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Show MARK TWAIN'S EARLY HUMOR Advertisement for Lost Umbrella, and "Hartford" Toast Proclaimed ills Coming Ore.-ttness. In his enrly Hartford days Mark Twain took an active InUrcst In baseball base-ball In common with most of his fellow fel-low citizens, snys Ilnrpor's Weekly. While attending an exciting match ho lost a gold-headed umbrella, which ho advertised In tho lbcal papers somewhat some-what nftor this fushlon: "Lost $10 rownrd. A gold-hendcd umbrella waH lost by tho undersigned on tho grandstand at tho bnsebnll ground on Saturday. It wns probably Stolen from' him whllo ho wus engaged in cheering the I fart fords for their victory ovor tho Provldenco nlno presumably stolon by a red-hcuded, freckled fnco boy nbout 12 years old. For tho body of tho boy and tho umbrella um-brella delivered at my houso on Farm-Ington Farm-Ington nvenuo $10 will bo paid. For tho body of tho boy or tho umbrella separately, $G for either. For tho boy alive, nothing under nny circumstances." circum-stances." This ndvortlBemont was signed with his full nnnie nnd address. At a dinner given by some locnl mercantile or business organization Mr. Clemens responded to tho toast, of "Hurtford." In his speech ho glorified glori-fied the city ns the one placo in the world which provided for every possible pos-sible human need. He said that Hartford Hart-ford wrote llfo luHiirnnco policies to protect men's lives, accident policies to protect their persons, and flro Insurance In-surance policies to protect their future. fu-ture. It nindo guns nnd pistols with which to kill men, but printed books to tell them how to llvo nnd Dlblos to tell them how to dlo. In short, It supplied nil their needs, not only hero but ovon horenfter. |
