That evening she thus described it to her father:
"It was such a funny dog, father; it looked about a dog and a half long, and only half a dog high; and it had only four legs, but looked as if it ought to have six."
Needless to say, the father recognized from her graphic description that Mildred had seen a dachshund.
A LINCOLN STORY
In 1862 an intimate friend of President Lincoln visited him in Washington, finding him rather depressed in spirits as the result of the reverses then repeatedly suffered by the Federal troops.
"This being President isn't all it is supposed to be, is it, Mr. Lincoln?" said his visitor.
"No," Lincoln replied, his eye twinkling for a moment. "I feel sometimes like the Irishman who, after being ridden on a rail, said: 'If it wasn't for the honor av th' thing, I'd rather walk.'"
MIGHT HAVE TAKEN IT
An old negro was taken ill and called in a physician of his own race to prescribe for him; but the old man did not seem to improve, and eventually a white physician was summoned. Soon after his arrival, Dr. ---- felt the old man's pulse for a moment and then examined his tongue.
"Did your other doctor take your temperature?" he asked.