"'Abraham, I must fix you up a bit for these city folks.'
"Mr. Lincoln gently lifted her upon the seat before him. (She was an undersized, stout woman.) She parted, combed, and brushed his hair.
"'Do I look nice, now, mother?' he affectionately asked.
"'Well, you'll do, Abraham,' replied Mrs. Lincoln critically."
A CURIOUS COMBINATION.
When the names of Lincoln and Hamlin were painted large on the street banners, it was immediately noticed that a singular effect appeared, as
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
One of the anagrams upon the President had, at least, peculiar signification:
Abraham Lincoln: O ba! an III. charm.
It was Hamlin who proposed at the Lincoln Club, of New York, that a day should be set aside as "the Lincoln Day."