Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1913 — Could He Tell? [ARTICLE]

Could He Tell?

A “high’,’ private of the 140th Pa., wounded at ChancellorsviUe, was taken to Washington. One day, as he was becoming convalescent, a whisper ran down the long row t>f cots that the president was in the building and *ould soon pass by. Instantly every boy in blue who was able arose, stood erect, hands to the side, ready to salute his commander-in-chief. The Pennsylvanian stood six feet seven inches in bis stockings. Lincoln was six feet four. As the president approached this giant towering above him, he stopped in amazement, and, casting his eyes from head to foot and from foot to head, as if contemplating the immense distance from one extremity to the other, he stood for a moment speechless. At length, extending his hand, he exclaimed'. “Hello, comrade. How do yon know when your feet get cold?”