The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-07
Sarcasm. Or What2

We have had the following handed to
Us by gentleman of this city, with g
request that We give it publication. We
accede to the request merely to give the
gentleman an opportunity of seeing him
self in print, but feel that We should be
ungrateful were We not to express oul
thanks for the gratuitous advice ten
dered. We cannotrefrain from saying,
however, that 1t seems d pity that one
in the possession of such pronounced
genius should have so far missed his
sphere in life, as to be engaged shovel
ing coal on the @. 2. He must find con
ISOLATION in the words of the poet;
Full many gem, OF purest ray serene,
The dark, unfathon.ed caves of ocean bear;
Full many flower is born TO blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air
Dear Sir:-I am a reader of your val
liable department. but l don't think
you do the business in proper shape. 1t
Is my idea that you don't devote suffi-
CT mt time to writing your articles. In
my judgment, time must be devoted to
it. Articles, even of minor Importance,
should be looked over until the ability
of the editor is taxed TO the utmost,
and nothing should be allowed to leave
the Office antil it is not possible for
competitors to improve upon the item
either in racy diction or stern fact.
As an illustration; the following facts
are cleaned: Saloon; drunken row;
loud talking; four persons arrested;
clear case OF disturbing the peace and
quiet Of the neighborhood.
This you should r. port as follows:
"There was a sound of revelcy by
night from a gilded palace on Fifth
Street. Sounds Wild and discordant
emanated, filing the night air with not
very mellhuous music. Neighbors in
the immediate vicinity were aroused.
and from their Elysian realms of
bliss were brought back to
earth. In endeavoriDg to ascer-
tain the cause it was found to proceed
from an adjoining SORROW cresting es-
Enlistment. The officers of the peace,
who are always to be found where the
danger is greatest, and are, as it were,
everywhere present in times of trouble,
promptly had the affair under their
supervision. The four belligsrent char
aclers, who were having good time re-
CARELESS of and obliyIouS to anything
and everything not specially appertain-
ing to The enjoyment Of the present
company, were kindly taken in charge
by the officers of the law. accommodated
with the choicest couches in possession
of the municipality, made and provided
for the convenience of such guests,
where they might repose until the
morning. At 10 q. m. the chief of the
city hostelry presented the bill, total
$40. which was cheerfully paid, and with
genial smile from the host at depart
ing, and with all invitation to call again
whenever they might happen to spend
an evening in the neighborhood, they
left His Honor. And We imagined
we saw on the countenances of
the quartette al expression of sad
ness, the occasion of which we could
only attribute to the sorrow they felt at
parting from so kind host, who had
acted more the part of father TO them,
and whose Christian character they
could not doubt, as he had to the letter
exemplifed the scripture: 4 was a
stranger, aud ye took me in. )"