The border vidette., 1903-08-22
HANK MONKS FAMOUS DRIVE.
Horace GreeIey's Stage Coach Ride VlVldly Recalled by an interesting
 Worlds Fair Exhibit.
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 St. Louis Aug. 1S-Hank Monk, the stage driver of the pioneer days in the far West, was immortalized by Mark Twain in his Roughing It." The stage coach in which Hank Monk got Horace Greeley to Placerville ''on tlme," and the gold watch that was presented to the intrepid Jehu be cause of his record-breaking trip will be among the interesting curios at the Worlds Fair, St. Louis in 1904.
 Mir. J A. Warrington, of Carson City, Nevada's executive commissioner to the Worlds Fair, was in St. Louis a few days ago and told Charlie M. Reeves, secretary of the states and territorial exhibits committee, that Nevada would exhibit among other interesting things. these famous Hank Monk relics.
 Hank Monk, as will be remembered by everyone who has read Mark Twain's first famous book, "Roughing It, was the driver who was ;n charge of the stage that carried Horace Greeley into PlacerVille one evening in the latter sixties. Mir. Greeley was booked to deliver an address in that mining village at z o'clock. The trip was tedious and the great editor began to fear that he would not reach Pla- cerville in time to keep his engage ment. He leaned out of the stage window and asked the driver, Hank Monk, if he could not entice little more speed from the horses.
 The imperturbable driver leaned down and replied; "Keep you seat. Horace, I'll get you there on time"
 How Hank Monk kept his word is graphically recorded by MT. Clemens, Probably no trip over the mountains was ever made at such break neck speed. The distinguished passenger was tossed around in the bounding stage coach like corn in pepper and there were those who declared that Mir. Greeley's head was forced through the roof
 The trip was the topic of the entire coast country and some admirers of the celebrated driver bought him handsome gold watch. Inside the case appears this inscription:
 Presented to Hank Monk in con- memoratlon ot hIs celebrated dive in landing Horace Greeley on time. "Keep your seat Mir. Greeley, I'Il get you there on time.'
 At the time of the Greeley ride Hank Monk was in the employ of Dr. J. NJ. Benton, of Carson City. Monk and Benton were close friends and when this old stage driver died the famous watch passed into the posses sion of Dr. Benton. Hank Monk was buried in the cementery at Carson City. A plain sandstone slab marks the grave and in niche cut in the stone may be seen a tintype portrait of the man who got Horace Greeley in "on time"
 Mir. Warrington has secured the watch from Dr. Benton and will have it on exhibition in the Nevada build ing.
 The other Hank Monk relic which will attract even more attention is the same old stage coach in which Horace ! Graala1y I,a fo N,. Warrington was able to secure this and it will Le taken to the Worlds Fair and will be used as the coach of state by the Nevada officials. When distin guished guests reach St. Louis the old coach, with driver of the pioneer days in typical costume, will be at Union Station and convey them to the official Nevada home at the Worlds Fair grounds. Then every day the old coach may be seen dashing down the steep hill from the plateau of states to the mining gulch, where will be constructed typical Califor- mia mining camp of the Forty-nine days. This trip will be made just as it was many years ago when the gold dust was daily taken from the mines to place of safety.
 Mr. Warrington says that Mark Twain is almost worshipped out in Carson City. While he was known only by the name of Sam Clemens the author was a resident of Carson and was employed in a reportorial capacity on paper in Carson owned by Mir. Yerrington's father. Much of the