The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-06
OUR COUNTRY VISITORS.

| S6uL very duImdtcU appear
ancs, reminding one somewhat Of
the Fourth OF July or some othel
holiday time. This con slant NOV.
ing to and fro of the surging mass
of humanity is assuredly very re
freshing to the Salt Laker who has
been accustomed during some of
the past months to look wisUfully
up and down our deserted streets, al
least deserted so far as cash cus tom.
ers ara concerned. The good feeling
that arises from the mesting of old
time friends gathered together from
distant part., and formed into little
groups here AMI there, soon
spread its benign influence
over all, so that one must
be an ascetic or cynic indeed
if he cannot partake of this feeling,
and cast aside his sorrow and worry
at least for the time. No one per
hsps is more overjoyed &C the re
currence of these visits from our
country cousins than the merchant.
For weeks past he has been getting
every thing in readiness, and hoping
that the weather might continue
fine, in order that as many visitors
as possible might find their way to
the city, and that when they G t
here they might not be kept flom
paying their customary visits to the
business estab lishments, and de-
posting their usual contributions
in his depleted cash box. He has
built his hopes of freeing himself
from his obligations to his EASTERN
creditors, on the increased cash re-
ceipts from the country trade.
Merchants do not now reap so
large harvest from this source as
in former years. The settlements
have grown rapidly, and atheir in
habitants can now be readily sup
piled with everything they need from
their own distributing centres,
without having recourse 80 much to
the business houses of the metropo.
lis. But still the wholesale trade
with our merchants is kept up.
Railroad and other facilities have
been go much increased Of late
years, that the purchaser in the
country can have his wants supplied
by ordering his goods to be brought
to him, instead of, as form srly,
spending his time and mean trsvel-
ing perhaps long dista C, %
obtain only fe v .unimp rtent ar
ticle5. But notwithstand ng all this,
our country visitor does not coma to
the city with his pockets entirely
empty; there are many little pur-
chases which he will have to make
and this all counts up at the end
and makes no small item for opr
business men.
People who live in city of airy
size, as a general thing, follow some
enc occupation, which keeps them
employed from Monday morning
until Saturday night, leaving them
no time to visit relatives or friends.
A mans soul soon grows by this
continual concentration Of thought
upon himself a selfish being. He
doesn't want to associate with
friends even if he has any. Ee is in
everything self-sufficient, and thus
shuts himself out of one OF the
purest and most agreeable sources
Of pleasure that life affords. Hospi-
tality and friendship seem to be dy-
ing out in our city popula ions, or if
there is any it is made so formal and
stin that cit seems to defeat its
own purpose. It too frequently
happens that more attention is paid
to making display on the part Of
the Lost, and to outshining his
neighbors, so much so in fact, that
many who would otherwise enters
tain their friends frequently, have
given up from sheer despair OF ever
equaling their rivals.
Our country friends are born and
raised in a pure air, and under cir>
cumstances that make them more
independent than those brought up
In large cities. Each man owns his
small piece Of ground. He is his
own property, not like the salaried
workman of the city, more the pro-
perty OF his employer than any
thing else. He has more time than
he can call his OWN. He enters
more into social intercourse with
those around him.
The people of this Territory, we