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Show MARK TWAIN'S EARLY HUMOR Advertisement for Lost Umbrella, and "Hartford" Toast Proclaimed His Coming Qrcvtiiess. Iu his early Hartford days Mark Twain took un nctlvo Interest In baseball base-ball In common with most of hts fellow fel-low cltlzons, says Harper's Weekly. While attending an exciting match ho lost n gold-headed umbrella, which ho advertised In tho local papers somo-what somo-what after this fashion: "Lost $10 reward. A gold-headed umbrella was lost by the undersigned on tie grandstand nt tho baseball ground on Saturday. It was probably Btolen from him whllo ho was engaged In cheering tho Hartfords for their victory over tho Providence nine presumably stolen by a red-headed, ' freckled face 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 nvomio $10 will bo paid. For tho body of tho boy or tho umbrella separately, $5 for either. For tho boy alive, nothing under nny circumstances." circum-stances." This advertisement was signed with his full name and address. At a dinner given by somo local merenntilo or business organization Mr. Clemens responded to tho toast o7 "Hafffc-nT" In Tils speech ho glorified glori-fied tho city as tho ono plnco In tho, world which provided for evefy poa-slblo poa-slblo human need. Ho said that Hartford Hart-ford wrote llfo liifiurnneo 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 made guns nnd pistols with which to kill men, but printed books to toll them how to llvo nnd nibles to tell them how to illo. In short, It supplied all their needs, not only hero but oven hereafter. |