Belt Valley times., 1925-02-05

coin dled7 Resolutions are pending In both houses
OF congress for its purchase for $4,000. The gov
ernment owns this hOuse-In Tenth street. between
e and streets.
Osborn H. Oldroyd has reached bis elghty-flrst
year Since he was a news agent seventeen years
old In Mount Vernon Ohio, he has been Lincoln
collector Prints. books, photographs, furniture,
wearing apparel letters. medals life masks, busts,
ser1nons funeral marches and what not he has
secured and put into this house.
He has had many offers from private citizens.
Henry Ford offered $500OO with the condition that
a New Yorker who wished to present the collection
to his alma mater offered $125,0O0
"No." said Mr.. oldroyd, "I1I wait little longer
and see whether Congressman Rathbone's resolu-
ton for purchase by the government passes. II It
does not must consider the private offers. At
eighty-one a man knows he has not many more
days and the family must be left comfortable.
"But ever since thfs collection began to assume
proportions and became important It has been my
dream that the United States would ultimately
own IT, wanted II TO become the nations posses
sion. don't want It to be broken up removed
from this house. where, OF all places on earth, II
ought to be-"
Lincoln died upon the bed OF Thomas Proctor,
who In 1922 was an inmate OF st. Barnabas, home,
Gibsonla Pa. on Lincoln,s birthday that year he
said:
when was In my early 2Os met and became
given position In tbs War department and the
bureau OF returns. ! read and studied law under
ffncotns personal direction Ha frequently shared
my room, In which there were two beds state
secrets were Impaired and talked over with me
there
tween the President and me friend OF mine prsss
snt at the theater when Lincoln waa shot directed
that the President be carried TO my room. which
WAS across thu street from the Ford theatsr.
was Immediately sent for and arrived nH they
were placing my beloved 1Fiyno upon my Dee
renainsd with him ehroughcht the sntire Might
His head was resting on zhy right arm ana ell
Aoyr when he expired have often felt that
inhaled Lineoln.s last DfsA1f
wAat ls believed to be new story Of abraham
Lincoln Ia told In letter received By President
Coolidge from Rev T. T. Tyson, Methodist min
lister OF Atlantic City. N J.
AZ the time OF the Civil war Mr. Tyson. then
bow Of twelve, was q messenger boy IN the War
deoartment He h femillar with the old Washing-
ton OF war times, bat hls Lincoln story concerns
an sxnarIence az an older brother. The story a.
told in the Asster received By President Coolidge
fellows;
..E5e rev. Mr. Tya0hss brother1 was seventeen
old ,vhen working at his painters trade cat
II TgllnoIa. Having been laid snlde from york BY
4 felon on one Of his nngsfa he boessied train
eolan to springfield A. he entered TBS crowded
train w5fh his aateh&l n o&se Aand @Aa oefer usu
n nl!nr rentiesnan Iooklns like fas7nef. scat
"a an short seak near tAe water tank. noticed
him and maid
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svrhsn&lun hsx,. my brusbax sat aoWu besias him
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