The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-04-30
Alfred Chartz in Carson Appeal.

Alfred Chartz in Carson Appeal.
There will be many who will write of
Mark Twain. The more the merrier.
He was a jolly good fellow. He smooth
ed millions of wrinkles upon millions
OF brows, and placed broad smiles In
lieu.
The articles I have read Of the begin
ming of his literary career are wrong, If
/ am correctly informed. He began his
literary work while employed as a
miner at Aurora. then the county seat
of Esmeralda County, Nevada, writing
sketches of the conditions Of that camp,
to the Territorial Enterprise at Virginia
City, Nevada. then owned. edited and
published by Joe Goodman and Dennis
Mccarthy. the father of our present
State Printer, ]. g. Mccarthy. They
recognized the ability Of their cores
pendent, and Offered him a position as
reporter on the Enterprise, which he &C.
cepted, and he worked with Dan De
Qnille William Wright, who also
earned a fair reputation as a humorist,
both working sideby side on the same
paper.
Mark Twain earned a splendid repu-
tation il writing sketches, the Jump
ing Bullfrog" being credited as the best.
| However, his first book is entitled
"Roughing It." That work contains
most of his sketches formerly written
and stories heard and repeated on "C'
Street, in Virginia City, Nevada, during
the early COS, and at Piper's Opers
House, aud at Steamboat Springs, where
the convivials of that time convived. if
[ may be permitted the use of the word.
James W. e. Townsend. whom we
used to know in Carson as "Lying JIM
always claimed the credit Of having told
Mark Twain the story of 1.-The Jumping
Frog" However that may be. Mark
Twain was the mau who embalmed ii
in prosaic song. / intsnd no reflection
against Mr.. Townsend. He was n OF
the very brightest of our Pacific Coas
spirits OF the early COS. having rounded
the Horn in 1S49. But he contented
himself by telling his experiences in 9
very humorous way. and Mark Twain
wrote his experiences, and Published
them.
1t is my belief that the reputation OF
Mark Twain Samuel L. Clemens) as O
humorist, will not last long as such; but
[ firmly believe that his writings will
dnally establish his name as one OF the
pleasantest and soundest of philosophers
Of the century in which he wrote.
For instance. the following contains a
sample of his humor. sarcasm and
philosophy, combined:
When Twain first met Artemus Ward
at Virginia City. In the early eos. Mr..
Ward attempted to explain to Mr..
Twain the then momentous question,
what is q vein?" Mr.. Ward was max
ing q very bad ''ist' at it. when Mr..
Twain interrupted: "Confound my
wooden head. Mr.. Ward, but the clearer
you make it, the less l understand it,.
Adam Smith, John Stewart Mill.
John Lock. Des Carte. Kant. nor
Spencer aver said more in less than q
chapter.
One Of the peculiar characteristics Of
Mark Twain. told me by Dennis Nc
earthly, then one Of the publishers of the
Enterprise, and by O. A. V. Putnam.
Pete Meyers and Steve ellis. type
settlers on the Enterprise. and who set
the type from the copy Of Mark vain.
is to the effect that whilst MI. Twain
considered the whole world As his oyster
to make fun Of. he would get red hot if
anyone poked fun at him.