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Show t CILL NYU TO MAJOR POND. ChdrMterlsrtic Letter of the Late Lamented La-mented Humorist. More han one successful lecture tar has had to tlmnk Major Pond for his start Ho had keen discrimination ttiitl not Infrequently sour tit out and dragged upon the platform nn obscure Coiiltm who never thought to seo him self before the footlights. Such a genius wai Ilill Nye. When tho ma jor found him ho wns net Inn ns post I master itml editing the Iirnmle Doom ernng over n llvory stable (Walk I down the Alley, Twist the Grny Mule's Tall, Tuko the Rlovntor Immediate lyl") Pond persuaded him to try lecturing lng, and as thero proved to bo both money nnd useful publicity In It, Nye was grateful, nnd used for years to remember tho mnjor with characteristic characteris-tic notes, ouo of which had tho following follow-ing oxlintiitho signature): "Yours with a heart full of gratitude and a system full of drugs, paints, oil, turpentine, glass, putty, nnd ovory thing usually kept In a first class drug store. Hill Nye. "P. S. Open all night." Boston Transcript. |
