The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-02
+" Essay Caigh" y in the Bear
Lake Region.
A FISHING AND A HUNTING
Montpelier and Paris, Their Bust.
ness houses and Men-A
Busted Circus

| The plaClQ waters Oh DEAR IGANCI dno III
bald and barren peaks of some fourtl
class mountains to the east. A stream
of the dimensions of City Greek cork
screws its way through these hills from
some undiscovered point down to tn
town, thence to the Bear, which receive
the pigmv in its colossal embrace ant
carries it or and under, around AM
about, till it disgorges into our big bripl
receptacle in Utah. This little stream
Is said. by the natives, to contain un
limited quantities of trout varying il
size from that of the gold fish on TIL
HERALD Editors table to those O
length and weight which the conscience
of the Bear Laker who tells the story
can cover or the listener swallow.
whole afternoon under sun more ar
dent than the one that Eliminates oul
u tab home, pouring down caloric show
ers, with not a breath OF air, and mini
ature cataracts of briny pearls ooZing
from every pore, pushing, crowding
and crawling through the rankest kind
of underground to get at the very best
trout holes in America. +" convinced the
| Frenchman who accompanied me, and
myself, that the way of the fisherman
hereaboutS is hard, his profits light,
his vexation of spirit unbounded, and
the Wilderness of his clothes thing of
the immediate past. We managed to
pick up about a dozen of the speckled
scarcities, the combined weight ofwhich
might have been a pound, and brought
them down to town in triumph-and IN
rags. But there are some fine trout
here, and the cheapest and surest way
getting them is to waylay some old
mer who knows the ropes, as well as
the dips, spurs, angles, sinuosities, etc.,
of the streams, and make purchase.
they say that fishing is goodin the lake
if one only goes out far enough, follow
ing this statement by the comforting
assurance that when you get out far
enough there is no bottom. However
that may be. shall endeavor to hit il
lake, just once anyway, before return
ing.
Bear Lake has an outlet northerly
which Is as large as Bear River proper;
the two converge little north of Mont
pelier and combined constitute stream
of no mean proportions for this part of
the world, it being in places over a
hundred yards wide and anywhere from
two to ten feet deep. 1t has other trlb-
utaries IL great number, the most i'm
pOl ldilG OCl1lS lllC OlO III ~ oJOhOh Va
In places where the current is not rapid
vast f1ocks of ducks and geese can be
found at any hour of the day. as we
were whirling along on the Oregon
Short Line and about ten miles north
of here, there was convention of the
feathered tribe being held, at which not
less than Une thousand delegates were
present, within easy shotgun range of
the train. They paid no attention to US
whatever; but l found out by expert
ence to-day, that when a fellow goes
after them with fowling piece, on
murder bent, they are ever on the alert,
and don't let you get near enough to
bid them good morning.
Montpelier is divided into two parts,
the town itself and an annex which has
grown up since the arrival OF the rail
way. The former is rather a comely ap-
pearing village, containing several COM
Portable, and in few instances, pretty,
and commodious residences; the latter
has depot, round house. machine
shop, a few residences, a hotel and
restaurant, four saloons, three stores,
tailoring establishment. The space
which separates the two places-about
half a mile-contains one street. in
W 14lSh lAC1 10 A1OlC 0uSO J1oll DG
found in the whole of Salt Lake, even
on day when the elements are lively
and there is more wind to the cubic
foot than was contained in Ulysses
bags. A boot black once set up IN bust
ness at the depot, but at the end of
three weeks pertinacious holding on he !
to the pressure and applied |
for a receiver. In the uptown depart |
ment there is a fine general merchan- |
1ise establishment, the property of Mr.. |
Ed. Burgoyne, an enterprising, good |
natured citizen. The only drug store
n the country is conducted by DR.. G.
A. Hooves, who does a thriving bust
ness. Jacob Jones, Esq, keeps we'll
appointed, home-like hotel and gives
general satisfaction to all his patrons.
4 blacksmith shop and a threshing
machine wind up the business bobbin
It this end. The town is not far enough
,ut of the way to escape all the annoy
nee of modern civilization; a dozen
,uSted men, half that number of
horses. tent and the brazen-
st kind of band. all travelling under
he name of a circus, SwOoped down
Ipon the unoffending denizens of Mont
,elier the other day and scooped IN
ew dimes; but the concern had dis
eminent enough to escape gathering
torn by lighting out hurriedly. This
articular item in the category of wide
pread nuisances, is otlikely to return.
Paris, the County seat, is situated
en- miles southwest of here; it is quiet,
1bstantial looking place of nearly 1000
containing an elegant court
ouse, but few business houses, and
rinting Office, from which the Bear
axe Democrat emanates-OccaSional
he name is soon to be changed to the
aGependent, and to the casual observer
1me sort of change would seem to be a
wing necessity. Not long ago the
brennan and acting editor Gn
ne) wanted to go to Salt
axe, and in order that there might be
o pretermission in the issues, he got
1T three numbers ahead. each contain
~ all the local events and the lates
ems by telegraph You one-horse
ipers down there, boast of your enter
Use after that Paris does not bear
riking resemblance to its French
but it contains better people
some instances, among them being
at conspicuous but INDEFINITE
tizen once known to the local
-ess of Utah's metropolis as "Saxey. 2
G says he as going to stay in Paris .
neither the people4ike it or not.
The business which brought me =
Their is proceeding towards solution
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