The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-05
THE NORTH COUNTRY.
Spicy Bits Telling of a Num-
Der of
HAPPENINGS IN BRIGHAM CITY.
"Reminiscences Concerning Snow-A
SAnc,imODious Psalm Singer-A
SOrIy-LoOkiHR Individual.

SLEIGHING Is still fairly good, with
prospects favorable for week yet; the
bright effulgent raw of the MONDAY
sun has but little effect on the stubborn
snow. Speaking of Snow reminds me
that, in q former article. there
appeared paragraph reading
like this: "If we do not beat the
records in the downfall of "the beauti-
full, }" Brigham boasts or mo snow than
any other place i'll the Territory. The
word "snow" should have been printed
with capital S, the same as it was
written, but the typo did not catch
on" A Similar incident happened in
the early days of the old Utah North
ern, as told by one OF the operators of
that antiQuated time. 1t WAS during a
blockade, not unlike the one we have
had this season, and one of the divis-
ions or subdi visions of the Snow fam
lily had had an increase during the
night. Next morning the dispatcher,
calling along the line for storm reports,
said to the operator at Brigham:
"How's the weather?' The reply was:
Rather squally this morning; eighteen
inches fresh snow fell last night"
The o. K. was given and the affair
passed from the mind of the operator;
but what was his surprise, few hours
later, to hear an order going to the con-
ducior of the plow, telling him to
run from Mendon to Ogden ahead of
the passenger train. The operator was
now thoroughly alarmed lest the special
should get away from the telegraph
Office. and at once hastened to apologize
by telling the dispatcher there was no
need of the piow down this way; that
he did not mean that kind of snow. The
rNlnuu mo ronaIlod ha -
'em up.
We HAD more of that judicial affair
here on Saturday last, in the case of e
II. Peirce, for contempt Hearing was
set for 2 o'clock at the Court House, and
at that hour the room was filed with
spectators, j. NJ Coombs prose-
ecuting. As there was no one
present to prosecute, it became
necessary to appoint court crier, or
bailItf, and NJ. U. Thomson, Familiarity
known as bullet head" Thomson, was
selected. He was Instructed to sum-
mon defendant; accordingly he went
into the hall, called three times, re-
turned and said. "Meester Beirsh ish
not present. Rough on the commis-
sioner. If the other were contempt,
what would this be considered where he
is totally ignored. The defeat is swal-
lowed at gulp. All right, cali the
bondsmen. "Veeiyan Hershey! Oh.
dere he lsn!" pointing to Mr.. HorsIey,
who sat near the prosecutor. The
bRiiif then called thrice for Lorenzo
Snow, de yOltnQ one" meaning Lorenzo
Snow, Jr., the her surety. who was also
an absentee, because of having received
a message from the defendant at that,
hour in Salt Lake. The Commissioner,
after admonishing all present that 1.-The
dignity of this court must be sus-
tanned" announced another postpone
ment, and the curtain W Mt down upon
the second act. The presence of Dep.
uty VanGefcook serving papers upon a
United States Commissioner. instead
of upon the muchly-married Mormon,
is sight at once new and novel, and
enjoyed alike by saint and sinner.
Your WILLARD correspoI dent thinks
we have been talking without authority
about the coal famine of the past. If
he will take the trouble to cali on his
neighbor, the landlord, and ask him
what expedlent he resorted to on &
certain cold day to keep bis guests
warm, he will ascertain that we we're
not very wide of the mark; and fur
thermore, if S. C. had heard coal
dealers of Willard pleading for the
dusky diamonds and urging their
claims, as We heard them, he
would think they had got beyond
fruit and shade trees. and were
on the eve of reducing parlor
furniture to kindling wood, Of course,
this was only for effect, but we want IS.
Q. to understand that kind of talk was
INDUCED in, and some of his nearest
rela tiVes did most of the talking.
REV. NELSON STAALBoRG, the sancti-
monious psalm singer of the Methodist
mission. has skipped the tra-la-loo;
gone no man knows whittier.
The liabilities of this pious
fraud, in our town alone, aggre-
gate over $500, the heaviest losers
being Booth & PIERCE, VIM. Horsley Il
Sons, John Christensen and David
Booth. He drew his salary ahead to
April list, and even robbed the poor
servant girl Of her hard-earned. pltance
Use 'tReformer" logic, and we would
say the Methodist Church was respoI-
sibIe for this, because the absconder
was professed believer and exhorter
ONE.oF the sorriest looking subjects
we have gazed upon for long time
was encountered on Main Street
last night. He had sprined
ankle, q severe cold, q racking
headache, a wheeling cough, a stiff
neck, sore throat and a jumping tooth
in one nostril there was cold sore, a
pimple in the other, and his nose was
running at the rate of one dry hand
kerchlef an hour. You are acquainted
with this individual, but would hardly
recognize him in his present plight. He
was on his way to q quorum meeting to
fill an appointment.
ANNA DoRTEAH, wife of NJ. G. Chris
Jensen, tainted over wash tub OF hot
water the other day; in falling the tub
was overturned and the boiling con-
tents completely submerged her. She
never regained consciousness and died
soon after. a kick from cow, re-
ceiYed short time before, is supposed
to have produced the faintness that led
to this fatal result.
MEssRs., GRANT and Woslley, of the
Co-operative Wagon and Machine
Com pany, have been in town recently,
and sold to local dealers two carloads
of wagons and carts, and one car OF ag-
riculturaI implements, as the result of
q Single Elsle& ,tEfsLk