New-York tribune., 1868-12-26
party lag with them Above all never yield the Lead to
NOTES BY MARE TWAIN.

Mark Twain has been writing moro letters
FOR The Ala California; and extracts from
one OF the latest. II Is dated at Hartford. Conn:
have bon on one side Of my nose and cold on the
other, aud whether sueeze OF blow If AL 0hei see
the lCckiaw anyhow never fully cOnprehen0ed be!OIo
how hi,crutabie arc the ways Of Providence For my
foelle finite wisdom utterly stumped win me slinPo
problem of what great and good end - TO be accomplish
I'd hy the ccuerrng 81 ths boil and this cold on ne boh
Mt tho same time. hut Providence UNDERSTANDS II easy
enough Tie ways o. Providence are TOO Dscfu1aD' Ior
the subscriber. .x, . AL.
book OF mno ready fcr The engroyers ara
az last though Vt M not be issued nom the Furnishing
house illl MafS1r N9 hloWlng & lA p Ias ~ mi, re-
have caltd lJ Inc NeN Iigi!Ls 4Ins Us li1' y
minds ne that by the papers tbat am gong 10
China in Spring was not quite certain Oft before
but am now suppose. Ny legturing engagements e1
tend FAR into DaIoA and shall La'e ample '4le 20 'A
Don't direct any more letters TO me Hartford until
fnd out winch Hartford live IN. fhc! mix siGl tailgs
but 40 man may hone bc certain Because rght here
IN one icst We Hartford, aud ola Hartford and
and Hartfor3-ou-iheH.u and Hartforl-aro1ndg geucr
ally. II is tho sraugct thng-s paucity oi names IN
Hartford bur Is disrmpcI that allcta all Nc" ngisId
They get name that suits tAout a,d then mteh ~;
lagos round about II rcmnds Ne of me man VINO sall
that Adam went on naming ihs descehdaIs untl nc rt
ont o. names and then said CraYeY Let TIE TEST re
called smith" Down there t New UavcI they have Old
haven Wes- Haven sOuih Haven, Wesfby-suu'-West
Haven and Laica st-Ia ven. and
Ynlo Colcgs is IN Tho boy. iu New EucIud emaI
hut after thcg have learned everything else they have 10
devote couple Of years 90 the GEOGRAPHY of NeWiiaVe
before they can enter college. and e haf Of tem can't
do till they 10 aud learn how 10 box inc
compass That Is why there ic SD many more New Eh
gland sailors tDgn auy other some OF Them spend ther
whole lives In the whaling service tyi 10 ~ einstlves
for college. This class o. people have co9nzed De Cy
OF NewBedford, Mass. II Is well known that nins-tens
Of tho odd salts there became Old salts jGst Ia tis way
Their lives are faure-ihcy have iyad IN yal-thry
have never been able TO get The ha OF the Ne"HYeh
In tls ccnnection they ten story OF stranger who
coming up the Connecticut River. aud was trying -
best 10 sleep but every now an teh the boat @onlu
lIist he sung out "liaddhm ad ihol Last 1tua
dam [" ana then "Uaddam Neck. aud tben "Norlh
Haddnm % aud tlcn "Great Hlddam" 4" I1ttio Had
dainr "Ola HadlamE neH H@'iudhn iIlsr ~ Aau, ,
dami" Dutch HaddamP "haduam-Haddaiul and
then the stranger jumped out oi BED al excited ana
years IN service without guiiei Im meek a." lowy
SaiiSIian M 1ut Ia teSe hA'"4A' Wish 'ie ''' 'i~u
Tie gentlemen OF The Oc'raa have given ne fec
siBe COPY the ts' issue Of that paper. Isnbout twice
Us sr.e a. sheet Of foolscnp. and bears date Oct %
i76isonetliDg hundred years ago. In its ncws
be remembered that news Travelled slowly IN those days
u find broad hints oi tho Discrimination among me COZ
onists which was within the next 40 ~ II years 10 breed
the American Revolution. Read; .
itauts Tim and Tho cgEbo.tng Governments 10 COthe
themselves with tIoir own manufacture
esBiusl taxation without representation was worrying
'It is how out Of fashion to put mourning at the
funeral OF the nearest relation which viii make saving
10 this town twenty Thousand sterling ltls
surprising how suddenly. as welas how generally, az OLD
custom Is abolished 10 sbows however lie good eoAse oi
the for it's certainly prudent t. retrench or eArv
aeopt ,Detsef Willie We have something left TO subsist
ourselves rather be driven 70 II y fatal necessity
1--WE near that tho l2udaDe practice OF fugaliy Is now
introducing Itself 81 Cu the neigLborluR Towns an l.
stance Of which have from CAarlestOa az iuIerai
there the beginning Uf last week. which the relatives aud
n bers attended without any other mourning Than which
is prescf!hed IN recent agreement
Indeed We ere told tha' al the funerals OF last week
were conducted on the new Plan Of FIuGarv.
"Notbng but nugshly can nov saye dsttsgd
northern colonies from Impending ruin. II ought 80 Ie
consolation TO good people of certain province that
the greatest man in ~ EXHIBITS tho most Tiya example OF
political Is Wei as moral virtue.
Who could be Lsys scc1t llas has greatness totally
pasaed frlip lifioiT aud tft Meh0.,es o. monf
Cannot You fancy the anceDt editor of Ttc Connoeeia
COirGat u hundred year. age, l round Ben frlnLiu
spectstos Wig and cue. lace ca, coatporEltihp, de
cellar door long wastCoa kuce hteeches, sitcktE~,
sasha man Rravcly cnling "nCWs' from boston tLitc
weeks old and per latest rdviccS" about Col tpnfucIr
forces wing crossed the vCT az Pohurg iHy 90 iYs
COEe by; and thrilling TIuio!- of war hoi1
with the midcws q fIrr awiGl months on thc M ana
venerable eanards hundred davs ont from Naples, tel.
ing how between three aId fOar hundred thOusand
citizens had lately diod O guC lu that tuc kughoio
"a man CXuilng over lis little ola sensation dtnteHef
and latest dates aud never strangely cnOis nttc uht-
ur vision of 1875 lash through his complnccnt brain
with It's revelations Of tee graphs aud 4ocomC For- sAy
cant fancy this Ola U0 sunS az his drhk ahd get-
ting OF this biz ~ sarcasm ana holding ~ up ad tOths
his &C. ana reading u over, ana chucAlR ~ hur
self aud reading 10 again. and calling IN the "ucN ava
uctnc II HIM ana then sending Il - The printers
perfectly satisfied that is the best aud boGfst aud iGc
aWfuest cTuscT that ever thudered from Tic press
can't yOII
viii nov les tins ola buffer 90. don't wish 20 be too
hard l.m lest meet bis iuUsy ghOst prov nH nDout
his ancient haunts IN Hartford mere somo night Where
be hin cOmradesf whittier went no 10 take us uie
Who Was he, anyhow