The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-04-30

1 70 me, asked:
Madam Elizabeth, you are fond
ot pets, are you n0t7"
80 yes. SIR FABswered.
"WeIl, conc here and look at
ny two goats IbcIieve they are
tie kindest and best goats 10 the
World. See how they sniff the
clear air, and skipaDd play 10 The
sun-bine. WhewI what d jump,
he exclaimed, as one 81 the goais
made lofty spring. .Madam Eli
Eabeth, did you ever before sec
such an active eoat2' Musing d
moment, be continued, "fIe feeds
on my bounty and jumps for Joy.
Do yon think we could call him d
bounty jnmper2 Bnl / hatter the
bounty jumper. Ny goat is fai
| above him. l would rather wear
bis horns and hairy ccat through
life, than demean myself to the lev.
81 Of the man who plunders Tie
Ftatlonel frnaEnrz5palhe name d
patriotism. The man who enIists
into the service for a consideration
and deserts the moment he re
eeives bis money but to repeat the
play, is bad enough; but the men
who manipulaet the grand maclinc
and who simply make the bounty
jumper their agent 10 an outrage
GUS fraud. are far worse. They
are beneath tho worms that craw
in the dark hidden places Of earth. =
THE DEATH oE LITTLE WILLIE LIN,
colin,
Is written aboutin a very sim
PIE and affecting manner. Mrs
Kecklcy says:
] was worn out with watchi6g
and was not in tho room when
Willie died. but was Immediately
sent for. | assisted in washing
and dressing him, and then Iaic
him on the bed when Mr.. Lincoln
came in. ! never saw a man SC
bowed down with grief. He came
TO ihc bed. lifted the cover from
the face Of bis child, and gazed a.
il long and earnestly, murmuring
MY poor boy, he was TOO good ioI
this earth. God has called him
home. ! know that he is mucl
better off in heaven, but then ",
loved him so. 1t is hard, hard L
have him die"
Great sobs choked his utterance
He buried his face in his hand aud
his tail frame was convulsed with
emotion. stood at the foot Of the
bed, my eyes full Of tears, looking
at the man in silent, awe stricken
wonder. His grief upnerved him
and made hin, a weak, passive
child. ] did not dream that hi.
rugged nature could be 80 moved.
MR. LINcoLN's OPINION OF GENERAL
LEE.
The very morning of the day OF
which he was assassinated, his son
Captain Robert Lincoln, came in
to the room with a portrait Of Gen
cral Lee in his hand. The Presi
dent took the pictare, laid 1t on
the table before him, scanned the
face thoughtfully, and said: ut is
a good face: it is the face of a no
Bile, noble. brave man. lam glad
the war is over at last" Looking
up at Robert, he continued: "Wel
my son, you have returned safely
| from the front The war is now
closed, and we will soon live iu
peace with the bravo men thai
have been Sighting against US.
trust that the era Of good telling
has returned with the ending O
the war, and that henceforth WI
shall live in peace"
RELICS OF THE ASSASSINATION.
The dress that Mrs. Lincolr
wore on the night of the assassin
alton was given to Mrs. Slade, The
wife Of an old and faithful messen
ger. The cloak, stained with The
Presidents blood, was given to mt
as also was the bonnet worn on
that memorable night. Afterwarc
| received the comb and brush thai
Mr.. Lincoln'used during his resi-
dence at the White House. With
this same comb and brush l haC
often combed his head. When al
most ready TO go down to recep
ton, he would turn to mo with o
quizzical look: "Well, Madam Eli
zabeth, will you brush my bristlel
down to. night ?"
"Yes, Mr.. Lincoln"
Then he would take his scat il
an easy chair, and sit quietly while
L arranged his hair. As may wei
be imagined, | was only too gIac
TO accept this comb and brush from
the hands of Mrs. Lincoln. The
cloak, bonnet, comb, and brush
the glove worn at the first recep-
ton after the second inauguration
and Mr.. Lincoln's over shoes, alsC
given 10 me, ] have since donated
for tho benefit Of Willberforce Uni
versity. a colored college, near Xe
MIA, Ohio, destroyed by fire on thC
night that the President was mur
dercd.
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