Category: Daily Story

INVESTING He knew a fellow once who had saved up fifteen hundred dollars, and had placed it in a private banking establishment. The bank soon failed, and he afterward received ten per cent of his investment. He then took his one hundred and fifty dollars and deposited it in a savings bank, where he was… Continue reading Investing

Doctor and his Practice Lincoln was much amused at this story, which he used to tell: In 1858 he had an appointment in Cumberland county, and after he had spoken, a Dr. Hamburgher (a bitter Democrat) impudently jumped up and said he would reply. So Lincoln took a seat… Read the full story

North-South and Quiet “At one Ohio stop, Lincoln remarked that the situation between the North and the South reminded him of his two younger boys. One had a toy the other wanted and demanded it in belligerent terms. After a while he was ordered to let his brother… Read the full story

Shadrach Story “In a time of despondency, some visitors were telling the President of the ‘breakers’ so often seen ahead — ‘this time surely coming.’ ‘That,’ said he, ‘suggests the story of the school-boy, who never could pronounce the names ‘Shadrach,’… Read the full story.

Jury and Johnnie “[In summing up a case argued against an eloquent young attorney, he pointedly ignored his opponent’s argument and told the jury this story:] In early days there lived in this vicinity, over on the Sangamon river, an old Indian of the Kickapoo… Read the full story

GENERAL SHERMAN Early in the war, President Lincoln visited the troops at the front. According to William T. Sherman, “In the crowd at Fort Corcoran, I saw an officer with whom I had had a little difficulty that morning. His face was pale, and lips compressed. I foresaw a scene, but sat on the front… Continue reading General Sherman

Poisonous Snakes Speaking to a group of Kentucky representatives at the White House in July 1861, President Lincoln said: “Gentlemen, my position in regard to your State is like that of the woman, who, returning to his home one night, found coiled around his… Read the full story

Ginger Snaps and the Tariff “When I was a clerk in a grocery store in New Salem, down in Menard County, a man came in and said to the storekeeper: ‘I want a nickel’s worth of ginger snaps.’ When they were laid out on the counter, the customer changed his mind and said, ‘I’ll… Read… Continue reading Ginger Snaps and the Tariff

Mother Hen and Fox He “told how a mother hen tried to raise a brood of chicks, but was much disturbed over the conduct of a sly old fox who ate several youngsters while still professing to be an honest fox; so the anxious mother had a serious talk with the old… Read the full… Continue reading Mother Hen and Fox

Perfect Jesus Among several “good things,” the President told of a Southern Illinois preacher who, in the course of his sermon, asserted that the Savior was the only perfect man who had ever appeared in this world; also, that… Read the full story