The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-11
A Morning Ride.
Editors Herald:

mornings is pleasure few can
afford to miss. Leaving town at
5 30, we "steered" our animals to one
OF the smooth drives to be found any
where east of the State Road and
striking gallOp rode away from
under the mantle of dust and smoke
with which the CITY was covered.
We soon felt the cooling breeZes
from the snOw-clad Wasatch range,
and every sound was a token of
quiet and pleasure. The many birds
OF song warbled forth their praises to
the Great Creator and the wild flow
ers with which the fields arerife, send
forth their fragrance to mingle with
the praises of the birds, causing US
to forget the labors of the past
week with those of the week to
come.
Horseback riding has been ex-
tolled by many as a health-giving
exercise, but as INDUCED in by the
majority of the store FRANKS" ETC., it
does not amount to this so-called
health-giving exercise. Riding is
generally INDUCED in during the
beautiful twilight with which we
are favored. The streets at this
time are dusty and murkV, and the
amount of real estate one takes
into his lungs is not conducive
to health. The suicidal desire to
edo" an equestrian act up and down
Main street prevents many from
harvesting the benefits of this most
delightful exercise. As we rode
along drinking in the sweets of
nature and anticipating a good old
time breakfast we caused our horses
to earess the earth more emphatic
ally until we arrived at the delight
full spot known as "Murphy's. 4"
Dear Reader, this is not the beam
ing Ed. Murphy of occidental fame. }
We found everybody moving about
the farm. Even the prOverbial
small boy was there with his toy
pistol downing" imaginary red
skins while his elder brother
downed tn fragrant luceane.
After sd&hg our horses cared for
we were called to breakfast, and
such breakfast words are useless
and l will forbear. Mr.. Jesse E.
Murphy is the proprietor of this
miniature garden of Eden, and did
every thing possible to make our
visit pleasant. After breakfast he
invited US to inspect his bees which
we did with care and consideration
for the comfort of the busy bee.
This gentleman had in his apiary
last fall 1Ol stands of bees. At the
time Of our visit last Sunday
morning he had five stands
in a pretty healthy condition.
This terrible death rate is not attri-
buted to the absence o. a sewerage
system, but to the poisonous fumes
from the Horn Silver and other
smelters situated to the westward
on the U. G. r. r. Early in the
evening, a volume Of smoke slowly
crawls toward the mouth of Parleys
Canyon, depositing its poiSons upon
the clover blossoms, from where it
is carried to the hives. There can
be no doubt as to the injurious
effect of the smoke, for on either
side of its track bees thrive, and al
a distance Of one and a half miles
no losses are reported
Mr.. Murphy opened several OF
his hives, and in almost every case
they had been deserted by the work.
erS, or served only as a sepulchre fol
the valuable bugs. We were next
shown through the extensive cellar,
in which is stored portion of last
years product, amounting to 1,50C
pounds of crystaliZed honey, with
1000 pounds TO be taken from the
frames in the deserted hives. A
simple, vet effective "Sun EXtrac.
tor" wa+ explained by the owner
who constructed the machine
himself. In appearance, the
extractor resembles a small sized
show case on stills, covered with
glass, and having wire gauZe table
upon which is placed the comb
with ample room Tor the honey be-
low, the box makes one of the mOst
simple and effective separators We
have seen. This loss Cf bees anC
consequent shOrtness in honey may
not effect the market any, but it is
severe on those whose energy and
perS ;verence led them to care fol
and nurse, so to speak, the bee grow,
ing interests in this county. After
calling OF different friends in the
vicinity we started homeward, sat.
ished that a more hospitable and
jovial community than that of Mil
Greek Ward would be hard to find.
GID.