, 1874-08-13

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Mra T,i1ton.a corfc.aion1
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rrr,ToN,s LETTERS TO ELS WIFE.
Hnyin9 aivon above tho lottcrs Of Mre. Elza-
bcth Il, Triton to her husband during tho poriod
| covered III hor recent testimony 70 his alleged
ill-troattnent OF hor TO gvo below tho lcttcra
| Which hlr. Tilton addressed to Ills #ifo during
| tho sarno poriod Tho originals OF thceo letters
woro Bhown by Nr. Tflton'a counhol, Judge
| Samuel D. Norris to our correspondent " "da4h,"
who WAS allowed by Judge Morris to mako tho
| extracts Which We horowltl lay befoEo tho Sead-
ors OF The CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
"noHr whom WOULD EXCHANGE FOR III OWN"
| sr. Lou1s, Dec. 81, 1854.
afY DgAn1r-DEIovED WIFE: 1t ID m'dnight-
tho last hour and moment OF tho ycarl am
sitting nlono In my room At tho hotol. thinking
Of homo, nnd full Of homo.BlcknosB' onuor my
window a sorenading band ia playing "Aomo'
| Sweet Home" In honor Of military ohlcor horo'
fool N II thoy aro playing 1t tu moekery OF mo-
The city Ia full Of bont1rcs-n cuRtom hore on
Christmas anu NOW foara eVoh. lAo uru'pel7
havo boon ringing ealuto-to speed tho
| nart;n1 an1 ve1come tho canning year. Already
nv anf, ~ 1acl ,a yrnro ompht nosv to Bav
1ac5
t,,,rr. or onr v,or NJ fantv-htatosv.-ful} Of
| smo1t vot ,r,no,t,rt ovcrte. rho crovt11 of tho
% ch,l,,ron ~. % tho rinonnr of onr own minds. tho
growing aorcotfon hotwoon ,,s all. riDeninc with
I,,uo H. o,o;,,ca. ~ 1o1 in anarfno onr 1voa.
| tho dnilv djncln1lna OF caros. trials sorrows.
nv. ali tho chan1oa =, tIfo. faaAton,nu ua. M
~. nt,v nav croat,,roa md. 7 truat into higher
AMI lottar ,,roa
r,,,yo .oor IN nv, 1o,1v v,a,ta IN Tim nep o;tjaa
AMI fani1,oa ~ nv tonr ,nnnv sveot and p1eas-
snt .1o,,;oa sna cb,11ron hit no,,o nnvwhero
whom won1d cxrhanoo for nv owni I suspoct
tot AT th,a 1ato hour yon nra nil mind md asloop
: wnntd 1ilo to cotoh = c1innao Of ali your facea
~ - o+oo1 h,e. from III vour chcc,a rh}s
.u.,,1a ho -,nro ,,,f,r+ lin, ali +bo olooaant MI
tont;on. .,,;c,, m, oocurino from tim half.
..;aa,1a1,;n nnd a,n-doon lr;n1roua rl,;c1, tro
e.aSa, III. sosr,ta,.v
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p ~, 49,. 1'osas,,oi, - ,slo., 49,. ~ oror !
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A aau1xv 1Ionse n,oo,,Iuoror M
Thursday Jan. &, 1906.
My DEAn1Y-BELoyEp W1FE: Not having
touched pon for four days. I just this moment
6ud loiauro to roaumo tho story OF my tray
oils.
On Now Years afternoon (that Is, Monday
afternoon) took tho train for Alton, I'll.
Tho ncxt morning visited tho grayo Of Eli]al
Loyefoy, who WAS killed, twenty-seyeu years ngo
in thnt n1aco, because ho smoke against Slavery,
Ills erayo ia in q cemetery on q high hill. from,
which could soa tho confluence OF tie Missouri
aud bIiBsissippi Riyors,-a broad md liberal
landscape. nicturosouo aud beautiful. Alton Is
tto rougl,ost and liliiost city over eaw,--being
Ill liko Brooklyn at the alope Of Columbia
etroot.
On "Wednesday morning lott Alton, aud at
noou reached Springfield. Lieut. Gov.
Dross cayo me welcome and in tho
afternoon took me to tho homo Of Abraham
Lincoln,-a plain, two-storY, wooden building,
painted brown,-looking like the residence of a
man neither poor nor riot,.-,a house like mauy q
| ..;r r,,or, ~. 17,,yors o,oort fiat i,o ,ni,r
1.e - 49, No. 1,n1on nd ,,I;ta ~ w. 49,.
n.,a. -. ,,roson+ occurorta aro :. fami,v n,r,od
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darl, "@'A "' T1ev oayo ma , cordial ,nvttnt,o,
, ~ oono aroin br;n1fnr ron. and matinr ,
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a,to. i,roarfaat tt,;a ,,,rn,n1 uo,haa ~,
raon +,,o nro,ro wh;ch haro il not aot E,
sas,, ta,n9 tnat ort.;I1o fin c;tv . ,,oo,t;
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