Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-01
HIS FATHERS BIRTHPLACE,
A Salt Laku Visits (, After Thirty
four Years Absence.
1Io finds ~ tniiunie Acquaintance
Of his Crandpnrfnt-.-Au
by the way,

coryapoadelos uEsrHEr EEws
PA1mcRoFr, England, Feb. 10, 1928
.-PstIug through saliofu, dauohta.ur
few days ago, observed rlHcnrieI
ona rall large poster tue headline
Of which read a. ioiiowG "hnIiln
s,eoplechasssi EEcuriou o. fDiE
and Nation" For inJnlhs have
boon doairous Of Visiting BurJthorc
tnrar Malton), tho birthplace oi my
father February 1T wai tle day aL
the excursion. Early that morning
took tho train ut parirf1tt Tor Mau-
chester, and thcfo pr0curoi o. t,cao. i.f
tho trip, a distance Of ninety miig' d
good sized crowd, mostly 1pouiur char
nclora, gathered around on platform
No.8 at the large and Epao.oul station,
waiting for the train which would
shortly arrive from The north.
Promptly 90 s.5Da .mp ihc slime ldFei'
tzsL hiI brIuF seated, we WtuuCl uui.
wny0uwart. Dudu- Cue rs .hl ruoW hhl
gently iniIuu, tho ground being white
with a thlu cont, mlNus tne hspru.
appear o. bd 40 uHiuvItiuE one, uut
WAS not long ere tHu Huu fuouu ann tit
snow bryan 90 waste away a CI1-
siderable portion oi tuu journey in
Yorkshire, brlug in A MIly cuuuify,
w passed Though several tunnels
uudersf. UNI, which paIt ui lnu role
road must have ttuu expensive in
building. The lht,pt hall OF thr jour.
noy 90 Nation (which b. situated iu Tue
ca5lutn pati ui lofksnlrs) ia maaily
level land ami is spauuiy Hrttinli j. D.
farming district. The climhtc d. c1u-
tiiesed 20 be- very healthy; the nimo-
phorc being much clcnilr thAu 90 uthrr
parts Of EugIanu. 40 o. ifou ifJm
smoke and thee lie but lliuu ios.
AtlisgO W. arrived nt tue ola city OF
York. twuuty miles from Mult0u, whore
many tourists visit 10 view ~ ancient
l1oking buiIinga and take q glimpse at
the many Interesting sight. a Tow
moments later tho uain again btait.di
We look passing glance 10 the OLD
York cathedral, aui AZ 1870 arrived 10
our Oscillation.
teiidud ia Nation once when a boy,
thIriy-ilur years ago, bus was only
there Tor lew weeks auu hHvu lof-
gotten almost al ever knew about 10.
Emrfgin from the car ~ thc snuoI,
tue hm, Thing TO 10 wac W Inquire .ut
the road 10 Bufy th0tpu Iho direction
bsing pointed out, vas informed The
distance was four milol. There being
neither train, street ears nor vehicles
going In that direction, ] took shausa'i
pony aud was s3pn On my way travel
ing uphill and d0wnhill on rough,
wet road, the snow having melted. it
was much hardtr 10 travel tuan 1 hal
been USED 10 iu and around Mauohua'
ter, whore tho streets aud roads nto
well paved. After travelling one mile
1 inquired concerning my Journey, aud
was told % was still fpur mile; luuhui
along 1 was pleased ~ learn b. was but
two mi,us aud half; hut after proceed.
ing considerable distance moro
received the Encouraging news that N
was then four miles away. BuillOo u
TO ray that alter travelling at flil
speed for over an hour Aud half 1 NJ
last reached my fsihof's birthplace
Burythorpr.
The country IL very thlnly populated,
Il toing flaming district, with here
aud thofe small villAgC. Who o.
enquire Tor was the nrst question on
my mind. I had no nddfosF, knew no
one, anu felt myself placed Ia nu aw.-
ward position. Burythorpe IL very
email village, containing probably
three dozen houses, church, a chapel
and schoolhousc; and / must not for.
get 10 mention that, nntwilhBlhudiu1
the small ulzB OF the village, II c0uiaiu'
the usual commodity Tor "wuary'
tfavolom-a public house. ltwoull b,
something strange Ia England 90 FIND
even nlittlo secluded village like Bury
thorpe without an aleh0usc. 4 have
been informed, however, that theu
lisa town NAMED Stltairr, near Brad
iord, Yorkshire, wAich has NO house
where intoxicants nru sold,
The village OF BurylLorpe has mol
made much progress since tho bif.h 0
my father, Eevonty-tiX years ago. a
low buildings have been torn dow
and rebuilt and a few new outi
added. Taxing glance around Q
thought suggested itself 10 ask Tor th,
Oldest settler, onquirou NJ the SINAI
pof,0ilice uloso by, ana was directed I,
10 o short distance iurther aud cal
upon VIM. Pickett, hu old, greI -hairt,
gentleman o, uighy.nyo summurs
Entering the house found him bu8l
preparing binding Wool, He received
mo kindly anu Invited me 20 be- seAirI
al have come TO sec n you were 40
quainttd with any Of my relatives wa
a. enc tiur resided here"
"What Is tbs namts'
"Avofou."
"What, Samuel AvOsouW
"rhat WINS my grandfather
"Oh, yes 1 WIS well ucqlBlnteO
with him. Why hg was an uErrllau
mower. Ia fact lao could almost turl
his hand tOunythiug. Huc0ull build
stack Of hay 90 nice you would thuu
Il was tha,chud. on, yes, i Enrg
him we'll. Poor sammy, he was Nile
Ia well, / have almost forgotten
about your father, though. Knew you
grandmother, Auu NuWlJyg, all sou
great gFaudmUlheG Catherine AyysJr
You 500 / have lived hero nearly nj
my lifetime"
After further conversation 90
Quirei; "Would you miuI g1iu
with me 10 the churchyarI9"
ayes l'll 80 with yuu,n
80 Mking bic bat and walking slic
We started out TRAINED litllg. Ih
distance VIVA short lhu church, who
was uoWly.hullt structure, uul vrT
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