Common Sense.
A fop, who was in a company where the President attended, was boasting that he had every sense in perfection. Old Abe, however, hinted to a friend “that there was one sense which he wanted, and that was common sense.”
The Epitaph.
An officer of the northern army who was remarkable for the brilliancy of his fireworks, not connected with war, was speaking of the beauty of an epitaph, written upon a friend of his, who had fallen in battle. His friend was fond of music; and the officer said he is gone to that place where only his own harmony can be exceeded. The President slyly hinted that the same might serve for him by only altering one word—“He is gone to that place where only his own fireworks can be excelled.”
A Metaphor.
Abe had a book sent to him by a certain author, “Le Journal Janet,” with a passage in it; that the author thought might be justified, and said it was a metaphor. “Well,” said the President, “it is such an one as I never met-a-fore.”
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