January 5 Monday – Sam rose at 6 AM and took a train to Louisville, Kentucky (Cardwell says 8:15 AM train [34] ). They stayed at the Galt House. At 4:30 they went to a reception at the Louisville Press Club, and a stop at the Pendennis Club [Cardwell 34].

In the evening, Sam and Cable gave a reading at Leiderkranz Hall. En route, Cable wrote to his wife Lucy about distractions in the audience during performances:

The other night, in Hamilton, O., a man with creaking shoes stalked out of the hall in the midst of one of Mark’s numbers. You know I told you we had decided to give any such person’s a shot across his bows. So Mark calls out in the most benevolent & persuasive tone, “Take your shoes off, please; take your shoes off” — to the great delight of the applauding audience [Turner, MT & GWC 82].

The Louisville Post, p1: “A Great Humorist / … Mr. Twain Gives Some Information Concerning Himself and Partner—How He Met the Reporter and the Instructions He Gave.” Sam talked about the struggle for international copyright [Scharnhorst, Interviews 68-70].

Henry Watterson wrote from Louisville inviting Sam & Cable to take pot luck the next day [MTP].