[Ads-l] Bat Masterson Quote

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

After "The Pittsburgh Press" appearance an instance was printed in the
"Denver Rocky Mountain News" on February 13, 1898. "Judge" received
credit.

The joke appeared in "Judge's Library" in February 1900 which I
believe reprinted its material from "Judge". But I have not yet
located the appearance in "Judge" itself.

Date: February 1900
Periodical: Judge's Library: A Monthly Magazine of Fun
Number 131

https://books.google.com/books?id=bT4gAAAAMAAJ&q=%22unjust+world%22#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt]
EVERYTHING EQUAL

"This is not such an unjust world, after all, when you come to think
about it," said the old-young man. "Of course the rich people have ice
in summer, but don't the poor get it in winter?"
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 3:33 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> The article title below suggests that he joke might be from the humor
> publication "Judge" but I am
> uncertain.
>
> Date: February 2, 1898
> Newspaper: The Pittsburgh Press
> Newspaper Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> Article: Merry Thoughts of Judge
> Quote Page 4, Column 2
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> "This not such an unjust world, after all, when you come to think
> about it," said the old-young man. "Of course the rich people have ice
> in summer, but don't the poor get it in winter?"
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 3:03 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Same basic joke told in 1898:
>> The Pittsburgh Press
>> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
>> Wednesday, February 2, 1898 - Page 4
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:58 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
>> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Quick response: The ice anecdote was in circulation by 1941. That is
>>> still a late date:
>>> The Age
>>> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
>>> Saturday, March 8, 1941 - Page 9
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>>>> There is a great quotation attributed to outlaw-turned-lawman "Bat" Masterson:  "There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break even for all of us.  I have observed, for example, that we all get the same amount of ice.  The rich get it in the summertime, and the poor get it in the winter."  When I search ProQuest Historical Newspapers, I find articles from the early 1960s claiming that this was found on Masterson's typewriter when he died at his desk in 1921 (he was a newspaperman at that point in his life).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone supply any information about the veracity of this story?  Does it appear in print before the 1960s, and, if so, how far back can it be found?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fred Shapiro
>>>>
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