“How beautiful,” said a poetical friend of the President’s, who was noted for his disregard for personal cleanliness, “is the face of Nature after a shower.” “Aye,” said Abe, “and your’s would look all the better for a wash!”
Wisdom at a Discount.
“Have you heard,” said Mrs. Lincoln, “that our old friend, Mrs. Cobb, has been prosecuted for bigamy?” “I have,” replied Lincoln, “and am sorry for her, for her crime is that ‘She loved not wisely but two well.’”
Pickles!
When Atlanta was destroyed a large quantity of pickles were, inadvertently, destroyed. Lincoln said, “It didn’t matter much, as his generals generally contrived to get their men into no end of pickles; but had they desired to have retained them they surely ought to have been preserved.”
A Conundrum.
“Why,” said the President, “is a Southern Summer like the disunited States of America?” His official friends gave it up. “Why,” said the queerist, “because its cold (gold) is very difficult to catch.”
Over Early v. over late.
When it was made known to President Lincoln that Sherman had gained a victory over Early he said that it was a blessing to hear it, “as the victories of the Federal generals were mostly over late.”