The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-03

mand as a dinner speaker now, and while
he is always eloquent, poetic and magnetic
IN his his talk, he is some what inclin ed
TO prejudice himself by injecting his
agnosuc beliefs into everything that
he has to say. heard him at Delmonicos
the other night, on the occasion of the oaa-
quet of the representatives of the united
musical societies of the country, deliver an
address on the subject of "Muslc'' which,
Tor beauty Of imagery, grandeur of thought
and expression | never heard eQualed 1t
was simply magnificent poem, and one
deserving of publication in every corner of
the world. II was theme upon which the
colonel could expand without the slightest
restraint. He is an enthusiastic lover Of
music, especially Wagner's music He
used TO be found every night at the German
opera, and there is probably n man in this
city who will go farther now to hear
Seidl or Damrosch concert The
colonel cares very little for the
dramatic side Of Wagner, or for German
singing, which he thinks, as a rule, mars
Wagnerian operas, but to orchestration his
whole being goes out. To see him sitting
IN front at the opera, his eyes closed, his
head thrown back, one might think that he
really possessed one of those institutions
known as a soul, and that it was being
taken out of him by the wonderful her-
monies evoked by the orchestra While
the colonel is touched by simple melodies,
like the rest Of US, he is so big and broad
and extensive that it requires Wagner's
stormy strains to fill his brain and start
him into ecstacy. l have no doubt that he
could be lifted into high realms OF thought
and moved to great endeayor by heavy
cannonade.
HUMoRs OF THE TRAGEDY
1t was an embarrassment of riches in the
a. ~ avara ca,,,. NJ.
ton and BorroWe arrive in town the same
week the circus came to US. Either one of
these aggregations of comicality would
have been sufficient to keep the town on q
grin. But with both OF them with us at
the same time, carking care had no lodg-
ment in our midst so TO speak. There has
been nothing furnished TO the public in a
long time that has possessed the humorous
features of this Drayton -Borrowe- Aston
affair. First we have Mr.. Draw
toms suspicious aroused to an extent which
justified him III bring detectives. Then
fearing that the detectives might not dis
cover anything, he clears out of the coun-
try IN order, apparently, that his presence
might not be embarrassing to any Of the
parties in the case. This seems to have
been wise proceeding and matters were
greatly facilitated by it. At least, that is
the proposition. The detectives made a
favorable report and put Mr.. Drayton in
the way of confirming it. Then Mr.. Bor
rowe begged almost with tears in his ewes
TO be fatally shot and killed in every re-
spect. BE is said TO have even opened his
vest as an inducement, and, at the same
time, TO save that garment-but all to no
purpose. Nj. Drayton spared his victim with
view, no doubt, 10 inflicting upon him
still more terrible MISUNDERSTANDING
him, perhaps, at the next McAllister bali,
or telling him to his face that he was "weal
mean, so therem Even the bunco trick
that was pulled OFF with Father Astor as
the victim, is not exactly serious. Mr..
Astor was taken into the confidence of Mr..
and Mrs. Drayton and Mr.. Borrowe as TO
the terrible state of affairs, and "touched''
Tor large amount of money. A large
annuity is alleged to have been fixed uoon
MIR. Drsyton and even a larger sum upon
Mrs Drayton, for which she was to cast
Mr.. Borrowe overheard. About the time
the new checks were finding their proper
destination we hear Of Mr.. Borrowe and