Uncle Abe says there is a good deal of the devil in the Rebels. They sometimes fight like him, frequently run like him, and always lie like him.
A Man of Means.
Uncle Abe was asked by a client whether his neighbor Brown was "a man of means."
"Well I reckon he ought to be," said Abe, "for he is just the meanest man in Springfield."
Call Again.
When Uncle Abe was taken sick recently, and Mrs Lincoln had sent for the doctor; Uncle Abe, having an aversion to physic, said, he had better call another time, as he was too sick then to joke with him.