The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-22

the Cumberland river in Tennessee. Next
they travelled to Missouri, passing 80.
Louis, then city Of 10000 souls, for
what seemed 70 them a land Of brighter
promise. They settled III Florida. ham.
let, described BY the author ia lat4F
years "a the settlement that just di-
vides the desert from The town
II was there hat TIE future Mark
Twain was born, and here il was also
that Ia first encountered that caprici0us
fate, which d the age Of three years
foretold the anomalies Of his career
His father an absent minded s0nl~-
wary Of the seant opportunities afforded
by bis surroundings migrated from
Florida without Thought Of the little hn-
man baggage who laughed and cooed IN
the delightful occupation Of mudpie
baking III the sum bathed garden. obliyi-
ous 70 the disappearance Of the household
eavaleade across the sky line Two or
three hours later a relative found the
eomplaeeut yonnpster, overlook the par
ents On the wagon road 10 Hannibal, and
reminded them III no uncertain terms 81
theeonsequeneee o. Snchearelessness Who
knows but This incident was the turning
point II little Samuel's life the inan-
enee that set IL motion that remorseless
pendulum Of fatef
The father served for some wears as
magistrate in Hannibal, was elected
county Judge but died ID ls47 without
assuming Office, His death marked the
end Of The youths Systematic education
which had previously been Indifferent,
owing to his uncertain health
A brothers pfintshop became his high
school At intervals, shortly after he
was IL years old he edited the little
newspaper 70 the amazement Of the sub
scribers and the discontinue Of the elder
brother. whose responsibility as publisher
bore the brunt Of hostile complaints
against the personal journalism" Of the
juvenile
Time and again IN leisure hours. The
boy was ished out 81 the river almost
drowned, but the fond mother ont Of her
utter confidence in his future would re-
mark each time. AIt Is no matter. One
who Is born to be hanged Is surely safe
in the water
Stricken with sudden fit Of inherited
vanderbilt, Young Clemens disappeared
from Hannibal Fl 1851 BY this time he
was accounted it itinerant typesetter.
Bv dint 81 hard work and The saving IL
money for travelling expenses, he saw
the worlds fair At New York and visited
all the eastern cities but was finally
compelled, BY financial stress, 10 seek
cover near home.
AZ keoklik he apprentieed himself to
Capt Bixhy "a learn tile infinite mrs.
teries 81 steamboat plotting. Those were
the DAYS when the wheelnien OF Misssis-
sippi river packets were accounted
princes. Their dress was at once the ioy
ard perplexitv Of the river towns. They
carried gums and fought their way hy
8 singular code 0f honor Up and down
the mystic river famed fog rs eapririans
habit 81 changing beds over night. n
Tom SAWYER Hnckleberfy Finn.
Puddin' Head Wilson. and Life on
the Mississippi which eame from BIS
pen ID later years, every Incident Of this
vanishing estate y dweit upon lovingly
n the midst Of this phase 81 his career
the Civil war WAS declared. and born 81
slave.hoiding psrents the vouih pioted
bis boat through tile bloebades 10 the
North and Joined The Confederate army
This army experience lasted two weeks
VIXEN he resigned assigning the cause 10
,incapaeity by fatigue through persist
ent retrestiHa'
Returning % Hannibal be Joined his
brother. Orion. who bad accepted the ap.
n8intment a. first secretary IS the new
territory IT Ne9ada Samuel accepted
fhe private seeretaryship which his
brother explained va y good job, with
nothing to De and no salary.
st Virgins City. Young Clemens
amused himself by writing iettsrs g tie
Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, and
was finally engaged ~ legislative core
spondeni at Carson CITY, T0 these TIT
tiers be FIRST signed the name Mark
Twin. which he adopted from tie Old
Mississippi river term for i two fathQm !
sounding
0ne q dis barhed literary shafts struck /
q vital spot ii the emotions 81 Editor
Laird If the Virginia Union Tie latter
q duel as 4 saiVe To his honor. /
Colts faVeYers being the only available |
weapons Twain sought oHi t ~ proposed
dueiing grounds far practice, eSpsndiug
ETA enormous amount AZ ammunition and
hitting everything but he mark AL the8
hour 81 the meeting Mark was
laking 4 last practice shot. when luck
ms bird colided with i random bullet. /
Laird, from afar oT saw Tie decanitated
bird In its fall to the ground and lost /
ne time making tie apologies necessary
To the abandonment Of thu duel.
HE authorities however. we're not sat
isfied and determined to make an exam
ple q those Who broke the law fogbidaing |
the acceptance Of dual challenge. As
4 result, Mark Twain and the eanspifa.
tors were hustled across the border into
firing of his berth al CITY editor of /
tile San Francisco Call. Mark Twain pen.
etfated Tho sieFras ia search of gald. but
being Inapt as d prospeetoF. lie sailed /
for Hawaii is correspondent Of the Sac
ramento Union arriving iAst IN time to I
report the sensational burning Of tie
clipper Hornet, which was his first real
scoop
After i six months stay lie returned I
To California and Joined TIE Quaker CitV /
excursion 10 the holy land 81 representa-
tive IF Alta California. Oh fhis. one al /
tie FIRST personally conducted world I
tours. Mark Twain obtained the material /
which found its way into aInn0mnfs I
Abroad BIB firss real Introduction To 1
the world III literature. Another fateful /
influence upon his life was furnished III
The Quaker City excursion through his
Miss Olivia &. Lanalon III Fl L
mira. n. X. In 1870 they were hurried
and throughout one Of the most ideal /
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