"Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories - a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller (excerpts) (1901) (14579884420)

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Title: "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller (excerpts)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly), 1828-1909
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
Publisher: Philadelphia : International Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library



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was a Whig of the most uncompromising sort,who hated a Democrat more than all other things on the earth, and promptlyrefused the young mans request, his language being to the effect that this YARNS AND STORIES. 87 much. One day she ate a good many more raisins than she ought to, andfollowed them up with a quantity of other goodies. They made her very sick.After a time the raisins began to come. She gasped and looked at her mother and said: Well, I will be betternow I guess, for I have got down to the raisins. HONEST ABE SWALLOWS HIS ENEMIES. Honest Abe Taking Them on me Half-Shell was one of the cartoonspublished in i860 by one of the illustrated periodicals. As may be seen, itrepresents Lincoln in a Political Oyster House, preparing to swallow two POLITICAL OYSTER HOUSE. Kardsheils & SoftihiiJS Constatilly on. hand. Il«a>oCi-dt$ fried, Stewed,Raa£t<d. or orv tKe hdlf SXtU. /Aese f^iioua ^ave 6e<tn ^a-lory <■/■ Wii/i.v*/! I-it-ihs /^ /■»( as Bulta-. /hardly /
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o of his Democratic opponents for the Presidency—Douglas and Breckinridge.He performed the feat at the November election. The Democratic partywas hopelessly split in i860. The Northern wing nominated Stephen A.Douglas, of Illinois, as their candidate, the Southern wing naming John C.Breckinridge, of Kentucky; the Constitutional Unionists (the old Americanor Know-Nothing party) placed John Bell, of Tennessee, in the field, and YARNS AND STORIES. 89 in the air, cracking his heels together, smites his fists, and wastes his breathtrying to scare somebody. You see the other fellow, he says not a word,—here Mr. Lincolns voice and manner changed to great earnestness, andrepeating—you see the other man says not a word. His arms are at hissides, his fists are closely doubled up, his head is drawn to the shoulder, andhis teeth are set firm together. He is saving his wind for the fight, and assure as it comes off he will win it, or die a-trying. EIGHT FOR ONCE, ANYHOW. Where men bred in co