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"ABE'S" LOG.
It was the custom in Sangamon for the "menfolks" to gather at noon and
in the evening, when resting, in a convenient lane near the mill. They
had rolled out a long peeled log, on which they lounged while they
whittled and talked.
Lincoln had not been long in Sangamon before he joined this circle. At
once he became a favorite by his jokes and good-humor. As soon as
he appeared at the assembly ground the men would start him to
story-telling. So irresistibly droll were his "yarns" that whenever he'd
end up in his unexpected way the boys on the log would whoop and roll
off. The result of the rolling off was to polish the log like a mirror.
The men, recognizing Lincoln's part in this polishing, christened their
seat "Abe's log."
Long after Lincoln had disappeared from Sangamon, "Abe's log" remained,
and until it had rotted away people pointed it out, and repeated the
droll stories of the stranger.
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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