"It's just about a year since Abe Lincoln first saw this town," he observed.
"Yes—it was April 19th, last year."
"You remember the date well."
"That was the day I found the first plum blossoms."
"And you found them just in time to wave at Abe Lincoln."
"I was glad he got his boat off the mill dam."
"Ann, what do you suppose Abe Lincoln came to New Salem for?"
"Maybe the same thing you did, John."
"I came to make money, and I'm making it. He didn't come to make money. He don't know how to make money and never will. Besides he gives away all he does get hold of."