The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . er the slavery question till I get to it. STOP YOUR BOAT A MINUTE At a public reception, the President was very much annoyed by arural citizen from one o<f the border counties of Virginia, whO com-plained to him that the Union soldiers, in passing his farm, had helpedthemselves not only to hay, but went into his orchard and had eaten uphis fruit. He requested the President to order the proper officer toinflict punishment upon the transgressors. Mr. Lincoln did not reply to the querulous complaint, but proc
The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . er the slavery question till I get to it. STOP YOUR BOAT A MINUTE At a public reception, the President was very much annoyed by arural citizen from one o<f the border counties of Virginia, whO com-plained to him that the Union soldiers, in passing his farm, had helpedthemselves not only to hay, but went into his orchard and had eaten uphis fruit. He requested the President to order the proper officer toinflict punishment upon the transgressors. Mr. Lincoln did not reply to the querulous complaint, but proceededto tell a story, illustrative of the mans foolish request. A stream whichcontained a dangerous rapids was a source of annoyance and peril tovoyagers. For many years these travelers had been safely carried overthe rapids in a canoe by a daring fellow who lived on the shore near last it was concluded to build a steamer and make Jack captain ofher. He always used to take the wheel, going- through the day when the boat was plunging and wallowing along the boiling. VIEWING LINCOLNS REMAINS. City Hall, New York City.
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