On Nov. 7, Cable wrote to his wife,  “Had a great success in Orange last night.”

November 7 Friday – Sam and Cable gave a reading in Gilmore’s Opera House, Springfield, Mass. Lilly Warner and Livy accompanied Sam to Springfield, but did not continue with him on the tour. Clemens included: “Tragic Tale of the Fishwife,” “Col. Sellers in a New Role,” “A Trying Situation,” and “A Ghost Story,” [MTPO].

Cable reported that the performance was “against terrible odds—brass music & fire-works in front of the hall, vast crowds blocking the streets and cannon firing directly in the rear of the house” [Turner, MT & GWC 51; Nov. 12 to Livy, MTP].