Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
COLLECTION or RARE ReLlcs.
The Valuable Memorabilia I'm . Chicago
Mans PossessIon--LineoIa Mementos-

Iue tAnabie Memorabtlta In = Chicago
Mans Observation-Disclosures Mementos.
c. F. Gunther, the candy man, has cob
lection Of memorabilia of the worlds great
men which Is probably unequaIed in the
United States The elegantly decorated fire
proof room forming the second story Of his
State street store is completely filed with
rare relics Besides these Mr.. Gunther has
enough more relics to fill five rooms of equal
size. Many Of these are too valuable to be
exhibited, and an exhibition safe is now
being built for them. They include all the
deeds, etc, by means of which George WASH
ington proved his ownership in Mount
Vernon
"Oh, you want to see the Lincoln collec-
tion," said Mr.. Gunther to reporter. "Well,
here's part of it. My Lincoln collection
entire would fill whole side of this room
Here you see is well worn leaf from one Of
Lincoln's copybooks when he was a boy You
see he didn't make any mistakes even then.
Here are several of his bills for legal services.
That one you see is for only s5-not much
like modern fee. That pile there is the full
text Of the Lincoln-Douglas debate. They
are in exactly the shape in which Lincoln
left them after correcting them for publica-
ton. There are the muller and the vest he
wore on his Inauguration trip to Washington.
There are his spectacles-not much like thoss
OF our dudes now. That is the original man
uscript of the act freeing the slaves In the
District Of Columbia. There Is Lincoln's
favorite poem written by himself. You SEX
| it begins "Oh, why should the spirit Of
| mortal be proudr There are two Original
photographs taken before his inauguration
| All these bronze, gold and silver medals com
| memorate events in his life.
THAT manuscripts there is one Of the mos,
valuable here. You know the origina
emancipation proclamation was burned in
| the Chicago fire. Well, this is page from
| Lincoln's last message, written after Leei
| surrender, in which he afftrms the emancipa
| ton proclamation. You see it says: i re
| peat the declaration made 3 year ago thai
while I remain in my present position shall
| not attempt to retract or modify the eman
| cipation proclamation, Tor shall return Il
slavery any person who is free by the terms Of
! that proclamation or by any OF the acts oi
congress 1t is the only document in exist
ence in the original which proves Lincoln'
| acts in reference to the abolition OF slavery
In connection with this you see this resolu
| ton of congress aboiishing slavery here. l
| is the original document, engrossed OF
parchment and signed by Colfax, HamliI
and all the members of congress who votes
for the proclamation
THAT deed Of land made by the father ans
mother of Lincoln is very interesting. Yo'
see his mother had to make her mark Sc
how writing shows how a man is feeling a
the time That order for a pass through tn
lines shows that he was all worn out at tn
time he wrote it But how long can yo'
stayl Only two hours' Well, you can
even glance at all the Lincoln relics in tina
time Chicago News.