The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23

HEAD,
J He was middle aged man with
deep, red eye, shaded by a clustering
mass of eyebrow through which the
lake breezes were wont to sough. The
Dther' eye was in the same condition.
His hair had formerly been a bright
ped.
Some was flowing and. some had fed.
Thought of this sentiment whilst he was
having me, end when he had finished
Rrote it in his album for him.
He had an air Of neglige. and easy
faivette and bon homme and carte
blanche, and wore linen cuffs with edg-
hgs of iron gray. His collar also had
iray whiskers on it, and the name
Eound the buttons of 'histrousers.needed
baching. He was a man of fine mold,
md whileshe strained me to his breast
IS he shaved under my chin l discovered
bat he carried.a little asafoetida in his
}ftrhand vest pocket to keep OFF con-
tgious diseases, and also that he had
livery loud ticking watch of the Arneri-
an type, with a revolutionary move
Gent.
At times he. spoke .almost.sadly of the
)ast and of those he had shaved, who
Iere nowfin land where full boards
re worn almost Exclusively Once, as
he spoke of statesman who had passed
N and left us, he asked me to excuse
linn as he wiped large hot tear from
he top of my head. I said, 'sNever
pind; weep on, thou sad hearted man.
believe thine o'ercharged orbs. 1t will
10 thee good. have wept in barber
hop many time myself. 1t does me
tood 70 see thee do so now"
When he had recovered himself lit
lie, he wiped his eyes somewhat on a
bowel, and, going into the clothes press
or a few moments, where heard him
measuring out some cough medicine, he
loon returned, frightened up a great deal
he and his breath both having gained a
great deal of strength, it seemed to me-
He said that he used to shave Commo-
1ore Vanderbilt. / asked him how the
commodore was to shave. He said that
ae always got shaved at home. SCI used
70 go up every morning and shave him
1t his home He left orders that was
70 come to his room, and there l would
Always find him in his shirt sleeves. He
rarely swore at me, fearing that l might
accidentally cut his cheek. He frequent
y had, soft boiled egg on the end of his
hose, but never laid up anything agin
him for that You never can tell where
soft boiled egg viii light. 1 even, found
soft boiled egg on Mr.. Beecher's chin
snce, and he said that it must have been
there all through one of his most search
ing sermons. You never know when
rou eat soft boiled egg whether the
most of it went inside on the lining OF
Bhe coats OF the stomach or outside on
The lining of your overcoat, or in your
Ear or down the back OF your neck.
Zone time, however, the commodore
ywore at me quite good deal, remem-
Der. had shaved him little too close,
and so his face bled little. Of course
bad TO rub alum on it TO stop the bleed
ing, and it made the old man quite smart
for one of his time of life. He got kind
of hot and told me Icould 90 away and
never come back any more. I told him
Ehad wife and family and I would like
very much TO stay.
"'No,' said he, you cannot shave "for
billed owl, or ''for sour apples" or ''the
ace OF spades,,"' or some such thing he
said. I know. But said be, L do not
want to see your family suffer. You
have cut my face so often now, you -
mullet head, and then puckered it W
with alum, that my mouth stays open al
the time and pretty. soon viii have IL
put a gore into the back OF my neck. &c
away from. my house and never, never
return If you please. AS said, L do not
want your family TO suffer, and SO viii
give you a letter to business man
know down town, who viii see that you
get job at his place. Now so away
Gle gave me the letter, and opened
sib careful so as not to cut the check, i
There YVES any into it. But there wasn'i
ANY. It was just short letter. 1t said
~Draa JoaS-This win Introduce barber WIKI
has been praeticing on me Tor quite owhile enc
lpatisntly working his way up 70 position WHERE
l-- Isi.Ai iEia giving him this hearty and earnes
lstter TO you. RE has family dependent on him,
and anything you can ind for him TO do around
your Justly celebrated slaughter house win be
duly appreciated by
"yours truly, c. VANDERRnr.
'P. Set him try 1t first on the cattle that
are already dead C. ""
ibid you ever shave any other cele-
brated people beside Vanderbilt and
mef,