. 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 . he smallest silver coin,to show to them that the verdict should go with the pre-ponderance of evidence, even if the preponderance shouldbe only a hairs weight. -?- A Famous Story. It is said that M
. 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 . he smallest silver coin,to show to them that the verdict should go with the pre-ponderance of evidence, even if the preponderance shouldbe only a hairs weight. -?- A Famous Story. It is said that Mr. Lincoln was always ready to join ma laugh at the expense of his person, concerning whichhe was indifferent. Many of his friends will recognizethe following story—the incident actually occurred—which he always told with great glee: In the days when I used to be on the circuit, saidLincoln, I was accosted in the cars by a stranger, whosaid: Excuse me, sir, but I have an article in m^y possessionwhich belongs to you. How is that. I asked, considerably astonished. The stranger took a jack-knife from his pocket. Thisknife, said he, was placed in my hands some yearsago, with the injunction that I was to keep it until Ifound a man uglier than myself. I have carried it fromthat time to this. Allow me now to say, sir, that I thinkyou are fairly entitled to the property. PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 79. GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD. Lincolns Story of a Young Lawyer as he told itto General Garfield. General Garfield, of Ohio, received from the Presidentthe account of the capture of Norfolk with the followingpreface: By the way, Garfield, said Mr. Lincoln, you never 8o Lincolns stories and speeches. heard, did you, that Chase, Stanton and I had a cam-paign of our own? We went down to Fortress Monroein Chases revenue cutter and consulted v/ith AdmiralGoldsborough as to the feasibility of taking Norfolk bylanding on the north shore and making a march of eightmiles. The admiral said, very positively,
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