Try page 113 of the 125thn anniversary edition from the UoCalifornia Press. In that edition it is near the illustration of "An Old-fashioned Break-down." The paragraph begins "You look at the graveyards, that tells the tale." The Child of Calamity is speaking. David On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 6:52 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > An interesting selection as I have been poring over this chapter in my > digging into the history of Cairo. This is the chapter wherein Huck and > Jim pass Cairo. It is also the chapter that contains the restored > material of Huck on the log raft. I have found no references to St. > Louis or Cincinnati, however. > > On 9/9/22 13:23, David Foster wrote: > > Try Huck Finn, chapter16 - the comparison of a St. Louis and a Cincinnati > > graveyard. > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 2:34 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > >> He was not entirely joking. Charles Dickens reports drinking > >> Mississippi River water while in St. Louis. This event with Twain also > >> occurred in St. Louis in April of 1882, at the outset of his return to > >> the Mississippi. Thank you, Taylor, for the reference. It also serves > >> to indicate that the muddy nature of the Mississippi River derives from > >> the Missouri River, often referred to as "The Big Muddy", an appelation > >> mistakenly applied to the Mississippi on occasion. > >> > >> On 9/9/22 10:04, Taylor Roberts wrote: > >>> From LOM ch 22 (surely a joke!): > >>> > >>> 'What is a person to do here when he wants a drink of water?—drink this > >>> slush?' > >>> > >>> > >>> 'Can't you drink it?' > >>> > >>> > >>> 'I could if I had some other water to wash it with.' > >>> > >>> > >>> Here was a thing which had not changed; a score of years had not > affected > >>> this water's mulatto complexion in the least; a score of centuries > would > >>> succeed no better, perhaps. It comes out of the turbulent, bank-caving > >>> Missouri, and every tumblerful of it holds nearly an acre of land in > >>> solution. I got this fact from the bishop of the diocese. If you will > let > >>> your glass stand half an hour, you can separate the land from the water > >> as > >>> easy as Genesis; and then you will find them both good: the one good to > >>> eat, the other good to drink. The land is very nourishing, the water is > >>> thoroughly wholesome. The one appeases hunger; the other, thirst. But > the > >>> natives do not take them separately, but together, as nature mixed > them. > >>> When they find an inch of mud in the bottom of a glass, they stir it > up, > >>> and then take the draught as they would gruel. It is difficult for a > >>> stranger to get used to this batter, but once used to it he will prefer > >> it > >>> to water. This is really the case. It is good for steamboating, and > good > >> to > >>> drink; but it is worthless for all other purposes, except baptizing. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:47 PM Dave Davis<[log in to unmask]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I think no one in their right mind would fill a glass with it -- > except > >> for > >>>> demonstration purposes -- below Minneapolis/St. Paul. (I've seen it > >> there > >>>> -- it is still mostly clear. > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:44 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I suspect I could search this out in his autobiography but Twain-L > may > >>>>> be quicker - Did he ever mention drinking Mississippi River water? > If > >>>>> so, when might this have occurred? This is certainly not something > >>>>> anyone would choose to do today but in the eighteenth > (pre-industrial) > >>>>> century this was considered as quite healthful. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > >>>>> > >> -- > >> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > >> > > > -- > /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > -- [image: AUseal_sig.jpg] David Foster Professor of Political Science Department of History and Political Science Andrews Hall 122 (w) 419-289-5626 [log in to unmask]