The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . When there was an opportunity, the judge whispered to theclerk, asking, What was it that I Incoln was telling? The clerk repeated the tale. The judge, off his guard, laughedoutright. Remit your fine ! he said to the clerk. While he was a plain country lawyer, he made some remarkablecomparisons. He likened a brainless and wordy legal opponent toa trifling little steamboat on the Sangamon, with a seven-footwhistle on a five-foot boiler, so, every time the whistle blew, the boat stopped —meaning that while the young lawyer was talk
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . When there was an opportunity, the judge whispered to theclerk, asking, What was it that I Incoln was telling? The clerk repeated the tale. The judge, off his guard, laughedoutright. Remit your fine ! he said to the clerk. While he was a plain country lawyer, he made some remarkablecomparisons. He likened a brainless and wordy legal opponent toa trifling little steamboat on the Sangamon, with a seven-footwhistle on a five-foot boiler, so, every time the whistle blew, the boat stopped —meaning that while the young lawyer was talking, his mental processes ceased. One night he came home late from offthe circuit, and found that his wife had hadthe house extended, as a surprise, from a one-and-a-half story to a two story structure,during his absence of several weeks. He pre-tended not to know where he lived, and rangup a neighbor to inquire what had become ofhis home. Mrs. Lincoln once said of her husband : Mr. Lincoln was the kindest man and most loving husband and father in the
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