. Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's stories : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House stories, war stories, miscellaneous stories. he seemed. Mr. Lincoln and Douglas met for the first time whenthe latter was only 23 years of age. Lincoln, inspeakingof the fact, subsequently said that Douglas was then theleast man he ever saw. He was not only very short, butvery slender. Lincolns mother died in 1818, scarcely two years afterher removal to Indiana from Kentucky, and when Abrahamwas in his tenth year. They laid her to rest under the treesnear the cabin, and,
. Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's stories : including early life stories, professional life stories, White House stories, war stories, miscellaneous stories. he seemed. Mr. Lincoln and Douglas met for the first time whenthe latter was only 23 years of age. Lincoln, inspeakingof the fact, subsequently said that Douglas was then theleast man he ever saw. He was not only very short, butvery slender. Lincolns mother died in 1818, scarcely two years afterher removal to Indiana from Kentucky, and when Abrahamwas in his tenth year. They laid her to rest under the treesnear the cabin, and, sitting on her grave, the little boy wepthis irreparable loss. The Black Hawk war was not a very remarkable made no military reputations, but it was noteworthy inthe single fact that the two simplest, homliest and truestmen engae^ed in it afterward became Presidents of theUnited States, viz: General (then Colonel) Zachary Taylor,and Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln never spoke of it asanything more than an interesting episode in his life, exceptupon one occasion when he used it as an instrument forturning the military pretensions of another into STATB CAPITOL AT SPRINGFIBLD, ILL. PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 55 PROFESSIONAL LIFE STOHIES. How Lincoln and Judge B Swapped Horses. When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois, he anda certain Judge once got to bantering one another abouttrading horses; and it was agreed that the next morning at9 oclock they should make a trade, the horses to be unseenup to tliat hour, and no backing out, under a forfeitureof $25. At the hour appointed the Judge came up, leading thesorriestlooking 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 surveying theJudges animal, set down his saw-horse, and exclaimed:Well, Judge, this is the first time I eve
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