Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

relics of Lincoln. Iu case near where stood the head of the deathbed are all the biographies of Lincoln ever written There are in all aS volumes, and they are in most of the languages of earth There is here also n 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 a little book called Lin eoln Stories" " in paper covers, which many older readers will remember having seen in circulation years ago. There is a collection of all the magazines which had articles on the death of Lincoln in them, and another group of newspaper headings, with their column rules turned and other marks of mourning. \ little book which has his tory of its own Is Weem's Life of Wash lngton," the very volume which Lincoln borrowed from a 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 for the book, its owner declining 10 receive it back in its damaged state.
 i Unique Collection.
 Unique is collection of 20 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 WAT. There uunuTSNlS pI lIlEp4u uENb2kLG llGliA~, Lincoln medals in all the metals and ma terials known to the art of medal making The most valuable of these is a gold medal which was presented to Mrs. Lincoln after the death of her husband, by 4O.OuO Frcuchmcn. The medal was made in France. but Napoleon III refused To permit copies to he made thcrcfrom. Four copies were made in Switzerland, however, and one of these Mir. Oldroyd bought for his collec- I feed for it, but il cannot be bought.
 In the same room is the stuffed eagle which adorned the catafalque which bore Mir. 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 NIT. Lincoln wore 10 the theater the night of the. assassination IL is q Vener- able relic indeed An old. awkward. hat tcrJd hat it i~ Two inches taller al least than the silk hat of the present day, it has longer fur. and at it's corners shows the material of which the frame is composed. The brim k broad and darinE, like that of
 Quaker hat.
 Visitors will be interested in the set of furniture which Mir. Lincoln bought when
 he went to housekeeping. There are a di- van. q rockiuE chair and several smaller chairs, all of mahogany and horsehair up
 holstrriug In the deathroom has been [ Lincoln'> last meal in the old house at
 Springfield was cooked before they started for Washington.
 A Cradle and n Rail
 One does not ueed tO draw upon his stock ! of sentiment To be touched by a relic which stands in the back room IL l. tho Lincoln | family cradle. the same iu which MrS. Lin coln rOckei two of her children. Willie and Tad. Thcrc arc pieces Cf the rope which hung the consp!ralors against the life of Lincoln, pieces of the curtain which hun. in the thcater box that fatal night, and in
 which Booths foot caught as he jumped to
 the stage. photographs of l-incoln~ visit ! to McClrllan's headquarters at Aniictau, ! q series - cartoons concerning the Creat de ! bate bet wren Lincoln and Douglas. ama>k | of l.iucolnS face and hands taken the morn i ing after he was informed of his nomiua ; lion to the presidency. a number of busts 1 of Lincoln. a picture of the future president ] taken when he was young man, just l'e- | Sinning his caTccr aS a lawyer, a survey of ! l2 acres of land made by him in l>46 and ! most interesting Uf all to many visitors i one of the rails split hy the hands uf ''Abc : he rail splitter" down in the southern part uf Illinois
 [ A tu the aathcutiCity If th.s last uImei
 relic them joss not src,n Jo l'c any doubt 1 It k certified to by John Hanks, hy Govern