Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-24
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winch inc NhWHt 10y THE cnurtesy VI
President wiliori woodruff, Is ret.
United 10 publish, will be porisc with
great interes:
JANuARY II, 1903.
Dear Father nui Muthrr.-Toiay
has been n rod letter DAY In my HE,
/ VIA "A visit t. thu bir,nplace vi my
fathers IA g nuccticu,, brief dc.crll.
| ton ~ which VIII Try unI relate, iur
| while II Is now past midnight. yet
/ buty iancy plays upon my NINA anu
/ sleep will not come 10 me. Ca retiring
! last night | determined O. set apaft
| today Tor this promised visit, and nc.
\ c1tiingiy left q a.3i call with the night
/ clerk. Promptly Al that hour there
came a thump az my door that would
/ have reused u heavier sleeper than my.
SELF Arising I dressed has.iIy, aud
alter arranRingA few noacs.aries In n
hand gtin made my gay down stair,
anu leaving the hotel prJcrpleI US
BrOadway to Union square, where 1
secured cat which drove mo ripidiy
to the Grand Central depu! ON Forty.
second street, arriving there thirty
minutes teiOre the train timr. These
thirty minltc' 1 pirri impatlontly
up nud down the waiting room anxious
ilr O'Clock To come, NJ the air was
very keen, the thermometer ranging
somewhere below 900. Finally the
welcome sound Rigs out, "All ABOARD
Tor New Haven aul HARTFORD" A
the train poo tdsup the banks Of EaN
River, beautiful panoramic view of
changing, varying MUGS OF liSht. p.c.
sents Itself. Presently tho Harlem H.
crossed aud We at0 speeding along the
shore Of Long Island Sound towards
New Haven, wnore leave the Boston
express aud board train bound
for Northampton. Numerous towns
nnd hamlets are passed ~ we
move nOfthward over the rolling
undulntng county,, with ail it,
diversiiled scenery " field and forest,
some brown anu hare, while Othets are
clothed with eveilasting vefdufe. Pass.
Ing, Through Cen trgi,le, Mt. Carmel,
Plninvllle, Pennington and other
places, We at last reuchud Avon at Just
Sal, having been three hours ana
forty minutes on the road. Leaving
the station. which ~ built ~ the en-.
trance 10 the churhylId, / proceeded
to the POSSIBILITIES kop, 10y u Mr.. Bishop
anu u quited tho audrss Of Mis-.
hANNhhs az taAhAAANA blAH rAN
about two anu half miles distant.
Deemiog the distance too lar to walk
! secured the service OF a native, no.
Jpicing In the sobyiquct OF Gabriel, to
drive me over In MS cutter. While
he was hitching up | walked over 10
the graveyard and wandered among
tho & uhslones, 10 the hope oil seeing
n familiar name; but nOue was Their, To
reward NY search. There ore many
Woodf1tus aud Tnompsous, but no
Woodruff My angelic companion
now being ready l cllmed into the
cutter, tucked the robes carefully about
my feet, thrust my hands deep into
two spacious ovsrcjnt pockets aud an.
uou Iced my readiness to start Ii II
was coli la New GOrG 1t was still
colder up here, the Thermometer regis.
tering degrees below gro on MIR.
Gahfieps porch. The ride over be.
hind good horse was charming. The
road wo took leads out OF 4 Won ont :
half mile to the south, when II bend.
TO the right anu crosses "a valley al
lLOst due east for mile aud hall
through forest sprlnklei with ever
greens, when on reaching Mr.. l. |
Wooiiord's house II turns to the south
again. About half mile dow u
this road big apple tree stands
throwing its branches lar over the
cottage standing back OF n. Here my
driver pulled up with an evident air 0l
satisfaction and announced this 20 be
the homo OF Mrs. Hatch. had gone
but few step, toward the porch whom
the door flew open AMI a gtey-haired,
pleasant laced lady stepped briskly
forward, with the eXclam alton, swell,
and this Is cousin Ashaeup You
guessed right that time, said |. There
was no mistsking that her welcume
was genuine and 1 was mate TO feel
perfectly nj home from the start. She
was much uishppOinbd when 1 told
, her | would have 10 return by the
evening train, hs she had expected me
to stay two OF three days. She
introduced me to her husband, MIR.
: Hatch, u very agreeable sort OF Ne =
England farmer; also to Ann Cas-
.etl, and niece named Hattie
Woodruff, about twenty-five years OF
age, who proved to be Of great servics
to ne during the day, showing me
around. a Mrs. Woodiord was oveI
visiting when | went, hut Aunt Lin
(cvery one calls her by this name here
invited her TO go home and call an
other day, Us she wanted TO devote
this ono to me. | discovered thi.
, frank manner about her In several
, ways before the day was over. She
was thoughtful enough to enquire ii
was hungry, and CAV,
her to understand most emphsti.
, cplly that was, having PM.
> taken OF breakfast early yesterday,
She soon hal prepared some delicious
butter, toast, beeisteak, anu coffee, ana
II did taste fine after my long ride
breakfast being over Dir. Hatcn
hitched Charlie Into the cutter, Will,
Aunt Lin mullled me up IN dig con
; fOrter aud win Hattie as my iair guild,
We proceeded 10 visit tue places OF
greatest interest. W. drove firs, Ia
the cemetery ald dismouDtiny tel
; the morse up to the feuci and
entered this sacred spot Proceeding
W the center walk we soon funH
Great Grandfather anu Gianumolh rI
WOOdtui's resting-plnces with The
, tomb stones facing west. reuOgul 2el
them In "a moment nom the puOlo.
which you have VI them. 1t would be
difficult 10 describe the feeling which
camu over me ~ l gazed upon thi,
, hnllowed resling-place OF my long
since departed hindred and tnoughl
that perhaps you had stood on The
h,mu $40, many years before. 1t may
have been tue cold that caused my
} cyel TO moisten. This Is u dclighllul
, SPOT, such as one could wish to fest In
iii called forth u u brighter existence.
An iron fence surrounds the yard and
al row OF splendid pines cast their ap.