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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1911

Page

6

Mark Twain's Speech Misfires Before Three Literary Lions

An anecdote from J. M. Colby in the Bookman recounts Mark Twain delivering a skit about three impostors Emerson Holmes and Longfellow to a banquet. The diners, including the famed trio, react with stony stares as Twain struggles to land the joke.

Mark Twain Clemens J. M. Colby Bookman Matt. Twain Mr. Emcerson Mr. Longfellow Mr. Holmes Mark Swann Emerson Longfellow Mr. Emerson

A Quick Change and Wit Save a Captain in War Tales

A fragment from an old Times column recounts General Winfield Scott nicknamed Fuss and Feathers for his temper. Captain C appears as an Irish aide in a Bulls Run era episode, then a joke about apologizing to the general. A Scottish tale has a drunk and a clergyman on Sunday. A Pompadour relative gains the Marquis de Marigny title after a court case.

Winfield Scott United States Army Bull Run Washington Lincoln Captain C Los Angeles Times Mme. de Pompadour Marquis de Vandleres Marquis de Marigny Gaffrin General Assembly of Maryland Circuit Court Baltimore Thomas L. Chuaffinch Caroline County

Parson Outsmarted Cowboy and Wit From Willis

A frontier tale recalls a minister who declines a drink, then fends off a cowboy and floors him with a punch. It ends with the cowboy’s cry that the parson was “chockful of fun.” Also recounted is Nathaniel Willis’s witty note reply to a critical aunt and a garbled garden party message from Mr Gasley and Michael the gardener.

Chancey M. Depew Yale Ife Far West Parson Dion Willis Nathaniel Parker Wills Washington Mr. Campbell Nat Willis

Willful misunderstanding over board of agriculture chair

Sir John Sinclair pressed Pitt to make the president of the board of agriculture a peer. Pitt agreed and appointed Lord Somerville to succeed Sinclair. Sinclair lamented the change, exclaiming it was a willful misunderstanding of the arrangement.

Pitt John Sinclair Board of Agriculture Hts Sinclar Sir John Sinclair Lord Somerville

Diggles Prank at Quakers Meeting and Lawyer Fireside Tale

Two vignettes from English college life and Albany lore appear in this excerpt. Diggle and Barham press a pie on a Quakers assembly, while Senator Fiero recalls a raw night among lawyers by a fireplace in Albany. The humor hinges on bravado and a blunt, deadpan setup.

Diggle Barham Quakers’ Meeting House William Pierson Fiero Catskill Albany Germans Egypt Japan Africa Asia Hell New York Herald

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