The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-16
COUNT LESSEPS.
The Distinguished Frenohman Is
Engineered About Salt Lake.

day evening, may be regarded az
% friendly interposition on the part o
y the elements in favor of Salt Lax
d City. Count Ferdinand De Lesseps
U the famous Frenchman, vas pas
Y senger On the train, and to the Ron
\ n arrival of which at Ogden in time Il
. catch the Central Pacific express, Is
Y due tna fact that this city has beer
honored By a visit from the distin'
? guished citizan oil our sister republic
Il was the counts intention to spend
no more time IN Utah than would be
, required for crossing the territory at
Z about thiIty-fve miles an hour,
{ stoppages included, but learning that
e he could not leave Ogden until last
evening, be TOOK the morning
train for Salt Lake, arriving
at 11.40. The party accompanying
the gentleman on his tTanscontinental
travels, consists of the counts
daughter, z years of sge, the bright
and charming little lady whose tiny
finger touched the button which, by
electricity, fred the first blast in the
rock through which the Panama ship
canal is to pass; MN. Binnne, Cou.
vreuk, Galaxy and DaupIat, OF Paris,
and Nathan Appleton, Esq, OF BOs
ton.
The count himself is not only dis.
| tinguished, but is distinguished look
ing. Notwithstanding the fact that
be has lived out the three score years
and ten allotted to man, and is more
than half through another decade, he
is ruddy Of complexion, active and
even sprightly. His face, form and
general appearance do not indicate |
that he is more that 60 years of age,
while his activity, the brightness OF
his penetrating eye and the clear,
iresh tones of his voice are like those
of a man of so. His hair and nous
tschs-the only Whiskers worn-are
of the purest white. The other mem
bers of the party are young men, none
having passed middle life.
Arriving in the city, the visitors
we're at once taken in charge by Prof.
L. e. Holden, who chaperoned them
about town, AID not a moment of the
tour hours that they were here was
They visited several points
Of interest, among which were the
Museum, Coop. stores, cts. The
Count WAS highly pleased with the
collection atthe Museum, and eYinced
a lively interest in the mineral pro-
iucts of the country. In fat, he
many inquiries concern
ng the different Industries of the ter
tory, and seemed astonished that so 3
much had been done here. He sp- |
lea-ed to have fair knowledge OF the
oc'al aud religious affairs OF the ter {
tory, and expressed q desire 10 visit It
1me Of the schools, as be wanted L
} see the youth OF the people, E
oncerning WHOM, and their peculiar
marital institutions be had read so Q
lucb; consequently. the party was e
riven to the Deseret University, d
there Prof. Holden introduced Count q
)eLesseps as the builder of the Suez o
nip Canal - one of the greatest g
works of the age; and t
Tho proposed TO supplement it by u
i'll greater undertaking, the con- a
.ruction of q ship canal across the y
sthmus of Panams. The Count a
len went into the room where DR.. b
ark, principal, was exercising a o
lass of about thirty, in philolgy. Il
Iers DeLssseps spoke as follows in D
rench. Mr.. Appleton INTERPRETING: II
II am very much interested in the a
Of America, and | am 81
9ry much pleased to visit this school v
the City of Salt Lake. 1t is al
peciaIy interesting to me to observe W
g distraction of the young, and q
pccially the instruction of young hi
dies. This is so different q
ON what it is in Europe W
I'D cannot fail to produce a very cl
iarked and very permanent imp1es. n
on upon the rising generations. l 10
n pleased to see the kind ofinstruc
1ns which You are receiving here. l n'
,nsider the schools of the United 10
ates one of the great glories of the al
uotry, and l am so much interested W
them that intend to write book Of
jout them ghen l return to Paris" OF
The visitors next went to Prof. 10
ggs' school in the Seventeenth To
ard, arriving at the time when
iss in geography was exercising. VI
iter observing the class for few N
oments the count expressed desire al
talk to them stout the proposed II
mama canal. He went to the map, Us
d with a pointer traced the route of CIV
g Suez canal, that he had dug ten sh
ars ago, and showed also the posi-
n of the Panama Canal; illustrating
" easy it will be when the canal
built for ships to pass around
3 wOrld-thrOugh the SueZ and
mama canals, without sailing
)und either of the extreme southern
pes or even crossing the equator.
said to the pupils: "As many Of
j are very young, l hope you will 50
e long enough to 20 from the str
cific to the Atlantic through the sts
mama canal, and, indeed, believe on
can have it finished within six tn
3Te. 10
Returning to the Walker House. rel
9 Count, with his party, ate lunch is
d then took the 80 train for Ogden it
d San Francisco. DeLesseps ex- tax
sssed himself as highly pleased with pl;
J brief visit here, and was evidently VIZ
Ii entertained by what be saw and IN
ard. He regretted that want o! tn
ne made it imperative upon him to no
we, as be wouli ike TO have stayed pu
re two o. three days. He Is to sail To
"a New York for France On the tn
st instant, hence be has no time to ca
ter en- route. ag
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