The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-13
he VISITS THE CITY.
The Sights Seen by Essay Caigh
During Conference.
THE EXAMPLE OF HIS FATHER
Followed by Many Residents Of a Spot Where
Nestle Myriad of Cherished
Memories.

In common with several other people, none
of whom were so awfully common, l came
down to attend conference and re-
visit the scene of the recent po-
litical disaster, leaving the capital
OF Cache to look out for itself for a
few days. If capital and Cache combined
cannot do that thing, they are not all that
is claimed for them.
The first distinguished parsonage to say
'Hello'' was my especial friend, Colonel
Essay Merritt. Having similar names,
similar occupations and similar aspirations
has brought US nearer together than some
people are, and so it was quite natural that
he should offer his coincidence over the turn
affairs had taken in Zion and my subse-
quent Punishment, as he felicitiously
termed it. l congratulated the colonel on
being made city attorney, and the addi-
tlonal fact that he is now reading law
also upon the increase in his official salary.
accomplished after he had entered upon
the discharge Of his duties and such a thing
was, therefore, as it seems to me, prohib-
tied by law. But why nots A Liberal
council must be liberal in all things. We
then passed on.
The $4,000 prize-Liberal Hon. O. w.
Powers-was also on the street, but he has
become so thin thatit required two of us
to see him. Is conscience getting in it's
work at last?
ran up against o. F. Lyons, of Peoa.
who has also done something in the prose-
cutting business. DC. and | used to be
devils together in the Deseret Ne,os office,
and 1t was an open question as to which
was the greater devil. In point of stature
he was somewhat ahead of me, but other
wise 1t was questionable. The whirligig of
tlme mas brought complete change with
reference to the hrstnamed condition, if
not the last. He brought his appetite with
MIN and was looking middling we'll He
says Peoa has no boom as yet, so when
fellow buys piece of land there he buys
1T. 1t is not quite so large as Salt Lake.
therefore long ways behind Ogden.
L took little spin down to my old So
lourning ground-the spot where nestle
myriad of cherished memories-the Sixth
ward. The folks were all at home, all but
one; he had embarked several DAYS before
on one OF the street cars, headed home
ward, and that was the last heard of him.
One of the inhabitants there takes a paper,
and in it was an account of the burial of
a dog in Sanpete and the finding of a pot
full of Mexican doubloons worth 100000.
The paper had been borrowed around
until the news was thoroughly circulated.
and | noticed as | approached the door of a
respected relative that there was Grape on
the knob. Inquiry as to who was dead
elected the information that it was the
family dog; he had departed this life very
suddenly the day previous and, in accord
ance with the family custom, was to be
given a Christian burial. l also learned
that O'Toole, of Carrot row, the Yorgen-
stofferson's, of Snipe alley, and the Nc
Flabbers, of Club street, had lad similar
mlsfortuneS, and there were several outly-
ing districts to hear from The mortality
which seemed to have struck the canine
population had reached the proportions of a
pestilence, and strangely enough the little
SEED Oh CHRISTIAN conduct, which my folks
had cast upon the soil, had taken root and
sprouted, as in every instance the dogs
were to have proper but not expensive
funeral Thus do we progress
saw Prof. Haefei, of Ogden, for one
brief minute. He detained me lust long
enough to let me know that knew nothing
OF French, and but id little of anything
else. My motion to adjourn was not debat
ed upon this time.
Since left there seems to have been at
least one % additional real estate office
opened. You can't have many more people
engage in this useful calling without i'm
porting few for the purpose. One of
them wanted to sell me building spot in
the Longabore Potts or some such
named addition for s. down and
the remainder in $50 instalments. 1t was
dog sausage cheap, but an examination of
the plat showed that the place was too near
the penitentiary for comfort. | have no
clients there and don't want to 90 myself
till the very last minute
understand there is movement on foot
looking to the monopolizing of the water of
Salt Lake by one Individual This is alto
gether wrong. There are several people
here who drink water now and then, and
these should not be discouraged by being
made to pay for it.
have handed in a guess on the popula-
ton of Salt Lake to THE HERALD guessing
department You need not send me the
500 to Logan; l will drop in some time
when am here and call for it.
ESSAY CAIGH.