The Helena independent., 1893-12-21
probable. q president should have diea aris,u
any other sort OF surroundings.
Art Thirty Yeers Ago.

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probable a president should have died aunu
any other sort OF surroupdiugs.
Art Thirty Years Aro.
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nhotnOranh Mrs' lincoln n ranresented as
rtandinp NJ the hedsidc of her husband.
while INA facts nre she was mi, nrexent, MI
tha death sceno IN alI she was ~ his side
! law n,oments after Ma removal from the
theater 10 the house. hut her grief was SO
rreat "a 10 endanrer her own life and sho
was led away to the executive mansion and
did not see Mr.. Lincoln again till after his
death.
In this room are many other interesting
relics of Lincoln. In case near where
stood the head of the deathbed are all the
biographies Of Lincoln ever written. There
are In all 08 volumes, and they are In most
Of the languages OF earth. There Is hero
also collection OF the dramas written on
the assassination OF Lincoln, many OF which
were brought out In this and other coun-
tries during the year Following that event.
In the collection Is little book called Lin;
coin Stories" In paper covers, which many
older readers Will remember having seen ~
circulation years ago. Ihere is co!lectlon
OF all the magazines which had articles on
tho death OF Lincoln IN them, and another
group OF newspaper headings, with tneir
column rules turned and other marks OF
mourning. A little book which has his
tory OF its own 10 Weem's Life OF Wash
ington," the very volume which Lincoln
borrowed from friend while yet lad and
Of which he was very fond. It having be-
come water soaked by some accident, young
Lincoln had to work three days to pay TOR
the book, its owner declining to receive it
back In its damaged state.
Unique Collection.
UNIQUE is a collection of $50 sermons
preached in this and other countries on the
Death of lincoln. a bookcase standing
near contains a Thousand volumes relating
to slavery, Lincoln and the war. There
are hundreds OF Lincoln bronze medals.
lincoln medals in all the metals and ma,
terials known to the art of medal making.
Tha most valuable az these il 4 gold medal
which was presented to Mrs. Lincoln
after the death az her husband. by 10000
Frenchmen The medal was made In France,
but Napoleon III refused to permit copies
to be made therefrom. -Four copies were
made ia Switzerland, however, and one OF
these Mr.. Oldroyd bought for his collec-
tion. Large sums Of money have been Of
feed for it, hut it cannot be bought.
In the same room Is the stuffed eagle
which adorned the catafalque which bore
Mr.. Lincoln's remains to the tomb at his
old home in Springfield. Here also, re.
posing under a glass case, is the silk hat
which Mr.. Lincoln wore to the theater the
night Of the assassination 1t Is O vener.
able relic Indeed. An old, awkward, bat
tered hat it Is. Two inches taller at least
than the silk hat Of the present day, it has
longer fur, and at its corners shows the
material of which the frame is composed
The brim is broad and faring, like that Of
Quaker hat.
Visitors will be interested in the set o1
furniture which Mr.. Lincoln bought wher
he went to housekeeping. There are di
van,a rocking chair and several smalle,
chairs, all of mahogany and horsehair up
holsterng. In the deathroom has beer