Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's stories : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House stories, war stories, miscellaneous stories . al in the field a barrel of it! A Pretty Tolerable Respectable Sort of a Clergyman. Some one was discussing, in the presence of Mr. Lincoln,the character of a time-serving Washington Mr. Lincoln to his visitor: I think you are rather hard upon Mr. He reminds me of a man in Illinois, who was tried for passing a count-erfeit bill. It was in evidence that before passing it he hadtaken it to the cashier of a bank and
Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's stories : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House stories, war stories, miscellaneous stories . al in the field a barrel of it! A Pretty Tolerable Respectable Sort of a Clergyman. Some one was discussing, in the presence of Mr. Lincoln,the character of a time-serving Washington Mr. Lincoln to his visitor: I think you are rather hard upon Mr. He reminds me of a man in Illinois, who was tried for passing a count-erfeit bill. It was in evidence that before passing it he hadtaken it to the cashier of a bank and asked his opinion ofthe bill, and he received a very prompt reply that it was acounterfeit. His lawyer, who had heard the evidence to bebrought against his client, asked him, just before going intocourt, Did you take the bill to the cashier of the bankand ask him if it was good ? I did, was the reply. « t Well, what was the reply of the cashier? The rascal was in a corner, but he got out of it in thisfashion: He said it was a pretty tolerable, respectable sortof a bill. Mr. Lincoln thought the clergyman was apretty tolerable, respectable sort of a WHITE-HOUSE INCIDENTS. 97 How Lincoln Opened the Eyes of an Inquisitive Visitor. Mr. Lincoln sometimes had a very effective way of dealing-with men who troubled him with questions. A visitor cnceasked him how many men the Rebels had in the field. The President replied, very seriously, Twelve hundredthousand, according to the best authority. The interrogator blanched in the face, and ejaculated, Good Heavens! Yes, sir, twelve hundred thousand—no doubt of see, all of our generals, when they get whipped, saythe enemy outnumbers them from three or five to one, andI must believe them. We have four hundred thousand menin the field, and three times four make twelve. Dont yousee it? Minnehaha and Minneboohoo! Some gentlemen fresh from a Western tour, during a callat the White House, referred in the course of conversation
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