The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-17
CONFIDENTIAL CHAT.

AS AN illustration Of the manner in
which the gay and festive hackman and
dignified hotel clerk stuff tourists, l
give the following story, as told by
Street Car Driver No. IA: "a few days
since." said he, Il was standing at the
Main Street Junction, just about ready
to pull out, when a well-dressed, elderly
couple approached, and the man asked
me if my car ran anywhere neartthe
house. that Jack built ! stared at
them fof 8 moment, under the impres-
sion thai they hsd wandered away
from their keeper at Provo and before
recovered from my surprise. the qu3S
ton Was again put, ! know OF no such
z1lS56e on my line. and l have been drly-
ing nigh onto fourteen years l replied.
But you must be mistaken, the lady
argued. The clerk at our hotel, when
we asked what the principal points OF
interest were, referred Us TO the temple,
the tabernacle, Brigham Young's grave,
and several other places, and wound
up by telling Us that the most lmpor-
tant of all was this house / speak Oh
L
replted, III You'll tell me who and what
Jack is, may be able to tell yoa where
his house Is, ain totally unacquainted
with the gentleman. notwithstanding
niy experience Of fourteen years on this
car Time was up, and dove away
leaving them standing on the crossing,
looking, psrhaps, for another driver who
might possess more intelligence, and
RI 4 q
STEPHENS OPERA Company retired on
Friday evening II a blaze of glory,
after having achieved one of the most
notable successes in the operate line
ever seen in Salt Lake, and doubt if
any amateur company in the entire
west has ever approached the stand I'd
reached by the ladies and gentlemen
who Lave, for time at least, laid aside
the gipsy, peasant and other costumes,
and retired to private life, as one OF
them apply put it. The appearance in
public of this class, and the success
which has attended their efforts, is only
another evidence of what is generally
belieYed by ali who have watched
musical events IN our mldst-that Salt
Lake possesses more musical talent
than any other city of the same popula-
ton in the world. There is this hard
working band of over 100, most of
whom we're entirely unknown to the
public ten days ago; then there is that
immense body, lions Choral Union,
the Tabernacle choir, the different
church chniTs, the Philharmonic, the
Ward chOirs, and dozen other organ
izations OF lesser note, to say nothing of
the prospects in the field that has yet
remained uneXplored.
READ, the other day, very humor-
Gus story. For it the Provo Enquirer
is directly responsible: A prom inent
member of the Peoples Party was talk
ing to a Liberal on the subject of all
parties joining hands for proper cele
bration OF the Fourth, when another
Liberal came MP and said it was in
possible for 1T to be done-"The Liberals
couldn't afford to celebrate with the
Mormons." The fourth individual,
Overlooking the remark, replied that he
could Imagine where such character
would be III the resurrection. when
the trumpet sounds" said he, 'for the
dead to get out of their graves, you will
bob up and probably lind that Nor
mon, little distance away from you,
has got ahead of you, and you will then
lay back again and say, loot away,
Gabe, foot away, III lay here snd freeze
over before I'll jim in the procession"