The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-02
MISSIONARY WORK.
An Encounter With a Local
Celebrity.
MORE BULLY THAN LOGICIAN.
Upon One of His would be
Colleagues.

| u love 10 nave you mSe6 EIu.
Etheridge, OF, Dresden" was so often
sounded in the writer's ears when visit
ing the people. and teaching them to
think for themselves. Ieligiously, that a
natural desire was cultivated to meet
the man having such reputation as to
possess the confidence of nearly all the
Inhabitants of the surrounding couD-
| try for miles. The above expression
was rock of refuge 10 many when
pressed closely about the hopes they
! possessed eternaNy. A few questions
brought to light the fact that this man,
E'heridge, was quite noted politically,
religiously, aud socially. His highest
attainment politically was to serve two
terms IN the Lower House of Congress,
half dozen years after the war, Twas
here he succeeded in getting start
financially, BIZ refusing to indulge in
the habits of gam bling. ETC., so COM
mon to those who resort thither osten.
sib,v to make laws for the benefit OF
constituents. WI ether his retiring
habits from such scenes was the actual
cause of his failure to be reelected is
not for the writer to say, though an
honest opinion expressed would sayor
much of the uncon eniality of Such
company, the way things around this
rendezvous is represented.
His religious accomplishment con-
sists in literally winding up all profess
ing Christians who are thrust in his
company. The ease with which this is
DON. is comme''s"-"te with the gauZe
they have for religion.
The TRUE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY
having been concealed for so long, has
had tendency to make him very i'm
petuouS when approached with view
to reason upon them.
Socially, it would be anything but
proper for him to associate with the
gender sex. A choice between nothing
md profanity, vulgarity, etc:
Finally, deciding TO visit this anoma-
'ous creation, known as an infidei,
crisp Saooatn morning Is selected for
the purpose.
"A W din vi Ouc Llti0 dNu CD0 U6SlrDd-
ton is reached. A modest, unpreten-
tious building with the back facing the
street, Intervening hills and hollows.
and the house about three hundred
yards from the road in the woods, is
Tar from suggesting that the owner is
worth 500 600, or has served two terms
in Congress.
This. however, adds strength to the
writer's nerves, and a feeling of "he
CAL De very great" lakes the place OF
other feelings of "how very nice l am
to act" 1t causes a smile to think of
a"Mormon elder" going to place with
carpet on the floor and talking with
"oig men," Having determined, It will
not DO TO be bstfied by imagination.
A tap at the door in this instance, in
the place of the usual hello" at the
gate. snd the inevitable negro woman
comes to the call NO sir he is not
in. but it being cold day, think he
will be back from down town soon.
You just step in here and make your
self az home Till he comes" The fire
III the spacious n arEh is the only at
tractive feature in the room, except
DICKENS History of England, which
furnishes nice company till My Lord"
cornas. An untidy place this is, sure.
A library with books upside down, and
lounging against each other as If trying
10 get leeward. The breath is temper
arily suspended while viewing the great
many works on Christianity, and the
Luuushts of retreating while the oppor
tunity il presented, comes to mind, but
is again resisted; g centre table and
floor look like protracJed session of
the Legislature. The
"EMBLEM OF Tue SOUTH"
an old rusty tobacco pipe, adorns-this
word is significant on the principle that
of two evils choose the least-the
mantle shelf. All things seem disgust
ingly dead. An hour with Dickens. aud
feeling of intrusion arises. While
just III the act OF leaving, an aged look
ing gentleman with short gr,y whiskers
Oh the chin and upper lip, aud an eye
that penetrates TO The very centre,
wakes his appearance. Is this Mr..
E. ?n
Yes, sir; what's your name? Cone
in-glad to see you. You are as well
come to my house rs anybody. Where
is Hopper, Bernhisel, Cannon. Amasa
LYMAN, Lyman Wight? Forty years
dSO AS ndu duO Wy iEud udu q DlR Vsls-
cussion i'll winch | acted as moderator.
They uhrashed the earth, so TO speak,
with their Methodist opponent. Can
non is smart man," and so be con-
tinued with few famiiiars. Like
hawk after chicken, he burst forth
upon religious matters by saying: 'Al
religions are d--n delusion." This
oft of information gwen with much
positiveness was, to say the least, any
thing but mild Introduction, and
might have b en- an effectual witherer,
had it not been followed by continuous
talking which acted as an apology, and
presented a good chance for stadying
personal characteristics. so that when
he did, unwind better chance would
be afforded for catching him on the hip
and feeding fat the grudge occasioned
by this and other thrusts. No defense
being made, a question is
THROWN OUT AS BAIT;
no sooner is an effort made to take it
up than shake of the hoary head
shows how insigniicantly the first at
tempt was received. Thisis crushing,
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