The text of the speech from which the Quayle quote might have been paraphrased is in Paul Fatout, Mark Twain Speaking. [University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 1976,] page 94 "Introductory Remarks [Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875]". According to Fatout, the church made $600. See also the Hartford Courant, May 13, 1875. "Spelling Match and Festival."