Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-10
A CHILD OF NATURE.
A Young Lady CompelS Her Friends to
BlindfOld Her, IN Order to Get Her
on the Cars.

bllnNtOlu Her, In Order to Get Her
on the Cars.
Many of our readers have doubtless
read sic Huron; on, FIngenue,"
work published in France in the time
Of Louis XIV, whose excellence Sc
cured for it place in the boudoir of
every woman of letters and in the
library of every scholar and writer
of that day. At that time French
was universally recognized as the lam
guage of literature and diplomacy, and
thorough knowledge of it was inds-
pcnsable to polite intercourse. Ev-
erybody that was anybody therefore
read the book. The authors inten
ton was to show the feelings and ac-
tons of child Of nature, when sud-
denly brought in contact with cult
waited people in the then center of
highest civilization, to wit: the court
at Versailles.
The principal character or ''hero"
was young Indian of the Huron
tribe, which lived in Canada. This
young Huron was captured, deccntly
clothed in furs, and carried to France,
where the mildness of the climate COM
PEELED him to throw off his hairy COW
erlng. After much opposition he was
finally got into a suit of clothes and
taken to court, where he was. of
course, the cynosure Of all eyes. His
behavior was of the strangcst. Tn
used to the ways of the world, he
never repressed his feelings, whether
of joy, sorrow, love or hatred, and he
soon became SO unbearable that he
was imprisoned until he could be given
some education. About the time that
he completed his education he died.
the restraints of civilization having
proved fatal to him.
This work is recalled to mind by Il
recent occurrence. \ young lady
well known on Wood River, who was
born and raised in Idaho, and had
never seen a steamboat or railway
car, recently left for a trip south. and
much interest was expressed here bv
her friends as to her first impressions
of the outer world. She ALWAYS
eylnced snch an even demcanor and
regarded every event SO st ideally, that
many friends believed she would pass
as an old traveller, but letter just re-
ceivcd from her escort proves that
young lady, even one Of ldaho's fair
est, and one that can calmly regard
the wild Indian on the warpath, is un-
equal to the occasion of calmly pass
ing through the surprises of modern
progress. She became sl>ittiSh at the
approach Of the evening lightning cx-
press with its great bull's-eyc head
light, and actually pranced when the
train neared the depot and blew
long, shrill whistle. Her friends
could not quiet or coax her, and fin
ally, rather than be left, they blind
folded the young lady, and by main
force landed her safely on tie train.
The letter remarks that it was fortu-
nate the windows We're so small, as
she frequently attempted to oct out,
and could not be convinced that the
telegraph poles, the hills and houses
were not all whirling past her as she
sat in the cars; and every time they
crossed a bridge she shut her ewes. be-
lievin% the cars were flying in the air
across the rivers.
After she becomes used to the cars
the old dead-aN wagon and gray team
will never be rapid enough for her
again.
THE COMING xENS>TJON