Uncle Abe as a Physiognomist.
While the western governors were in conversation the other day, one of them asked him if he remembered a certain Major of the ——— Illinois regiment.
Uncle Abe replied that "he could'nt say that he did." The gentleman who addressed him then tried to jog the executive memory a little by mentioning a circumstance or two connected with the Major's history. Finally Uncle Abe remembered him very well—which fact he stated in the following graphic language: "O yes, I know who you mean. It's that turkey egg faced fellow that you'd think did'nt know as much as a last year's bird's nest." This was the very individual referred to. It will be seen that Uncle Abe has other fortes than statesmanship—and that of a physiognoist is one of them.