River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-06-19
Adam Interviewed.
BY JOEL sLoPER


| have met Adam and intervied him
The genniae, original Adam. Edison
and found him Winding up the me
gatheroae, and pointing it eastward,
Edison sail
Now, F3lopcr, look through while |
turn the frank, and tell me when you
have the right focus
Hold oa easy now; Darwin's miss
ing link .1fsst passed before the lens"
80, no, Il was only that chap with the
cyeglasses,H replied Edison; "rll have
You out or the ranse of Washington
Square sooa."
A few more turns of the crank spread
the rosy Orient out before me, and drew
aside the curtains of its dreamy past, rs
mighty centuries were passing in review
like panorama before the monster lens
of Edison latest invention. O, beautl-
tul. grand and glorious were those pic
lures of the dead and misty ages, i'm
their tinis and linens purple and gold.
Ninevch, Babylon and Tyre, there they
were rushing past with the centuries
seen for moment in flash of Furnished
steel; lIc,lfd for moment in the clash of
arms, tho blast of trumpets and the
shout of conquest; crumbling into ruins
as they vanished away
Ten, twenty, thirty, centuries, they
rapidly whirled along. caught pass
! ing glimpse of Joseph going into slavery,
and then ihe sound of the timbrel "o'er
Egypt lark sea-" as, backward, time
! swept away the dust.
| Think we have got him, said Edison,
! AS. away over the plain, as a SOLITARY
I obie, stood at the last outpost a. hu
| man existence.
! 1t was Adam! He WAS Sortin& beans
He shook hands with me, and invited me-
| 10 dinner, | suggested that we o. M
once.
He said, "No, ii wasn't ready"
WAS disappointed IN Adam, bit II
hoped tln dinner would be all right.
Adam gaze "a shrill whistle, aud the hired
girl came out of clump of bushes. S1dl
he.
we arr going to have Mr.. Sloper to-
| dinner. Nancy; SO boil nice cut of hip
/ popotamps, and warm up the elephant
stew"
II am glad to see YOU" he continued,
| turning again TO me. 81 have wanted to
talk with you for long time He
! apologizcd for the absence of Eve; she
hadn't got her suit, and was trimming
her sprin. bonnet. He explained many
things to,nc that | never fully under
stood before, and asked numerous ques
lions. III, wanted to know if the cherry
tree ever $prouted after George Washing
ton cut IL down! Giving sigh, he said
that George always reminded him of his
little Ahcl, and he believed if the little
fellow had lived, he would have been
President of the Uuited States.
"Ah, yes, said |, ''it he had only lived-
How old was hep
"One hundred and sevcnty-two years
lacking aJew days"
We talked of many wcll-known per
sons.
MARK Twain, said he, trying to re
fresh his memory. so, he is king of the
Sandwich Islands, isn't hep
mo, nn," | answered; "he is the fellow
who went with a lot of other chaps to visit
you few.years ago, and when they told
him you ~ere dead, he jumped up,kicked
the cofleC:pot over, and exclaimed, Il don't
believe IT,. Great Scott when did he
die?-ana then he began to hunt for
your will and threatened to contest it;
SAID lac had evidence in his possession to
| prove VoH lhCapdDle vi ulthiDS WIZ
could prcsc insanity in your family"
Wei, Adcm laughed heartily over that.
He then asked if Bret Harte wasn't trav-
cling vita circus. replied that he
was.
Il n9Vty was much of man for cir
cuses, he said "but always regretted
that didn't send Cain OFF with one.
What splendid target Dan Rice's nose
would base been for Cain
The conversation changed, and men
toned tho walking match.
"Ah, replied Adam, 81 made the
most celebrated walk on record"
"Indcedr ] replied "When was
that2"
"WhonI walked out ef the garden Of
Eden"
''You cQl that walking match"
Eyes discourse What else would you
call it, liz replied
well, Il should call il a Luciter
match.
Then Alan got mad and would not
talk. NE began sorting beans, and he
fore could conciliate him Edison had
turned the crank, and Adam was twenty
ccnturps eway.