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in h“ Compilation of Karl: Twain's
. lprrchss. published by Harper &
:l‘rlr'rthers. Albert Bigelow
us a m lboidsui whic
Hr" hum.” in Boston in 18:1.be'ithl1:
publish"- of the Atlantic Monthly
dinner in celebration
of tho mueth birthday annivers-
ary of John ampleaf Whittier.‘
Among other notables present were
0. vr Wendell Holmes.
“mi-worth Longfellow and
W.I!Vl0 Mon. Twain was
- f Hm principal speakers. Ho raised
5' ihn no so vmented to D030 3
mom fun at Holmes. Longfellow and
t Eniv'rson lid "09“", ‘n “m"...
willl‘il he was confident would. in the
v ' .- imlar of the present day. "bring
drum! "1. house.”
l'w speech had to do with in: im-
IV“ “'3' visit in the hut of a Callfcr-
nil miner. who told of his adventures
“’l‘ " 'hreo ruflians who had posed as
' . Um three illustrious New Bnglanders.
.. ‘ Lu .vroilow. Holmes and Emerron.
7; ~ Forech failed utterly. The Ilos-
; tow nmllonce and the three men bur-
. "" wit-d received his speech in chilled
-: ”Wm“. Years later. in trying to ac-
. 1 M-mt for this. Twain wrote “I have
h PM it (the speech) twice. and un-
til - "M I am an idiot. it hasn't a rinsle
’ i d""~-rt in it from the em word to the
14W. It is Just no good as good can
3". It is smart: It is saturated with
h war. There isn't a suggestion of
0" ”when or vulgarity in it any-
w. are. What could have been the
m I’tcr with that house? It is amas-
lrtr. it. is incrediblo. that "my didn't
i) .. n with laughter. and those
dv 1' we the loudest of them all. Could
I m"! up there when
describe in such I m
If that hl-llllened.
that can account
I sclns' to
a "maze fashion?
If 1 showed doubt.
for it for yo“ am
it.
account for it. but if I
loved and revered old
mortals back here now
the same speech. word
mcit them until they
Henry [ stage.
Ralph
one of
Paine re.
Well. I can't
had those he-
llterary im-
1 would take
for word. and
ran over the
Oh. the fault must have been
:ii't'h me. it is not in the speech at
The speech which Twain th
ought
so good. but which his hearers evi-
dently thought otherwise. is repro-
duced in Palno's compilation as fol-
lows:
The Speech.
This is an occasion peculiarly for
the digging up of peiasant reminisc-
cncc-s concerning literary folk: the-e-
fore I will drop lightly into history
myself. Standing here on the shore
of tho Atlantic and contemplating
certain of its largest olitorary bil-
lows. I am reminded of a thing
which happened to me thirteen years
ago. I started an inspection tramp
through the mines of Southern Cal-
ifornia. and I resolved to try the
virtue of my nom degucrre.
I very soon had opportunity. I
knocked at n miner's lonely log cabin
Just at nightfall. It was snowing.
A Jaded. melancholy man of 50.
bhrcfootcd opened the door for me.
When he heard my nom do gm‘rre he
looked more dejected than before.
He let me in—rather reluctantly. I
thought—and after the customary
bacon and beans. black coffee and
hot whisky. I took a pipe. The
l1 mutt have been with me? Did I sorrowful man hmnd not told three
lW murals when 1 IO' “1°“ great words up to this time. Now he
spoke up and said in a voice of one
. ‘ who is secretly suffering.
The WDEVINL "You'ro the fourth—I'm goin' to
COMPANY
we, 1%-... .. ,
more." "The fourth what?" said I.
"The. fourth literary man that has
been here in tv’roncy-four hours—I'm
going to move." "You don‘t tell
me!“ said I: "who were the others?"
“Mr. Longfellow. Mr. Emerson and
Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes—con-
found the lot!"
cried. I supplicnted—three hot
whiskies did the rout—and finally
the melancholy miner began. Said
be:
"They came here just before dark
yesterday evening. and I let them in.
of course. Sold they were going to
Yosemite. .Thcy wore a rough lct.
but that's nothing. everybody looks
rough that travels a fact. Mr. Em-
crson was a speedy little chap. rod-
lieaded. Mr. Ilolmcs was fat as a
balloon: he weighed in much as
thrce hundred and had double chins
all the way down to his stomach.
Norwalk. Iain one. at
14! WW "-
Jul accents one Devi-e Brothers
are payable to the liegrisobevtoe Co.
All accounts due the Ferris Goal
to. see payable to the Ferris Ooal
’- (‘0. as usual. Early settlements will
in mad I- order that the
("m d “It moan! I“, be Mr. Longfellow was built like a prize
‘ lcg'nlly mud. fighter. Ills head was cropped and
l bristly. like as if he had a wig made
' In.” m G “’9 b003- 0' of hair brushes. Iiis nosefl lay
m win to“. ure of straight down his face like a ngcr
1:". ' h with the qnd joint tilted up. They
’ ’ " had been drinking. I could see that.
And the queer talk they used! Mr.
Holmes inspected my cabin. then
took me by the button hole. and says
The FMS-DEVINE
he:
- “ 'Through the deep caves of
wmANY thought
\ . - - I hear a voice that sings.
3. President Build thee more stately man-
(3 . m m. along.
ms: 0 my soul!’
. V 5 .. is predicting that we will have a warm tall.
‘ H ” about that. If We have the usual
"' _ f; sufldent warm weather in right so that you will
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John Adams. Madison. J. Q. Adams.
Willi am Henry Harrison. Tyler.
Taylor. Fillmore. Pierce. Lincoln.
Johnsdn. Garfield. Cleveland. Ben-
jamin Harrison. Tait and Coolidge.
The Scotch-Irish strain is second.
with six: Jackson. Polk. Buchanan.
Arthur. McKinley and “moon. Three
were of Scotch lineage: Monroe.
Grant and Hayes; two were Dutch:
Van Buren and Roosevelt. and one.
Jefferson. was Welsh. .whils Prosi
"Says I. ‘I can't afford it. Mr.
Holmes. and. moreover. I don't want
to.‘ Binmed if I liked it pretty well.
coming from a stranger that
way. However. I started to get out
my bacon and beans. when Mr. Ern-
rrson came and
then he
and says:
looked on awhile.
takesmcby the buttonhole
‘Give me agate: for my meat;
Give me canthrids to eat:
From air and ocean bring the
foods.
From all zones and altitudes.‘
"Says. I. ‘Mr. Emerson. if you'll
excuse me. this ain't no hotel.’ You
see. it sort of riled mo—I warn‘t
used to the ways of liticry swells.
Ilut I went on n-swenting over my
work. and next comes Mr. Long-
fellow anJ buttonholcs me. and in-
terrupts mc. Says he;
" ‘Honor be to Mudjokeewis‘.
You shall hear of Pau-I-‘uk-ch
wls-'
"But I broke in and says I. 'Beg
your pardon. Mr. Longfellow. if
you'll be so kind as to hold your
yawp for about five minutes and let
me got this grub ready. you'll do me
proud.’ “’cll. sir. after they filled
up I set out the jug. Mr. Holmes
looks at it. and then he fires up all
of a sudden and yells:
" ‘l-‘lssh out a stream of blood-
rcd wine!
For I would drink to other days.’
AGE AND \\ EALTH'
0F PRESIDER TS.
(W'atcrbury American.)
The New York Tribune has tabu-
some interesting statistics on
the ages. ancestry and financial sit.
have
held the oit'lce of President or the
The art-rage use at
taking office has been 6:: rents and
11 months so ilint President Cool-
idge. who was 51 years and 1 month
when he took the oath. is not so fog
iated
nation of the 29 men who
l'nitcd Sir/cs.
dent Harding was 0;: Scotch-Dutch
blood.
Poor men have been common in
below the average as was assumed
on first thought. Only five have been
above 60: W'illinm Henry Harrison. the \Vhite House. Only four Presi-
the oldest Of I". 68: JECKSOD. 61: i dents have been rated as "wealthy."
Taylor. 04; Buchanan. 65. and John- _ These were “'ashington. generhlly
son. 65. Roosevelt was only 433considered to have been the richest
'- 'ler Pierce
when he took office on the Death of_ man in the countr). T) '
McKinley. Grant was the next . and Roosevelt. Half” and Hagdins
youngest It ‘6. Cleveland W3. ‘7 fit . RYE rated" “weildorgo. T221690
his first inauguration. Pierce was quaiilyas moderate. John ham;
48 and Folk and Garfield each 49. : Jefferson. Madison. M0370; is
All the others were in the 503; ii‘ili- Adams. William Henry W 0n-
more and Arthur. 50; John Adams Polk. Arthur. Cloveland. Benjamin
Tyler. Taft and Coolidge. 51: Lin- Harrison- Ta". “llson and Coollds;
coin, 52; VnnBurcn. Hay“ and Mc.'and the oxhcr 10 were poor. Jac -
Kinlcy. 54; Benjamin Harrison.‘805- Vfian Iluren. Taylor. fugue":
Cleveland (second term) and Hard.'nuchanon. Lincoln. Johnson. ran .
ing. 55; W’ilson. 56; \Vashington, Garfield and Mchinlcy.
Jem-rson. Madison and John Quincy:
Adams. 57; Monroe. 58.
American Presideits have
predominantly of straight English coin. .
stack. 16. or more than half. being William McKinley.
so reckoned. They are: Washington. Earding. 1928.
\Villiam Henry Harrison. 1841
beenzachary Taylor. 1850; Abraham Lin
1865: James A. Garfield. 1881:
1901. Warren G
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NORWALK’S LEADING DRY GOODS STORE
1N MEMORIAM
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tin; rid of it'uuclloseOhueh.
rightintreutoi. rm
plenty of sweet clover and grass
across t“ he
trouble . all:
wanted
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m ‘ m or eeslds't it they will so the finest farm-Y. m
wanted at sh fie of have ever raised.“ ded‘m‘ u. :.
MW“ msbs their mother as she looked at them PW”
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AUGUST 10, 1923, .TO HONOR THE
MEMORY OF OUR DEPARTED PRESI-
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127-131 Washington Street '
South N orwalli
A Happy Family
By Thornton W. Burgess
Through love, and only love alone.
TM greatest home' as is known.
—PolIy Chuck.
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Perhaps you remember that Johnny
and Poly Chuck made their new
home on the edge of the Long Lane.
and that just-out in front of their
doorw- wss Farmer Brown’s garden.
When armor Brown discovered that
home he told his boy that those
Chucks must be gotten rid of. You
see. he was afraid that th would‘do
a t deal of damage in garden.
t Farmer Brown's Boy couldn't
to think a! troubling Johnny and
Polly Shock. and at last he thought
of a wage! ksspi them out o! mis-
e knew
eiaiiy fond o!
lants. So he
not for then. s planted than ht
gratin home of Johnny and Po y
u
When those beans and squashes
came up Johnny and Polly found them
t away. 0! course, they didn't
know that they were planted just for
them. but they did know Lnsver
had they had such splen
near their home. They didn't bother
anything else in that garden. Front
“flute? ambeFans d squaahssnf“y
p on more an or
there. and not another well did
hear from Drown aboin get-
Wheit those beans and squash.
costs up, Johnny and Polly f 0‘17“
them right away
3053“! and Polly and the 1::
Chucks were always safely in :6”
bode by dark and there was no
as at then. be .
" told you this was going t: :1
wonderful place for a home. 5,4.
Polly to Johnny one day, a: the? " ‘
watching the five babies. }. "
“Ya. my dear." replied Jo .11.;
“You are a very wise little p251.
I‘ve always said so. We've had "the
house before, but this one is
. ' wk is 8‘0
t ever. Mail the 8:0 “(ch out
3'
hat with such
butters wash-i:
”was all the
to t .n-ning use:
k...“ who-"f the av. bailss
tbsChueks subsidy
. Thenshecounted them when“
tthey wereallthere. ,
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M Wyn-iii,“ a_visit._ gran Cheek.“ /
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five-3 lflfit aboard the President Linco
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