Show I 1 I 1 MARK 11 TWAIN S 8 DOMOR DOt TOll I 1 gibson the original odthe of the medical mm man in u innocents alrod I 1 boston herald dr william 31 gibaut who died in la jamestown pa not long ago was the original of the doctorin 1 mark twaine twains innocents abroad dr A reevea jackson formerly I 1 I 1 of Strands burg now of chicago I 1 I 1 who was a member of the excursion party haa has been accredited with being the original of the char acter 1 I had bad it from the lips of mark alark twain himself says a prominent r resident of this city that dr gibeon gibson was the doctor of tho etory story I 1 I 1 was wits etli editing ting the times at Sha sbarra roia mercer count county y at thac that time it wag was ten years ago mark alark twain I 1 came to that place to lecture and he be and I 1 became very well ac quainter quain ted some time afterward he be r returned to sharon and pent spent several I 1 r daye days with me I 1 gave a dinner 4 in his honor bonor and invited a number of prominent citizen citizens to meet him supposing aa as a matter of course that the two fellow voyagers would be pleased to see one another and I 1 recount incidents of their trip I 1 in in cited dr gibson alo also his residence t being but a few milea miles from sharon I 1 told twain that I 1 bad had invited the doctor expect expecting inz to be rewarded with great approval from the great humorist on the contrary he look a bit glad and shaking hia his head eaid said in in that mij eiith th ing drawl of his well all right I 1 tin suppose eup p pose but I 1 dont know bow gabaon and I 1 will get along together 11 we dont speak peak 11 that wai was a set setback back for me and the only hope that I 1 had was that dr gibon gibson would be moved by the delicacy of the situation and stay away but he he came as big as life he ila speak to twain and a twain speak to him ibe the consequence was that what I 1 had counted on to be one of I 1 the most delightful and enjoyable ol 01 occasions and one long to be re with pleasure by my fel lowi citizens and myself was wa stupid u pi beyond description the doc doctore tor s presence cast a damper on the whole I 1 proceeding although he was a companionable companio and desirable person to 10 have in any gathering mark twain made no speech and eaid said nothing funny fundy two or three of my friends tried to throw a little spirit into the occasion occasion by neat speeches and happy allusions but it wae was of n no use the dinner was a failure an and we e arose from the table at least I 1 did feel feeling irig as if the party bad been a funeral and that we were the chief mourners twain afterward told me what the trouble was between him and arid the doctor As it it related in in in enocents abroad on one occasion during the trip a committee w was as ap pointed P hinted to present an in address tot to the czar of russia mark alark twain wrote the address and gave it to the committee to copy the committee tore it all to pieces with changes of their own subsequently the doctor went to twain and mado made a modest sug bug ge stion iclet let me take that address of yours he be eaid isaid and land ill copy it off I 1 ill I 1 sign sign my name to it and you sign youra yours and well ignore the committee and present it ourselves the disinterested proposition 0 was not accepted by the humorist and when he be wrote the book he be gave the doctor away by relating the in in aident that made gil gilfou on angry never got over the death of dr gibeon gibson brings to mind the fact that the original of sir oracle in innocents abroad was thea then and still ie is a resident of in the tile person of t the he hon jacob S holden lie ile was Al minister mister to sweden under dent buchanan dr gibson left a fortune of sa 4 he ile had just erected a monument to himself at a cost of |