. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. ed to the world, or versed in diplo-macy, would use some subterfuge, or would make a polite speech, or givea shrug of the shoulders, as the means of getting out of an embarrassing posi-tion, Lincoln raised a laugh by some bold west-country anecdote, and movedoff in the cloud of merriment produced by thejoke. When Attorney-General Bates was re-monstrating apparently against the appoint-ment of some indifferent lawyer to a place ofju
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. ed to the world, or versed in diplo-macy, would use some subterfuge, or would make a polite speech, or givea shrug of the shoulders, as the means of getting out of an embarrassing posi-tion, Lincoln raised a laugh by some bold west-country anecdote, and movedoff in the cloud of merriment produced by thejoke. When Attorney-General Bates was re-monstrating apparently against the appoint-ment of some indifferent lawyer to a place ofjudicial importance, the President interposedwith: Come now. Bates, hes not half as badas you think. Besides that, I must tell you,he did me a good turn long ago. When Itook to the law, I was goingto court one morning, withsome ten or twelve miles ofbad road before me, and Ihad no horse. The Judge overtook me ^vlin his carriage. Hallo, Lincoln! are younot going to the court-house?Come in and I will give youa seat! Well, I got in, and theJudge went on reading hispapers. Presentlythecarriagestruck a stump on one side of the road, then it hopped oft to the YARNS AND STORIES. 91 pass sentence upon him, and called upon him to give any reason he mighthave why the sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he withgreat promptness replied that he hoped the court would be lenient uponhim because he was a poor orphan! •BAP. McNABBS BOOSTER. It is true that Lincoln did not drink, never swore, was a stranger tosmoking and lived a moral life generally, but he did like horse-racing and chicken fighting. NewSalem, Illinois, whereLincoln was clerking,was known the neigh-borhood around as afast town, and the av-erage young man madeno very desperate resis-tance when tempted to■join in the drinking andgambling bouts. Bap. McNabb wasfamous for his ability inboth the raising and thepurchase of roosters ofprime fighting quality,and when his birdsfought the attendancewas large. It was
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