NO HE DID NOT! Did He? Crowd Surfing--

In the never-ending work to glean small, unnoticed grains of wheat from the picked-over chaff of Lincolniana, I found this:


When they learned of Lincoln's presence, the delegates at the convention (Chicago, 1860) cheered lustily, picked him up, and carried him to the platform. 


Lincoln was a mighty long man, but they carried him down over their heads right over everybody in the crowd. 


I have heard of that sort of thing, but never before nor since have I seen a long fellow like Lincoln passed hand over hand over a solid mass of people.


Well, there you go.