Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-07
THE BAD BOYS DAD.
,.oroe w. Peck on His Trnveis II"
the wild Far West.

Tbursday's train from the South iiIleu
San Francisco with the breezy presence
of George w. Peck, OF Milwaukee, vi
psct,s Sun, and the author OF the long
sorios Of amusing pranks performed, IN
his mind, by the famous bau Dos on
whom half million copies nave t pooi
sold in quicker time than any otlsr t DoJN
ON record. Mr.. Peck is cheerlul, io9,
complexioned gentleman oil ABOUT 10
years, and but for the gray unSo
his carelessly kept monstache ana III Io
perial, he would pass Tor nan lha. ~
Is as Jolly in his conversation as ne Is ~,
his writings, and half-hour WIN mn 10
as good as dose OF California climale.
Mr.. Peck was printer, IKE all greal,
men, before he became puplisher "'.i
author, and his mild expressions OF
emphasis still retain flavor OF antlmony
and the mposing.room. 10 tell you
the truth" he remarked coniidentiaily,
after the ceremony OF sell.introductloi
between himself and an Alta reporter
was over yesterday, 81 came, out mere lot
fun and to get away from the cold. "A
Milwaukee winter is no joke, and am
inst going to camp out here Till the
flowers bloom in the spring, ira la, when
will be about the middle OF May in WIS
consin. You have got the finest place. in
the world for hospital out here, and 1t
will do as much to build up your State rs
ANYTHING. Every sick man that comes
here will bring his family with him, and
YOU will get population that will settle
The Chinese question in short order"
"Haye YOU been investigating that
already" ,. ut,
ooh. yes; took four-column whack
Mt it in the Sun last week. My idea is
that YOU have got to overcome it peace
ably. Let some of your big men raise a
fund of a million or two, and then take n
census of every Chinaman in the State
and his occupation. Then send Eastand
to Europe and have enough working
people to fill their places come out pre-
pared for work"
The visitor congratulated Mr.. Peck on
being a great humorist, and asked HIM IL
the generally prevalent idea that the
model of his bad boy was near relative
was true.
mo, can't say that he is, though my
son started me in that particular line. !
was grinding out stuff regularly that
suspected was humorous, when my boy
told me of good joke that had been
played by another boy on his father
The old gentleman was u jolly good fel.
low, so full OF good nature that he could
not help being on friendly terms with
everybody, even the girls, and his boy
wrote him note, asking for Il meeting
on certain street corner, and signed il
: Daisy
"The old fellow put in an appearance
at the appointed hour and place and hi
son and his chum paraded up and dowI
in the vicinity and joshed him until III
drove them away and realized that III
had been made victim. | wrote it NJ
, with trimmings and embellishments an,
it was copied all over the country.
brought me more money than anything
/ had ever written before, and in
month or two later imagine,
o another joke and published it in til
q well and as people began to look for it
kept up the series for about year and
+ half In that time | exhausted all tn
a deviltry boy is capable OF as far us m
;, experience goes, and now when fee
i compelled to write new one it sno ligh
u task. | have thought OF sending the bo
c TO Congress, but finally concluded tina
It would be too rough on him and the pla
e is abandoned"
c Mr.. Peck looked cheerful, however, 4
l. he thought Of the Suns quadrupled eli
n culation and his book royalties, that hay
G enabled him to take advantage OF tn
i cheap rates and run out West for
II breath OF fresh air. He is accompanie
o by Mrs. Peck and their mutual daughte
C and all three greatly enjoyed their for
}; night spent at Los Angeles and Pasaden.
= He will linger about San Francisco abou
e a fortnight longer, and then return homc
1t only stopping at Salt Lake to study II
n and reform the Mormons.-.S. r. An