New-York tribune., 1868-12-17
NOTES By MARX TWAIN.

Mark Twain. in his last letter to The d dHa
California describes the International Boat Race at
Rpringdeld reports interview with John Alien, ana
gives some account of bic travels OF the scenery while
waiting on the Of the lake for the return OF tue
boats he SAYS: But the next twenty minutes hnng
heavily on my hands There nothing IN tho world 10
look al but Ave hundred umbrellas and oeeaslohayh
acetnc glimpse OF the wateraBd even umpfeliAs lose
thelr interest In the long run find There is notnR e
citing about Misunderstanding thrilling. ones pun,
they were not there And they don't really amount to
thing for scenery being m0nOtonous "heh 'ci' '0
MT Twain thinks John Allen "lost RAM and adds:
ere is little of the sheep in John Allen lost or other
wise" Tommy Hadden evidently has Mark IWadns s
enoas oi John AienS brilliant fortune advertised in II
tempered language that In the matter OF awtu ana u
lamb to him, and proceeded to prove ~ Dy seis
OF evidences either one Of which ought 70 oe % man m
damn him Without even glance at the Others US @ l"
Vas naturally ncensed at the 81 f1 a1other man
wearing aares 10 which he himself was alone entitled
the guerdon OF Oug lifetime earnestly ana uleIuI3
To such mind the reelection that after all ms i9 % %
been failure could not be other than agonns doors
VIted attention to his easeinsisted on s 6eore the
open TO prayer-haunted his superior hls Toin
pabc, and went on railing at the feeble inpO''''
About this time the Wickedest Man himself arliyed
ave- Waters air aIl about him. aud touch OF lrsh IA
has face He stood ia the door ana ; IN snnid adni,
on the sidewalk gaped and st"i'u AZ ~" -
Don't this sort Of thing stir mp the deS Vim IN nnto
sso.sy q %Hy be you don't nina IT, D'.'S ~
otorons enough TO have become object for people 10
stare at. "a, % ror,ro ,nc,v Thcv stare
a, ~. mn want to knock then heads OF Why they
como and march night IN ana ask , neNe d b SDn
Then the speaker stepped into the street and returned
win his hat in his hand, ana walked UP gingey ana
said; ~. ..,.,,,s,,, ,,.,. ,o Novvorl,o
John Anenp
-YSs5 =YSs%
And then they waR around rne, this way, and then
head and soop down and feel my less. And then they
re of mumbnng 10 themselves, as II they cant POSSIBLY
me like sin at aTst but it don't now. I've learned
trick. When they ASH me questions ASK heln alo'ner
pm like the IrishInan The priest met hun one o"y ana
Flows this Paddy that you've not been to the
"Re me soSi SEEM tie yer riverence can't answer
ye-but # twere the Protestant baggard over oeS@ni
VERY wen, then Paddy" said the priest, walking
Of the Protestant minister, and so ye can answer me-
Paddy how is it yeye not been TO the ehnreh OF ate
'MOind your business aud get out O THIS, ye ID
ould Protestant limb OF the divI." -
OF the sherman House at Chicago he Says;o Ihey Ide
kew high, but water bos there at 1852 went up III
dumb waiter which was attached TO balloon. IL was
mot a suitable place for bedchamber bat 1t was prom,
ing altitude for observatory The furniture c2isisCeu
of table a camp STOOL @ washbOw, German DlctlOn-
ary, and apatent medicine almanac Tor IS42 90 hO'
know whether there was ped OF net hfS tbss
An hour and took notes OF an instructive conversation
which was going on in an adjoining apartment lover
No, she wouldn't marry me. You: were misintormea;
the least to blame upon my word and honor, though
neither the gin nor her father the deacon ever believed
sAnvass when Lincoln the first time Twothrds OF
ihc deacons honest soul religion, and the other
fird wss In poiticsIIucoln man. never a seofer
ut religion in my life, but he half believed was Well,
there TO be political powwow in the village ehureh
where no lived, Thursday night, and he was TO pre-
side never thought anything aoSut ihe matter, ol ~
his buggy, and away we started It was Wednesday
into town some devish instinct put 1t my head that
ft would help my along II I marched into church
the girl would both be there, So got rail and We
s1ay i'S a. %e S by tbe u church wdoWs caught
glimpse Of her bonnet and plenty other bonnets and
was happy. shoudered my rail and marched in; The
housefu Of men and women were all quiet and The old
deacon was standing Sp In the altar saying something
swinging my hat and whooping;
HoOray for Old Abe-bOo-ray for the Illinois rail
But never yelp out of audience quit, right in
Sir we were engaged in addressing the Throne Of
Grace. This unseemy exhibition is ilhtted 70 the
aSRer s 50 E IN @y e john never felt so
much like taking Ts And dGnd yen G aTs Know as
smicn dollars for somebody TO take that rail out for
down and went up to Where there was board fence
snd practiced climbing backward and forward through
cooked you know IL was all up between me and that
family.
Aud 60 endeth the legend. Perhaps had hight TO
hsten TO It, but did, anyhow.
rive visited the tomb Of Washington, IN Chicago and
ALSO the birhpaoes Of Homer and Michael Angelo, and
then adjourned to Cleveland, stirring, eDterprsIng
young city OF 100000 inhabitants. Did you know
that they claim $4,000 for Chicagof Cleveland
eoptains one of the finest streetss in America
Enclid.ave Euclid is buried at end Of il the old
original Euclid that invented the algebra misfortune
oYertake bmi It devoted 70 dwelling houses entirely
and il costs you 100000 come n. Therefore none
your poor white trash live In that street You have
be redOent OF that OdOr Of saDcy which comes with
cash The dwellings very large often pretty pre-
tentOus matter OF architecture and the grassy and
nowery yards they stand in something marvel
lous-beng 100 TO feet front and 900 feet deep -
front the and another front on Lake Erie.
had very good time visiting In another city l fell
cut of q wagon backward and BROS my neck in two
places Another time fell in the rvtr and when Iwas
coming up the bank got kicked by horse Altogether
had splendid time. have to lecture great deal 10
tbe West this Winter and expect TO have fun