Lincolniana, Or, the Humors of Uncle Abe : Second Joe Miller
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"You takes 'em," greedily exclaimed the artist, and he left Mr. L. A. A n with a lot of plaster on hand which he had hard work to give away. " There's an odor of nationality about those bills,'» said Secretary Chase, showing a lot of the firsthngs of his greenbacks to Uncle Abe. "A very good figure of speech," replied Uncle Abe, 68 LINOOLNIANA. " but you must not get too many under the public nostril, or your figure of speech will be an odor of fact." April 1, 1862, greenbacks, 100. April 1, 18...64, greenbacks, 66. Uncle Abe as a PiEot. The captain of one of the Mississippi river steam- ers one morning, while his boat was lying at her moorings at New Orleans, waiting for the tardy pilot, who, it appears, was a rather uncertain sort of fellow, saw a tall, gaunt Sucker make his appearance before the captain's office, and sing out — " Hello, cap'n ! you don't want a pilot nor nothin* about this 'ere craft, do ye ?" *' How do you know I don't ?" responded the cap- tain. *' Oh, you don't understand ; I axed you s'posin' you did ?" " Then, supposing I do, what of it ?'* "Well," said Uncle Abe, for it was he, •' I reckon I know suthin' about that ere sort o' business, provided you wanted a feller of jest about my size." The captain gave him a scrutinising glance, and with an expression of countenance which seemed to say, " I should pity the steamer that you piloted,'* asked — " Are you acquainted with the river, and do you know where the snags are ?" " Well, ye-as," responded Uncle Abe rather hesita- tingly, "I'm pretty well acquainted with the river^ LINCOLNIANA.
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