Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-18
Mark Twain's Summer Home.
Visit to his House and Study the
 Suburbs of EImfra.
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A Visit to his House and Study in the Suburbs of EImira.
 [Fxom the Louisville Courier Journall The summer residence of Mir. Clemens is acknowledged to be here in the vicinity of Elmira, notwithstanding he has 8 house or two in other parts of the United States His place is known "Quairy Farm, '' which is also the residence of his sister in law, Mrs. Theodore Crane, and IS situated about two miles away from the business portion of the city, on an eminence known as 'East Hill. y The funny mans house is reached from the city by winding road, which is steep, very steep, and at times is really a dangerous driveway. We go thither in a coupe, drawn by two large horses to whom the task of climbing seems not an unfamiliar one. Up and sti up, and after an exciting dash up the hillside we see the house in the distance and handkerchiefs huttering from the veran- da. few moments later I alight from the coupe, and am seated in huge easy chair ! with the members of Mark Twain s family on every side
 The house, an elegantly built and furnish ed structure, has an abundance of windows and glass doors on the south side, so that, from within, the lovely scecery in the valley below is plainly visible An arched carriage way connects with the veranda, and the whole is protected from glare and heat by vines and awnings so as not to obstruct the view. In front of the house and beyond, in place of the pretty lawn, is 2 huge field of oats, which completely shrouds the brow of the hill and with it's undulating surface soft
 ems and disguises any abruptness or rough ! n 1888 which there might otherwise be in the foreground
 The house throughout is furnished in an l elegant and costly manner. Divans, Persian | rugs, easy chairs, books. statuary, articles of | vertu and bric brac are on every side. and l the whole has the appearance of 8 place where one could dream his life away. MT. | Clemens retires to his study every morning 1 after breakfast and writes steadily until in l the afternoon. He does all his own work, | and employs neither secretary nor amanusn- a. 1 sis. He has become quite proficient in the | use of the type writer, and utiIizes that in- l strument in attending to his correspondence. 1 During the past few weeks he has been
 somewhat annoyed by visitors and sight seers l One day ln the week (and this happens to be
 the very day) the genial humorist seeks re-
 pose and rest by going down to the city, I meeting some of his friends. indulging in @ l hotel dinner and several games of billiards 1 This is what he calls rest from his literar Y labors. Owing to his absence have an | opportunity of peoping into his sanctum
 sanctorum. The visitor finds the humorst's s
 study higher up the hill in the rear of the
 house, and screened by vines and evergreens.
 It is @ small octagonal building, containing
 but single room. Here the humorist does | the greater portion of his summers work, 1 and here for eight summers Mark Twain has l worked industriously, for, notwithstanding | the fact that he has been called indolent, he is I a most inuefatigable worker. To keep away | the large number of sight-seers who come up the big hill to his sanctum, Twain has post
 ed on the door the following novel sign {: | ''Step Softly Keep Away Do not Disturb the Remains! !" In spite of this characteristic | warning we open the door and enter. The floor is bare, and has across one corner some pages of manuscript and scraps of newspaper
 articles pinned to it to prevent dispersion by
 the wind. There is table in the center of 1 the room, covered with books, pamphlets, l newspapers, manuscripts, and all the para.
 phernalia of authorship. On one side is a comfortable looking lounge, some what soiled
 by use, and over the fireplace is shelf, on | which rests few books and couple of boxes | of choice cigars. That is all except per ! vasivs odor of smoke.
 The o'clock dinner hour brings Mark 1 Twain up from the city, and he joins his
 family in the parlor. He is now AZ years of
 age, with iron gray hair, cut rather short,
 and moustache of the same color. He is ot
 medium height, inclining to portliness, has | a small, black piercing eye, and rather l aquiline nose. He is pleasant in his manner,
 and talks when he has anything to say, but has particular horror of people who expect
 to be entertained by remarks, and especially
 of some who seem to think that they must
 talk nothing but nonsense in his presence. ] He is remarkably domestic in his tastes and
 is blessed with very lovely wife and three | beautiful little daughters. Mrs. Clemens is | a slender, graceful lady of rare beauty, genial, chatty, and charming. She Is the daughter of the late J. TanodOn of FImira