Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-26
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
The Psychological Phenomenon
Talks in 4 Car.

\ streamer tackled ON the side OF n
baggage car OF the o. ;. L. train,
= which announced, in characteristic
| phraseology, that George Francis
: Train was on board. That ce!e-
brated individual was, In fact, on
the traia, making the home stretch
Of the journey round the world on
which he started from Tacoma,
{ Washington, early on the morning
Of March 18th. The send-ofi given
him by the inhabitants of that town
will be remembered by newspaper
readers.
In exactly sixty deys from the
hour of his departure from Tacoma
Citizen Train landei at New York.
From there, barring improbable ac-
cidents, he might easily have t.ae-
eled to Tacoma in four and three
quarter days. But he purposely
spent ever day in New York CITY.
: that he might prepare an account Of
his journey for publication in the I
New York NlUl. OF the issue in
which the account appears, May I
II, Citizen Train procured 81, OCO |
copies, which he has caused to he
distributed as his journey from New /
Z YORK westward has progressed.
Learning That number Of salt
Lake newspaper men were on board
the train, he invited several o. them
to breakfast with him. After the
meal these g'sests, with a number
oil tho eXcursiOnists and other
passengers, gathered into the
special car occupied by the eccen-
tric orator and his party s-d Tor
over two hours listened 10 one Of the
most remarkable entertainments
MANI OF them had ever witnessed.
Accompanying Mr.. Train were
his private secretary, :. ". Wall I
Of the Tacoma Ledger. who had
started with him, ID. y. Kellogg
and W. d. Hay Of the staff Of the
New York Sitr, and w. X. Beard
OF the New York Central Railroad.
the last three Of whom joined him
al New York.
The entertainment referred TO. ,
which took place in the special car
occupied by this party. bafi,ed ade- |
Gu4te description. IL was 4 CONVEX !
sation, lecture, stump speech and
Grafton combined, passing instan-
taneouSly from the nature of
one to that Of the other. A,
Whether Mr.. Train was pleased or {
annoyed at the thr0nging OF his
car with curious aud attentive lis |
teners was at firtt a matter of some {
doubt, hut asthe bursts Of elOduence ,
or enthusiasm with which he inter |
sperseu his conversation with ladies [
anu gentlemen present were met hy /
he seemed pleased with :
his audience and continued 10 en- Z
terrain them FOR two or three hours. ,
As the writer entered the car he
was remarking 10 q group near him. :
Is. I've been in fifteen tails. !
shot at, pronounced insane: vet here I
/ am, IN possession OF the KEY 10 i'm
mortality. J shall never die"
As the representative OF the NEWS
was introduced 20 him. he smoke {
with genuine enthusiasm. and in a
kindly way, Of Brigham Young, w.
II. Hooper and other monument l
'MormOns" with whom he had be- c
come acquainted wheR in Utah '
about twenty years ago. {
"Ah,' said he, "Utah, the ONLY l
country l was ever in, whUre'all the s
people owned their cwr homes, d
where there were no jails. no /
,Sylgms. nc a,ihs-hoGses, and no /
i focls''' 1
He spoke o. the Utah Of twenty
-ears ago. v
'NeXt October start round the C
world again, and T'll make the trip h
n nifty days" he exclaimed with n
great enthusiasm. 81 lost ten DAYS v
IN the Pacific Ocean. | wasn't T. g
1iame for sailing in n tub. THE
vessel ought to have made the lin {
o Hong Kong in ten days less ,:..n 81
/ did, AMI 4 fast vessel could do il - T,
He read 4 speech delivered Jv "
lim IN Omaha ct the breaking Of L
round for the L. 2. Railroad, Dec. "
>, ISIS. as reported 10y the Omaha Il
feTats. II was a remarkable adj
iress, and contained many prog
lOsucati0ns which challenged ere
utility 1t the time, but have since c
cen signally fulfilled, in regard to
he development Of America, and
he commerce Of the world. =
He in;ersperSed the reading with ~
humorous, sltirical and u
.ratorical, many OF his imprOnlptu
ltterances displaying remarkable y
qualities. Part Of the I'
iRle he sat upon his seat, then he n
would stand, and again he would u
ROUGH upon the cushion, with both
Get on it, and then leap upon it {,
Ike beast Of prey. ~
lnc0herency, invincible logic, Il
of wit, biting sarcasm, =.
wild and impracticahle ideas, =
0uches Of pathOs and flashes Of eio- $
.uence rapidly succeeded each g
ther. At frequent intervals he .,
would pause and demand Of his OI
listeners to know if they wanted him 3
o continue. Several times he
RarPly rebuked persons in his audi u
nee for whispering while he was a
alking, and once when he asked If L
ne should 20 on, one man in the q
'rowd said. ''NO.''
THAT mans from Seattle, said b
Train, rand Pm booming Tacoma,
The crowd caught the Joke, the gist c.
II which was the rivalry Of the two ol
owns. Il like 10 have a negative.
n order to be more positive, = added n
Train. !,
In his speech Of 'Gs there were fc
occasional references to God. AT
,ach Of these Train would apologize. q
With some remark the effect u J,
which was that at that time he ic
Knew no better than TO believe in a
God.
In one Of the sudden transitions
rom one line Of thought to another. r
which occurred every few moments. I,
Train exclaimed: They talk about ~
he devil: why he's the finest fel- y
ow ever saw; he don't wear a u
white necktie.''
when did you see him?,' asked =
too curious man in the audience.
Il see him now" said Train. ! -
deliberately, and looking at his in "
.eFrogator. \ prolonged burst Of J
aughter, at the expense Of the quest St
Oner, followed. p
At frequent intervals Train pro- e
.laimed himself the chief Of anar- Il
.hists, and uttered dire threats
lgainst the government. At such u
lines his voice, language and facial IL
Expression were typical Of what
ne would expect to witness in an +.
narchist Of the most pronounced Ct
ndsfanaticsl description. az
Among his auditors were ladies Il
nd gentlemen Of intelligence and 4
ducation. Laughter, wOnderment. 81
and awe were in turn n
upon their countenances be