The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-24

FLOR THE SUNDAY HERALD b.. SPECIAL
arrangement With the author.i
So many conflicting stories are now
afoat regarding the conduct of the rear
guard Of the expedition which started
out last July for the relief of Elnin Tute-
wiler, who was supposed to be some
where in the jungles of interior Coney
Island or Far Rockaway, that / make
bold to write this defense of myself and
our party in order that history may, as
Emerson says, give US fair show.
Early in June we received permission
from Mr.. Joseph Cook, of Boston, to ex-
plore the interior of Coney Island if we
would give it back again, and began to
look about me for suitable company of
men to assist me- Ny first selection
consisted of Mr.. Owen S. Kinney, whose
middle initial sometimes adheres to his
behindest name. but who is loyal gen.
tleman whose clothes fit me. owe him
nnch which | cannot ever repay, but he
agrees to let me off if speak kindly of
him in my writings.
WAS also so fortunate as to secure
the services of Eli Il. Jaggs, professor of
craftsmanship at the Central Park Acade-
ily of Equestrianism; also the author of
49, ifnw to Overcome the Riding Habit"
cloth fifty cents. paper two bits. He
WAS secured partially because of his po
Mtic:,l influence and also because he is a
thorough connoisseur Of spoopju.
lie said he would go cheerfully. Be
side these two also invited Mr.. Sawdorf
AstoT-Plaice, of Lennox. He is not large
physically, but he has a brain which is
what might be called a teeming brain
When he is thinking real earnestly, if
you go quite close to his brain you can
hear it purr. | never saw such brainy
cuss rs he is. His thoughts sometimes
rumble like telegraph pole, he thinks
so hard | selected him because want
ed bunch of picked men. and any one
could see that he was picked man to
Just look at him He seemed somehow
to have been picked too soon. He took
banjo with him.
That also was picked. Before we had
fairly started he got everything about
him to harmonize by having his pockets
picked.
NY next thought was to procure the
needful food supply for our long journey,
and obtain permission of my paper to
draw on it whenever | needed any
money. also wrote an editorial re.
g&rding my sagacity and things, leaving
it TO Re printed on the day of my de
partr
Inc Segan to look about me for food
and V swhang, jingsang and color.
ed be, TO be used for purposes Of
traffic. first purchase consisted of e
small hamper of Rockford cheese, which
is an anti-scorbutic and also insures alb
solute isolation to its happy possessor.
fully believe that the Rockford cheese
giving it the Anglicized spelling, for
am always kind to the Rockford anG
Limburger cheeses, never laying HAND
on eyether Of them otherwise than il
kindness i say that the Rockford
cheese, aside from the Excelsior stencil
works east of Newark, has no ivin.
rival And / would also add that it
dead rivals would Go well to look care
fully after their laurels. So l got
hamper of this cheese with a httl
damper in the top which could opel
whenever l wanted a little solitude.
procured some biltong and SINAI
mill to use in grinding mealie, agains
the time when we should be beyond tn
reach of Acker, Merrall & Condit's de
livery wagons. [ took with me in m
inside pocket q small autograph album
which / purposed getting Emin Tute
wiler to write into as soon as we ha
relieved him / said little to my CHIEF
who had preceded me via Ocean Grow
and Cape May: but it was my idea Will
he was thus leisurely scouting throug
the game country and tracing tn
sources of the Passaic to quietly slip i
and relieve Emin Tutewiler myself, thu
compelling my chief to play the res