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THE SAME OLD RUM.
One of President Lincoln's friends, visiting at the White House, was
finding considerable fault with the constant agitation in Congress
of the slavery question. He remarked that, after the adoption of the
Emancipation policy, he had hoped for something new.
"There was a man down in Maine," said the President, in reply, "who
kept a grocery store, and a lot of fellows used to loaf around for
their toddy. He only gave 'em New England rum, and they drank pretty
considerable of it. But after awhile they began to get tired of that,
and kept asking for something new--something new--all the time. Well,
one night, when the whole crowd were around, the grocer brought out his
glasses, and says he, 'I've got something New for you to drink, boys,
now.'
"'Honor bright?' said they.
"'Honor bright,' says he, and with that he sets out a jug. 'Thar' says
he, 'that's something new; it's New England rum!' says he.
"Now," remarked the President, in conclusion, "I guess we're a good deal
like that crowd, and Congress is a good deal like that store-keeper!"
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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