Profane And Vulgar Stories

President Lincoln onco told to Lieutenant Govcruor Ford, of Ohio, an anecdote of a gentleman Le met in Illi110ÍH "He was," eakl Mr. Lincoln, "one of the best lawyers in the Circuit, and knew more stories and could teil them better than any ono I ever knew. He was iho lifo of the bar, nnd did more than any of us to mako the dismal uight in a sniíill county oourt town pass ofi plcasantly. "But, you know, whon mon liko him reach a certain age, thoy chango ; tliey either become bad, or tliey expenencc religión and become good - betttjr than any of us. My friend experieneeel religión and kept the faith strictly to the end. Members of the bar often tried to win him back again into our story-tellitig circle, but wilhout suecess, until ouc night when we were all in one room, telling our stories ngain, and taking, my friend was nt last prevai'ed upon to teil a story for telling whioh ho Lad been cclebrated. Grcat attontiou wasgiving and something very good was expected. Me told his story, and it was a fallare, No one laughi d, do one could see the point. Ile eaw himself that his story had failed, and rising, hesnid : ''I see you don't apprecinte the Ptory I told you as forrnerly, but the fact ia M I Bed !o tsll it, thero wero lots ol vulgar expletivos and hard swesrinjj; in it, and as I have lef't all those out and have only told you the plain story, it has failed to amuse you. The question is, gentlemen, wheiher the fault is M the story or in you V "