Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1893 — Breaking the Ice. [ARTICLE]

Breaking the Ice.

Judge E. Bockwood Hoar, remarking on President Lincoln’s dry humor, says that on one occasion a delegation of colored men had waited upon Mr. Lincoln, and were evidently at a loss to know just what to say. The President waited a while, and then remarked: “Well, all who are here seem to be present ” This self-evi-dent proposition broke the ice and removed the spell fromtne African jaw