The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-03
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE MouNTAINEER.

MEssRs. EpiToRs:--My name Is Shippefcp.
Sam shipperclip, u you plra,e, And l'lItell you
The reason why | write to Tie Monntaineer.
Talking Of the Mountsffeer. rather like lheI
name. What's ina namef Well, I shan,t dis
cuss that q-ies I'm. But ihiak nobody can say
that the Mountaineer IL not fitting name for a
Utah newspaper. For are we not all mountain
GERS In Ibis region, from necessity or cboicefl
Well, we are. There is certain, or rather nn-
certain. but Gar from nnatttSciIye, air OF romance
associated withthe idea Of monntaineer. We
ilnagine rough, sturdy, brnsqne, Iyrx.eyed. in-I
dependent, wide awake, who-eares-ior-y you,
lresdy-for thing sort Of fellow, a beng per-
ffctly al home al council, a dance, chase, or
aaglr Now whether your paper viii carry out
such an idea, shall not pretend TO foreteil. Bat
/ I wish 10 ask one question Did any body eSer
hear OF a race Of menntaineers being conquered
while They stuck togelher2 Talking Of sticking
ttqGathsr. sea ihs MealtAinest hss sst iiLiis'
lea Of that, for apPtafs on the principle pf .
1thrse-ioId cord, which folks say h NOT easily
broken But as 10 the tra,hoi thai saying, 4
depends on what sort Of cord yon are talking
Eabpnt. Now some kinds Of cord never will
breeI, aud others, no matter how many folds, are
always breaking. There are accord and con-
1cord, two very good kinds Of cord, and when
well nsed are not liable 70 break. And there IL
discord, The Wors possible kind Of cord, no mall
Ter how many folds, for, The more folds there airs
1.-The more That cord will break. In fact, Il never
saw hui die Of that sort Of cord ,inm my life, That
was not broken 81 To bis Now don't lie up Tie
Mountaineer, nor any Thing about your ofice,
vi that kind Of cord for il will do you no good
/ Itispoor rotten stuff. When you see bit shoni.
! kick Il out Of DOORS ard I wish You could kick
every Bit Of il entilely out Of these mountains,
land Keep II OFT. The folks away of there IN the
lower country like that kind Of cord. and | wish
They would keep alto themselves They sre
welcome 70 H.. They say they can't gel along
/ without IL. Well. tsstes differ, i don't envy
1them. But what do you think They swear,
lily The powers, They'll make rs have some here
/ Viii they, iodssd7 Ws'lt see about that. How
ever, Il We do get some, AZ far rs am concerned
we'll make them bling ton their own shoulders.
and ! guess il will be heavy enough 10 mlTe them
and strong enough 10 hang them, rotten IS Il ID.
But the best way To keep that Kind Of foreign
cord away is Tor everybody IN these mountains 70
i make an abundance Of the other two kinds Of
cord mentioned, and thus encourage home
msnnfsctuIe, which i always better than foTeign
4 made, Imported articles, which are generally
miserably poor concerns. Now it we 60 into
this thing with will, their dSeord won't sellfOr
1..cost and freight,'' nor acost" either. The
Iwretcbed vendors viii be glad 10 give lhelr poor
darnsd stuff away, but nobody viii have II st
thar price even, and we'll soon GET altogether
clesr OF II. ~
Well, declare! have written all this and
have quite forgotten 10 say why EsIo,s II ell a.
4 II promised. Now, then, for IT. When ! 90,
hold Of yoarpapsr, ItoOk il home, right straight.
ls'Mns Shipperclip," says ], .l'ys got a new
i paper.,, whats thst7'' says she. "The
MoantAIneer,. says +. .'Wsll. what . name, =
says she. "Tae names good CROUCH" says ],
& "foE am . moantaiueeT, and you are a noun.
tainesr, and th4 little Shippercips are mountain.
GERS, and the countfy 10 mountainous, and one
thing just suits another =: s.Nho gets II upP'
says she. .Msssrs. Rlair, FefgusOu, and Stout
'lsaysI. "What are they going 70 put in i'l'saSs
she. IS Why, We shah see every week ~ Il comes
on, p says J. "Wetl, you must read Il 70 me, !"
d says she. =. ...:s -. -
So iherenpou fell A.rsAding to her, and con-
tiuued ~ Igot tired swell. Sam saiPpsreiiP, 2
says she, 'tyah might write 10 the editdls aud
tellthem that We ike the paper, especially Tie
big prin' Politics don't care siFawfor. Bot
hope they'll Pu, IN all sbOu, the robbsriss and