Show LINCOLN ON CIRCUIT welcomed by all the other lawyers and by the landlords following the court about on the circuit was no doubt the joy of iian coin t life he was so fond ot it that he declined a flattering offer to enter a lucrative law partnership in chica go because as he contended it conid necessitate more or less confinement in the office and therefore keep him off the circuit seated in a one horse buggy behind a sorry looking animal he would set out from springfield to be gone tor weeks at a stretch the lawyers as he drove into each successive place eagerly anticipating a new stock ol 01 stories gave him a cordial welcome ind the landlords hailed his coming with delight tor he was one ot the most patient and ot guests it every other fellow relates one ot his colleagues grumbled at the indifferent and scant fare which greeted us at many ot the dingy taverns we struck lincoln said nothing his forbearance in this regard well warrants the observation he la said on one occasion to havo made that he never so completely felt his own un nes as when he stood face to face with a real live hotel clarh how he appeared on the circuit may bo gleaned from this sketch of him drawn by henry whitney ono 0 als col leagues in central his hat was brown faded and the nap usually worn or rubbed off he wore a short cloak and sometimes a shawl ills coat and vest hung on his giant frame his rs were invariably too short in one hand haf carried a faded green umbrella with A lincoln in large white cotton or muslin betteis sewed on the inside the knob wai gone from the handle and a piece of cord was usually tied around the middle ot the umbrella to keep it from flying open in the other hand he carried a carpet bag in which were stored the few papers he used in court and underclothing enough to last till his return to springfield jesso W welk in the century |