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Easy Humpday Triviola

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Easy Humpday Triviola

Sorry folks, this one is a softball, please at least mind the box and don't you Googlize either!

One who afterward became one of Lincoln's most devoted friends and adherents tells this story regarding the manner in which Lincoln received him when they met for the first time:

"After a comical survey of my fashionable toggery,--my swallow-tail coat, white neck-cloth, and ruffled shirt (an astonishing outfit for a young limb of the law in that settlement), Lincoln said:

"'Going to try your hand at the law, are you? I should know at a glance that you were a Virginian; but I don't think you would succeed at ***********. That was my occupation at your age, and I don't think I have taken as much pleasure in anything else from that day to this.'"

What was Abe referring to?

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Logging?

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Abe had two

occupations that might fit. I'm on the fence--he either made them or marked them.

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;-)

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Answer

You can't get much more work out of woodworking than the answer...rail splitting.

Good job Mr. Smyth!

Tom

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