. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . ust the ink; dry it out or up, etc. Hurriedly your friend, W. H. Hern^dn. .0: How Lincoln Won a Case from his Partner—Laughable Toilet Ignorance. While Judge Logan, of Springfield, 111., was Lincol
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . ust the ink; dry it out or up, etc. Hurriedly your friend, W. H. Hern^dn. .0: How Lincoln Won a Case from his Partner—Laughable Toilet Ignorance. While Judge Logan, of Springfield, 111., was Lincolnspartner, two farmers, who had a misunderstandingrespecting a horse trade, went to law. By mutual con-sent the partners in law became antagonists in this caseOn the day of the trial Mr. Logan, having bought a new 264 Lincolns stories and speeches. shirt, open in the back, with a huge standing collar,dressed himself in extreme haste, and put on the shirtwith the bosom at the back, a linen coat concealing theblunder. He dazed the jury with his knowledge ofhorse points and as the day was sultry, took off hiscoat and summed up in his shirt-sleeves. Lincoln, sitting behind him, took in the situation, andwhen his turn came, remarked to the jury: Gentlemen, Mr. Logan has been trying for over anhour to make you believe he knows more about a horsethan these honest old farmers who are witnesses. He. has quoted largely from his horse doctor, and now,gentlemen, I submit to you, (here he lifted Logan out ofhis chair, and turned him with his back to the jury andthe crowd, at the same time flipping up the enormousstanding collar) what dependence can you place in hishorse knowledge when he has not sense enough to puton his The roars of laughter taat greeted this exhibition, andthe verdict that Lincoln got soon after, gave Logan apermanent prejudice against bosom shirts. -? MISCELLANEOUS. 265 Lincolns Life as Written by Himself—TheWhole Thing in a Nut Shell. The compiler of the Dic
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