The sun., 1896-02-25

Ell Perkins Relates IIis Ideas and Coueiu-
eions Rcspcctinr the Lnto Bill Nyo.

| Nve waa then practising Inv md making his
ar,t renu,a,ion AZ "A bumorist through cditori-
nls and paragraphs in his weekly Boomerang.
These editorials yero irresistibly quaint. Every
one wns reading his newspaper and every ono
loved the GENIAL writer lie mover had but ono
enemy. and that was the editor OF the Demo.
| crntic ucwsnoper across the way This man
| saw nothing funny in Nyc He wasted columns
weekly calling Nyc. to his great amusement
I'm IDIOT and n crack drained rnttlesnakc editor
| from Moosch,nd Lake"
| Bll Nyc was then as ever afterward, deli
cntc and retiring man. When | asked him why
the rival editor called him such names he said :
| well. he is n Democratic editor and has to
| be precise in his statements. ] wns born on
| Mooshcnd Lake In Maine, anil grew up among
the Indians and rnttlesnakes " the West"
Il see you are n lawyer as well as nm editor"
| snid.
| YES practiscd law about a year, but" he
| added, without changing = muscle. nobody
knew much about 1t here; 1 kept 1t very quiet I
have been Justice Of the Peace III Laramie for
six years"
| Did you ever marry any one?"
| "Oh. yes. married my vito. and after that
used to marry others and then try them for
other offences"
| Noticing that tho humorist had very white
| teeth. remarked upon their regularity and
whiteness. and asked him what kept them so
white.
80. that's natural" he said. "All teeth re-
main white If they are properly taken care OF.
| or course | never drink hot drinks, always
brush my teeth every morning and evening,
avoid all acids. and. although am 80 years old.
my teeth are as good as ever"
| And this is all you do to keep your teeth
whitcf" asked
We'll. yes that is. barring tho fact that I
| NM ,h.,, T., n ,,ss of s,t, u,tor ,i,h,s"
f'S '''N' 80 s''' va S"A' ""'>' ''Shss'
The attention of the public vas first called TO
the humorists writings on account of his vlror.
| Vu' 10 i"s''"' ms '"neu"so ~ w"' oi 'n' wiz
YVES, order, For example: , The ] professor OF
| to ,he n,nm,rono and osr ed ,ho .di,nr th. onos.
,ion .Wh", '.Iv is ,sra,nrs," @ "' '"'''' 'A' 40''
ing half as ths columns @ of no the
Boom'rana what is literature? Cast your
eye over these logic-imbued columns. you sun
"t,eu savan' 1 from the remote precincts. Drlnk
at the never-failing Boomerang springs OF for
so.'ea ,ose you arops'eal n wars OF taIse ana
| s,... u' 20 I,''''Ha''o'l. ne"l 'ur Aaafess 10
shattered Venus De Milo If IL % YOU wan. ' to fiji III
UP your thirsty soul with hiph.priced literature.
Don't 90 around 'b bunSsr,n tor
your eyes are closed and your capacious ears arc
filled with bales of hay"
Years after Bret liarte's Truthful James
poem written. Edgar W. Nye commenced
signing bis articles mn Nyo" NJ W. aI-
,, l.' ~ n''t tSo' -if' ->se a.
| ways considered the best joke over perpetrated
by an English newspaper was when the London
Nf"s came out with serious editorial saying
that bill Nye" was n real character. Then
| Mr. Nye got out his scrap book and read this
serious editorial from the London Neus:
Fever celebrity were attained unexpectedly.
| W" w, Truti Ell ~ H Mms may thrust upon PHI
| however that the innunerable readers OF Mi
imo.,'n i,rot rinr'n 81, neatnen th,nee may have
,,s,nEsI w,rsI s Mya ""a an sin TO 9e purely
nararnd a, u,' 20 iar as the former IS
ronrerhcu. m @ any surh conGinsion now appears to
ima,,nm uToI ,n I,r"nu"os. bIi' aye Il no more
the name n, & Of the organ which he" runs" savors
doub, about the matter far the Wasbinstnn ns mo
to,rrespo1nnSen' OF the NCw York T,ib@nms @
! W. hppn hhp1,eu VI. hne -"tn lnst. that Hill
ernmrt au Ii as post dnaSr ne Coy
nss,ie s 1m5, 15 M!oinins territory. ana ~ editor
pnstmaS,err anr on. IN reterence 70 actlng
OF him ns Pns,mas,er nt mppolhtmehG IN, en-
onnnnrnt of Al, Sin "r,tas nI nv t, Lutn,e cty, tne
os i,ta " Al Sn Mr!eS ah extremely hum9r-
ing ms chicl or his opinion that his appoint
and wronr npp "i truth over error
,ad En.y say IN ,ne nation onward march
tnn tommru Po,,''Gai pur'tS ana perfection don't
nEois hHow "nen n nave noticed any stride IN tho
ama,rs , Oh state when has SO thoroughly Inn
pivsieu pi ny VIII ~, ~, Wisuom. In this quiet
strain a or banter ltlll Nye continues to the end
OF OF MS s letter Which SUGGESTS the opinion that
TWhateScI tnc onclai plailncations OF the new
iustmteter may pr. the lhhhbiants or Laramie
NY must nave very readable newspaper in
thc bd"D H"Wt'uh0
During the preparation OF my book "Einps
of Platform md pr,,;, :, NJ W, 80. -.
-. h'' -'9' eeh' the
copy OF us lecture. winch appears In the book
with eighty other lectures by Artemus Ward
Eugene Field. Mark Twain Sasbv Hurdet,e
~, n.,,, -"A A""' -'"'o'' oufoel'o'
JOSH b'ii'hes' &c.
On one occasion Mr. Nye sent me the following
note which ,,,o. n ,ruo h;s,o. - III -,
va .,.
the NON, ii, iJuIr of Riu Swn i S''tio ~. 70
fully reply that did not do SO at all
. NY nrst work WAS done on "A Territorial paper
and Wns NOT sinncd r1 so,,s me ."eMe Nv years ago,
lack of II. provoked some comment and two or
!hree personal encout"rs Other papers began
nan,es wer. os;,nh ), Hit"msio'e anu various
among them Henry Nye, James Sye Robert
Aye; &c., and general discussion arose. in which
, uiu no' u"he hHilu. Inc result was COM