“‘Do they conscript close over the river?’
“‘Stranger, I should think they did! They take every man who hasn’t been dead more than two days!’
“If this is correct, the Confederacy has at least a ghost of a chance left.”
And of another, a Methodist minister in Kansas, living on a small salary, who was greatly troubled to get his quarterly instalment. He at last told the non-paying trustees that he must have his money, as he was suffering for the necessaries of life.
“Money!” replied the trustees; “you preach for money? We thought you preached for the good of souls!”
“Souls!” responded the reverend; “I can’t eat souls; and if I could it would take a thousand such as yours to make a meal!”
“That soul is the point, sir,” said the President.
LINCOLN’S REJECTED MANUSCRIPT.
