shoxxed l'111'11 he dust But the shock I 1ece1xcd xx hcn I h1t the holse axx oke me f1 om n1x h 1ppx U1 eam and I LLII sed th lt old ho1sc ex GI s1ncc Because the p11111c1 th1t11df xx 1s the fastest th 1t I haxc ex Q1 ce11 xe And I do11 t mcan NIA e e1the1 Ro1111RT I1x1x1xs 0 I YIZC hssax -Xbmham I lncoln 'Ihc NDQQKEI xxas f1 l'TI6Cl1LlHl bullt th1ck set man k11oxxn to h1s Il6,If l1lJOI as rlom L1llCOlll Hc poke sloxxlx xx1th 1 halt hecp1sh look 111 h1s ex cs 1 tho 111f1xbe H1015 bab1es xxc1c no xx 1nted IH Ixentuckx lust the11 -Xt th1s nexxs Denms Hanks the box xxhom ne had been ICHIIQNSIHU I'ledt1om h1s cabm doo1 doxxn the 10clfl to thc LIIICOIII IHIITI xx he1e he tound Nancx Hank L1ncoln lxmg on a bed of poles cl ated to 1 co111e1 ot the cabln unde1 xx 11m be11sk1ns She turn fl he1 head t1om look111g at the babx to look at Denms and th1exx hlm '1 tllfifl xx h1te Sl'IIllP t1on1 I1 1 mouth and QIIQX ex es II hat x Ju from to name 1m Nancx th box asked Abraham xxas the ansxxe1 attex h1s g1andfathe1 He asked t he could hold the babx and as he sxxung It back and fo1th keepmg up a chatte1 about hoxx t1c kled he xx as to haxe a nexx COUSIII to plax xx 1th 1t NCIQXK ed up the muscles ot II tace and beaan to c1x xx 1th no let up De11n1 'fll1I'lQCl to 'Nancx handec1 he tl1e ch1ld and a1d He1e take h1n1 he ll 11cxe1 amount to much So c lflltf the b11th ot -Xb1aham L1n col11 on th 11 txxelfth cl 1x ot PQIJILIEIX IH thc xe11 e1ghteen l1L1I1fl16Cl and mne 1lc ILS 1111 pam hom a xx1ldc1ness mothe1 O11 1 bed of co1n husk and 'jc 11sk111 Thc L1nc1ln t1m1lx l1x ed th1ee c1op xe11s on th ta1m xx he1e babx Ab1 1 ham xx as bo1n Hc1e he lealnecl to s1t up a11dc1 1xxl ox 61 the Clllf H001 ot the cabm 1nd to l1sp Pappx and NI1mmx -Xnc he xx as an easx bundle to Ldllx xx hen the tam1lx 111ox ed to the Ixnob C leek IHIITI e1ght h1Qhxx ax IIOIII LOUISXIIIQ to Nashx1lle Ihe L111 ol11 l1x ed at knob C,1eek IIIIII the b 1bx xx as p1st sex cn XQZIN ol I It xx 1 to the Knob C1 eek school house th 1t xoung Abe xxalked e1ght ITlllQs a dax to le11n t1om Z 1cha11ah Rmcx and t leb Ha7el th1t A b1 a h a m spclled h1s Tl 1me and hat txx1ce txxo1 IOUI I11 1816 the IQDOIIN ot 11ch black qox L1 nment l lllfli 111 I11d1ana DIOCILIL 1141 IJLIHIDEI c1ops had th611 effect on TlIOfYliQ LIIILOID and thc old 131011661 111st111ct c1om1ed out In the t1ll of thc x Cdl he made a loe flfztboat lo 1ded It xx 1th h1s household goods and ten ba1ls of xxh1skex ffo1 xxh1ch xx1th txx entx dollus cash he had tl zcled h1s th11tx txxo 1c1e fdlffll and floated doxx I1 Knob C1eek to the Salt RIXQI and then to the Oh1o Bad luck xxas xx 1th Tom Llncoln xx hen h1s flatboat St1llCk a snag and tu1ned OXQ1 H xxas able to hsh up most of the xx h1s kex and some ot the household goods , 9, A A 4 -'J ' tm' .. I. . ' ,. - . 2 .A- 1 ' V ' 3 1 ' ' j - L' 1 ' ' , , , , as l I .V ' ' 1 ' 1 . - - ,1 ' . 1 1 . 1 . . 11 . . P ' c 1- . - -1 It 5 ' 'Sal ' tf - - , , V. . v. - 1 ' v , Y 1 ' - 1 A -1 ' U 1 's 1' ': 2 ' ' ' ' L 1 . 5 1 , , . . ' . .' 1 . I . ' I 1' ' I V C h ' ' ' - 1 , 1 ' ' ' 231 2:1 rf: zz: af :k ' ' 1 c . - + I , v 1 v ' 1 1 1 v L . 1 1 c ct L 'v 1 1 4 . 'L ' A . . 1 V - 111 .- 1 . A 1 1 . 1.1 2 ':'j ' ' v- xi bv-V . 2 1 ' Q - 1' 'e. 1' z 1, z 1 K. S V 12 ' S. , 41 a ' 1 I ' t. 1' 1 I b , , 1 ., ,, . v . 1 V ., A 'f K 1 V l A I ' , ra . . - 7 v-. 'rj . . i 1 P 41 1 M, 'D. V 4 . 12 - v 1 1 1 ' -i .- l ' A 2, sa ,Yi 1 K K ,, J ' ' v , . I . '-1 1 2 1 l ' 1 ' - , , . . , U '- . 3.-V - 1 - f. v 'I ' 1 1 v' ' Bancx s yot a box babx. IIIIIQE1 f1Ol1I HOCIQQIIXIIIQ, on the ma1n ' J - . I 1 -1 1 ' ' ' . . V ' . ' v' ' v .' 1 , A C 1 1 ' A A 1 ' -1 . . ' ,, 1 5 L 5 'S ' . 1 s 1' Q' l : j 1' 1 1' 1' ' 1 j . . - 1 . e' v v 1 9 , . 1 . , ' fs fd- 1 1 1 1 1 c 1 , 2 t 1 ' 7 . I v 1 ' 1 1 '1 a 4 1. 1 , ' K ' 1 . . 1 1 c ' 1 1' 1 1' ' C 22 ' 1 2 - - --f- j ' ' 2 ' ,. -' - 3 11, 1' 1 ' t ' . 'x 1. ' . . . , H ,' , , 'Q ' , av J ' ' . - . ' . 1 1 ' -' . '- ' v . - , c ' . v Ip. ' 1 v' . f . . . ' ' . A K . N . 1 J 4 M v 1' ky 2 . . . I A . .. 5. , . . C A , A 1 G 1 1 - v 1 -' . v '-. v . . ' V' H I '1 ' I f . , 1 .. . -V .2 ' . L b , t 1 1, 1 v V y, ' V ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 W . e b 1 . Q- 1 H fr . . . H ' . , . ' Y . P ' a ' - 1 1 1 I, . v 1 L! ' L. , . , K, . S . . .. Q ' 1 1 1 ' . vr 1 'w -w v .

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xx as tlalnln 1 Clllllllgf those eal lx x eal s xxas 1 adlne, Qtuc Xlllfl 1ll e t1n1e He had an etelnal th11st lOl ltidlllllljl' He 11sed to sax anx man xx ho ean le11d me a book I hax e11 t lead ls lnx best t1len1l XX he11 ldlll eame ln at the 1hlnks of the log tallln xx he11 he lept so1kl11g th111 a book a 11e11fh bol l1a1l lent hlm he p11lle1l tod1l11 txx 1 fx 1 1.x to I11 NN l1mes f1e11tlx xx ho oxx11e1l the l 11111 sl lal 111 on Plqeon C leek xxas 1111151 ox11 111 He l11ll1x 1 1 ,s . 11 1 e 1l1tboa1lo11le1l xx lth p1o1l11ee1l0xx11 the N INNINNIIDIJI to tlade Abe took t e lob at eluht dollals a month pax and succeeded IH splte of the snags, leet and thlexln 1 neuloes ll he11 fxblahdlll xx as txx e11tx one hl f1the1 sueeumbed to the xxandellust 1nee mo1e an1l mox ed to Ill1HOlS Abe helped hullll the eabln 011 the 11exx a1m Jlll soon 1e111le1l 1 tll1e ou Ol hlmselt 11e1 011t 0 1 tllll Denton Jllut xx hom he a 111m Ddlllflfl 1loxx 1 the NIISSISSIIJDI a seeond tlme, a111l xxl1o latel gaxe hln1 1 IOJ IH hls ffenel Rl NfOlC at Nexx Salen1 Llttle xx 1s dLCOI'I1pl1Sl'l9Cl IH thlg xx ax and Llneoln used hls too abun 1la11t lelsule IH Constant leadlng 1nd t111lx He lealnel dllllllil' thls tlme the elements ot If ngllsh Cxlc1I'I1l'lld1 md mace 1 beglnnlne It s11lxex11111 and axx 1 FI 'IIIIILI 111 ll H L1 1 sxxe t muddx hO1SG stopped at Nexx Salem, and gaxe out o1lt handbllls calllng fol xolunteels to fight Indlans Llncoln enllsted lm medlatelx He had txxo IQEINOIIN 111 st he leallged that Offut s sfO16 at Nexx Salem XXOLllCl soon be bdllklllpt second, he had been thlnklng ot 11111 Illllg 101 th leglslatule, and a xx al X old ol 111 k1111l XXOlllf 101111 ll D0llflCN 1 ll1LIlClS elected hlm tap al11 he tame to l93.CllIlf' xx as xx hen he helped kllled IH 1 skllmlsh lode 11p a llttle hlll ot the molnlnu sun but th1 nealest them 1HtO ln ttle to ljlllx hxe men He and hls men as the led lleht Sflfldllli 1l oxel the Hxe LOl17S6s Tell 11111 .111111 1 elxx 111 ll sald t 1 1 ll 11 1 11 ll me1 df a 1111 s111 o11 the top ol hl hea1l about as no as AK 11 ll xx he11 the ledsklns ha1l 111 hls 11a 1 Sdlll l xx.s llght ll x sun luht e all ox Q1 L1IlLOll1 xxas dDDOl1'1tQCl postmastel at Nexx Salem atte1 an Llf1sLlCC9SSlLll 111n T01 th le 1Sl1ltll16 '1 post xx hlch 11 o esque . l h1 1 med to palnt exelxthlno xx 111e slluht but It gaxe hlm I1 ehanee to lead 1ll the nexx NDADQIQ xx 11h passe1l llllll hls ha111l -Xll the tlm11 he xxas lhflllllljl StLlllXlllLl' pon1l111l1111 ll hls txxo l11DN to Nexx Olltdll 1 . Il n1111 Ill KIQS xe He 1oul1ln seem 0 -e the D1CtLllE,'w out ol hls n1l111l It Cllflfl t seem lust 11'fht th xt anx h11ma11 lJ91I1Q!l shoulcl be he plopeltx ol a11othe1 It xxasnt humane lOl n1othe1s to be s0l1l axx ax t1 0111 thell bables It xx asn t SLIlN1blt th 1t anx pel son should be IH lQl101 to anothel lust 011 account ot the 1ol01 ol llls Sklll ll hen th Illlnols lQQ'lSldtlllG met 1t Nandalla 111 1874 Llncoln xxas one ot the slt1.11g membe1s He xxas txx entx f1xe ,ears old h0lCl1Ilg hls first electlxe polltlcal ofhce and draxxlng thlee dollals a dax pax xxlth DIIX 1l9g'9N ot lnk pens, and statlonelx He had nnallx xx on the electlon atte1 a elose mud sllnglng contebt But hls thoughts xxele not all O11 Tllli l'I.'lI.l-I 27 .. Q1 .. ' ' SQ .' Q Q. , . Q. Q. . rec . Q ' :Qy .' - 1 . t i He S 'ez ' ff .. lb , 2 th1 . ' ' . ' ' ' ' ' ' Hts .' 1 'e ' t . 1 - ' - .. s Uf - , ,1 - 1 .1 A - 4 Q Q. : 'V' 4 . 1':Q - . Q1 - , ' QV. Q ' 1 ' Q Q1 . 1l'1jst11'1j 1'it. 'g-l tit:l't1 1'll1. hzt . f .- ', .. . . ,' 1:'11 l' thr l1z l 1 h' l 1 ' 1111l 1 ...1 - f . , K . Q Q QQQQQQ . ,QQQQ t 1 S 1 1 l111l ' '1'th11 l 'L l1115'. 1 r'1'eCl I 'll' H .I Hi S1 Y1. I A il 1.. L' I that Xflllllia' Al111 xx'11.' '1l1l11 t 'tzk1 21 tfllxf Q ' ' I ' C ' 1 l' . , . l .- . , . A l '1 l llQ' ,l' t1.' 1. '1111 t 1 red C C , 1 I',1g:'.'. ' '- . . ' hx I 1' S Lf' 1 1' . . 1 ' ' H - S: K . ' Mc Q Q QQ Q QQ Q' Q Q' he held three years. The emoluments ll' ' l s l 1' 1 tl s l'- t Q . ' Q AQI ' Q. Q 1' ' ' .2 '. He h' ' 1 l t 1 1'11l'- .' .' ' '. ' S' Q. ,. Q QCQ O J ' ' .' .1' '1' sl11 'Q . '. Q Q. Q Q. . QS h'11l l11:11 x'el'y 'h ' t1' :ted i11 . ' AA U . ' . Sl11'1 life. - f 't J 1 l gt ' ' ' ' ' 1 z Q l Q .Q Q Q Q . .Q . . , I S1 v 1 4 1 . ' 1 g . 1 5. I my - 3 2 L' . I . Clk A 1, Q4 T X , 3 , K, l .Q Q ' h f - r -' ' . ' A- . H S, I x I -lg H S. 'la ' '12 J 14' , .- 1' ' ' :g :fe :5: :ge 21: :ja 34 :jz On1 1o.' ' , ' Ap l, 11521, 3 . Q . .Q .Q Q Q 1'i1l 1' 011 1 .1 ' a y, L' 'Q Q .Q Q . Q , ' .' ' Q . Q Q Q c ' 0 1 ' ' - . v 1 . s . ' ' 6 '. I Q QQ . . Q QQ . A - 1 ' 1 v v ' ' 1 ' ' . gl , ' 1 . , . . 'Q, QQ' Q, v . ,