Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-06
Mites By the Wayside.

Correspondence ~ ne Nora
E.htOr Doscret Nswa-Your CORES.
pendent boarded the 1870 II. q. w.
train at 5pringvillc, aud after fifteen
minutes stop at Thistle station for
lunch We oropt slowly up the canyon
and over the hills, aud at pm. the
train stopped at Millburn, Sanpe,e
county. On getting out OF the car |
found the station platform was covered
with beautiful snow several inches
deep. The station house floor was OF
the same material with the wind aud
the blue sky for sides and covering;
not very warm waiting place for lazy
passengers at this tlmo OF the year.
AIillburn ward consists " about
thirty 1--we families, one hundred and
iiny people, anu they wonder why
,hcycannot bavea platform andstation
house, ns they DO lots Of shipping by
rail Of lumber, saw dust, slabs, etc., alec
ties, II being the second shipping point
In size In the county. Last year the
place raised about -, 900 bushels Of
Of grain and other crops correspond.
ingly.
On looking up from the platform l
saw gathered In the center OF the village
q large crowd OF men and boys, all
engaged In u shooting match (lhe tar
get being hung On the side Of the
school housed rhe whole town had
taken sides, the winners 10 enjoy IA
free dance at the expense of the loser;
aud o. The dance was to DO the same
night (Jau. end. the women folks
were all very busy preparing picnic.
On Inquiry | found that Miilburn post
office was in Fairviow, six miles south,
20 these thirty families have to 20 six
miles i0r their daily mall, aud as one
malt OF the families take the NLws
besides many other papers, they want
to know why thoy can't have 4 post
Office. Can you tell them!
Well, Us the shldes Of night settled
down upon thu little town, the ruom
over ia, store was lighted up,and men,
women, boys, girls aud picnic were all
gathered III anu tue bal. commenced.
On invitation the writer attended. |
found 4 WAS In u dance Of twenty-five
years ago. two tlddlas sat upon the
stand playing In that Old-iashionrd
way, fast and loud, with not
slngle music book in sight.
Your correspondent was induced 10
take part IN the dance. GAN sei.p
shouted the floor mauager, the music
struck up rafe anu will. "BalAnce
all" shouted the prOmp,cr, ant
"awny We go" Who can describe the
pleasures Oi the old.time c1tilliOn!
iorUent tu try. About 10 y. N. hal,
was called i1r picnic, wueu all sat NJ
stood around the hall ani food OF the
BEST quality, with plenty 10 spare, was
pasHed around. Shortly ter picuir
was oyerit was found TINT the enemy
OF ~ mankind bad got into the tall
room In the form OF bottled gooia.
san the dance went along pleasantly
for while, only having to stop now
and then In the middle VI the sci shile
the flddleTs argued some point between
themselves which we didn't under.
srand. still We sirius, led on between
the s'Ope, Ill we found the liquor had
trlumphod and tbs music began to
grow more faint and weak with more
frequent stops until the mauagoI de
cided we would have to give II up.
The following night Elder h. $.
Hush deliyeTeda very iiue illustrated
lecture on the fOllies OF smoking, drink.
ing ana other bad nabits, which we
hope viii do good.
Yours in haste, L.. $, IL,