Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-10
.quIET" in TnE WEST INDIES,

Mark Twain thus writes 90 the Tribune
from Washington Could you give me any
information respecting such islands, If any.
as the government Is going to purchase IL
Is an uncle of mine that wants ID know he
is an industrious man, and well disposed,
and wants 10 NIKE a living in an honest
humble way, but more especially he wantS
To be quiet. He wishes to settle d0wR and
be quiet and transformations. He has beea
to the new island-St Thomas-but he SAYS
he thinks things are unsettled there lie
went there early, with on attaehe of the
State Department, who was sent down with
none, 10 pay for the island, aud 50 when
they went ashore, getting a receipt. the sal
lors broke open the box and took all the
money, not making any distinction between
government money, which WIS legitimate
money to be stolen, and ms uncle which
W Is his own private property and should
have been respected. But be ceme home
and got some more, and went back And
then he took the fever. There are seven
kinds Of fever down there, you know, aud
as his blood was out of order hy reason Of
loss Of sleep aud general wear and tear of
mind he failed to cure the hr>t fever, and
then some how he got the other six. Hei>
not kind of man that enjoys feyer-, though
he Is well meaning and always does what he
thinks is right, and so he WIS a good zeal
aunuyed When it appeared that he was going
70 die.
But he worried through aUi got uel, ard
started a farm IL f-Hcrd il iu aud the
next day that great storm came aa3 wa-hai
the most Of Il over 40 Gibrulteg, ar around
there somewhere He oniy said, 10 his IH
rient way, that IL WIS gone, and be wuu.lu
bother about trying e. find out wher- went
TO, though 1t was his opinion il wen. to tfib
ralfer
Then be invested IN q mounta5n. and
started a farm up there. 80 as r. be 49,
the way wnen the Sea came ashore again. if
was a good mountain and A good iaFm, but
il WASH any use: an earthquaEo cagie the
next night and shook it ali down. Ii was
all fragments, you know, and 20 mixed mp
with another mans property that he coR.1
not Tcll which were his fragments without
going 70 law. and-he would not do thai, be-.
cause his u1jn object ia guiug taSt Thomas
was TO he quiet All that be wau-el Eas ~
settle down and be quiet.
lie Thought il all over, and finally he con-
Guided to try the low ground again. especial
lv as he wanted to start briekyard tlia
time. He bought fiat and put oar 30 0J'
nFicks 10 dry preparatory OF baklng them.
L1NL tUtk AtiffEdlEtA Ab tiE dEdtUEA AaUls "a
volcano showed itself through there that
night. ami elevated his brick yard about = =
600 feet IN the air Ii fritated hm a good
deal He has been mp there, aGd he says
he bricks are all baked right enough, but
he can't get them down. At FIRST he
thought may be government would get the
bricks down for him, because II government
bought the island It ought to protect the
Z rsrCparfv " hera a man has i0va.flA ia fynul
faith; but all he wants Is quiet, and so he is
not going to apply for the subsidy he was
thinking about.
He went back there last week, Ia couple
/ Of ships of war, 10 prospect around the cuast
( for a safe place for farm, where he could
1 be quiet; but another earthquake came aud
| hOisted both OF the ships out into one of the
/ interior counties and he came near losing
/ hlSlife. So be has given up prospecting 10
a ship and j. discouraged.
! Well, now he don't know what 90 d..
/ He has tried Walrussia; but the bears kept
alter him so much, aud kept him so on the
/ lump, as it were that he had 70 leave the
enuntry He could not be quiet there, With
/ those bears prancing after him all the time.
/ That l. how he came 20 go to the new island
/ We have bouyht-St Thomas. Bat be l..
/ getting 10 think ST. Thomas is not quiet
/ enough for man of his turn of mind, aud
that j. why he wishes me tu find out 10 Gov.
eFnment l. likely to huy Sone more islands
shortly He has heard that Government i,
thinking about buying Porto REQ. Is hat
l. true, he wishes to try Persa k.eo, - 81 i= q
I auiet place How is Porto Eiyn Efr his
! style Of man2 Do you thiuk the Govern.
ment will buy it? MARE TWAIN.