New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
MARX TWAIN'S MONUMENT TO ADAM
UNFOLDING HIS Plan AT TLMrRA-rHE SULLIVAN

MOSUMENT-NOrEs.
lFRoW AZ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENCE oP THE TRIBUNE
ELMRA. July l7.-Samuel L. Clemens Mark
Twain. whose summer home is OF L Isc HI, overlook
n cty. arrived VIII his family srVcra "e"A7
ago and became the immediate neighoor OF the Rev
Thomas X. Beecher. The worst thing that has gone
against grain with Mr. Clemens is the fact that ne
feels the years stealing him and IS not az spry as
formerly while his igbOrs who years ago we're III INC
background far a. boyishness was concerned are
showing Gp the best Advantage The straw tAAI 0o'
on Mars shoulders the heaviest was the presence OF
Rabbi Bcecher a tricycle. the next mornnz "CAn u
be possible said the humorst. that Tom beecHef -
'roughiug Il on wheelma-s p
But tie fact too apparent. and when Mt beecAer
mounted his wheeled steed next morling % rlio
the club where ne intended - eKnio A's
ski n healthy" game or billiards, Marx could ''sn
It no longer weight OF years and c0ncuueu
that az time was uncertain would act at once ana
alone and carry OF the ranest schees taAt Nc
Was placed on til. rough perform the erection
OF MS great foretather. Adam Ihis pro-
iect was conceived several years by Mr. Clemens AM
Mr. Beecler. several models were examined. nut mono
al tao requirements and were rejected
AMI thus the rested It seems that NJ Clemens
had the monument bee IN his when he came mere
this and expected enlist Mr. Beecher IN tAe
cause, but since Mr. Beecher become 50 modern oy
the riding Of a"wheelnag.s," Twain doesn't tAlAA II
would DO appropriate FOR Beecher 10 medile Win any
thing so ancient Mr.. Clemens anu lAinly "cu. "o's
about weeks agO going Duluth aud thence down
the MIssssipp to Davenport, where they are no" visit
ing his aged mother When Mr.. Clemens returns 9"
Elmra H. Is understood that the erection OF memorial
10 Adam anI Eve Will surely take place. - ,
speaking OF monuments recalls tAo great u1y -D'
Elura when IN August. 1879, TIE memOrai 10 Hsho'
JOuu sullivan. OF Revolutionary iainc was uhNrllc" "
Las Hli. about miles southeast or TINS eitV. \
great OF people attended the eXercisrs lhc.uun-
General sherman and many other mIi arr men 4-io &
war the Nations anu General -uhYaus lsH 'u9
campa IN through valley recalled by the orators
ana monument tue gallant soldier Was rrlerIeu
nttng Tribute 10 the memory Ol the great lu.s
fighter. these Outbursts OF eoquence were Vl .no
strreotYed 0rdor and Of referred 10 me Oeau
shaf. Should the orators o. mat Occa7iOH vs..
sullivan monument they would NOT rrlrI ~ J..
beautiful, contrary. their praise wOal luln -.
disgust for the dirty pie OF common rough quarry
and mortar has been gradually crumDhng away, II l.
with mud sreaks aud stains aud IN genera ~
pearance The monument erected seven years ago VVAS
Ike the ruins OF a shaft built IN the DARK Ages -
During the weeks Lees circus tent mas "orH
pitched tho Gregg lot IN Madson-ave ana its sc
and general arrangements strongly remind tAe oiues ~
habtanis OF "Dan Rice one horse show" the circus
aud ts followers starred for NiilansDort thursday.
The matched trottlug race between sooner, horse
having record OF pa aud owned by Morris Gladke, OF
this city Jennie IT,. New York trOtter took place
the Mape-sve. course on Thursday AFTERNOON. III
first jackson. driver Of Jennie. hnd 10 Drhs
the almost "A walk not 10 distance 7ootel
The second heat different however for -pouher MAJ
serious time with The mare and lost The thlru 80
and fourth heats the same the last Mrhtohe"'
and Sooner took the nna heat and race.