"A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men."
"Yes," said Uncle Abe, looking severely at Bob, "that's the difference between a wise man and a fool who relishes it all the time."
Bob subsided, and Ellsworth betook himself anew to Blackstone.
Had all the Time there Was.
When Uncle Abe used to attend the Courts in the regions round about Sangamon, he generally made easy stays, and was wont to look at the country and talk to the people at his leisure. On one occasion he was riding by the premises of old H———, who was notorious for his unthriftiness, and who was in the act of driving some stray hogs out of his corn-field.
"Good morning, Mr. H———," said Uncle Abe.
"Morning, Mr. Lincoln, morning."