The Washington times., 1925-02-12
LINCOLN LIVES
IN 0LDR0ID
REL Cs
A8N
anaous Collection Numbers
Now over 5000 Mementos
OF ,Emancip atOr
n TOUsSA ANT DUBOIS.


All through the year and espe.
ally on LincoInss birthday there
- stories and articles and reEnin'
cences about our great and be-
wed President. No nCbler i'm.
ortal soul was ever harnessed to
Is encumbrance OF mortality than
at OF him who was, successfully
le frontier prairie farmers boy
- strennously studions youth: the
Aoouerif and successful advocate;
ne noted member Of the national
.ongress; the President Of the
tinted states Of America; the sa-
Tor Of his country. and the martyr
Il its cause Abraham Lincoln.
AS that soul looked though the
I'd and speaking eyes beneath the
aoughtful brow It seemed TO s0r-
5w for all humanity and the neces-
ity Of its being q part thereof.
q well as perhaps for the pre-
sstined tragic ending OF its con-
ection with mortal life. Of which
seemed to have & distinct pre-
nonition.
Devoted Life Time.
What about the man VINO has
:nenf his life collecting. Lincoln
eeasures to hand down to poster
y7 His service to mankind not
falv the United States. but to all
he world. Is unsurpassed in accom-
slfshment OF extensive results nor
any man had the distinction OF
ollecting and preserving so many
lennentos relating to the birth. life
nd death Dc one noble man. / re-
ere to Captain Osborn H Dldroyd.
gho lives In the old house across
: kfnnS 8l4a Ford Theafer on Tenth
street in Washing ton-tlle house to-
sfhich Lincoln was carried on that
Memorable nfght OF April Is. 1865,
liter his assassination by the actor,
John Wilkes Booth, and in which
as died. There Mr. Oldroyd has
stfs priceless collection Of over 5000
lincoln treasures and there he
ives with his wife and daughter.
How true 1t Is that people are
very often unfamiliar with places Of
interest IN their own home Al
iiough this wonderful. inspiring
place Is daily thrown open to the
public. doubt IL there are many
Washing tonians who have ever
visited the house in which Lincoln
lied. frankly admit that. although
born In Washington. ! was not sure
what street IL was on when ! de.
sired TO call on AR. OldrQyd this
year To- gather information for an
other article.
since my first visit I have re-
turned many times TO visit with this
interesting character and TO see
and always TO wonder. How could
man ever In q lifetime surrpund
himself with 50 many things per-
&afning to one other man. It Is q
great thing 10 see these mementos
20 Lincoln. but TO me Mr.. Oldrovd
IS Tar more interesting than rne
relies.
To find man Ia this day and
generation who has devoted his life
20 beautiful and sacred ide4 Is
ga object lesson. indeed. He has
anctified that little house with a.
thousand reminders Of our hero-sH
memorials and testimonies to the
lDve and tinse1ffsh devotion OF q
man who has sacrificed his life In
the unworIdIy task Of perpetuating
the memory OF one who he had
never even seen. A word, then,
about the man himself.
Oidroyd Now So.
Mr.. Oldroyd although eighty
three years Of age. does not look
story of how he started his co1Iec-
six years Of his life. IT was born
in Mt. Vernon. Ohio. July 81. 1872,
and / had a newsstand in my
fathers ieweIry store. where / re-
ceiyed storiess papers. and maya