The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-01-20
Mark TWAIN ON Yankee Wealth
er.

Responding at the New England
dinner to tic toast of"Vhr Oldest In
habitcnt-thc Weather. Mark Twain
delivered one of his attcr-dinncr
speeches, of which the following is
~ abstract:.y ,,n?,v 'n1t ''c Nla'
kcr who made us all makes every.
thing in New England but the wealth.
or. don't know who makes that,
but | think it must bc raw apprcntl-
ces in the weather clerks factory,
WHO experiment aud learn how in New
ENGLAND for board and clothes, an"
then are promoted t" make weather
for counties that require a good artl-
Gle aud will take their custom else
where if they cont get it. Laugh
ter. There is a snmptuons variety
about the New England weather that
compcls the strangers admiration
and regret. Laughter. The wealth.
cr is always doing something there !;
always attending strictly TO business !;
always getting up new designs and
trying them on the people to see how
they 90. Bat it gets through more
business in spring than in any other
season. In the spring have count
cd 1856 different kinds of weather in
side of four and twenty hours
Laughter. 1t was J that made the
fame and fortune of that man that
had that marvellous collection OF
weather on exhibition at the Centen-
NAL that so astomdcd the foreigners
| lie was going to travel all over tn,
world and get specimens from al
climcs. | said: Don't you do it
Won come to New England on tn
,yorablc spring day. ltold him villa
he could do in the way Of style, va
ricty and quantity. Laughter;
We'll, he came and VIC made lis col
lection in four days.
cod Probabilities has mighty re
5 putation for accurate prophecy, ant
! thoroughly we'll deserves it. 70;
! take up The papers and observe ho'
crispHy and confidently he checks OF
D what to-day's weather is going to b
l. ON the Pacific, down South, il tn
$ Middle States and in the WiScrnsl
IL region, lle doesn't Know what tn
: weather is going to be in New E'
y GLAND. lie mulls over it, aud by an
= Iy he GETS out something about Iik
Il this; Probable noreast to sou wc'
winds, varying to the southar' an
% westward and BASTARD and points h'
J. tween; high and low har"mcte
'e sweeping around from place to place
re nroIablc areas of rain, snow, hail al
is drought, succeeded or prer'1"u
re earthquakes. with thunder anH ~"
H. ming. Laughter and applauS.
n Then he jots down this p"s'scr'
c. from his wandering mind to coy
he accidents: But it is possible III
G. the programme may hc wholly chan
Sc cd in the mcantimc.' Laughter.
m 81 could speak voff'"es about I
he iuhuman pcrvelsity of the New !.
id gland weather, but l will r;T' ""
'st Single specimen. | like t" hra' r;
he on tin roof, so ! covered r"'t .!
nd roof with tin, with an csc to Il
u luxury. Well, sir, d" You ti'iNE
'g- eve, rains on the tin ? 10. Sit; SIX
90 i, every time. Lon;sh!cr.]
me eff we had not our hc stitching
he tumn foliage we should still have
tie credit the weather with OF" feat
his which compcnsa,rs For"'' lis b"li,
l. yacarics-thc ice Stor'n-whrn It
ng less tree is clothcd with ice from
es- bottom to the top-icc that is
'rd. bright and cleat as crystal: ~
'er, boush and twis is strung win
I'M, beads, frozen dew drops, "na
in whole tree <parklcs, cola ana "
the like tie S|ah of persia's diam
at plume. [Applause.] Then the
plot waves the. branches, ard tie
zee comes ont and turns all Of those
YER RAIDS of beads and drops to pr
arly that glow and bum aud flash wit
uit, manner Of colorel I'"cs, which ch
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