Lincoln Story Book, The

<h3>PLOWING AROUND A LOG.</h3> <p>A State governor came to Washington, furious at the number of troops headquarters commanded of him and the mode of collecting them. Irate as he was, General Fry saw him bidding good-by to the Capitol with a placid, even pleased, mien. The general inquired of Lincoln himself how he had been so miraculously mollified.</p> <p>"I suppose you had to make large concessions to him, as he returns from you entirely satisfied?" suggested the general.</p> <p>"Oh, no," replied the President, "I did not concede anything.</p> <p>"You know how that Illinois farmer managed the big log that lay in the middle of his field? To the inquiries of his neighbors, he announced he had gotten rid of it.</p> <p>"'How did you do it?' they asked. 'It was too big to haul away, too knotty to split, too wet and soggy to burn. Whatever <i>did</i> you do?'</p> <p>"'Well, now, boys, if you won't tell the secret, I'll tell you how. I just plowed 'round it!'</p> <p>"Now, Fry, don't tell anybody, but I just plowed around the governor!"--(On the authority of General James B. Fry.) <br/> <br/> <br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />