"I first met Mr.Lincoln," says Judge Caton, "about the last of November, 1835, when on my way to Vandalia to join the Supreme Court, which met there the first Monday in December, at the same time as the meeting of the Legislature.

There were a great many people and all sorts of vehicles on the road from Springfield to Vandalia.

The roads were very bad, and most of the passengers got out and walked a considerable portion of the distance.

It seemed almost like the movement of a little army.

While walking thus along the side of the road I met Mr.Lincoln for the first time, and in the course of a two days' journey we became quite well acquainted.