Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-14
rAe noAps Al sRAokerrs CORNER.


Feutfully ~ the down pour or rain whict
had been falling steadily for three Il
four days and had changed tho roadi
into rivers Of mud. liis horses hat
messed. but with no wagon hiiched e.
the harness, stood under the tavcrt
sheds by and by old Biil Gordon droy,
slowly mp with horses 1adod by iv.
mile pull over sticky roads aud will
wagon literally plastered with mud
Gordon climbed down.
"Mornin. Enoch." he said 90 thu
gloomy occupant Of tho stoop, slows
the goin down northf'
Bad Powerful bad. Igot stuckint the
boiler there an had 10 unhitch and bring
my team up here I'LL en- git some one
10 double up an go down an hclpmo out
broke two traces tryin 10 git out alone
before give up"
WAL. Enoch. s'poso / en- hitch on
with youi but let's 50 In an warm W
first"
The landlord wai u Jolly chap ayes.
Stree" he said THE goin Is JUS awful
Hear about old Sanders ION jim? Mo-
WAL you $50 Jim he made up hts mind
to Kit married TO 81 Slocums daughter
Mary. The slocums thought they'd
give the Young folks a good send of no
asked houscful o folks But the par
son be- didn't chow mp Bymeby. when
cvenin come. they begun to gle anxious
about im and made uptheir Minis 10 zen
somebody after I'm. Jim was tarnatiUu
nsfyous. an finally he said ho'd 20 I'M
self So hu took his horse an buggy AN
started out
WAL. they waited an waited fer i'm
TO come back Nine o'clock came an no
Jim an no pirton Ten O'Clock. an still
,hry didn't git there. Tho women folk,
was mostly all Of ON cryin by that time,
an old slocum ims,lf started out There
wa. blood In his eye. I'm told ! guess
he Thought Jim had put up job on 'cm
dcsartcd Mary an cleared out
ut was 9 o'clock In tho mornin be.
fore he got back. but ho had Jim an III,
parson with Inn. some o the folks had
gone TO bcd-they wouldn't let none OF
ON 20 homc-bu they had to git night
up. an Jim an Mary was married then
an there"
"what was the natter" asked Enoch.
"w'y the pnrson got stuck IA the mud
down 10y the girls mill When Jim drove
up. n.loolan fer I'm. he tried 10 pull Inn
out an got stuck 'imself An there they
had TO stay, wcddin or no wcldin, til
Old slocum come along. Then they all
three hilched together an finally got
out"
BY and by tho two farmers, Flooding
along behind their horses. started out b
rescue Euochs wagon.
THAT wa kind o hard on young Sand.
ems to have tho bad roads putoa Is wed.
din. wasn't ity' said Gordon
"Twusnt 10 bad ~ Lem Walkers
luck. though" answered Enoch LENS
little girl got - dshbone In 'or throat
The folks couldn't GIT II out. an Lem
started after the doctor. The roads was
pretty bad. an It took Lem an the doctor
a couple Of hours TO Fit back. although
they pretty near killed Lom's horse.
When they got there tho little girl wa,
dead Shed choked TO death II the
doctor could a got there prompt she
might a. been alive today"
When they reached Enoch's wagon
they found It hub deep In tho mudholc.
After nearly an hours work they pulled
It ont. bui they broke another trace IN
doing IL. When this had been accom-.
l plished their tompera wero COMO com
/ plctely.
"Doggone such business" said Enoch.
/ "Farmln amt what IL used 10 be. II
/ seems 10 me gets worse an worse every
year. don't believe there's a farm IN
the county that amt mortngod,"
"Guuss there amt" said Brown.
"And somcthin . always a turnlr
up" went on Enoeh. ito cost money and
cut down profits Now, today, there's
my harness al smashed 10 pieces. IN
cost five dollars 10 fix II up"
But after all, remarked Brown. n
they dismountcd from Enochs rescued
but distgured and strained wagon at ID,
tavern, were better Oh than some
There's plenty OF men horeabouts TIM
couldn't get their crops 10 market boiorl
this rain had softencd tho roads up. u
course they cant pull amy load through
this mud. aud they're losin the benefit o.
good prices, ls'pose it'll oyerlastin'ly
knock ont young Peterson. Hos onli
been married little while Rn seemed
TO have a pretty good start too" BY
and by he added thoughtfully, III i
wasn't for increasin tho taxes, beliey,
I'd help along this move that thoy'r
talkin about TO put down broken ston'
roads"
Good gracionsl- said Enoch, as h,
finished examining his strained hnl
damaged wagon aud started TO go acros
70 tho harness shop with his broken haT
ness, "dont lot that craze get hold o
you. We work on tho roads. all OF VI
two or three days every year, "a 1t Is
though It don't seem TO make en- inuol
better, gn we cant afford TO have ON
taxes increased They're too big al
ready"
! And yet, u the county In which Enoc
Brown lived should issue bonds an
build good roads In place Of tho "morta
bed abomuations" that now prevail, hi
, yearly share OF the taxes would be les
, than his loss IN wear aud tear on hal
nrsscs, wagon aud horses for that on
/ day, II the roads were improved youn
I Peterson could save his farm, no moI
weddings would DO delayed and the do,
, tor could answer the calls Of his patient
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