. "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]. g that if Fremont desired to hecould set up a government for himself. I had to exercise all the rude tact I have to aMoid quarreling with her/said Mr. Lincoln afterwards. ABE ON A WOODPILE. Lincolns attempt to make a lawyer of himself under adverse andunpromising circumstances—he was a bare-footed farm-hand—excited com-ment. And it was not to be old man, who was yet alive as lateas 1901, had often employed Lincoln todo
. "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]. g that if Fremont desired to hecould set up a government for himself. I had to exercise all the rude tact I have to aMoid quarreling with her/said Mr. Lincoln afterwards. ABE ON A WOODPILE. Lincolns attempt to make a lawyer of himself under adverse andunpromising circumstances—he was a bare-footed farm-hand—excited com-ment. And it was not to be old man, who was yet alive as lateas 1901, had often employed Lincoln todo farm work for him, and was sur-prised to find him one day sitting bare-foot on the summit of a woodpile and at-tentively reading a book. This being an unusual thing forfarm-hands in that early day to do, saidthe old man, when relating the story,I asked him what he was reading. Im not reading, he studying. Studying what? I inquired. Law, sir, was the emphatic re-sponse. It was really too rauch for me, as Ilooked at him sitting there proud asCicero. Great God Almighty! I ex-claimed, and passed on. Lincoln merely laughed and resumed TAKING DOWN A DANDY. In a political campaign, Lincoln once replied to Colonel Richard Taylor,a self-conceited, dandified man, who wore a gold chain and rufifled party at that time was posing as the hard-working bone and sinew of the YARNS AND STORIES. 179 McClellan doesnt want to use the army for awhile, Id Hke to borrow it fromhim and see if I cant do something or other with it. If McClellan cant fish, he ought at least to be cutting bait at a time likethis. YOUNG SUCKER VISITORS. After Mr. Lincolns nomination for the Presidency, the ExecutiveChamber, a large, fine room in the State House at Springfield, was set apartfor him, where he met the public until after his election. As illustrative of the nature of many of his calls, the following incidentwas related by Mr. Holland, an eye-witness: Mr. Lincoln being in
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