The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-05
Q he 3euOsha gele9rap'
KENOSHA. WIS. MAR s.. 1874.



At dinner Of the Massachusetts Press
Associatien on Monday, after Canon n
wsley's speech, Mark Twain was called or,
Hesald he wa, not prepared to make an ex-
4empore speech and had never sung song
40 he won d tell an anecdote, rs oIlows !
"Wnen was crossing over from En- gland
the OF her day, there WAS youth IN board
n5out six. cen years old. whose nationality
viii MOI expose, who occupied his entire time
aa,,pg. when there was any thing 20 eat, ard
thinking about the next meal Oatween times,
JLaughter.l | don't say he pul his ind TO
t. tor lie didn't seem to have. any mind.
When sent out from the table he used to 20
up into tne smoking cabin, and lie around
there asking foolish questions. This boy
never asked question 10 the whole voysg
shat indcat ed The presence OF knowledge OF
any kid whatever, and he came to be per~
feet nuisance t1every odY, aud We tried al
possible ways OF crushing HIM aud max ng
hi ia STOP asking Lhrsr questions. But, rs l
SAID Canon K IDgsley reminds ms OF one.
occasion when came up into the smoking
nam eught to be into listen patiently 10 Sill
~ questions. The quest ion ihe hoy brgan
with was aggravating because an"ouoy
knows that the Rist place Man goes 10
when he reaches London is Yves, Tin 'er Ah-
hey, aid the next place 10 Shskespesre's
burial ground; aud That this boy chou AJAX
me, deliberately ard aih such Innocence
l.. III T
don, ! went TO Yves minister Abasy Thai Is
enough 10 make man frantic lid what
wss it yon saidy" When you were in Lon
don were You al Westminster lbbey? No
/ said, stoup"d at Langham's Hole. ;
{Laughter.) But, he said. it Is not hole'
(Laughrer.) Wen 1 said what is j:
why, It is "a church asid, "A mtnuis ago
you said it Was an ABBEY We'll" he SAID. II
al abbey 4nd church TOO 4 saiG.
dnn'r know absst thai. You appear TO he
getting confused in your STA ement>; how
can it he an abbey and a church at the same
TIM" (Langht'r.) @"@@
Another gentleman was sitting therr.
Whose natioa ny l VIA -HoL smentr Il. = ~
"a d IL was perfectly true THAT All abby an
tie cdurcn were the SSm~ lh.ug. haiu
was much Obliged 70 nl I.aughter) ana
asked him Where Is tnls place--lhlb
church; ID IL i'll. Lurdun.' On yesv hs sa, =
'U cuurse IL ID Ia London. You know WI, =
the Parliament baild.nEs arr?' Us 1t pat OF
the PArliSmentY No, saia' hr. WHAT Tia,
ParhaInent so. 10 do With III? / asked.
has nO' got anything To do with II; he al
hey Is close 10y H. Said [, DO You know
how iGr Westminster Abbey IL iIum Lang
hams Hotel, where / ilved! He saId, :,
suppOse you know 1t is some distance Sal.
/, . course IL Is some disi snce.' FIVE -
six mI!eS, sald be 'But,' s&id I, d d III Sil
suppose knew better ,EaB 10 get up cary ~
the morning aud ttave! five or ak Alice j.,
chu.ch. who's There were p tDf1 81 chuteB :
ali around! ID" SAID, dld'n ttxpect you &
go 10 church SaIh /. What Ola YOU -
pct me TO do? h. tstd, Look st lie ni..,.
umcnIs and things; ui0uumenls OF every Du,.1
that has done anything aid is dead Tn :
b0dIes are nurho there | SAID Do A"u
mean o *a1 thai hey actually take up 4
panks and bury m u under the AuUI?' tt,
s&;d there Hers ~ pIanks here | SAID, u
they bury them r'gnl un.er the sea'sy h.,
% d, o. course they do Sad /. Is H. hexl.L.
fLugnter.) 'Weti.' he said, | don know
"heIher was hta thy or not, hey do a
al The chutches' eaid it, was u ourion
custom i lad nt yer Leai0 OF an,ihlng ~ d
|. 1t tly "tmy ftI.sw,re IN Wee m b.
t'r Abbey | should not want people S, ,,lnx
Onld e. llnii ia mtk,onps.r LauhterO -.
sad, You didn't hear the Canon them
don't member SAID !; I ann nsn -.
peace, and don't know anything about art, :
ley, anyway daughter and applause b,
this TIME the boy had not ye* wakec up Lti,
the rest OF the company which had gather 9
*foubu had, and so We stsppsd the ,uu. 4.
there is no moral TO The sntcdo,e Won't
tempt TO pu' any TO it, But. a. sa,u. u,
the absence az having a speech to make =.
y"u. thought l would simply tell an am. :
do'e in honor OF Canon X ngsle,"
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