Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-04
i.,.roI, ot ap I,Tormal Reeeption.

The Rev. C. Van SantvOOr4 describes iE the February Century, A Reception : toy President LIncoln,' at which be was @ spectator, and Of which the following are characteristic paragraphs;
 About twice a week, alter The official and other privileged visitors had taken their departure, the doCrS @ the Presi- dents reception rooms wuulg-De tarowI open to whom soeyeT migAJ be waltiuy z
 without. HapI,,.--- .u be there on one
 uT these occa .ious, l enterel u.iL about
 Co score of thtse expeclan.s; ard curious
 Co uasory. tle character g-d process Oi
 th.s informal aulelce live to the peo-
 lio, ] stationed myself ia @ corner near
 the President where l cJUld sec and
 hear all that was gong ou. The notes
 referred to were jOtted down soon after
 the interview.
 President Lincoln's appearance Is too
 well known to need particular descrip-
 tiCn. The tall. thin, wiEy form, which
 no burdens seemed able to bend, ana no
 amount of labor tO deprive of elasticity;
 the calm, rugged, honest fGce, grave and
 deeply melancholy when lu rep0se, yet wont Co be lighted Up under the ;utu- once oi some huUOr. ms sally-thcse are
 familiar to the world. Fl Was clad plainly but becomlngiy In a black hroad- cloth suit, nothing ID aL i4s dress be- tokeuiug GIsresard ot cosFeutIunalIty, save. perhaps, his acut .t4th sAppers, which were douo.lcss wO-u for comfort. He was seated beside G plain, cloth covered table, !u a caLMoGious arm chair.
 When this visitor had withdrawn, an immense specimen Of 30 man presented himself. Broad shJdiuered, robust, with thew, gBd lIeWa Co match il5 great height. aEd al-nll lu honest, good natured c1uuJeualce-aI seemed. Co mark him as belonging Go the hariiy ve0- many of the West. lie sidled up awE- wardiy to the President, seeming almost afraid to accost him. 5at after some Ae-- itation Contrived to say that, being Ou a visit Go Washington, he simply wanted reiOr, leaving to see tbe President and hay- the honor of shaking hands with him. lie found a kindly reception and after some introductory ciyiljtIes, Mr. Lincoln ran hIs eye cu-icUsiy over li huge caller, surveying him from head Co foot, and then saying with a humorous look and accent it would be hard tO de- scribe, "I rather think you have a little the advantage over me m height; you are taller man than 1 am
 'l guess not, Mir. President replied the visitor, with the self-ahuegiting ar of one who seemed to regard any claim on Lls part oi possessing any advantage over the Chief Magisirate a- an offence little short O. tresson-"sLe advantage cannot be on my part"
 "les, It IS, vas the reioiLef. 'I have a pretty good eye for distances, and [ ! think J cant ha mistaken il -Le fact of the advantage being slightly Ritl you, l | measure SIX feet three and bali In- ches III my stockings ald you co. think 1 a little beyond that"
 The man silently demuTed insisting very respectfully thaG the precedence In ] the matter lay on the Presidents side. l
 Tt Is very easily .rstel.' said the l President. and rising hr,-kly from hisl chair and taking book from the table, l placed II edgewise against tho wall, just l higher than his head. Then turning Co ! his doubtiug competitor for ;he nOuce, ! he hGde mm "cJmc under Ih!s .ht 1 man did not do at once. pausing. with | flushed face and i-resol1:, iooS. as if not l tAAta iA'fH At-A Af' t- iI'F- the lion Iu his playful mood his coun- ! tenauce the while wearing a bewilderc3, l hail-frightcned and vet half smIllug ex- l pressiou that was reaii. couIcal to gee. l
 Come under, J say repeated the l President. 10 a more pereuptury tone, 1 and then the visitor sloTly complied. l ''Now straichten yourself up and movd l your head in this way suiting the act ! ion to the word. This being done, MT l Lincoln added, Now you hold the book i and be sure and not let it slip down ! hair-breadth, and | will IT, Planting l himself accordingly; underneath the l book and moving h.s head rom right to l left 1t was found 'Hat Inc fell a trite l short oi the other measurement. | There said he. "it is as ] told you. l knew l couldn't be mistaken. [ rarely l fail IL taking a mans true altitude by l the eve
 "Yes. but Gir. President" sad the ! man, his courage a,uid tie marrimeut of ! the company, beginning tp return, "yoU ! have o1 shippers and ! blot-, and that ] makes a difference.
 "Not enough D amount to anything m 1 this reckoning, wGs ine reply. "IOu ! ought at least to D., satisfied, My honest ! friend, with the p'oo. given that you actually stand higher to-dly than your President does.