When he got a little more of this world's goods he set up a one-horse buggy, a very sorry and shabby-looking affair which he generally used when the weather promised to be bad.

The other lawyers were always glad to see him, and landlords hailed his coming with pleasure; but he was one of those gentle, uncomplaining men whom they would put off with indifferent accommodations.

It was a significant remark of a lawyer who was thoroughly acquainted with his habits and disposition that "Lincoln was never seated next the landlord at a crowded table, and never got a chicken-liver or the best cut from the roast." Lincoln once remarked to Mr.Gillespie that he never felt his own unworthiness so much as when in the presence of a hotel clerk or waiter.

If rooms were scarce, and one, two, three, or four gentlemen were required to lodge together in order to accommodate some surly man who "stood upon his rights," Lincoln was sure to be one of the unfortunates.

Yet he loved the life of the circuit, and never went home without reluctance.
In describing the many experiences of the lawyers who travelled the circuits at this period, Mr.Arnold says: "The State was settled with a hardy, fearless, honest, but very litigious population.