The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-24
ADAM MrenvIEwED.



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, IsAays met Adam and interviewed
him. The genuine, original Adam.
Edison and fospd him. Winding mp
the megatherone, and pointing it east
ward, Edison said
n Now, Slnper. look through while
teru The cr4pk, and tell mo when you
have the right focus.'
Hold on ; easy now Darwin's mis-
ing link just passed before the leDs.' I.
80, no, it was only that chap with
the eyeglasses replied Edison; 'I'lI
have you out of the range Of Washing
ton Square soon.'
"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 be-
fore the monster lens of Edison's latest
invention. o, beautiful, grand and
glorious were those pictures 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 a 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. 1 caught q
passing glimpse of Joseph going into
slavery. and then the sound of the
timbrel so'er Egypts dark sea- as,
backward, time swept away the dust.
Think we have got him. said Edi-
son, as, far away oyer the plain, as a
solitary object stood at the last out
pest Of human existence.
n was Adam He was eorting beans.
He shook hands with me, and invited
mo to dinner. suggested that we go
1T once.
He said, No, il wasn't ready.
was disappointed in Adam, but ]
hoped the dinner would be all right.
Adam gave q shrill whistle, and the
hired girl came out of clump Of
bushes. Said he:
. I'VE, are going to have Mr.. Sloper to
dinner, Nancy; SO boil a nice cut Of
hippopotamus, and warm up The ele-
phsnt stew ssEZsf
4 a
1 am glad to see you, he continued,
turning again to me. Il haye wanted
to talk With you for long time He
apologized for the absence Of Eve;
abe hadn't got her suit. and was trim
ming bersspring bonnet @de explain
ed many things to me that l never
fully undersfood before, and asked
numerous questions. He wanted to
know if the cherry tree ever sprouted
after George Washington cutit DOWN. 2
Giving sigh, he said that George al
ways reminded him of his little Abel,
and he believed II the little fellow had
lived, he would hsye been President
ef the United States.
5lsAh, yee,' said 1, 'if he had only
lived. How old was hep
sOne hundred and seventy-two
years, lacking q few days.'
We talked of many well-known per-
sons.
mark Twain said he, trying to re-
fresh his memory. o, he is king OF
the Sandwich Islands, isn't hep
sNe, no. answered 'he is the fel-
low who went with q lot of other
chaps to visit you few years ago, and
when they told him you was dead, he
jumped up, kicked the coffee pot over,
and exclaimed, 4 don't believe it!
Great Scott! when did he die ?'-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 q will
could prove insanity in your family
Well, Adam laughed heartily over
that. He then asked if Bret Harte
wasn't travelling with 3 circus. 1 re-
piled that he was.
Il never. was much of man for cir
cuses,' he said but always regretted
taat 1 didn't send Cain off with one.
What . splendid target Dan Rice's
nose would have been for CAIN
The conversation changed, and
the walking match.
sAh.' replied Adam, Il made the
most celebrated walk ON record
sIndeedp 1 replied. when was
fhat?'
when 1 walked out of the garden |
Of Eden rf n EEE Fl
fYou call that walking mateh2'
e yes Of course. What else would |
you call itr he replied.
well, I should call it a Lucifer
match
Then Adam got mad and would
not talk. He began sorting beans.
and before l could cenciliate him Ed.
ison had turned the crank, and Adam
was twenty centuries away.
HOW OHIO CAME TO BE CALLED
Z. THE BUCKEYE STATE.
BY association very Insignificant
events frequently become memorable,
II not important, and this fact is illus
rated by the little incident that is said