St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-11
GLAzIER'S GALL IS GREAT.
HIS DISCOVERY or THE MISSISSlP2P5
SOURCE YARN
NOT VET PROPERLY BRANDED.
Selling the Colossal Lie Of the
West to Senator'S, Represents
tiyeS and Cabinet Ministers
The Connection of Paul Beau
lieu With the Big Fake
ciaI Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence of the Globe
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a lie makes
the circle OF the globe while truth is
putting her shoes on"
Who could imagine that in the light
OF the nineteenth century, the vereSt
geographical liar and most egregiOus
upStart pretender in discovery should
have his claim allowed by men of learn
ing and intelligence. And yet this
seems 10 be the case with Capt. Willard
GlaZIer, who Is trying to induce his fell
low countrymen TO believe in him as
the actual discoverer of the true source
of our own Mississippi river-and who.
Ill certain sections of the country, is
amply succeeding.
Only few days ago the Washington
Bureau of the GLOBE was invaded by a
book agent who was so sweet and mod
est and looked so innocent Git was a real
lady book agent that it was difficult to
believe that she had not mistaken her
calling. Your correspondent glanced at
her book: The True Source of the
Mississippi River" by Capt. Willard
GlaZier, together with a sketch of the
life and explorations of the author.
Philadelphia, etc, etc.
1t was the same old OOk. new edi
ton OF humbug, revised in its men
daclty and corrected to the latest date
In its pretentlOuS dishonesty. For a
frontispiece. there stood the full length
liar dressed in buckSkin, and with gun
IN his hand he would probably have been
afraid to shoot if loaded with real pow
der. There was the same old exploded
story of explorations amid hostile tribes
of savage Indians, of moving accidents
by flood and field" of hair-breadtn
escapes-prObably one of the silliest
romanceS ever cOncOcted by the pen of
man.
My dear"-yOur correspondent is fat
and grows old, like Sir John. and is,
therefore, rivileged-''do you get many
subscribers to your bOok?"
Yes, sir. Here is Secretary
Senators -- and --, and ever SO
many members OF congress-"
And she had prodigious list of
American nOtables. The book was eX-
quisitely bound in Russia leather; its
letter press was a model of modern twp
ographic art; its engravings the per-
lection of photo-lithography. The prices
were $3.50 and IS.
DO you make much money by ped
ding this work?'
ION. am doing splendidly. l have
been out two weeks, and nave made
ever so much-more than had any rea-
son to hope for"
You do not know. of course, that
you are peddIing falsehood; and L pre-
sumo it would make no difference to
you if you did, would it?"
Why, Sir" (plaintively) chow you
talk. l think Capt. Glazier looks Just
splendid there"-referring to the pict-
ure-''like real hero of romance, and
IN the book ne tells of his hardships
and dangers among the savages; and
how he found the real source of the
great American river, which had never
been visited before by white man.
The book is certainly a truthful ac-
count never heard any one dispute
its authenticity; did you?"
well, yes, the truth compels me to
say that it is disputed; to say to YOU
that there is no such body Of water as
Lake Glazier, and to assert that the
whole country arond the head waters
of the Mississippi was worn into cow
paths by real tame cOws-tOO tame to
bite Capt. GlaZier when he was up
there or a fishing eXcursiOn-long be-
fore Capt. GlaZier was born. Real alb
stract veracity forces the painful con-
feSSiOn that Willard GlaZIer is fraud
of the deepest purple die; that he is a
misleading, modifying demagogue in
literature, canting humbug i'll his
tory; an uncandid, insjncere, artful.
fictitious disSembler in geography. and
a straightforward all-around liar on
general principles"
A surprised and panied look came
into the angelic face of the little LADY.
But, Sir-wOn't you eXplain?"
mo. madame, lif is TOO short for eX-
plantations. II you will send to the His
torical society in ST. Paul, they will
explain. That is their business This
bombastic piece Of literary charlatanism
mas long since been exposed. If there
was penitentiary for quacks, prison
for literary swindlers, Capt, Glazier
would be confined in it for life. That is
all, madame-good day"
simply grew indignant to escape
easily from the clutches of book agent,
not that was at all mad at Capt. GIaz-
Ter. That very excellent gentleman
simply carries to its EXTREMIST limit the
glorious American privilege of f0oling,
cajoling and humbugging his fellow
citizens and the world at large. Our
free society pays perpetual premium