The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-29
LINCOLN RELICS.
The Exhibition that Has Been Opened in the
Lincoln. Residence.
Shooting Masters.

The Exhibition that Has Been Opened in the
Lincoln. Residence.
Springfield. H., Special.
The old curiosity shop which Captain Oldroyd
has opened in the Lincoln residence here is at
tracing good deal of attention. Purporting
to be a collection of relics of Abraham Lincoln,
it is rather odd ana almost bewildering as
sortment of articles, many of them Of the most
trivial nature which were in use or came into
existence during the war period. Some of the
rehes are entirely valueless as such, but they
are nearly all interesting and must have been
gathered at great expense of time and money.
Four or FIVE rooms of the Lincoln house are set
apart for the exhibition, and, tastefully draped
with flags and supplied with many glass
cases, they present the appearance of q military
museum, with good many foreign substances
thrown in
ofthe 1900 different objects the following are
the more conspicuous: An old hair cloth sofa;
an ancient cook stove freshly BACKED; a print
tive cradle; cane; a flag bottomed chair; a
glass showcase containing 100 campaign medals
of 1860 and 1864; large eagle, the one which
stood at the head of the eatafalque the
journey from Washington to Springfield; a glass
case containing hundreds of campaign songs;
another with six hundred pamphlet sermons and
eulogies on Lincoln; another with several hun
bred envelopes bearing Illuminated cuts of Lin
coin, flags, Shields soldiers and cannon; large
assortment of music dedicated to Lincoln; sew
eral pieces of statuary; a can of tomatoes of
the Lincoln brand; a package Of ''Old Abe
smoking tobacco; photographs of all the cur
rency bearing Lincoln's vignette; a strip
of checked cloth resembling Bingham
taken from one of Lineolns old summer coats;
all the postage stamps of the war period many
autograph letters; series of field notes made by
Lincoln as a surveyor in 1885; strip of red cloth
taken from an old couiiterpane; 100 newspapers
containing accounts of the assassination, with
column and other rules inverted; a fac-simile of
| the French Lincoln medal; wreath of ever
green taken from the funeral car; hundreds of
steel and wood engravings of Lincoln and vari-
Gus Incidents in his career; nine medallions in
China, iron, bronze and glass many political car
toons; complete set of all the lives of Lincoln
ever published; endless variety of song and
joke books; hundreds of cards and photographs
of military heroes; fifty mourning badges; pieces
of the rope with which the conspirators were
hanged; beer, whisky and cigar stumps; a
shaving from the coffin a -hield bearing the in
seription, ''Oh why should the spirit of mortal
the government; all the histories of the war ever
published, North, South and foreign, comprising
l, 100 volumes; several Union flags, photographs
and autographs of confederate generals; lances
carried by Northern and Southern cavalrymen,
relics gathered from the battlefeldS, a score or
more of sabres, aeaptain's shoulderstrap, a large
variety of swords muskets and pistols shells
and cannon balls, confederate newspapers, suit
lers passes and checks. and a cigar box with
hole in the top, used by the troops before Vicks
burg as a ballot-box
The museum is now open to the public at all
reasonable hours. In the course of few months
its owner will give 1T to the State.