. "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]. tes. Lincoln treated his^6ovEKHM^;^^ guests with great courtesy. After a pleasant interview, theGovernor, alluding to thecoming Presidential election,said, jokingly, but with a grainof sarcasm: I understand,Mr. President, that everybodyvotes in this country. If w^eremain until November, canwe vote? You remind me, repliedthe President, of a countryman of yours, agreen emigrant from Ireland. Pat arrivedon election day, and perhaps wa
. "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]. tes. Lincoln treated his^6ovEKHM^;^^ guests with great courtesy. After a pleasant interview, theGovernor, alluding to thecoming Presidential election,said, jokingly, but with a grainof sarcasm: I understand,Mr. President, that everybodyvotes in this country. If w^eremain until November, canwe vote? You remind me, repliedthe President, of a countryman of yours, agreen emigrant from Ireland. Pat arrivedon election day, and perhaps was as eager asyour Excellency to vote, and to vote early,and late and often. So, upon landing at Castle Garden, hehastened to the nearest voting place, and,as he approached, the judge who receivedthe ballots inquired, Who do you want tovote for? On which side are you? Poor Pat was embarrassed; he did notknow who were the candidates. He stopped, scratched his head, then, withthe readiness of his coimtrymen, he said: T am forninst the Government, anyhow. Tell me, if your Honor plases,which is the rebellion side, and Ill tell vou how I want to vote. In ould Ire-. YARNS AND STORIES. 177 to look into Fremonts case, and threatening 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 w
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