The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18
Adam Interviewed.
BY JOEL sLOPER.

| have met Adam and intcrvied him
The genuine, original Adam. Edison.
and I found him. Winding up the me-
gatherone, and pointing it eastward.
Edison said:
"Now, sloper, look through while
turn the crank, and tell me when you
have the right focus" aa; d .a:st j se.~s
"Hold on; easy now; Darwln's miss
ing link just passed before the lens"
. go, no, it was only that chap with the
eyeglasses" replied Edison; "I'll have
you out; of the range of Washington
Square soon" " r.
A few more turns of the crank spread
the rosy Orient out before me, and drew
aside the, curtains Of its dreamy past, as
mighty centuries were passing in review
like panorama before the monster lens
of Edison's latest invention. O, beauti-
full, grand and glorious were those pic
lures Of the dead and misty ages, in
their tints and linens purple and gold;
Nineveh, Babylon and Tyre, there they
were rushing past with the centuries;
seen for moment in flash of FURNISHED
steel; heard for moment in the clash of
arms, the blast of trumpets and the
shout Of conquest; crumbling into ruins
as they vanished away. 49,. ~ &,5''a '.'.
Ten, twenty, thirty, centuries, they
rapidly whirled along. I caught pass
ing glimpse Of Joseph going into slavery,
and then the sound of the timbrel "o'er
tEgypt's dark sea-" as, backward, time
swept away the dust. - So. >... xxi.
''rhink we have got him." said Edison,
as, far away over the plain, as solitary
object stood at the last outpost of hui
man existence. ...~ s~r' .-.--e- .-~.
= It was Adam! He was sorting beans.
He shook hands with me, and invited me
to dinner. I suggested that we 90 at
once.
:, He said, mo, it wasn't ready
was disappointed in Adam, but I
hoped the dinner, would be- all right.
Adam gave shrill whistle, and the hired
girl came out of clump of bushes. SAID
he. 1.,s 1~~ ~.
| I'VE are going to have, Mr. Sloper to
dinner, Nancy; so boil nice cut of hip
popotamus, and warm up the elephant
stew" .-.----,es,.---.v-,~z.
81 am glad to see you," he continued,
turning again to me. ~ have wanted to
talk with you for a long time" He
apologized for the absence of Eve; she
hadn't got her suit, and was trimming
her spring bonnet. He explained many
things to me, that / never fully under
stood before, and asked numerous ques-
tons. = He wanted to know if the. cherry
tree ever sprouted after George Washing
ton cut it down? Giving sigh, he said
that George always reminded him of his
little Abel, and he believed if the little
fellow had lived, he would have been
President Of the Uuited States.G gzEsgE.
"Ah, yes" said I, "it he had only lived.
How old was he?'
= a"One hundred and seventy-two years,
lacking a few days. 5--sA ~ a @~,S ''~~ ~,
We talked Of many wcll-known per-
sons. - ,-ya~--~-~~a----s~
I "Mark Twain" said he, trying to re-
fresh his memory. 20, he is king of the
Sandwich Islands, isn't he?''s 8ETEtRsB
se"HNo, no." I answered; s'he.is the fellow
who went with a lot Of other chaps to visit
you tew4years ago, and when they told
him you were dead, he jumpedaup kicked
the coffee pot Grand exclaimed, Il don't
believeit! Great Scott! when did he
dep and then he began, to hunt for
your will, and threatened to contest it;
said he had evidence in,his possession to
prove you incapable of making will;
could prove insanity in your family I i.
:. Well, Adem laughed heartily over that,
He then asked if Bret Harte wasn't trav-
cling with circus. I replied that he
was yi!4 80
Bfi II naver was much Of a man for cir
,cuses," he said; "but l always regretted
that 1 didn't send l Cain off with lone.
What splendid target Dan Rice's nose
would have been for CAIN
The conversation changed, and men
toned the walking match.