In 528 A. D., when Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee was condemned by King Arthur's Court to be burned at the stake, he saved his life by a Yankee trick. Knowing that a solar eclipse was imminent, he predicted the end of the world, got himself a saving reputation as a magician. Last week, with another solar eclipse imminent (April 7), another court scratched a match, lit a fagot for the Yankee from Connecticut. This time it was the Connecticut Public Welfare Council, which proclaimed: "The typical Yankee seems to be disappearing from...
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