Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House incidents, war reminiscences, etc. . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHEN A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LIFE STORIES. How Lincoln and Judge B. Swapped Horses. When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois, heand a certain Judge once got to bantering one anotherabout trading horses; and it was agreed that the nextmorning at 9 oclock they should make a trade, the horsesto be unseen up to that hour, and no backing out, undera forfeiture of $25. At the hour appointed the Judge came up, leading thesorries
Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House incidents, war reminiscences, etc. . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHEN A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LIFE STORIES. How Lincoln and Judge B. Swapped Horses. When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois, heand a certain Judge once got to bantering one anotherabout trading horses; and it was agreed that the nextmorning at 9 oclock they should make a trade, the horsesto be unseen up to that hour, and no backing out, undera forfeiture of $25. At the hour appointed the Judge came up, leading thesorriest looking specimen of a horse ever seen in thoseparts. In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln was seen approach-ing with a wooden saw-horse upon his shoulders. Greatwere the shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and bothwere greatly increased when Mr. Lincoln, on surveyingthe Judges animal, set down his saw-horse, and exclaim-ed: Well, Judge, this is the first time I ever got theworst of it in a horse trade. A Remarkable Law Suit About a Colt. The controversy was about a colt, in which thirty-fourwitnesses swore that they had known the colt from itsfalling, and it was the property of the
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