Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-08
A FUNNY FELLOW.
Chief Stanton HaraDgusS a Crowd in
Front Of tbe PIT,msns Hall.
his CHICAGO EXPERIENCES.


"N'hu Nuo khiuetlug " Aht hthlh 81
tho fife departments from various paris
Of the world, aud It was AN animated
picture that was drawn up in front Of
the tlfomcn's hail about o O'Clock, with
tie big blowing pompous chief as It's
center, aud his satellite suborIinatos
aud few l.hteucrs ~ the framework,
intent listeners and occasional huiat
tuGLut, 10 he would tell stmo anus.
ing incident or coarse Joke.
A NEWS reporter, On tho lookout Tor
Items, happened along about this time.
but was not observed by the chief, who
was completely absorbed In listening To
himself. The newepAprrman heard the
following story: CIT costs something
10 visit the place,n said the chief ri
iock with me s2SU, borrowed $3.50, won
| 500 ~ tho races anu got back with
! iuur dollars and hail. (Laughtcr)
They charged mo g Gay for myself
and vie In Michigan, anu $3.50 IN
| Chicago.
"l'llttll you a good Joke on myself"
said the uniformed hero OF numerous
experiences, "whilo we were in
Chicng0. lt was week Rgo tonight,
AMI they were 10 have the usual
Thursday night fireworks exhibition
on the grounds anu said to my wife,
| Wen take that ill., 'All right said
she. We met lady friend who asked
u We were going TO stH the fireworks
| that night. 1 replied 'Nus.' Then /
advise you 20 20 from Eighteenth
street and get four tickets, m there IA
always great crowd from Sixteenth
~ nd d
| two, and viii br much easier for you TO
have your tickets on hand In coming
back My wife and I accordingly
walked TO Eighteenth siIeut, ana just
n8 We entered the depot " train was
leaving fer the Fair grounds; II wus
then 1880 O'Clock, tut the show uiu
not begin til hAli-pAst eight. | told
my wife 10 hurry up ~ tho train anu
would got the tickets ami catch her.
she went nnd hurried ~ get the four
IahtebOatds, threw down dollar anu
came away without my eighty cents
change. AZ you enter on the plat
form there Il little box In which you
place your tickets. Instead OF putting
IN Just the necessary two, | dropped IN
the whole four. But this was not all.
AS soon rs W. had boarded the cars
found we were on the wrong train, and
alter going four or i've hlocka away
rom our dostli alton ROl %, purchased
more tickets and arrived on the
grounds In time % ses tho htowofks.0
The chief then narrated how he !
uchefod q livery ht4b.o man by pre.
senting n card given him By another
hotseman, nuu say Ing that he would |
have some horses on the race track In |
few days. The first named livery |
man then loaned the chief fine hofse |
and buggy In which he and his wiIo |
went riding around awhile, and finally |
drew up ata place where alderman oon. |
cert was In progress, with eighty In. /
atTumonis In the band. They edged |
their way IN past thr dOOTkeeper, the |
chic. tvlliug tho dOUfkeuper they were
only going IA Tor n drihh. Hs called
Tor two pint bottles OF teur aud drank
them thoni hearing tho music Of the
band proposed TO 20 anu hear the con.
cert, and started for the platform, when
the uoOrseoper uemandeI tho twsnty.
i've cen,a admission foe. To this Inc
chief replied: "You go and look after
the other crowd THAT'S coming In, - and
he anu his LADY hurried on without
paying their quarters.
The horse aud buggy were returned
10 the stable aud the chief asked no.
much he was owing. The livery man
replied; "Ihe usual price l. 80. 90 but
IA you are hOTsemhn ana may
want few p0lnletH from you viii
Dnly charge you $500 Tor tho feed of
Inc horse anu putting him up. on
several occasions, SAID tho chief, | had
he use Of that horse Tor nothing, "but
look good care 10 leave before the faces
,ame on" He also described some of
he horses he saw there, some being 30
mall you could pick them up anu put
hem In your pocket.
While In Chicago Mr.. s. was Invited
o remain over Utah day and Was
iEomised n badge, but they couldu,t
,adger him. Utah day was no more
han any other day 10 him and he
wasn't singing Ia the choir either,
ie referred 10 the various state houses.
dahO'a c, Mug In Tor favorable con. /
liberation, it having already teen cold d
NJ SO 900 to an Engiishman, while a
Jtnh's was spoken OF In a very jeering q
what he thought il sh 4uld
ave been and It's OrnamentntiOns was
OHliively disgusting ana vulgar In the q
1T only Tor the ears VI the q
lwest OF tile low, by whom, m his AS. u
lclater, II was evidently considered MS Il
sweet mOfsel. q
Alter u few moments pause he u
aught Ills breath again aud went on 10 L
esCTibo what he considered tho most ! ~
ltrSctlVe pictures in the art gallery,
hat entitled "BTet kiug IN Family N
10 which a Oung lau Il o.
lst leaving home aud receiving Ad,
lonlliOna irorl his aged mother, was
nc which caused Teuple TO stand Tor
ours 1T n time In mute wonder. The
oy peeliug an orange nnu his expect. L
nj sister, clothed Ia rage, waiting TO /,
,ceive piece OF tho tempting ffuit, "
nj the "shOeblack's First speech n
ere also referred to with warm admi. HI
Ition. Il
He then referred 10 the vast crowds u
be met with IN he a,roo,s OF Chi. 10
no, aud OF the many cases Of pocket 81
ckiug constantly going on. III
lie further sand that whenever he TO-
w Utah man on the street he IN a..
,riabiy sbunuod him, ~ he wpuld DO on
10 10 Int MIN for the loan VI a dollar. IA
rgetiing that he had Just borrowed WI
so himself. He afro described how On
} was playing cards when tho tele- IL
am came asking II he belonged 10 the
nj. Catholic (Western STAR club, and
. emphatic unHwer that he did not,
nd thus for an hour did hs ami his bl,
mpani1ns occupy the sidewalk in I'M
Int OF the hall above mentioned la AK
piliuu md llftpuiuu to "A ueKorlnfiot | -