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Title: Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Agriculture Farmers Agricultural laborers Agricultural machinery
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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he wholemachine would move north only the width ofa furrow, while in length the furrow wouldhe a rod from east to west. Tn such case avery large proportion of the power would beapplied tn the actual ploughing. But in this,too, there would be difficulty, which would bethe get line of the plough into and out of theground, at the end of all these short furrows. Lincoln thought ingenious men would,if thev had not already done so, overcome thedifficulty he had mentioned. But about anotherhe was less sanguine. Tt is the supply offuel, and especially water, to make steam. 5-lfTT ■ WWHB ,i 11 ,iin ii; i , i ii iijii i i i i*^—y— i !■■—»«*■»»< ,irirHIS BEPEO0UCT1ON from an old lithograph show*I you ^vhat the Wisconsin States fair looked like in lo594 _the year that ABRAHAM LINCOLN spoke there.. Notmuch of a show, you will say, compared with the mightyand magnificent exhibition you will sec at West Allis thisweek, but to Milwaukeeans of that distant day it was agreat event.
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MILWALKFK M VI i I Mil C.KItX MIS, 1858. Thecat 6tl a lui far grounds won • •■ west of T.v Ifth si. • and ii the that • US 111 a beyond ;lie east ee: lionbetween Wise • ny.i u\Bprir.g st. rua 1. an I a l:i •ran between ■•Or a,..; >s: ■•■Its wester,., h iuiciai,>s v.- i ly (icier mi : ,..! b. tin vn.Mw vine i hat extended m ii Sjan<i u-hat Is new Tnirieenth stnorthwesterly diieetion. Von can make out Hie course ofthis ravine on thr right .side of ourpicture, where it curves to thewest. All along this side of iliegrounds were the sheds thathoused the livestock exhibits. Inthe foreground you see part of thequarter-rail*, track, and the judgesstand tor the spped events. Nearthe center is the rinjjj fur stock-Judging, and not far away thegrandstand, built by TOM BROCK-WAY, the bus man. and whichwas euphoniously called the Au-dalarum or Sentatorlum. The fair grounds were then just at.*..!.■ t.n: w •■stern city limits,and tha entrance was at the Springs

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