The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-02-02

Z Ball Nyes real name, strange 10 relate,
/, William Nye That may not secm sur
prisine. anh yet II IA, fot the adoption oi q
false name is . trait thai literary men and
burglars bear in common. The man wbe
is responsible for this discovery is Eiward
ID, CowAn; who is nov sbadosing james
q. Blaine in Europe 10 the interest Of the
Chicago Ne,es Oowsn was connected with
the Denver Tribune at the same time that
the crimsoncrested pee, Of the Wild West,
Eugene Field, was Illuminating It's pages
la looking over the exchanges Cowan's at
tention was frequently attracted by side
splitting paragraphs which appeared in a
distressd looking sheet called the Laramie
boomerang. Investigation resulted in the
discovery that they were the free oon'ribu'
tions OF Boomerang composi.or named
Bill Nye. o, II. Rothaeker. the editor oi
the Denver Tribune, so dszed the newly
discovered humorist with a magnificent
offer OF salary Of s25 q week, that Nye
left the printing case and plunged 10 the
msddening whirl OF literature,
Now the World is bis syster, and he on.
ly little more than thirty years OF age
and baldhesded at that
When told him that would bold con
verse with him. he looked at me with a
pityin sort Of smile, and said: "Would
you train men to be like meP' "Would
you have Americans become q race OF hu-
moristp How sad thea this world would
bel How dreadful to contemplated Better
nip some OF them 10 the bud aud lessen
the number. All, sir, you do not know
the dreadful responsibility which weighs
me down aud which has made me bald ere
my time Let me confess to you. sir, that
I would not dare to be as funny as | can
The possibilities OF the result are too fear
full to consider, even for moment No,
sir. leave me to carry my burden alone :"
why my dear sir" exclaimed, "this
sort Of thing will never do, 1t is your
at what hour you go to bed, what you
dream Of, at what hour you rise, what you
eat, when and how you work and how
much you pay the butcher weekly Let
the secret OF your humor If you WILL re-
main q secret still.
Well" he said YEARLY, "that which
you ask is easily answered. | pursue a
calm, peaceful uneventful, 10 fact model
life. 40 to bed with the lark and rise
with the evening cock bird. II my
dreams would assume visible form p T.
Barnum would not have been forced to
send to the wilds OF Soudan for brand
new menagerie. / eat when | get chance,
and as for the butcher, have not the hon
or OF his acquaintance. am aware that
this plain unvarnished tale does not agree
with those told by my fellow genuses in
the unfenced field of literature, but it ia
true, and the truth and Bill Nye have
never been strangers. AS for what you
flsttering term my nomor, will only say
that 1t is not carved aut with hsrehet nor
uplifted with crowbar. II simply bub-
bles-- a soapsud, puncturable bubble,
but the real springlike gurgling bubble
that wells up from a heart overlooking
with innocence and guilelessness. That
is the sort OF humorist am But as
intimated before, neither the bored nor
the Morld can afford to have my tribe in
crease"
Lot me add to this what Mr.. Nye's mod
esty would nat permit him to say that he
is good fellow. jolly fellow, and one
who will never close his friend for a
jest" and thus observe to die q beggar
by the bargain"