Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1895 — Two Versions of an Anecdote. [ARTICLE]

Two Versions of an Anecdote.

The following anecdote is now go»ing the rounds: “When Harry Miner went to the Democratic convention he stepped up bo the desk in the office of one of the hotels in Syracuse, with hisfaithful latest importation from England, bringing up the rear guard. He registered: ‘II. C. Miner and! valet.' The next man to register was a brawny son of Erin, with his traveling bag in hand. He took up the pen and registerered with a flourish: ‘Michael Murphy and valise.’ It's a cold day when you can get ahead of an Irishman. " That is the way the New York Sun puts it. The Chicago Tribune presents it thus: “Richard Harding Davis, steppingup to the register of the Bryn Mawr Hotel recently, reported his arrival in this form : ‘Richard Harding Davis and valet. ’ Barclay H. Warburton, driving up shortly afterward on his tally-ho, and inspecting the latest inscription in the book, wrote beneath, it: ‘Barclay Harris Warburton and! valise.' ’’ Evidently this is one of the patent reversible anecdotes that are warranted to fit any locality or climate*