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Show Two Humorists Well Met. A variety of Locke's writings during the war referred to the great excitement excite-ment caused by the discovery of flowing flow-ing oil wells in Pennsylvania, whereby great and sudden wealth had come to many formerly poor farmers and others oth-ers in that region. One catch phrase which Lincoln especially enjoyed repeating re-peating was "Oil's well that ends well." He was particularly fond of David R. Locke (Nasby), whom he first met in 185S in Quincy, 111. In 1863 he wrote a letter to Locke In appreciation of ene of N&sby's humorous articles, and ended the letter with this Inquiry: "Why don't you eom to Washington and see life?" Looke accepted the Invitation In-vitation and spent a delightful hour With the president |