Mrs. Lincoln Buildeth A House And Barn

codea that ivirs. jincoin is giveii i aaving tbings afcer hur cnvn liking.- X'he followíng aneedote, illustrative of that point, is tülcl by a ciíizen of Spring field, Illiiioid, aiiil o are assureditis an " unvarnishud tale." Somo years before " Honest Abe," as we have been wont tocall him, and h:s wiíehad the rem otea t idea of presiding at tho White House, they lived in a low and unprotendiüg dwelling in Springfiild. The b:irn, whioh was contiguous to tho honse, was used for stablinjí a cow during the winter Reason. Mi. Lincoln was neither satisfied willi the house nor the elnse proxiniity of tho cow stable, and while her buaband was out óf town attending court, (to be absent f rom home six weeks,) contracted wfth a carpenter to build a new barn and add another story to the dwelling.- ? Tho work was imraediately commenced and compietfd beioio Mr. Lincoln returned, and the chang-e was so striking that when be walked tlirough the street upon bis arriyal, on vvhich the hou?4 wassituated, he bardlv recognized it bnt feoon apprehendinji the veason, he jocosely asked a person wliom he mot, " dm you teil me where Mrs. Lincoln Uves ? " His wile, who luid seen her husband coming, opiened the door as the questkm was asked, nnd excluimed,