Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-15
Adam Interviewed.
BYJoE1 sLoPER

1AV1AN xuUCly1OWC1s .aBE.5t
BYJoEL sLoPER. =
| have met Adam and intervied him
The genuine, original Adam. Edison
and / found him. Winding up the me-
gatherone, and pointing it eastward,
Edison said:
i Now, sloper, look through while
turn the crank, and. tell me when YOU
have the right focus
Hold on; easy now; Darwln's miss
ing link just passed before the lens.''
20, no, it was only that chap with the
eyeglasses" replied Edison; 9sI'll have
you out Of the range Of Washington
Square soon.'' E4sse @
Z 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 fash 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
Ten, twenty, thirty, centuries, they
rapidly whirled along. l caught pass
ing glimpse of Joseph going into slavery,
and then the sound Of the timbrel "o'er
Egypt's dark sea-" as, backward, time
swept away the dust.
''Think we have got him, "said Edison,
as, tar away over the plain, as solitary
object stood at the last outpost of hu-
man existence.
| 1t was Adam! He was torting beans.
He shook hands with me, and invited me
to dinner. I suggested that we 90 at
once.
He said, "No, it wasn't ready
was disappointed in Adam, but [
hoped the dinner would be all right.
Adam gave shrill whistle, and the hired
girl came out of clump of bushes. Said
4 he.
''We are going to have Mr.. Sloper to
dinner, Nancy; so boil nice cut of hip
popotamus, and warm up the elephant
stew
~ am glad to see you," he continued,
turning again to me. II have wanted to
talk with you for 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 down2 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.
-"Ah, yes,' said l, cit he had only lived
: How old was he?' El
Zone hundred and seyenty-two years,
lacking few days.
; We talked of many wellknown per
: sons.
J. tsMark Twain" said he, trying to re-
!. fresh his memory. 20, he is king of the
Sandwich Islands, isn't he2n
: "No, no" answered; "he is the fellow
: who went with lot of other chaps to visit
; youa few years ago, and when they tol
= him you we're dead ,he jumped up, kicked
the cofee-pot over, and exclaimed, 4 don
believe It'll! Great Scottl when did h.
8 die?' and then he began to hunt 70,
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"
y Well, Adem laughed heartily over that
" He then asked if Bret Harte wasn't trav
4 cling with circus. I replied that hi
was.
7 a /
= 81 naver was much of man for cir
:, cuses," he said; "but I always regretted
= that didn't send Cain off with one
What a splendid target Dan Rice's nos
. would have been for Cain"
- The conversation changed, and men
. toned the walking match.
e "Ah," replied Adam, II made tn.
: most celebrated walk ON record"
: Indeed | replied. "When wa
= that2"
] "When l walked out Of the garden Of
Eden.''
"You call that walking matchs"
=, eyes ofcourse. What else would 20,
= call it?'' he replied.
= "Well, l. should call it a Lucife
= MATCH"
y. Then Adam got mad and would no
talk. He began sorting beans, and be
- fore could conciliate him Edison hal
80 turned the crank, and Adam was twent
centuries away.