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MR. LINCOLN “GOOD ON THE CHOP.”–
7. April 2009 by admin.
MR. LINCOLN “GOOD ON THE CHOP.”–
During one of the last visits that the martyred President made to James River, a short time before the capture of Richmond, he spent some time in walking around among the hospitals, and in visiting various fatigue parties at work in putting up cabins and other buildings.
He came upon one squad who were cutting logs for a house; and, chatting a moment with the hardy woodsmen, asked one of them to let him see his axe. Mr. Lincoln grasped the helve with the easy air of one perfectly familiar with the tool, and remarked that he “used to be goon on the chop.”
The President then let in on a big log, making the chips fly, and making as smooth a cut as the best lumberman in Maine could do.
Meantime the men crowded around to see the work; and, as he handed back the axe, and walked away with a pleasant joke, the choppers gave him three as hearty cheers as he ever heard in the whole of his political career.
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