Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
A Truthful Trio.

's,nrnrised to meet two very distin.
S,bsd and truthful individuals. Sur,
I'd | say, because | supposed these
kantlemen were thousands OF miles
CIV These men were Mark Twain,
'a,;mes called the Great Truthteller
The Sierras, and 7. V. Nasty, generally
I'm IS the Great International Truth
.Tor At Large from the State of Ohio.
wv thought Mark Twain was doing
;,.ionarv work in New Jersey, and |
i been informed that Mr.. Nasty had
ne to labor in the temperance field
italy with Mr., Murphy, Notwith-
,nding my surprise at seeing them, [
| :. dad to have chance to sit at their
At and hear the truth defended.
,fler we had talked a spell. Mr..
vain laid down his cigar and told us
ont fast horse he once owned in
Tginia City. Said he:
aGentlemen, this horse of mine was
,ab bitted. and he was 50 fast that
| 10 guide him by electricity-had to
We wire lines and keep a battery in
l. wagon on all the time in order to
op him."
5Why didn't you stop him by holler-
vhoal" asked.
stop him by hollering whoaw ex-
aimed Mr.. Twain. why, l could
boiler loud enough to make that
rse hear me. He travelled so fast
AZ no sound ever reached him from
hind. He went faster than the sound
Holler whoa. and he'd be in the
zt town before the sound of your
ice could reach the dash-bord. Travel
ST. Ishould say he could. Why, |
&c started from Virginiaj City for
eadow Creek right in front of one of
most dreadful rain storms we ever
Ii on the Pacific Coast. Wind and
IN? Why the wind blew eighty miles
hour, and the rain fell in sheets. |
owe right before that storm for three
ars-just on the edge of that hurri-
ne and rain for forty miles"
rDid you get drenchedY'
+Drenched? No, sir What did / keep
It holse fol? Why, | tell you | drove
BIT in front of that rain storm. could
n forward and let the sun shine on
or lean backward and feel rain and
III haistones. When the hurricane
.ked up the horse Stacked up, too,
when it blew faster / just said
-kr to the horse and touched the
terry, and away we went. Now |
at want to lie about my horse, Mr..
,Nns, and don't ask you to believe
at say; but | tell you truthfully
when | got to Meadow Creek my
len buster was as dry as powder. Not
Drop of rain on the wagon seat either,
NE the wagon box was level full of
stones and water, or I'm a -,
~
Look here, gentlemen" interrupted
Nasty; speaking of the truth, did
ever hear of my striking that man
Idelv?"
Maid we had not.
'EA, ,ir, it was this way: There was
man there-one of those worldly,
optical fellows, who questioned my
Faclg one day. He said he had
q lbs about the truthfuiness Of one of
cross roads incidents. He didn't
publicly, but privately. Pm sor-
hr the sake of his wife and family
that he said it at all-and sorry for
man, too, because he wasn't pre-
fed to 90. If he'd been a christian
|Old have been different. | say /
|ltwant to strike this man. because
bad habit to get into-this max
human chaos out Of fellow man.
ne questioned my veracity and the
tquase came. | remember he was
ang down Il carpet at the time, and
his mouth full of carpet tacks.
aman can't stop to discount carpet
Is IN mans mouth, when he ques-
PED your varacity, can he? | ne7er
| simply struck the blow"
DID 1t hurt the man much?' | ask ed.
don't think in did. 1t was too sud
The bystanders said if | was going
nike a second blow they wanted to
ont Of the state.
Now don't want you to believe and
VI expect you viii, but to tell you
honest truth, Mr.. Perkins,
Fned that man right down into a
f,mat; and his own wife, who was
ing down one edge of the carpet at
Gne' came right along and took
'gF agutta percha rug, and actual
'9cKed him down in front of the
Poor woman, she never knew
sas lacking down her own husband
~ became of the tacks in his mouth?
AK; Well, the next day the boys
y them out of the bottoms of his
shoes, and"
.,sng,emen," l interrupted, "it does
sOou 70 hear such truths. / believe
"ofo you say; and | feel that |
y! 70 exchange truths with YOU.
va you ever hear how | went to
injecting at New London. Conn,
nlnstorm?o
SAID they had not.
Y. sentIemen. one day | started
Ne" London prayer-meeting, on