PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S GENEROSITY.
On being elected President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln Mitfered much at tho hiinds of ollice-siekers. who pestemh- him so unmercifully that at last ho would see noboby but his personal friends. Falling ill of smallpox soon afterwards, tho President *w role to Mr. Colfax to say that tho army of oilHce.seckers might be admitted to his presence as ho had now something ho -could' give all of them, i Had the President wished to punish his tormentors with indigestion ho would havo provided a banquet for them. Probably ho was of opinion that a niajoiily of them Mas aheady alllietcd with it. Indigestion, tho prevailing disCiiso of mofiern life, has but ono cute — Mother Neigel's Symp. Ir cleanses tho liver, purifies tho blood, and causes food to nomisli. fcrfigol'M Sjiup splendidly equips a man or woman for the battle of life. It nnikc* them tit and well ; and they know heiulaehe, di-owMiiess, and oppression on'y as evils that afflict their fli'inds
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 13
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166PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S GENEROSITY. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 13
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