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Show THE WORST HOI'tiB. 11 Evan Fit la Draw u Heart 1 lb Caiuatary, Lincoln used to bo fond of telling a lory which he got from Mr Connant of a lawyer In a western town who deiired the nomination for county Judge On tho morning preceding tho venlng on which tho county convention conven-tion was to meet be applied to the livery liv-ery stabltkecpcr In bis vlllae for a horso and buggy In which to drive to the county town, sixteen mllet distant where the convention was to be held ' Qlve me tho bett ond the fastett horse you hay, Rim," said ho, "so that I will have time to go around and tco tba boys before the convention comes In " Tho liveryman, however, was lupportlng a rival candidate, and gave the lawyer a boraa that outwardly appeared ap-peared perfect, but which broko down entirely before half the Journey was completed, so thst when the candidate arrived tho convention had adjourned and his rival had been nominated. On his return to the stablo lato tho following follow-ing afternoon, knowing that It was use-lets use-lets to retent tho trick played upon him, ho said to the owner- "Look here. Smith, you mutt be training thlt HHBHHMH horso for tho New York market. Yov .fij expect to tell htm to an undertaker for V3 a boarte horte, don't you 7 Well, It's tlmo watted I know from his gal) jft that you havu spent days training him 4u to pull a hearse, but he'll prove a dead Jijjfc falluro Why, he's so slow he couldn't i&iD get a corpse to the cemetery In tlmt 'fin for tho resurrection " 2nX |
