The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . cup and carried away all but the handle,which was left, like a china ring, on his forefinger. Lookingaround in surprise, the soldier .soon sensed how he had lost hiscoffee and indignantly called out: Johnny, you cant do that again ! Then, anything reflecting on the dignity or pretensions of the high officials pleased the President immensely. One day a raid was reported to him, in which the Confederates had captured a number of mules and a major-general. Lincoln exclaimed : How unfortunate! Those mules cost us $2co apiece!—implyi
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . cup and carried away all but the handle,which was left, like a china ring, on his forefinger. Lookingaround in surprise, the soldier .soon sensed how he had lost hiscoffee and indignantly called out: Johnny, you cant do that again ! Then, anything reflecting on the dignity or pretensions of the high officials pleased the President immensely. One day a raid was reported to him, in which the Confederates had captured a number of mules and a major-general. Lincoln exclaimed : How unfortunate! Those mules cost us $2co apiece!—implying that major-generals were cheaper than mules because hecould so easily replace a general. Another story, which the President told with keen relish, wasabout a government boat steaming up a southern river on a tour ofinspection. Who goes there ? came in challenge from the shore. TheSecretary of War and Major-General Foster, was the infinite scorn the reckless sentry shouted back :Aw ! Weve got generals enough. Why dont you send ussome hard-tack f.
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