Honest Abe and a question

A bunch of rough, dirty, killers used to run around Curwensville, PA. And they were well respected by the president. Of course, they were soldiers, and it was back when Honest Abe was leading the country--bathing wasn't quite as easy back then as it is now. But these guys put the tails of White Tailed Deer in their caps. They were called Buck Tails, and they protected President Lincoln.

Three regiments existed, two were from Curwensville. Lincoln is said to have been good friends with them, as he was socioeconomically working-class himself...or something like that--basically he enjoyed them more than he did the bureaucrats. And so they got along splendidly, they saved his life, and he graced them with his presence. I bet he was pretty funny, too, if not honest. If not directly, then in that awkward sense that everyone observing the interaction laughs at when someone is too honest. You know, the guy who ends up telling your mother that she still has toilet paper hanging out of her summer dress...that's still tucked into the back of her stringed underwear. I think they had stringed underwear back then? I digress.

Anyway, they say the Buck Tails actually saved Lincoln's life four different times, one of which was the morning he was actually assassinated--from John Wilksbooth, nonetheless. Supposedly what happened was he let the company of Buck Tails off for the night, got dressed up to go to the theatre, Ford's Theatre, that is, and then, well, his brain ended up not working as well as most of the country might have liked for the rest of the evening. The company of people watching over him--the one's that replaced the Buck Tails for the evening--may have also lost their minds after that night. And ironically, Wilksbooth shot Lincoln during one of the funniest parts of the play while everyone was laughing...boy he got them good. He then proceeded to jump onto the stage, yell something and run off. The audience thought it was all part of the play. Silly them.

Anyway, Curwensville proved to be quite interesting. We were entertained by stories about the history of the town after we spoke about the ride at the Curwensville Christian and Missionary Alliance church's get-together. It was quite nice, not to mention the view from the house we were at had a beautiful view.

Other than that the adventure is starting to settle in. It's all about the relationships we make now. We'll probably forget a lot of what we see after we get used to it. The relationships tend to keep popping up. And so we ask, what sorts of ideas about life are more important to you than the relationships in your life?