Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-03-01


graph hunter and carried to the
cloister Of the strange patient; even
the heaps Of exchanges" in the To-
cal newspapers were made to "nlin-
lister to mind diseased" Only it
10 now doubtful if all this humoring
of the morbid thirst for glory has
not helped 10 detain Mrs. Lincoln
thus long in retirement. Many will
remember that in those critical six.
ties" it used to be one Of the bug
bears Of the press that this lady had
a warm side for tile Roman Catholic
faith; and now it appears that, dur
ing much Of the period Of her late
seclusion, Che Sisters Of Mercy, at
request, have spent much time with
generally one or more of them pass
ing the night in her room. Her re-
ported illness has also brought her
many letters of coincidence from old
friends Of herself and husband, and
some congratualation on the ap-
pointment Of her son to q position
in the presidents cabinet: But al
though she has seemed to take pleas
urc iii those commissioning herself,
she has very rarely attempted to re-
ply, once in a while she indicates a
quite touching and cunsiderate an-
swer to be pehned by some member
OF her sister's family. And as she
has, from time to time, been report
ed sinking, the autograph fend has
felt inspired to clutch the signature
of Death and paste it in his little
book. His application has been
frequent, and his disappointment
has kept it an even tally.
But she has not smiled over con-
grathlation on Roberts honorable
account She signs and broods over
his official holding as new family
risk. She often sits and repeats,
Secretary ri War? Secretary of
War? Then he'll be shot sure!
That's always the way in war"
And when t,'ld Of the shooting OF
the President she manifested nc
surprise, but calmly remarked, it
is said, Il told you 50, good men
have to be shot some times;
don't you know how the Jews kill
ed Christi"
She has plenty of money, but it is
in the hands OF q banker here. and
is zealously guarded by family
friends that she may not have it to
lose or squan,ler. OF course the
wicked, gossiping busybodies say
that this friendly zeal amounts t.
the personal sell-interest of residua.
ry legatces. Bot that this lone wo.
man of national interest has had
more loose rein than under restraint
| IN the use Of her funds, her store
house OF trunks packed full would
seem to attest to the satisfaction o
the average man. There followed
her hither from Europe u train o
sixty trunks, whose immensely and
iron bindings sotely aggravated the
men Of baggage. Some of these
however, are filed With domestic
debris and relics of White Hous,
life, and it is part Of the peculiar
diagnosis of her case that she ha.
lugged these things about the world
with her as the weeds of distinguish
ed widowhood, or alnulets agains
harm. Some of these caskets stant
in her room by her special com
mand. And often during her lat,
seclusion, she would pass a forenoon
in affeetionately inspecting the con
tents of enc Of these reservoirs, 70
placing them in Il new order, or sh,
would light upon some worn ant
torn vestment, then pass in hour il
patchwork upon it with as mucl
sincerity as if its wearer were wait
ing to put it on.
These trunks testify to Mrs. Lin
coins penchant for laying up treas
ures Of wearing apparel against he
: imaginary day of want. 1t was thi
! trait which, five or six years agt
first convinced her best friends tha
she vas the victim Of serious mep
, tai wandering. lappned TO /
within the holding Of the Probat
e Court OF Chicago on the afternoo
: when she was presented as a cand
8 date for the asylum. much to the a
. constituent of that city and I'll
: country. She was attired in plat
s mourning black; the full figure I
4 her Washington era had dwindle
/ till she appeared d quite slender l.
r dy, whose shriveled face expresse
e no concern in the doings ofthe hou
y She was gentle, and yielded witho,
+ a murmur to the sad. faced wishes
Ii her son, and that always firm frier
J. Of her great husband, Hon. Isaac
7. Arnold, who appeared in court
y her counsel. She had then been q
p. cupyfng rooms at prominent hoi
4 l g Il L.