. "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]. e friends once called his attention to a cer-tain member of his Cabinet who was quietly working to secure a nominationfor the Presidency, although knowing that Mr. Lincoln was to be a candi-date for re-election. His friends insisted that the Cabinet officer ought tobe made to give uphis Presidential as-pirations or be re-moved from situation re-minded Mr. Lin-coln of a story:My brother andI, he said, wereonce plowing cor
. "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]. e friends once called his attention to a cer-tain member of his Cabinet who was quietly working to secure a nominationfor the Presidency, although knowing that Mr. Lincoln was to be a candi-date for re-election. His friends insisted that the Cabinet officer ought tobe made to give uphis Presidential as-pirations or be re-moved from situation re-minded Mr. Lin-coln of a story:My brother andI, he said, wereonce plowing corn,I driving the horseand he holding theplow. The horsewas lazy, but onone occasion herushed across thefield so that I, withmy long legs, could scarcely keep pace with him. On reaching the end of the furrow, I found anenormous chin-fly fastened upon him, and knocked him ofif. My brotherasked me what I did that for. I told him I didnt want the old horse bittenin that way. Why/ said my brother, thats all that made him go. Now, said Mr. Lincoln, if Mr. has a Presidential chin-fly biting him, Im not going to knock him off, if it will only make his department g©.. SQUIEE BAGLYS PRECEDENT. Mr. T. W. S. Kidd, of Springfield, says that he once heard a lawyer op-posed to Lincoln trying to convince a jury that precedent was superior tolaw, and that custom made things legal in all cases. When Lincoln aroseto answer him he told the jury he would argue his case in the same way. YARNS AND STORiES. 73 ordained that the Indian (sayin he was a good shot), was to die that veryminute, an I wasnt, what would I do thout my gun? There you are,the President remarked; even if it has been ordainedthat the city of Washington will never be taken by the Southerners, whatwould we do in case they made an attack upon the place, without men andheavy guns? KEPT UP THE ARGUMENT. Judge T. Lyle Dickey of Illinois related that when the excitement overthe Kansas-Nebraska bill first broke out, he was with Lincoln an
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