Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-31

,,one That Is I5ore Valuable Than
 'p' e.t stamp h Any colleotion-sho
 - Who wouldn't Tell Lineois a
 +bis %. 4 LINCOLN"
 s@s,s lf fl has been destroyed there is
 l.,r ss,sa sn Fond du Lac county, Wis,
 .ser letter in an envelope bearing
 .s .ssTe words. signed by the great war
 e.osE as King was Q Lamartine boy,
 .' Ten the farm, and a character
 .,s sSa3o company took to kindly from
 as1tn tba army was camped in Vir-
 neer Washington, the winter of
 ga2 5l. it vas Q common practice with
 ~ .al.liers, when they got pass, to
 ssit fbe city to buy package of en-
 nIo8es J, and call at the capitol, send in
 2. s.yf 4sejr senator or representative and
 sst hin to frank them.
 nna of our boys came back to camp :. biah feather He had two packages < 7 7 sr9elopes-one s9 franked by Senator
 I.mfy R. Doolittle, now a Chicago law @ y, lie other by the late Senator T. 0. aora who succeeded Captain James az sosfaastar general in President Arthur's ssbingt For 20 years senators and mem- l @s baye been giving a good deal of 1 i5sir time to helping the soldiers with @s;r pension claims. If they have done ! Sas willingly and pleasantly as they ned to frank envelopes for the boys, I tbeg must be pretty neerly angels, aYou fellows, there. are making a I hsblas5 over getting a couple of sena- mg to frank your envelopes, said Frank King. JEst you wait till you sec ne come back from Washington with tbe president name oa some letter GOV gs
 Within 8 feT days Frank King and Harry Dunn, who for years after the var WAS q Chicago business man, went o the city. They called at the White House. It was easier to see tho president tben than it ia now. At certain hours of the day soldier could reach the chief executive with fully as much easa asa senator can iii these later years.
 King was tie ringleador. Approach ing the guard, he said: We want to see Mr. Lincoln. Please stand aside and let US pass. y
 ,aWho are you, md what is your busi. 2.sT'
 "You tell old Abe We have charge Of aregiment ever on Arlington Heights and want to sec him on an important matter He'll let US in.
 Where gre your shoulder straps?"
 I've came over in our everyday clothes, Come, we are in a hurry. Let us go in and see Mir. Lincoln. "
 The barley had attracted the attention of the president. The door swung open and the good natured chief of the nation smiled upon the cheeky young fellows and bade them step right in.
 What can do for you, my mem" "Mr. Lincoln, I want you to frank these envelopes, :" said King.
 Better get your congressman to do that. D
 "I'd much rather have you do it, Mir. Lincoln. The folks at home would like to see your name ca my letters. :"
 'I'll fix one of them. Take the rest 10 your congressman. Who is he?"
 T don't know.
 Where is your home?"
 "Lamartine, Fond du Lac county, Wis "
 ''That is my friend Scott Sloan's dis trict You go to Mir. scan. He will fix the rest of them.
 The president shook hands with the two priyates, asked them to be brave soldiers and wished them safe return to their western homes.
 Frank co1,dn't make his tentmates believe that the president had written Let this so. 4. Lincoln. " But the next day he wrote a letter to his father. The name of Lincoln was personally exam, ned by all of the neighbors.
 h JaEHary, 1864, cur regiment was n Washington oa tae way home, having 'e- -enhsteCl--' sveielanized, ' as they 'alled 1t. 31 company with two others went t9 t.:e White House The presi- ieat shook aailds \ ish Us, thanked us .or swearing in for three years more and expressed the hope that we would have nice visit OF OFT veteran furlough.
 Mir. President, said Jones-Ed jones-"yo0 franked letter for one of the boys in our company, Frank King. wish you would frank one for me. ''
 Odd as it may seem, you are the 'econd soldier to make such request 50 both are of tho same company? Very veil ''
 On Jones envelope he wrote "A. Lincoln, President, and as he handed t back he asked what had become of hat other man who had asked him to 'ass letter.
 He was killed at Gettysburg.
 shall never forget the look of sad less in the presidents face when the 'nswer was given, and il had not disap- 'eared when VIC left the room.
 Jones, what did you tell him about Aing fo~? Did yea see how it pained lim?'
 What did he ask about him for? Do