, 1880-03-21
L1NCOLN'S STORIES.
Pheasant Pen Pictures Of the Great
War President-Nesv Anecdotes Never
Eold Refore-1iosv MIR. Lincoln Got
Kid of a Consunnate 8ore.

jokes which soon became National In their ret
utat1on. It WIS this faculty of casting AVA
cure that enabled the President to endur
the wear and tear Of Il great War that woul
have killed most men.
| Many people will, no doubt, always beiiev
TINT many Of the jokes attributed to Mr., Lin
coin were manufactured outside of the Whit
House and laid to the great Presidents account
and, while this was partly true, Mr. Lincoln ai
tell thousands Of anecdotes, and If some cred
ated to him were told by others there were score
Of Lfncons jokes that have never been re-
| peatel or published.
remember one day going to the White Hous.
! with Senator Beu Wade, when Mr. Lincoln as
sailed us with perfect avalanche Of jokes. Mr
Wade was In hurry, having to be at the Sennt,
by Il o'clock, and it was then after ii. ..Si
down, Mr.. Wade; sit down, General" cried tht
Jolly PRESIDENT; II am going to tell you
-" Mr.. President, 1 should be most happy tt
tt.l listen 70 yonr story" said Mr.. Wade, " but
and then must go to the Senate, as it is almost
the hour for it to assemble"
! Wei, well, guess you will be in time, but
without you, why let it meet, that's ali. Then %
turning abruptly to me, the President inquired:
fne nn a 9bf R bus Il
| friends. @'@ A1 ''.@>'''
1AtF Afc pTGlLy We1l> l. replied.
"Aro they loyal now?" asked Uncle Abe. with
a smile.
.Somettmes they, are and sometimes they arc
., not" replied. i" When they think the Union is
going TO win they get loyal until Lee gains q
battle on the Potomac, and then when i looks
better + for the Confederacy they become disloyal
That reminds me-. of the high and the low
con1bed cock" said abe, land as it is capital
story must tel it t9 YOU"
going. IL Ia 1ff1HrV II and have hardly TINA
to reach the Senate before it assemblies have
little business with you, and"
the sennte can assemble, say, without you
being there, and I must tell you this story;
besides, | won't be five minutes, aud you can
Uncle Abe then related the following story,
his own words:
there was chap who had a high-combed cock
TINT could lick all the roosters in the country.
Que day an emfgrant came in to settle who said
he had a low-comt'ed cock he reckoued could
thrash anything in them parts, the high-combed
cock included. The interest becume intense, and
the chickens. were examined by all the boys.
10th lookeu we'll, and seemed to be genuine
gnme-cocks. meeting WAS arranged TO come
on between the cocks, and the whole neigbbor-
hood vas excited oyer it. Squire c-was =
ways right, but NJ Que could ever find out ex-
nctly what his beliefs were. his reserved opinions
being the correct ones. The Squire was con-
thing else and n,1ttinr his snectac1es 1,n his nns
he examined both ruosters carefully. He said
the high-combed cock had 'pints' about him
combed cock vas much The heaycst rooster ees e Of
the two, and by sheer weight might beat his an
t nre cosy nG h ,6v 70 od nei
not yet any nearer to bis opinion Of he real
merits Of the chickens. The day came for the
bnttle, and with it Il grcut crowd. The Squire
presided for in those d,.ys more than now ra-
cing lighting. and betting was the hight Of Rem
the 'So1ire7s position on the figf M he us toth
oracle and judge '''0 ~
ho a fnra titc nna fh.rfrrn NO ,,;H ~; +hroa
Cheers for hoth roostcrs' II WIS tlone with :, |
,viij and tho frht hnnnn At nrerv T t''r ~ % Iba |
oattle It'll the 'sauire would cry out: Hurrnh b for M
he hi@hsco1nht.d cocri, .Hrrn.h fnr +hn tav.
,ombed cockI' Once h. mndc n hct On thf. h;ph-
,omf,el ctck h1t immed;ate,s hn1vnt, % nv hee-
@ og IN the tSe eoek At ftef
yorst of It md turned tai md ran' iurrabi
u ,urrah u hurrn % FOR the Kb 6t @ uoubed COCK Gen.
e. Il kns %v TINT 5Soster would win in the end
- cnntest Iii;c this IN adVapcc of ,ha raIa
$500 Now, gentlemen, YOU have had nll tue
m hnt vn,, 500 thnt hf1b c,n,hnd ronstar ,vae !
,oun1 to win. Why, look ut his comb! Any man
nj see with half un eye be is u real game chick
II, while thut other Que is only dufigkiil fowi'
Q be e'o Oh botS sides Of Ills ght and % hurraa m
or the high or the low combcd cock US pulicy |
ictates. II we win, they wilt be good Union
le1, but il jeff Dnvis were to win. they would
c the best Rebels in the world. General" he
aid, seriously, ~ think we have got the high
ombcd cock in this fight. We must sec to it
mt our rooster wins, aud then in the end we
Ill be NIL right"
sat aud looked in establishment Mt the great
ian before me. 1 had come to Washington to
xplain to him my cnbnrr,,ssnents in Kentucky !
n account Of the anomalous pustion of the
hate and the varying temper Of the people.
entucky wns then State in the Union, with {
iii our Congress, hut she had sent
) less than thirty-four thousand men
the Rebel army, anu had nlso Il repre-
ntation In the Kebcl Congress ut Rich /
ond. I had expected to have some
tticuity in making my cmbnrr,lssnellts under
Mrl, but here was a 1nan who knew every !
ing, and by simple story had not only cx- /
aimed my situation, but had pointed out what 1
should do. | related the story to Mr.. stanton, {
cntt1cky Us that between two roostcrs. Onc: I .
rotc to MIR. Wade: "'rcll Mr.. Lincoln our ! $
rdlv fail to win, The 'Souire bets three to | y
C On him ut present. In his next letter, I