Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-25
CARSON FOOTPRINTS.
MARK TWAIN CLEARS UP THE
MYSTERY.
The Plaster Casts Now n, the loan
Exhibition Become Legis-
iative History.

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this city-will be read with interest. MARI
Twain knows all about these footprints
! was there, and tells it as follows
1t may be all very we'll for Professor
Marsh and Professor Harlness to talk
their scientific talk about the Carson foot
prints, and try to saddle them onto thC
primeval man, the Irish elk and other.
WHO are gone and cannot now defend
themselves; 1t may be all very we'll | say
ANA entertaining and within the Just Inn
its Of scientific SANDER and research, but il
| is not moral For | know the cold facts
about the footprints, and know thev were
not made by the primeyal man, or the
Irish elk, or any of that sect; they were
made by the first Nevada Territorial Legs
lature, and ! was there when it was done
1t was done ut the time Of the sine die
| adjournment. 1t had rained rain all the
evening outside, and it had rained whisky
all the evening inSide-inside the fence. /
mean, for there were no buildings in thai
early day-and neither you nor much
older man could have told On which side
Of the fence the weather was the most incle-
ment. | was on both sides of IL and some
times ON it, for brief, uncertain season.
and | couldnt tell. The footprint quarry
where that Legislature sat-stood, while
they could, ] mean-waS dry alllah flat
with i fence arount it, when the rain began;
just dry alkali flat, containing fence-full
of dry honorable alkalied flats from all
over the Territory; and in three hours that
tirst-mentioned flat was absolutely soaked.
To q depth of three inches; and the others
all the way through. | make no excep-
TONS | mean all. | was there, and /
know. So ihe place was just become areg-
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mothers knee And always when he went
forth ranching with all his might
into the pasture amongst the cattle. there
was much hay and straw living scattered
about, and with it much other material
material of plastic nature mud, o.wit
acres of it: and this material and the straw
did of a truth and by custom combine and
form unto him uncreated sandals, as YOU
may say-uncreated,> because not projected
by volition nor wrought by art-nay, they
were but the cumulative achievement of
time-that is to. say. time and patient
neglect And as the prosperous wears
rolled on his sandals waXed. and gathered
grace and style, and also magnitude and
insnmuch that the footprint of
him was like to the footprint of llogshead
which is up-ended in the snow. And be
became a Legislators and also Speaker But
there was jealousy because of the splendor
OF his attainments in the field, there was
rancor because of the sublimity of his sau-
dals. And, besides, there was not room;
for the alkali fiat was circumseribc1 in
area, and he uuiustly occupied space
proper and sufficient for the representation
of several counties: also. he tfod l,uon the
feet of distant members. Those near at
hand could see tbe danger and avoid II
but those who were fttrtIey renewed b9y-
ing no warning. his step being noiseless
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