Show How We Reported A Xew York firm applied to Abraham Lincoln some years before he became be-came President as to the financial fin-ancial standing of some of his llt1ghbors as Mr Lincoln replied foHows Yours of the 10th instant reeeied I am well acquainted with Mr First and know his circumstances gcther of all he has a wife and baby to tn they ° uK ht to be worth 50000 to Whjli any lIlan Secondly he has an office in ch three there is a table worth 150 and there chairs iorth say L Last of all is ere in one corner a large rat hole fullt Vhichi will bear looking into Jlespect fully Y ours A Lincoln |