Litchfield enquirer., 1868-12-31
NOTES BY MARK TWAIN.

Mark Twain in his lest letter b the AHd
 Clfforaid describes hde International Boat Rscs of eeprinohsid reports an interview vith John AlIsn. and gives some account inc f,r sfe banks of the lake for tho return of ane boats. he says: ss But the next twsn-
 sy minutes hung heavily on my hands. fherc va nothing in tho world to look at but i've hundred umbrellae, and occasion aIIv ssetine glimpse of the Water--and even umbrellas lose their interest in the long run, I find. There is nothing exci- tine about umbrellas 1othing thrilling. Ones pulse beats just as calmly in the presence of umbrellas as if they were not there. And they don't really amount to anything for scenery, being monotonous when there are so many" e
 Mr. Twain thinks John Alien . Host rnn, and adis: ssIet ris be consistent if ws sxs nothing else, and surely there is a Iifsls of the sheep in John Allen, lost or o4herWiso r Tommy HAddsn has evident ly Mark Twain sympathy: Another per. son, hnngzy for fame and jealous of John Aliens brilliant fortune, advertised in i'll. tempered language that in the matter of sWful and deIiberase wickedness, the boas- , sed John Allen was an innocent lamb to kfsa, and proceed to prove it by a series of evidences, either ono of which ought to be sufncient to damn him without even a glance at the others. This man is natural V tncenssd at the injustice that had been lone him, and outraged by the spectacle of another man wearing laurels to which he himself was alone entitled, as the guerdon cf long lifetime earnestly and unselfshly deYoted tO the commission of peculiarly revolkng crimes. To such mind, the re- Hection that after all his life had been a failure, coul nos be other than agonizing He invited attention to his case-insisted , on throwing his doors open to prayer Haunted his superior sins before the public, and went on railing at the feeble imposter, John Allen"p yiat.Fftef a To.F a7l
 d About this time, the Wickedest Man himself arrived-a tall plain, bony fellow, with 8 good-natured look in his eye, Q Water-st air all about him, and touch of |. Irish m his face He stood in the door, and . crowd of vagabonds on the sidewalk gaped and stared at him in stupid admira- tion. He said: sH~ 3 fiC !" Don't this sort of thing ever stir uI the devil in you-or may be you dont mind 1t, being used to being notorious?" thanked him for the compliment. and said wasn't notorious enough to have be
 come an object for people to stare at. sy. "No-but If that's so, you're lucky. They stare at nse till want to knock their g heads off Why, they come here and march right in and ask newell, you stand of there and I'll show you how they do There, now, that's about right" "a Then the speaker stepped in the street and returned with his hat in his hand, and walked up gingerly and said: Are you the wickedest man in New John Allenp' rrIe, ssa
 "Yes Es
 s "You?" sj. t.,.s s.+st+s.e..a +r.. ,a4 .io,i" Yes.'' ysosantsifas slaa ef8ls.s zs .s hs," "Good God" aa aA a-f -lo And then they walk around me this way, and side around to'ther way, and examine the back of my head, and stoop down and feel my legs. And then they go off mum bling to themselves. as if they can't possibly understand it, anyhow. Now you know that bothered me like sin, at first, but it don't now. I've learned a trick. When they ask me questions, I ask u them another. I'm like the Irishman.i The priest met him one day, and says: 8 ,sa E "Howls this, Paddy, that you've not [ been to the church of late?" 3 s9 eiss" Be me sowl, seein' it's your riverance, can't answer ye--Dut If it were the Protest. B ant blaggard over beyant, I could dot"
 Very we'll, then, Paddy" said the
 priest. walking away a bit; "now I'm com.
 ing toward ye representative of the Prot
 estant minister, and so ye can answer me,
 Paddy, how is it ye've not been to the church of late?" aase4 tarsf sF a}
 " Moind your own business, and get out of this, ye d-d ould Protestant limb of tho devil" si atjI 'i8 fa 5.sa 4o2 4a5 s,- Of his room at the Sherman House. Chi oago, Mark says: ,., They gave me room there, away up, do, not know exactly how high, but water boils up there at 168o. I went up in dunab waiter which was attached to a balloon. It was not a suitable place for a bedchamber, but it was a promising alti- tude for an observatory. The furniture consisted of table,. a camp stool, wash bowl, Q German Dictionary, and patent medicine almanac for 1S42. I do not know whether there was bed or not-I didn't notice. m a5-.i,.
 The Little Rock Gazette advertises that an Arkansas novel written by distin- guished citizen of the state in which the principal character is J. Wilkes Booth, will be issued from the press after the first of January.
 A man named King, living in Rose Val ley. Western New York, has thirty one children by one wife. Such couple de- serve we'll of their country.
 a The Rev. MT. Milburn, the we'll known blind preacher, has hopes of recovering his sioht t't