Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
LINCOLN AND vOLK.
STORY OF THE MARrYRED PREsl-
DENTS SITTING FOR HIS BUST.

STORY OF THE MARTYRED PRESt
DENTS SITTING FOR HIS BUST.
Leonard W. volk's Interesting Reminis-
cences Of His Association with Abra-
ham Lincoln-At the Final sitting-A
Western Photographsr's Experience.
The story Of Mr.. Lincoln's sitting for his
bust to Mr. Volk IL told with minute exact
ness In manuscript Memoir" which the
sculptor has prepared, but not completed a.
to other matters, and from which The Trib-
une is permitted to make extracts Mr..
VOlk saw that Lincoln WAS one Of tho attor-
neys in q sand bar case In the United States
court and found him there, his feet on the
edge Of q table, one Of his fingers thrust into
his mouth, and his long, dark hair standing
at all angles a. II unkempt for week. He
was surrounded by the late Thomas Hoyne, |
the late Isaac N Arnold, and James F. Joy. |
Mr.. Volk recalled the promise MIR. Lincoln |
had made two years before in company with
| Douglas to sit for his bust, and he st once
| consented to its fulhllment II will 60 at
once to a barber and get my hair cut, be
said "Not too short" protested Mr. Volk
The time was April, 1850; the place the
highest noor Of the Portland block and no
4 elevator Despite the oppressive weather
and tho incidental fatigue, Lincoln was ON
time every morning from to 10, when be
went to court.
THREE AT A JUMP.
He used to run up the stairways two and
three at Jump He sat in the low wooden
armchair which is still in Mr.. volk's studio,
and which has been occupied by Douglas,
M . ssa e., S-ant 1inoo,,, ,-.s shv .nd
a;a,,,an. .,.nrt sitting and t,m;d,y aska,i
Vii, - .,;,,a h;,,, tho rv ,,;rsct;or.
w..s,,,s,,,ss,,t .ho,vaa that h. ,.as ona fcoN
..,,a- .,'a,, no,,r,.s th.t Il s;x foo. ona
80. ~, ,..;,,h'J 100 h,,t tn,d VolL .ft.r.
.-..S .h.. tha s,,hsoouert c.mra,gr ra,,nca,,
~, H., eort, ,,o,rls r. wos ~ ora ~ tho..a
s;.t;n,ys thot tho 4. mous 81 lincoln maskn ,vos
, ....aa ~, NJ volL which ho. sorvo, for
a....,, s,,,.-,,,.,,. ,r+rait and i. vsod IN tho
O. nsuasn,s colossal sta+na ~ lincoln In
: I;rcoin marx The driving Of the wet PLASTER
~, tha faca reou;rad sh1s,t an honr Dining
rh;ch T;ncoln vos both notient an merry
. n ,ras dift,cnlt IN remove without injury the
ohosL honas haino higher than the iayxs MT
ths lo,as of the ears He hent his head and
,worLa, n oentlv az with his own hands
! Tho nrocess made his ewes water. as the Mas.
tar carried away with IL some of the fine
!, hair of the temple.
He sat subsequently as the progress of the
modelling demanded, and after four hours
, sitting one day walked with Mr. Volk to hi.
:, home. where they looked together at photo
>, graphs and sketches the artist had brought
- from Europe. He grew weary, his heavy
. eyelids closed as if sleepy, notwithstandin,
-, that the scenes depicted were Of the high s
- historical interest At last he said, will
=, smiling frankness, 'Mr. Volk, these thing
= must be interesting to you. But the truth i
, don't know much about history, and all
. do know learned from law books" In on
-, of his chats with the sculptor he told him b
supposed the reason no could talk longer Il
~ the open air than Douglas without becoming
" hoarse was that his neck was longer an
leaner than his rivals, warming the air bs
.. fore It reached the bronchial tubes. "Yo
- know chicken will squawk, cackle, an
~ crow without tiring out, and suppose it
= because their necks are long" Many peopl
y who knew that Lincoln was sitting to Nj
Volk called at the studio to see him. 1.-THE
werc chiefly political expectants," said I'll
artist uOddiy enough, not newspaper r
"a porter was ever among them. The inte
od viewer. y he adds with u smile, twas not
he alert IN those years"
sh wIruo,yr A M1RMuR.
tl I, ~. ano, s;ttinp Lincoln removed h
Din aa4 n,.;stooot and unnor underclothin
ess coat, waistcoar, anu upper ul''ele elo..." M
ny a.a ~ ILL th., sc,,lntor ,nodalai his hrea
OF n'o s,...,s... ua d.ossad AGAIN ca hasti
The anu sao =. ,ato lie to;lat ona ofter !
The a. nos " "a .p - .ot,,r,, snd do = ali oy
nd u .tsa,t ,,,;ndad Tn tbat
nd IAN ~ WI. .a.,,d h;,n I;La Dona,os T
IA 49, . saa.;o,, ,.,han in Washington with 4
one Occasion %non -, -, ,as, -, h;s ho,,
to sculptor Douglas had 10 go BACK 70 ms noni
fy- to the senate, ana 10 the pahk az diHere
ted times, while endeavorihg 10 reacn statl
out In time to take tram, having forgotteh
of the one place his portmanteau, al amour
ran money, and failed al the third 10 III
aen checks he had given IN payment OF
ike coun.s o'.. AZ. Sd. .star his no,,ipat;
her neiu e''a' 'uo ou"y ~" ~ -. a., ~