The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26


grower was seen in the Templeton
corridor yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Shorber is on his way east to close up
some fruit deals, and had a word to
say on fruit TO Mr.. Corridor.
'Prunes are having a marvellous
SAFE he said. Every day big orders
are coming from the east, and the New
York market can't get enough Of
course we aren't kicking at all, but we
can't account for such an immense de
niand. 1t is almost so per cent iFarger
than last season.
Yes, the cold snap of a few weeks
ago hurt some fruit, but in general the
crops weathered the frost far better
than was expected.
There are going to be just loads of
splendid cherries this year, and it won't
be many days before Wen send you
some. Only one thing could possibly
give our hopes a back eye, and that
would be a goodly amount of rain just
after The fruit has begun to take on
color. 1t falls upon the unmatured
cherries and then when the sun comes
out it splits the Oxhearts wide open,
making them practically useless. But
l never cross a bridge before L come
TO it, and so will trust that nothing
will come to mar a perfect crop"
For prudential reasons the name of
an actor who told this little yarn is
withheld. He is a member of the Grand
stock company and told a little joke
ON one of its members in the KnUtsford
last night. "An old stage friend IF
mine in the east" said he, had a very
feeble memory as far as what clothes
he should wear in the different acts
went, so he always kept a memoranda
of his garb in a convenient corner of
his dressing room.
'Tlnis is about the way it used to
read: Act l, brown hat, white vest
from wardrobe black doat from ward
robe. black shoes from wardrobe and
me own black pants.
" Act 2-Prfnce Albert -from ward
robe, silk hat from wardrobe. patent
feathers from wardrobe and me own
black pants, and so the list went on,
always ending and me own black
pants.
"A certain person of the Grand
troupe appeared in a certain garment
every week-in fact, the person does
yet-and it got to be a standing joke.
About three weeks ago I happened to
think of this peculiar characteristic
of my old friend which 1 nave just re-
lated, and told 1T to one or two of my
colleagues over at the opera house
Well, it was not a day until every
body heard it, and now when the gar
ment appears the troupe will eXclaim
in concert, producing quite a dramatic
effect. An me own black pants Even
the stage hands have caught the bon
mot and 1 heard the prop man only
Yesterday hiss as he grinned down
through the flys, an me own black
pants y
j. B. Weston and r. L. fitzpatrick,
Beatrice. Neib.. and Q. c.. Cleveland,
Nevada, are at the Cullen.
Frank Mills. receiver for the United
States land office of Wyoming. is with
host Ewing.
H. M. Keene and daughter and S.
W Keene, of Cripple Creek, and j. A
Adams, st. Louis are at the Walker
These commercial travellers regis
tered at the KnUitsford yesterday: z.
b Jones, Racine; J. ]. McGill, Pitts
burg; L. Emery Jones, Racine; j.
Greenberg, New York; w. NJ. Miller,
Denver, and H. B. Eldridge,. New York.
Some prominent Knutsford guests
were W. M Lawrence, Denver; H. G.
bOlCn. Laramie, " DdlQWli, N<lIl-
cago; J. R. Mclean, Boston; Mrs. A.
B. Starr and Mrs. A. B. Nevin. Pitts
burg: DIR. R.. H. Rine, Philadelphia; E.
NJ Ford, New York; c. H. Miller.
Boise; Thomas H. Thorp, Milwaukee,
and S. B. Gray, Omaha
Poor old Benner X. Smith was over
whelmed with congratulations yester-
day, and none of his accusers recog-
nized their mistake until late in the
day It was all over little something
on the Knutsford register which read
Mr.. Ben Smith and wife. His friends
forgot that there was no x on the
book.
Fifteen excursionists from New York
and New England registered at. the
Knutsford yesterday.